Post-match Thread: Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic | Sat 3rd Sep 2022 3pm

cafcsinger said:

Plymouth looking like a one off 

A very disappointing afternoon, although Bolton were the better and more cohesive side and well worth the three points.

We were poor in the first half and, whilst it was disappointing to find ourselves behind at half time after taking such an early lead, we could have no real complaints. Bolton moved the ball well and were afforded far too much space for both of their goals. Stockley was isolated, forlorn and dominated throughout by Santos. Predictably, Rak-Sakyi provided our only real threat, with Kirk very quiet on the left.

Bolton pressed quite effectively, forcing us into long balls, which didn’t present any real threat. Santos started many of Bolton’s attacks, with some very good long passes - aided and abetted by the absence of any pressure on him. Bolton outplayed and overloaded us in midfield throughout the first half.

We were better in second half, with some early aggressive forays down the left from Charles Clayden. Rak-Saki was, however, our only threat up front, with three early shots early in the half and another towards the end. There was zero threat from Stockley and Kirk and we were hardly helped by a series of very poor corners from Morgan.

Defensively, we were a bit shambolic as a collective, although I thought that, individually, O’Connell and Clayden did ok. In midfield, Fraser had some very nice touches, as well as popping up with another goal, Dobson was quiet and Morgan very mediocre. Up top, Rak-Sakyi was a very serious threat but Stockley and Kirk were extremely poor. Stockley’s lack of pace is a real problem in this system and he got no change out of Santos and his colleagues. Difficult to know where we go from here, given our lack of forward options. No amount of work on the training ground is going to bridge the gap between us and the better teams in this division, of which Bolton are certainly one.

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Redmidland said:

Only listened to the game and Terry's commentary, but after a flying start  we then sounded absolutely fucking awful!
Morgan, Stockley, Kirk and Lavelle sounded crap, Claydon is not ready for this level of football. JRS and Fraser sounded OK  but overall we got what we deserved....fuck all!
Next 3 games we have to step up and play and win....then we might, just might get this season  going. 

If Clayden isn't ready for this level, then most of our under 21s would struggle too...

And that's basically the options we're looking at now going forward.

JoshAddick said:

There’s gonna be a lot of overreactions after today’s performance, especially because of deadline day disappointment. But that’s only our second loss in 10 under Garner (all comps), and on the most part we’ve played good opposition. The season isn’t over by any stretch.

Southbank said:

I wonder how long TS will tolerate paying Curbs and Brownie to  lay in to the team and the way the club is managed. And put up with Garner saying the squad is too weak.