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MATCH THREAD : AFC Wimbledon V Charlton Athletic : Pre-Season : Saturday 27th July 2024 KO 15:00
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Scoham said:Gisappointed said:New goalie
Mitchell Mitchell. Potts
Ramsay Small
Taylor Godden Berry
Ahadme. Kanu
He put in more tackles/presses yesterday than our entire midfield combined.
NJ just needs to accept what is staring him in the face. Dixon WP may allow the penny to drop.0 -
Gisappointed said:Scoham said:Gisappointed said:New goalie
Mitchell Mitchell. Potts
Ramsay Small
Taylor Godden Berry
Ahadme. Kanu
He put in more tackles/presses yesterday than our entire midfield combined.
NJ just needs to accept what is staring him in the face. Dixon WP may allow the penny to drop.3 -
Jeez the bickering has returned. It's pre season all this game.showed is we are still playing friendlies as friendlies.2
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May have been discussed elsewhere but has Paul Hart been on the touch line in these friendlies? Haven’t seen him in any of the photos.0
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Callumcafc said:Gisappointed said:Scoham said:Gisappointed said:New goalie
Mitchell Mitchell. Potts
Ramsay Small
Taylor Godden Berry
Ahadme. Kanu
He put in more tackles/presses yesterday than our entire midfield combined.
NJ just needs to accept what is staring him in the face. Dixon WP may allow the penny to drop.4 -
Dazzler21 said:Jeez the bickering has returned. It's pre season all this game.showed is we are still playing friendlies as friendlies.I worry, particularly with the sale of May, that we’ve made a huge gamble on an entirely new system and squad. In some ways that makes sense, we finished in a historically low posturing last season, but it’s a gamble nonetheless and we’ll find out in 13 days whether the early signs are that it will pay off.4
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Gisappointed said:Callumcafc said:Gisappointed said:Scoham said:Gisappointed said:New goalie
Mitchell Mitchell. Potts
Ramsay Small
Taylor Godden Berry
Ahadme. Kanu
He put in more tackles/presses yesterday than our entire midfield combined.
NJ just needs to accept what is staring him in the face. Dixon WP may allow the penny to drop.I find writing him off as finished and needing to be pushed into midfield, on the basis of a couple of friendly appearances, to be frankly ridiculous.4 -
Callumcafc said:Gisappointed said:Callumcafc said:Gisappointed said:Scoham said:Gisappointed said:New goalie
Mitchell Mitchell. Potts
Ramsay Small
Taylor Godden Berry
Ahadme. Kanu
He put in more tackles/presses yesterday than our entire midfield combined.
NJ just needs to accept what is staring him in the face. Dixon WP may allow the penny to drop.I find writing him off as finished and needing to be pushed into midfield, on the basis of a couple of friendly appearances, to be frankly ridiculous.Im actually amazed how some people make it through a week of their lives.3 -
000__Jaaaaay__000 said:The worrying thing is our marquee signing Ahadme doesn’t look remotely fit or ready at the moment. You’d have hoped by now both him and godden would have got an understanding on how to operate together but like most of these players, they just look like strangers to each other.Genuinely feels like we are undercooked at this stage of preseason.With only one game left to try things out, we need to hope for a better performance against Pompey, otherwise jones will be facing a major dilemma on who to start against Wigan.
Agree with everything else you say.1 -
Brownie12 said:Callumcafc said:Gisappointed said:Callumcafc said:Gisappointed said:Scoham said:Gisappointed said:New goalie
Mitchell Mitchell. Potts
Ramsay Small
Taylor Godden Berry
Ahadme. Kanu
He put in more tackles/presses yesterday than our entire midfield combined.
NJ just needs to accept what is staring him in the face. Dixon WP may allow the penny to drop.I find writing him off as finished and needing to be pushed into midfield, on the basis of a couple of friendly appearances, to be frankly ridiculous.Im actually amazed how some people make it through a week of their lives.4 -
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Bedsaddick said:What we Desperately lack is creativity .
Who do we have in the midfield who can go past players or put in that killer ball? Who is going to take our free kicks ? On yesterdays showings it looks like Coventry or Mitchell and let's face it , the free kicks were both woeful.
We desperately need some creativity but i get the feeling Jones just wants to bully our way to results and one , i'm not sure we have the personnel for that and two, it's going to be ugly as hell.0 -
I suppose it was a good workout for Wimbledon, who will be facing a lot of hoof ball next season in League 2. I think they handled it rather well, as indeed most lower division teams do.1
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Jones said we played in front of Wimbledon. This is a pet hate of mine and it always seems to be an issue with teams I support, basically Charlton and England. At least Jones has identified it and I suppose it is a case of what he is going to do about it.2
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MuttleyCAFC said:Jones said we played in front of Wimbledon. This is a pet hate of mine and it always seems to be an issue with teams I support, basically Charlton and England. At least Jones has identified it and I suppose it is a case of what he is going to do about it.1
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Scoham said:MuttleyCAFC said:Jones said we played in front of Wimbledon. This is a pet hate of mine and it always seems to be an issue with teams I support, basically Charlton and England. At least Jones has identified it and I suppose it is a case of what he is going to do about it.0
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Scoham said:MuttleyCAFC said:Jones said we played in front of Wimbledon. This is a pet hate of mine and it always seems to be an issue with teams I support, basically Charlton and England. At least Jones has identified it and I suppose it is a case of what he is going to do about it.1
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ok, it’s Monday morning and the deep breath has finally been let out. It was a friendly after all and a wake up call is often better than a false sense of security from winning one of those games, particularly against a team we should normally be expected to beat.What was disappointing was that team, to me, wasn’t the team that I would have expected to start the first game of the season, some of those players will of course but others will only see their name on the starting eleven in cup games for a while at least. I know we have the final pre season game yet to come but two games with the league games starting eleven ironing out the usual snags would have given us a much better chance to hit the ground running against Wigan. Still, at least we will know for ourselves why one or two of those players won’t be on the team sheet come the 10th.
If I have one other gripe it’s that a thousand Charlton fans turned up for the game. It’s a pity not everyone on the pitch seemed to do likewise - I’m not saying they should have been rushing around on a hot day or doing anything likely to get themselves injured but they could have looked like they were mentally sharp. Switching off and wayward balls kicked in hope last season was what nearly got the team relegated.
still, it’s yesterday’s chip paper now, onwards and upwards to Saturday and the Pompey game. Winning that isn’t important if Pompey are the better team on the day, it’s all about how we play.1 -
RonnieMoore said:Scoham said:MuttleyCAFC said:Jones said we played in front of Wimbledon. This is a pet hate of mine and it always seems to be an issue with teams I support, basically Charlton and England. At least Jones has identified it and I suppose it is a case of what he is going to do about it.
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golfaddick said:RodneyCharltonTrotta said:Leyton Orient first home game will be a better indication of where we're at than a friendly hopefully.0
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Scoham said:MuttleyCAFC said:Jones said we played in front of Wimbledon. This is a pet hate of mine and it always seems to be an issue with teams I support, basically Charlton and England. At least Jones has identified it and I suppose it is a case of what he is going to do about it.1
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golfaddick said:RodneyCharltonTrotta said:Leyton Orient first home game will be a better indication of where we're at than a friendly hopefully.
We should be ready to go for Wigan. We have known it was likely we would be a league 1 team for 24/25, we had a manager in place with a decent track record, plenty of time to make the right signings and part ways with the players who we didn't want. We also had plenty of games with Jones for him to determine what needed to be done.
This squad should be more than ready by Wigan away, and the goal should be 3 points and 3 points only. Anything else is poor planning, and low ambition. You can't throw away potentially 6-9 points at the start of the season like we did last time.7 -
se9addick said:Dazzler21 said:Jeez the bickering has returned. It's pre season all this game.showed is we are still playing friendlies as friendlies.I worry, particularly with the sale of May, that we’ve made a huge gamble on an entirely new system and squad. In some ways that makes sense, we finished in a historically low posturing last season, but it’s a gamble nonetheless and we’ll find out in 13 days whether the early signs are that it will pay off.
Good post.
Ramsey and Small as wing backs are surely paramount in the system Jones wants to deploy.
Alex Mitchell looks strong at the back and the midfield I'm still trying to work out who's who !
Coventry appears to have the gig as the defensive midfielder but like others I'm still waiting for him to impose himself on a game over 90+ minutes.
If you have reached the level of being a professional midfielder in the 3rd tier then you must surely be capable of passing the ball ? I don't expect KDB type precision but this talk of a special play maker who can pull all the strings just won't happen in League 1.
Berry, Docherty, Taylor, Coventry, Anderson, and IF Bishops signs we have the numbers in midfield but they will need not only good attacking wing backs but movement from forwards for this system to gel.
The Fact that Ahadme was a sub who then got subbed is a concern as the person who gets the longest contract as in Charlie Kirk seem to struggle. Early days for Ahadme but we need him up to speed ASAP.
Kanu looked Sharper and ironic that he gave a smart pass to Campbell and not the other way round.
Godden will do fine IF the team can find partnerships all over the pitch and especially down the flanks with the attacking full backs or anyone else who drifts wide to open up space.
If Chuks Aneke could play 45 minutes either 1st half or 2nd half guaranteed we would be such a stronger team but that is in the hands of the football gods 🤞🏼
Nathan Jones needs to get it right for Wigan with formation and personnel. It's his gig and we have to hope he will make the right calls. Both Dobson and May looked like big misses on Saturday so we need players to step up to the plate.
It was such a friendly that the ref didn't even bring his cards with him for the two blatant pull backs by Johnnie Jackson's side.
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“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here6 -
king addick said:“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here0 -
king addick said:“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here0 -
letthegoodtimesroll said:king addick said:“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here
But it is pre-season. At this point it is fitness and getting a general overview of the players from Njs perspective to better prepare for the season ahead.0 -
golfaddick said:king addick said:“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here6 -
king addick said:“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here
Nathan Jones wasn't happy either.
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king addick said:golfaddick said:king addick said:“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important. Most important is to build a team, get information about the players."
Quote from Unai Emery. The manager of Aston Villa who just qualified for the Champions League, they just took a hiding from Columbus Crew. Ill take that view over the massive over reaction on here
Us, on the other hand, have just had our lowest league placement in however many years, have just lost our POTY, club captain, and arguably our best player all in the space of a few months. They are on a completely different level to us and our pre-season shouldn't be used as a basis vs theirs, or any other team on that level for that matter.
No one is completely writing the season off (unless they're being a tad dramatic), and I don't believe anyone is really losing the plot. It is just quite concerning, that a few weeks out from Wigan away, and it's becoming quite clear that we might not have a squad ready to give us the best chance of having a good start to this season.
It would be very different if we had just marginally missed out on promotion, had kept most of that squad and had bolstered (similar to Bolton) but we haven't, and are essentially starting from scratch again, and ignoring the results, the football doesn't look all that.
It doesn't haven't to be one extreme or the other, it's just people expressing their concerns after a few horrid, boring, miserable few years in this tin pot league.5 -
ValleyGary said:The amount of panicking minges on here is hilarious.
Anyone that’s ever kicked a football of a decent standard knows friendlies mean fuck all.4