Charlton Athletic v Oxford United Tuesday 27 October | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views

MrLargo said:

ElliotCAFC said:

MrLargo said:

Leuth said:

grumpyaddick said:

Just for the record I am with @MrLargo.

Gobinson was most embarrassing Charlton manager of all time with the obvious exception of Carol Fraye

Dowie? Reed? Pardew? 

Pardew beat West Ham 4-0, drew at Anfield, nearly kept us in the Premier League and then did the double over Palace the following season. An arrogant tosser, and by no means a brilliant manager (although he has also got 2 FA Cup Finals on his CV unfortunately), but to say that Pardew is a worse manager than Robinson is staggering. Do you actually think that?!

Despite the fact that the football was appalling under Robinson, the main reason I loathe him so much is because he quite happily allowed himself to be the salesman for Roland's ridiculous way of running our club. He quite happily signed up to the "see how you get on in the first half of the season and then we might spends some money in January". He told us that Katrien and Roland were good guys. Any manager with any credibility (Chris Wilder for example) wouldn't have wanted to be associated with such a shoddy set up.

Joke of a manager, joke of a man.

So you’re saying Bowyer has no credibility? Let’s not forget that Bowyer is often the first to defend Roland and has never bad mouthed the regime, while Robinson did towards the end. 

Jackson also gave some praise to Roland in his recent interview, as well as a fair amount of criticism.

Not said that anywhere. In relation to Roland, Bowyer's said in the past "he leaves us to get on with it". He's also frequently said that he's been managing with his hands tied behind his back. It's hardly singing his praises. He certainly never said he thought it was a good idea to do the bulk of your transfer business in the January window, as Robinson did.

And I well remember Robinson slagging off the regime towards the end, when he was trying to manipulate his way out of the club and into the Oxford job. Typical of the sort of bloke he was. 

Anyway, going round in circles and it's a bit boring. I can't stand the bloke, you clearly think he was terrific and must have seen something inspiring during the multiple defeats against Bury, Peterborough, Oxford, Northampton, Gillingham and Southend that I'm not astute enough to spot.

cafcsinger said:

Don’t understand the hate for KR. He did talk a lot of shite, but brought Bowyer to the club, played some good football at times, cared about the club etc. I like him tbh!

Cafc43v3r said:

ElliotCAFC said:

Cafc43v3r said:

Anyway back on topic.... 

I feel sorry for Johnny Williams, he cant play as a 10 unless Doughty doesn't play (or plays at left back) and now he is injured he has just spent over an hour running around on a ploughed field.  What ever your opinion of him as a footballer you must admit he doesn't have much luck. 

I think this team selection will be based on who is fit enough to start tomorrow, more than with 1 eye on Saturday.   I would think Watson and Shinnie would come in regardless, then it's which ones come out. 

Are Chuks and Maddison fit enough to start? 

Would you not rest Watson for Saturday? He seems to love a yellow 

Are Saturday's points any more import than Tuesday's?   Get 4 either way and I would be happy. 

LenGlover said:

Lincsaddick said:

happyvalley said:

Lincsaddick said:

killerandflash said:

Blucher said:

Inniss has got the potential to be as dangerous at corners as Big Dave Shipperley in the 70s, who used to charge in from the corner of the box and nearly always got his head to the ball. He was a very, very difficult man to block off once he got up a head of steam. We also had precision deliveries from the likes of Colin Powell.

Opponents will also be so concerned about Inniss' aerial prowess that they'll be vulnerable to the occasional variation in approach, such as a near post flick on from another of our players (the sort of routine that Mark Kinsella and Stevie Brown used to deploy).

JFC put in a few good corners on Saturday and Maddison is a renowned dead ball specialist, so our goal output from this important source should improve. It's an important area of the game and one that we've hardly excelled at in recent years. Smyth's long throws might also prove useful on occasions, with Inniss looking to flick the ball on at the near post and generally create some chaos.

Looking at Inniss's record, I was surprised that in 116 games he's only scored 2 goals, you'd have thought that with his aerial power he'd have scored more often than that. 1 goal in 29 games for Newport last season in L2 is a surprisingly low return

Phil Chapple for example scored 15 goals in 167 matches for us

Further back, Paul Went coincidentally scored 15 in 163 for us and had a fairly decent scoring record at some of his other clubs

I seem to remember Paul Went played up front a few times.

he did .. in that era a few players switched between centre half and centre forward, the Charles brothers John and Mel perhaps the best known

King Arthur for us

RedJohn said:

Is Matthews available for tomorrow?