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Post-match Thread: Sheffield Wednesday vs Charlton Athletic | Saturday 13th August 2022
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I’m going to keep this one relatively brief. Unlike our last outing, we were fluid and effective form kick off. So much so, Sheffield Wed looked shellshocked and their supporters went from exuberant to quiet, to anxious in a short amount of time. We were fluid going forward and applied pressure that they found hard to play through. Unfortunately we couldn’t find the goal to reward our efforts.
It took 70+ minutes for Charlton legs to tire and Wed to gain a foothold and mount an attack. Even then, we looked comfortable at the back and Wed never looked like scoring. Until they did. Wed brought on substitutes and made tactical changes that I think Ben Garner was a little late in reacting to. On 80 mins, Wed found the breakthrough they were hoping for. 1-0 to the home side, despite being outclassed throughout.
Unfortunately, it was an afternoon with plenty to find comfort in, except the result! When we can’t get enough forward and numbers into the box, we’re always going to struggle. Today, we were lacking in the final third. Football’s a funny game: you don’t always get what you deserve, either way. Sometimes you get the points off a poor performance and sometimes it’s a great performance with no reward. It’s a long season and, for the long haul, I find comfort in our performance (I’d be less enthused if I followed Wed); we’ve got a ways to go, but we’ve got an attacking threat coming in and we’ve got plenty of room to improve.
Sheff Wed 1 Charlton 0
It took 70+ minutes for Charlton legs to tire and Wed to gain a foothold and mount an attack. Even then, we looked comfortable at the back and Wed never looked like scoring. Until they did. Wed brought on substitutes and made tactical changes that I think Ben Garner was a little late in reacting to. On 80 mins, Wed found the breakthrough they were hoping for. 1-0 to the home side, despite being outclassed throughout.
Unfortunately, it was an afternoon with plenty to find comfort in, except the result! When we can’t get enough forward and numbers into the box, we’re always going to struggle. Today, we were lacking in the final third. Football’s a funny game: you don’t always get what you deserve, either way. Sometimes you get the points off a poor performance and sometimes it’s a great performance with no reward. It’s a long season and, for the long haul, I find comfort in our performance (I’d be less enthused if I followed Wed); we’ve got a ways to go, but we’ve got an attacking threat coming in and we’ve got plenty of room to improve.
Sheff Wed 1 Charlton 0
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No need to panic. Sheff Wed just did to us what we did to Derby. We played well away at one of the promotion favourites. Garner watched the same game and will have drawn the same conclusions. I’m sure he will be trying to improve the squad.
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Exact opposite of derby game, we outplayed them for the vast majority and couldn’t score, sucker punched and lost.
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So much good football, so little end product. Maybe I’m overreacting because I’m disappointed with the result, but there’s so much potential in this team. Sticking with Stockley and not signing a striker who fits the system could really prevent us from fulfilling it.23
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Draw, win, loss from our first three games. Mid-table form from what will probably be a mid table team unfortunately.Disappointing result. We desperately need a striker or we aren’t going to do much this season.We looked like the better team for about 70 mins, but we tired badly after that and Sheffield Wednesday had very decent players that they could bring on whereas we really don’t.4
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Stockley was shit as was Kirk not fucking interested sell stockley if we can and Kirk thay are shit21
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Should be a Happy Clappers fest this one...3
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We've slipped from 5th to 14th. The season is over.
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well i got that wright, went the way i thought. if you do not have recognised strikers who can take the chances this will happen more often during the season.1
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Decent football. No end product.
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Apart from that, all good?cazo said:Stockley was shit as was Kirk not fucking interested sell stockley if we can and Kirk thay are shit3 -
Hopefully TS is being told we need a new forward.3
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In order to win promotion you have to win games like this.
Seriously we were the better team and lost.
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Great first half performance but second half felt like it was all Wednesday. Desperately need a striker for this system and I'd be switching up the starting midfield as I haven't seen anything from Fraser in all the time he's been with us.
Lots of things to be encouraged about there, but it's another late goal conceded and could have easily been a couple more added after the opener.3 -
The front 3 who started are the worry for me and where the goals will come from. I think the collective unit is my main worry rather than individuals3
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I'd have subbed Stockley and Fraser at half time. Kirk wasn't great. Rest of the team played well.
i don't think Stockley is going to fit this style of play. He's too static and doesn't chase the ball down. Yet to see Fraser have a good game to be honest. Kirk meh..3 -
He should have waited until 4:50pm!Scoham said:5 -
I personally am very encouraged by that. To go to Wednesday and dominate like we did for so as long as we did, is a sign of our quality.
If we play the same against Plymouth and Cambridge at home, but don’t pick up goals or the win, then I’ll start to panic a little.
Biggest issue today is the quality we lacked off the bench. I think Miles is a fantastic talent, but it was calling out for a player with Anekes quality to bring on. But it’s a shame our Aneke quality player is injured.17 -
Forward that can play how garner wants, as stockley can't, slows the whole attack down3
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Powder puff up front, not going to score enough goals. Stockley doesn’t fit the system, Leaburn raw and not ready to play up top on his own, Aneke seemingly not fit yet. Another striker desperately needed. Two homes games in a week now. Let’s not be having this same conversation next Saturday come 5pm. Midfielders need to step up to the plate too.15
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We had plenty of chances to win that.2
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I watched the second half.
Our main issue to resolve is the centre forward.
If McGrandles would start resembling a footballer, that'd be nice too.
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Anyone still want to tell me Stockley will get 20+ league goals?
Hes a good player but not in a 4 3 3 or as a lone striker. We worked that out last year under Adkins. Charlton love to do the same shit different day.
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I like Ben Garner. I like the way he wants his team to play and I like the way the team seem to have understood and are starting to play. The quality is so much higher than last season. But if we can't add a cutting edge in the final third, get more players getting into the opponent's box we're going to struggle for the goals needed to mount even a play off challenge. Hopefully young Jes will add some of that threat and maybe there'll be a decent mobile, paceystriker coming in before the window closes.
However, we dominated the first half and much of the second with patient, flowing football. We stretched and challenged a side tipped for promotion and had their crowd getting very restless. So, well played the lads. It's obviously still a work in progress but I love the way it's shaping up and am more hopeful this season than for some time.25 -
lets not look to Aneke to make our season. will be lucky if he plays in 50% of games and mainly not 45 mins either.3
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we didn't take our chances and therefore didn't deserve anything, we desperately need a striker who plays to this system.3
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McGrandles played like he was still concussed. I’ve got to say, I’d have much preferred Alex Gilbey’s energy coming on in a game like this.10
