Charlton vs MK Dons post match views

"You're not fit to wear the shirt" - haven't heard/sung that one in a while.

And it's true. Whether one puts it down to the regime's incompetence; the players' incompetence; KR's incompetence; a mental thing - it's true. No-one had the mentality or desire to play for this football club today, with the exception of Ricky Holmes. Even he looked disheartened. Anyway, bullet points:

THE PLAYERS

- Rudd made three really, really good saves in fairness, and I think was let down by his defence for the first, and undone by a brilliant finish for the second. However, he is an integral part of that defence, and the fact we afford teams so much room so far up the pitch has got to be in part down to his command and communication skills (or lack thereof).

- Solly made two/three goal-saving challenges. He looked alright, but still got done by their wingers once or twice, and he pulled himself out of position far too much.

- Pearce was alright for a first game back for a while. Best of a bad bunch defensively. Made a couple of poor passes and some aimless headers, but... Yeah, not total shite.

- Bauer. What the fuck is wrong with him. He's absolutely shot to pieces mentally. Never in position; caught in possession on more than one occasion; no distribution; no pace... Just, what?

- Dasilva was not up to it first half; better second half; but ultimately just isn't ready for this level yet. He will be - and he'll be a cracking player one day - but he's not physical enough to be a L1 left back. Good flashes of skill, but the team's lack of faith in him meant he was miles overexposed in defence, and not backed up when going forward.

- Jacko has the turning circle and reaction time of the fucking Exxon Valdez. He was bypassed a lot in the middle. BUT - some good challenges, and a couple of decent passes. It's just getting harder and harder for his class to manifest.

- Forster-Caskey can fuckster-offey. Total passenger. HOWEVER - I do blame KR in part for sticking him wide right for no reason. Had basically no effect on the game.

- Aribo also let down by formation. He looked mentally affected by the attitudes of all around him, and while his technical ability is there, he was not really with it. Also a passenger.

- Holmes was our best player by some way. And even he only just about had what I would consider an average performance. Ran well with the ball second half; only player to try and attack... Lost the ball a lot though.

- Magennis was a passenger. Headers he won went nowhere. Partly to blame in this is Watt's lack of awareness and positioning in relation to his strike partner. If Watt even was his strike partner - was out on the left a lot.

- Watt can fuck off. Lazy; mentally shot to more pieces than, um, a really big jigsaw; technically nowhere near what he was; fat; unfit... The whole package of shite.

Substitutes

- Botaka had no time to do things.

- Byrne looked limited in technique and idea, no doubt in part due to the collective absence of mental strength from the team as a whole.

THE TEAM AND KR

- No cohesion. Eleven individuals.

- Mentally, no-one was there. Everyone seemed to be thinking about next season, and that next season for EVERY player seemed to be away from the Valley. We should be challenging for promotion, a lot of these guys think, and we're in the relegation fight. They don't give a fuck.

- They probably see the problems off the pitch and that affects them, granted.

- Robinson has no fucking clue. The formation - what the fuck? I can't figure it out. Genuinely no idea. JFC on the right; Holmes in the middle; Watt on the left?! We looked miles better with Holmes on the wing, two strikers, and Botaka on the other wing.

- The players don't trust each other on the ball. Which is fair enough in Bauer's case, but otherwise, the lack of responsibility-taking and trust is damning.

- We give other teams way too much space when they attack. We sink back WAY too deep. It's a huge problem and has been for some time.

- Conversely, we don't attack with enough pace to create our own space when *we* get forward.

OTHER

- Beautiful, tasteful tributes to Keith Palmer pre-match and when we were chanting for him. RIP.

- Amusing to hear the whole anti-Roland repertoire wheeled out, with the addition of "Sue Parkes, you're a c***"...

- Great that more than just a few extra people made the effort to come down.

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Overall though... The club is just toxic at the moment. That's the root of it. I see no remedy other than a takeover/miracle deus ex machina.