Relegation

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

DoctorCharlton said:

At what point do we find out about Wednesday and Derby points deduction?

Would EFL leave it literally until the last minute? Will they even get deducted at all this season? A quick google didn't give me any answers.

As soon as both clubs have enough points to be comfortably safe from any serious points deduction..............

That's the absolute best we can expect.  There's no realistic possibility of the complicit frauds at EFL dumping any of these sides down a division.  Even if they could put some sort of case together, it'll be mired in appeals, CAS, wrangling and counter claims for months if not years.  There's no solace for Charlton to find there.  Even looking for chinks of light there is tantamount to giving up.
Finishing 21st is well within our capabilities.

The_President said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

If we can get 6 points from Boro, Hull and QPR then things will start to look a bit more promising. 4-5 points possibly won't be a disaster either.

Anything less than that though and i fear with the games immediately after (Cardiff, Millwall, Brentford) then we'll be rooted in the bottom 3 with 4 games left.

Even 3 might be ok - as long as that 3 is against Boro  it would take us potentially 5 points clear of them, with better GD, and deflate them at same time. Another point at Hull would be a real bonus. If that happened, then that could take us 3 games away (6 points) from Boro where they need to get points if we get nothing.

Cue Middlesbrough winning 7-0 against Forest tonight.

My fear is our confidence... we seem to be very wobbly in deed, which means if we get an early goal and the crowd get behind us, we have a real chance... but this hang on by the fingernails every week has lost us so many points and now that we seem incapable of even getting into that position... it's very dark... 

I'll be hiding behind the sofa for the rest of the season...

Squeeky bum time for sure... 

Since accepting that we will go down last week, I feel much less stress. I plan to try the same tactic with Coronavirus.

golfaddick said:

redman said:

Boro draw tonight.
10 games left. 
If everyone gets same number of points from next 10 as last 10:
Hull 43
Boro 43
Luton 47
Barnsley 47
Charlton 49
Stoke 54
Hudds 56
Wigan 57

but
1. Can we get 10 points from 10? 3 wins
2. Will Boro and Hull really be as bad in next 10

next 2 weeks will tell us a lot! COYR

As things generally even themselves out during a season, and teams go on runs (both good & bad) then I doubt whether both Hull & Boro will be as bad for the rest of the season as they have been recently.

I'll be very surprised if either are in the bottom 3 at the end if the season. 

I have accepted we were down after Sheff Weds and losing 4-0 to Huddersfield Sat I think has put the confidence in the team to bed, I have felt all along this season that our 4 best players this season were Gallagher, Cullen, Williams and Taylor. They were your key ones. If any of them were injured we would struggle. People are quick to blame ESI but I am not. January is always notoriously difficult to get the right players. Who really is going to join a side that is losing regularly and going down. It is a shame that there wasn't a Kevin Phillips who could play for us.  Also everyone knows how to play our diamond,  Looking ar our next 10 days we will struggle to get the reqd points to stay up. I have watched Wigan in the last few games. No way we will beat them. You need at least 2 goals to beat them. Added to that we play Leeds away (we won't there) and Millwall at home (again we get nothing out of that). That least seven games to get the points needed. I still think 50 points is what you should be aiming for. So basically we have to win 4 out of the 7 games.  2 0f those Brentford and Cardiff are pushing for play offs etc. We never beat Birmingham away. So we have to beat Boro, QPR, Reading and Hull away.  I jjust can't see it. Hope I will be eating humble pie.

I will be singing and giving my all on Saturday and will do. 

If and when we go down I will be there getting my season ticket next year.

At least then we can invest in some good decent players and push for promotion. 
League one has been poor this year. 


At least next season we won't have to loan10 players next year, we can invest in our own, although I would miss Cullen. 
Soon I will be looking at this squad and thinking who should stay and who should go. 

On the subject of Bowyer. Yes I would keep him.
There is one manager I would love to see at the club but I would never want Bowyer sacked. 
Bowyer brough the the club together, and got us up in some very difficult circumstances.
He shoukld be allowed time to rebuild the squad in the summer and push for promotion if we go down.

We need a countdown to Charlton's relegation thread , we do it to other clubs and they kick on and survive 

I had a manic day at work Saturday, 14 hour shift. Until 2 minutes ago, I actually thought we’d lost 2-0 last Saturday ! Ffs, I wondered why there was so much negativity over the past few days ! 

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Our next 2 games are against the 2 sides who are bottom of the form table.

Middlesbrough 0 wins in 10.

Hull 0 wins in 10.

What could possibly go wrong?

When you are in trouble give Charlton a call

NapaAddick said:

Since accepting that we will go down last week, I feel much less stress. I plan to try the same tactic with Coronavirus.

You're more likely to get Coronavirus than us staying up if we lose on Saturday! 

The_President said:

I dont get Rudders negativity. To me, beat Boro and we are 4 points clear of them, which with our better GD means they have to achieve 2 wins more than us in 9 games when they havnt won 1 in 11.!
To me, we 'just' need to scrap and fight our way to three wins, then we will be safe, if we get three (with Boro being one of them), then it would mean Boro having to get four in their remaining nine. We need to press and harry them high up pitch - when Forest did that last night Boro looked clueless. 

They play us on saturday, we hardly have a track record of stuffing teams that are in a slump. As for the goal difference, is that really going to last 9 games ? I'm presuming both Sarr and Lockyer as missing for the borough game too.