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Charlton v Bury | Sat 25 Feb | 3pm KO | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views

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  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,978
    3-3
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,412
    Redrobo said:

    JamesSeed said:

    Konsa is still injured I think?

    4 4 2

    Phillips
    Byrne Bauer Teixeira Chicksen
    Botaka Crofts Aribo Holmes
    Mavididi Watt

    My weak link here is Crofts, even though this is only League 1
    If Konsa was fit I'd play him instead of Crofts.

    Rudd Jackson Novak Magennis Forster-Caskey Dasilva

    I'm confident this team could lose 3-0

    Weaker links than Croft are Botika and Watt. Homes plays better on the RHS in my opinion. If we were going to play 4 4 2 I would play Page at LB and Chicksen LW and Mag is far better than Watt even on an off day.
    For some reason I thought Page was unavailable. I'd play him as well.

    I'd play Mavididi up the middle, as Magennis hasn't been at the races since the injury. Watt has been ok every time I've seen him (missed Oxford thank god). So one more chance, up top with Mavididi.
    Give them the ball in and around the penalty area, instead of the half way line and they might even score.
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,630
    AddickFC81 said:

    So much pessimism on here. In the imortal of Kevin Keegan 'I will love' it if we bounce back back tonorrow. 'Love it'. Then it will be case of 'shhh' to the pessimists.

    Speaking as a pessimist (well, more a paranoid delusional optimist), remind me how that little speech worked out for young Mr Keegan...
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,535
    Rudd
    Byrne Bauer Tex Page
    ........ Konsa.. JFC
    Mavididi .. Aribo... Watt
    .......... Mag
    I know I've been saying it for a while but I think it's time to drop Crofts for Konsa. I think Konsa holds better, giving both JFC freedom to roam and allowing Byrne to push forward and provide width on the right. Aribo, Watt, and Stephy should be interchanging to create space. I'm just going on the player but it sounds like Holmes hasn't been great since coming back from injury.

    The other thing I'd be tempted to do is drop Mag and start Watt up front with one of Holmes or Botaka on the right and Mavididi on the left. It doesn't sound like Mag has been poor, but it may be that this formation works better with a more mobile center forward who drops deep or pulls out wide allowing space for runners.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,876
    I had an idea to post around the fact this is the first game for a fiver that I haven't brought in....oh god can't be bothered any more
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,951
    JamesSeed said:

    Konsa is still injured I think?

    4 4 2

    Phillips
    Byrne Bauer Teixeira Chicksen
    Botaka Crofts Aribo Holmes
    Mavididi Watt

    My weak link here is Crofts, even though this is only League 1
    If Konsa was fit I'd play him instead of Crofts.

    Rudd Jackson Novak Magennis Forster-Caskey Dasilva

    I'm confident this team could lose 3-0

    Just lumping it up to Mag isn't the way to go so, yes, why not try Watt and Didi together/
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    A big 3-0 win.
    If we keep today's goof form going we will be certainties for the play offs and maybe automatic promotion.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,951
    Baldybonce said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Not sure why I am going to this - but I bought the tickets so bugger! The big game for me is my son's/the team I co-manage's cup semi final on Sunday morning!

    me to and I'm taking my new neighbour, who's really looking forward to it.
    Shall we open a book on what time he asks you not to bring him again?
  • purdis
    purdis Posts: 1,046
    MrLargo said:

    Firstly, huge congratulations to Karl Robinson, who, on Tuesday evening, became the first manager to lose a home league fixture to Oxford United in the entire history of Charlton Athletic, costing me £25 in the process. Well done Karl.

    Here's a good statistic for optimists, delusionists and straw clutchers. Prior to this season, Charlton have been in the same division as Bury on only three occasions since 1970 and won promotion every time - 74/75, 97/98 and 11/12.

    Here's a good statistic for pessimists, realists and any masochists looking for something to do on Saturday afternoon. The last time we won a home fixture against Bury, Harold Wilson was Prime Minister, England were World Champions, the Ford Cortina Mk 2 had just been launched and a magazine called "Fiesta", which went on to feature heavily in my extra-curricular GCSE reading list, had recently hit the shelves for the first time. 22 October 1966, Charlton 4-0 Bury. Not sure who the scorers were, but I bet there's someone on here who was there and can tell us.

    Anyway, enough reminiscence. Things are so dismal at the moment that it seems even the club are embarrassed by just how useless we are, and have decided not to bother promoting Football for a Fiver this weekend. Luckily, we've got a manager who is shrewd enough and cunning enough to identify the cause of all our problems. “A lot of managers can’t put their finger on what is wrong with their team. I can. I know exactly what is wrong and Tuesday just reaffirmed what I know" said Karl in his Thursday press conference. Unfortunately, he didn't say anything at all to suggest that he knows what to do about it, so I'm predicting another miserable debacle.

    Charlton 0 - 2 Bury, attendance 13,500, actual attendance 9,200.

    I was at the Bury game at The Valley when we won 4-0 in the 60's - barely out of nappies, of course.
    The famous, Ron Saunders scored a hat trick for CAFC that day with, I believe, Neil Ramsbottom, in goal for Bury.

    It was only many years later when I moved up to Cheshire that I realised that the town of Ramsbottom is just north of Bury off the M66.

    A mine of information me - makes great bedtime reading - guaranteed to help you sleep.

  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,951
    AddickFC81 said:

    So much pessimism on here. In the imortal of Kevin Keegan 'I will love' it if we bounce back back tonorrow. 'Love it'. Then it will be case of 'shhh' to the pessimists.

    There are pessimists on here because we're so crap. If we bounce back today, it will be pointless saying 'shhh' to the pessimists because they'll be cheering as loudly as anyone else. Just because a pessimist expects us to lose, that doesn't mean they want us to.



    Actually, @ElfsborgAddick said it better with "wum".

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  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Back in the UK for this one.....and hoping that before I fly off again we can get a victory 2-1 addicks
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,462
    I wish I could feel more confident but I foresee the wheels coming off this weekend. 0-3 to BURY.
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    I think it is going to go pear shaped today. Bury to get an early goal and then defend it for the rest of the game.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,339
    dickplumb said:

    I think it is going to go pear shaped today. Bury to get an early goal and then defend it for the rest of the game.

    You forgot to add "with their only shot of the game".
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,599
    The wheels have fallen off a bus that was already broken down.
    Gobby is a joke.
    Five quid is a rip off.


  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,706
    AddicksAddict said:

    Baldybonce said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Not sure why I am going to this - but I bought the tickets so bugger! The big game for me is my son's/the team I co-manage's cup semi final on Sunday morning!

    me to and I'm taking my new neighbour, who's really looking forward to it.
    Shall we open a book on what time he asks you not to bring him again?
    Too late mate, he made his excuses last night. My boy has decided to go paintballing and the Mrs is going to Bromley.

    3 tickets available.
  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,973
    What has happened to the appeal against Chris Solly's red card?
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,090
    1 - 1 Bauer sent off 80th minute.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,153
    sm said:

    What has happened to the appeal against Chris Solly's red card?

    Not appealing now
  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,973
    ross1 said:

    sm said:

    What has happened to the appeal against Chris Solly's red card?

    Not appealing now
    Thanks - another case of Gobby opening his mouth before engaging his brain, they were never going to be able to make a case that the referee had made a mistake in interpreting the rules. Not that I would agree with the interpretation - to miss 3 games for what Solly actually did is just not proportionate to the offence, especially while the Oxford player who fouled Solly beforehand has walked away with no penalty whatsoever. The law is yet again the proverbial ass.

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  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,973
    Horsfield9 said:

    1 - 1 Bauer sent off 80th minute.

    Bury's disciplinary record is even worse than ours - but then Kettle is the referee so anything might happen.

    http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/discipline/fairplay
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,406
    Wonder who Karl will blame today he's done the ref thing. And he's done the players thing. Perhaps he will go full Pardew on us and blame the fans...

    The excitement of it!!
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited February 2017
    With Lee Clark in charge, whatever happens, Bury will come out unbeaten
  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    Roger Johnson to fire up the home faithful.
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,803
    Are tickets still £5 today?
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,319
    Taxi_Lad said:

    Are tickets still £5 today?

    Yes, but there's a 6.50 administration charge to be added, plus VAT.
  • Mark_West49
    Mark_West49 Posts: 410
    ken_shabby said:

    Taxi_Lad said:

    Are tickets still £5 today?

    Yes, but there's a 6.50 administration charge to be added, plus VAT.
    ...plus purchase history for all the Checkatrade games home & away
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,365
    Lots of changes today including Novak starting
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,496
    Oh god. Suddenly my preparations got lazier
  • LeaburnForEngland
    LeaburnForEngland Posts: 2,292
    I'm currently over Greenland flying to San Francisco so any updates appreciated in advance. Is this going to be the match thread?

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