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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic vs Northampton Town: Tuesday 23rd January 2024 | KO 19:45
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Not played many games. Same old story incoming player not match fit.ken_shabby said:Can anyone confirm the guy called Lapado we've signed is the one from Ipswich, and not his namesake who scored 2 goals in 232 appearances for 'the Old Bull and Pistle pub' B team in the Hastings and district league?
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This exactly.Fortune 82nd Minute said:4 reasons why Appleton should never have been anywhere near the team tonight.
1 Starting Jones who is hopelessly out of form and dropping Thomas (who has been good in the last 2 games)
2 Keeping a knackered Ladapo on and not bringing on Kanu.
3 Taking Watson off and replacing him with Campbell - that was never going to work
4 Bringing Fiorini on. Why on earth has he been signed?
We were well on top and his substitutions were bizarre. We had finally settled down after the decision to play all those defensive midfielders and we were finding loads of space, especially Dobson.
Glad he is gone but the decision making by the players is shocking, Bakinson should have had two goals
The AMB ‘penalty’ was directly after TC has failed to cross the ball with three players waiting for a tap in, including Dobbo, who though sloppy, typifies what a Charlton player should be about.
Even the poor, can pass a ball two yards, Coventry started getting into the game.
i don’t want to see TC play for Charlton again unfortunately.
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Definitely not match fit that’s why Kanu should have replaced him at 60 minutes. Bizarre to keep Kanu on the bench when he’s looked impressive coming on in the last few games.fenlandaddick said:
Not played many games. Same old story incoming player not match fit.ken_shabby said:Can anyone confirm the guy called Lapado we've signed is the one from Ipswich, and not his namesake who scored 2 goals in 232 appearances for 'the Old Bull and Pistle pub' B team in the Hastings and district league?12 -
Referee and Lino shocking again. Their first goal was surely offside, their player must have handballed it in that block, Edun not a second yellow, Maynard brewer should have been sent off and a pen given. At least that's what it looked like from the stands, haven't seen the replays yet.1
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It's almost regrettable that we didn't hear from Appleton afterwards to try and justify some of his decisions.
Like starting Jones instead of Thomas.
Letting Asiimwe play for the U21s today instead of being a like for like swap at wing back instead of the hopelessly out of form Campbell.
Letting L Watson rot on the bench, and instead again bringing on the unfit Fiorini.
Not bringing on Kanu for the knackered Ladapo.
Playing Dobson as an attacking midfielder in the second half. It was frankly bizarre to see him on the shoulder of the last defenders, and bending a run to stay onside.16 -
Thought Thomas played extremely well tonight. One of the only positives.11
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killerandflash said:It's almost regrettable that we didn't hear from Appleton afterwards to try and justify some of his decisions.
Like starting Jones instead of Thomas.
Letting Asiimwe play for the U21s today instead of being a like for like swap at wing back instead of the hopelessly out of form Campbell.
Letting L Watson rot on the bench, and instead again bringing on the unfit Fiorini.
Not bringing on Kanu for the knackered Ladapo.
Playing Dobson as an attacking midfielder in the second half. It was frankly bizarre to see him on the shoulder of the last defenders, and bending a run to stay onside.
I know what you are saying, but after watching our club fall to this low ebb I might have broken my telly if he had been on the mic.
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Just seen goals on Sky - their first goal is waaaay offside, but Lino not level with play
The sending off is shocking - it should have been a straight red to the Northampton player !!!
Hey ho - my mates and I off to Blackpool Saturday - Albie Morgan masterclass incoming 🙄7 -
Thought it was a bit odd that following Edun’s dismissal, it was Thomas who was deployed on the left side, rather than Gillesphey. Thomas was quite good there too.SouthWest_Addicks said:Thought Thomas played extremely well tonight. One of the only positives.Felt Gillesphey didn’t need to head that ball at the end, it would have bounced through to Maynard Brewer (even if he was camped on his line)1 -
The ref got off very lightly, there was so much aimed at Appleton that everyone forgot to give the dogshit ref any abuse. He was so,so poor.Lordflashheart said:Just seen goals on Sky - their first goal is waaaay offside, but Lino not level with play
The sending off is shocking - it should have been a straight red to the Northampton player !!!
Hey ho - my mates and I off to Blackpool Saturday - Albie Morgan masterclass incoming 🙄0 -
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Tell you what, Gillesphy and REG looked fucking shite. Their winning goal is comical2
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I was dead in line with their first, not offside for me. Think TV replays were inconclusive for the handball and the reaction of our players said it all, only a half hearted appeal from Alfie. Right though Edun wasn’t even a foul and it should have been a penalty against AMB.Alwaysneil said:Referee and Lino shocking again. Their first goal was surely offside, their player must have handballed it in that block, Edun not a second yellow, Maynard brewer should have been sent off and a pen given. At least that's what it looked like from the stands, haven't seen the replays yet.6 -
Glad I missed that. I took my wife to the West End to watch the Lee Mack play for her birthday. When I saw the team, Appleton lost any generosity I had for him and I expected what happened to happen. It seems to be a script we follow regularly. Sacking Appleton was like a vet putting down an old dog, it had to be done but I don't have much faith in the football people on the board after that joke of a presentation the other week. They seem like bullshit merchants to me. What they fail to realise is a lot of football fans have been watching the game for decades and can probably smell the crap better than many in the game. I'm calling it out. Bullshit!8
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Not a mention for REG so far? Afraid I was not impressed.
Not sure I’ve ever known a red card and a manager not respond immediately or at least in a few minutes with a sub or two. We desperately needed fresh legs at that point.
Players’ behaviour very telling at the end when they let MA walk down the tunnel and hung back. Thomas the first to start clapping the Covered End while shaking his head. Dobbo doing a fist pump and Alfie grabbing the badge. There is some heart in this team. They need a decent leader / manager to reinforce it.16 -
Thomas has been playing well for the last few games. Jones has lost all confidence and I don't know but maybe needs a leader to tell him what to do on the pitch. Anyway, Appleton deserves the sack for not seeing that lack of confidence is currently a liability. I wouldn't have a fight with anybody saying that Jones has more potential than Thomas, but at this time one is playing shit and one is playing well. A manager that ignores that is in trouble. As in has lost the plot.4
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Weegie Addick said:Not a mention for REG so far? Afraid I was not impressed.
Not sure I’ve ever known a red card and a manager not respond immediately or at least in a few minutes with a sub or two. We desperately needed fresh legs at that point.
Players’ behaviour very telling at the end when they let MA walk down the tunnel and hung back. Thomas the first to start clapping the Covered End while shaking his head. Dobbo doing a fist pump and Alfie grabbing the badge. There is some heart in this team. They need a decent leader / manager to reinforce it.I thought he had some good range of passes, and some of his positional play was also good. He seemed to have some pace. But I was only watching on the stream so can't see the whole game.Maybe the next fella in charge can get a tune out of the defence?
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You want a few games to get the defence working/understanding which we haven't got. But not playing players with zero confidence would be a start.2
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No, but I noticed another point in the match when we'd just cocked something up (can't remember what), someone was standing in front of the k, so it read booing.comIdleHans said:Did anyone else notice that when Edun got his second yellow the hoarding behind him flashed up "booking.cafc.co.uk"?1 -
Well, I personally am ecstatic he has gone, around 6 games or so too late, but better than never.
Next managerial appointment is critical as we are in a real danger of relegation (as we have been for almost 2 months) of league 2.
Unfortunately I called the result tonight and it played out exactly as expected, why he was ever in charge for the game is beyond my comprehension.
A lof of these players need to be held accountable and truth be told, I don't like the look of a lot of the new signings. I think Ladapo is a player, Coventry could be and Bakinson seems to give a shit, the rest, I really don't know.
There is some character in this team, but we need the right manager to utilise it. I think May, Dobson, Thomas, Isted, Edun and Bakinson have that bit of steel about them and be ready for it.
Be very curious to see who we are now linked with, I personally think Nathan Jones as an early front runner is very promising. He plays a 352 with 2 DMs so he has a pretty ready made squad waiting for him
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For me AMB needs to be replaced.....you can see the players were having a go at him for his lack of communication skills tonight.....get Isted back in ASAP....4
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If not him, the other two.lancashire lad said:Scott should now come on CTV and explain the situation.
Radio Silence will be the case.1 -
It’s truly amazing how many Charlton fans tonight in Bartrams bar thought that our manager would stay till the end of the season just because of a few new signings 🤣🤣🤣
small the fucking roses, the man is inept and useless and had to go 👋👋👋👋🚚2 -
I'm not going to comment about team selection or subs as the twat has now, thankfully, left & so it makes no difference.
What I will say is this....
If you are going to play 352 then your wingbacks need to be able to cross the ball. And cross it well. Whoever now takes over needs to be coaching them night & day so that they can deliver effective balls into the box.
As many have pointed out, it's no point signing players who haven't been playing 90 mins week in & week out. Andy Scott specifically said this. And then lied by bringing in at least 3 players who cant play more than 60 mins. I thought at least one benefit of signing a player in January rather than July is that they would have 5 months of football "into their legs".
Call me old fashioned but it would be nice to have at least one midfielder be able to play a killer pass.
On the players themselves.....
Thought Ladapo was ok up until 70 mins & had some decent link up play with May. He then ran out of steam.
Edun unlucky to be sent off. But we were lucky to not give away a pen. And our shout for one wasn't.
Watson (T) looked capable & best player I've seen at RWB.
Didnt think much of Coventry. Bakinson did ok - a few decent passes but it will take time to bed into the team.
Miss 442 & the lack of wingers/attacking midfielders. Edun & Watson aren't the answer to CBT & JRS not being here. How many goals did those 2 make & score ? Do you really think May & Ladapo can make up for not having all those non goal scoring midfielders. Madness.
I've been calling it for weeks....longer than most on here....that we are in a relegation battle. But I don't think we'll go down. One thing that will save us is our GD. And a new manager will get enough wins to keep us up. But it will be squeaky bum time until Easter.
And woe betide ANYONE who ever posts that picture of Appleton on here again.6 -
It’s not regrettable at all, he didn’t have the bottle to speak to anyone tonight after giving it the big I am “no one will say anything to my face”. Should have been sacked on the spot for those muggy comments. Have absolutely no interest in anything else he ever has to say, useless and irrelevantkillerandflash said:It's almost regrettable that we didn't hear from Appleton afterwards to try and justify some of his decisions.
Like starting Jones instead of Thomas.
Letting Asiimwe play for the U21s today instead of being a like for like swap at wing back instead of the hopelessly out of form Campbell.
Letting L Watson rot on the bench, and instead again bringing on the unfit Fiorini.
Not bringing on Kanu for the knackered Ladapo.
Playing Dobson as an attacking midfielder in the second half. It was frankly bizarre to see him on the shoulder of the last defenders, and bending a run to stay onside.7 -
Shame we couldn’t get one more post match interview with Apples, we’ll never know what he thought about the game
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Scott was looking to install a winning mentality at the Club when he brought Appleton in. Well he failed and I've been expecting us to lose every game of late. Unless whoever comes in can make us harder to beat, we will go down, for every club in the league knows if you pressure us late on we'll concede, and few clubs who have that about them survive relegation battles.ElfsborgAddick said:
If not him, the other two.lancashire lad said:Scott should now come on CTV and explain the situation.
Radio Silence will be the case.
Edit - looking on the bright side, now the nasty man has gone away, we needn't be so frightened and might turn a corner.
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Got home from the game last night to find this, apparently it fell off the shelf.25 -
So much to say, so little energy to say it.
Thomas was much better than Jones.
So many of the new players lacked sharpness/match fitness.
Ladapo didn't have a good game, could/should have scored a hat trick but he was constantly involved. He's not a hold up player though and we still need that.
Why with 10 men and drawing against a team that had settled for a draw did we go gung ho for a win, especially when we know how poor we are in the last 10 minutes? At that point a point was "OK" if not great.
REG was good but think he was at fault for the last goal.
Sending off was a terrible decision even in real time. Once you've seen the replay it is even worse.
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