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POST-MATCH THREAD: Crawley Town v Charlton Athletic: Tuesday 11th March 2025: KO 19:45

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  • 2 times speed! We got to that twenty years ago. Play it against the original and I think you’ll realise that it’s about to 5-7 times speed these days.

    Singing it at such a speed suggests to me like they find it difficult to sing and take no pleasure in it. To sing it with pride is to sing it slowly.
    I wasn't talking about VFR with the 2x speed, I meant the "We're on our way" chant. Agree VFR can still be slower but it's a start!
  • WSS said:
    “You can’t be going to Bluewater and Costa Coffee” 🤣

    And tell your wife you’re not going shopping if she asks.
    It’s a sacrifice NOT to go shopping with the wife?!  :o
  • Nice little dummy from Gilbert in the build up...🙄

    Certainly fortuitous that Gilbert missed the ball but he took up some good positions in the game and came close to scoring on several occasions.
  • Nathan Jones said Lloyd is playing with injections and needs a rest, Josh is running on fumes, why risk them missing later games if we can give them a two week break to recharge their batteries before we go again. I can see the argument about momentum but imagine if we had to go into the play off games without Lloyd and Josh for example. It’s not worth the risk.
    My argument is even about momentum. 

    Compared to the schedule we’ve had, going back to one match a week will already enable rest. Two weeks is not absolutely necessary.  It would be nice, yes, but then you’d have a 3 game week later on. Would that not then be potentially risking injury even more for the crucial final games?

    If Jones is really in such a bad way then we should rest him by playing McIntyre in his place. I don’t like it anymore than you but that’s what a squad is for. 

    Postponing a game doesn’t mean that you play fewer games. It means that you inconveniently sandwich some games closer together. I think the disadvantage outweighs any earlier benefit. 
  • DOUCHER said:
    Injury scares aside, i'd like to see us go back to the Cov, Doc, Berry midfield and Godden back up top on Saturday for Leaburn. I've been critical of Doc for his limitations but he's a safe pair of hands and i think Gilbert may well be more effective from the bench. I get giving Godden a rest and Leaburn a couple of games to try and rediscover some form but we can't carry passengers at this stage and it nearly cost us last night. Back to the tried and tested for Saturday with Chucks back on the bench and we hopefully sign off for a little rest with a big win.     
    I think I'd rather see Gilbert given a go. Doc can be a bit anonymous and Gilbert certainly wasn't that last night.
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  • ok, if we are all going to post crap like that then here’s my wild theory on Mile’s Leaburn’s recent games. It’s a bit left field but bear with me. His mum has been training for the run for the Prostrate Cancer charity. If I had to take a wild guess I’d bet meals at home have taken a turn for the worse and become, god forbid, ‘healthy’ with a vengeance. Now, obviously Miles didn’t get that physique by not watching what he eats but if you are going to run around for 90+ minutes you need to consume some things that make you feel good, not slim, because those are usually the ones that provide the fuel your body’s engine burns up if you are active. If that’s the case, hopefully things will return to normal, that or Big Carl will sneak him out for a cheeky Nando’s and Miles will be firing on all cylinders for the rest of the run in. He’s destined for big things and it’ll be good to see him achieve it, whether that’s with charlton or a much bigger side.
    Surely there is no bigger side than Charlton!!!
  • edited March 12
    Surely there is no bigger side than Charlton!!!
    ...Athletic. 🙄
  • Surely there is no bigger side than Charlton!!!
    There has been a time when that probably could have been claimed and obviously there will be a time when it will be claimed again, which could well be the thinking behind Man Utd trying to build a much bigger ground now, but as things stand I suspect there just might be one or two clubs that could edge it in the big stakes.
  • I think I'd rather see Gilbert given a go. Doc can be a bit anonymous and Gilbert certainly wasn't that last night.
    I agree. Gilbert was everywhere last night and having an influence on the game. He might have done better in a few situations but he was able to cover much more ground than Berry does. I hope NJ sticks with him for Saturday. 
  • edited March 12
    It looked one of those games that were better live than on TV. 

    Charlton were comfortable and it always looked as though one goal would settle it. I shouldn't think Jojo will be too happy about letting Small's shot in but Charlton deserved the win. 
  • edited March 12

    DDOUBLEE said:
    If Nathan Jones feels that Danny Hylton coming on is the correct decision then that’s fine by me, our striking options other than TC and Godden are hardly covering themselves in glory at the moment, he’s on to be a complete shithouse towards the end of the game and done what he needed to do to see the win out, I’m struggling to see what the issue is

    I think you'll find the away fans did the best bit of shithousery by hiding the ball that went out just before injury time 🤣
  • Yeah, I saw that. He let the ball run a bit too far across himself for the pass he was trying to make down the line and it went out. He was annoyed with himself. I also saw him getting into defenders' faces, catching them late before they could build anything and exchanging that for free kicks that they fed directly to Lloyd Jones and Gillesphey's heads, just like we wanted them to. I saw him moaning at the ref and eating up precious time that we could afford to lose and Crawley couldn't. I saw plenty of other Charlton players misplace passes, miss chances, misdirect clearances and overrun the ball, that's football, especially at this level. Here we are with 3 points though after the sum of all of the good and bad on display. I'm fine with that.
    Just because we won doesn’t mean every small detail went well. Personally I find it embarrassing watching Hylton come on for 15 minutes. He can’t run, the pass out of play was comically bad and if our gameplan is to give away free kicks (which is obviously isn’t) then what’s stopping me or you doing that? 
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  • I've learned my lesson. I am not questioning any of Jones' decisions. Why would I? Why would anybody? Seeing as what we have acheived in the last few months.
    We may have been in the top two by now if Jones had changed his hoofball style earlier in the season. 
    Many on here were bemoaning our 'worst ever squad of players' earlier in the season, whilst a small minority of us were pissing in the wind trying to point out that the players weren't as bad as the football or results would have us believe. 
    Tbf, we were without Jones and Ramsay for long periods, and they have certainly made a huge impact, but for whatever reason, I believe that Jones N, changed the style of play out of desperation and as a result of criticism,  either by fans or closure to home.
    So all credit to the fact that he did acknowledge his style was nonsense and ineffective,  but he should have seen it long before he did, just as the fans did. At least, some of us.


  • Found it! He will kill :p me but Charlton plays such a massive part of our life together so I am sharing it anyway. He will be on here some time soon! 
    Phew ! So far, so good.....
  • Thoroughly enjoyable evening - exceptionally well hosted by the owners of Crawley Town, and to top it off a great result. Concerned about Josh as he would be a big miss. Thought Gilbert looked like he has potential and yet again Jones and Macca were immense.
    If ever a photo showed that we need to get out of this league soon then this is it. There's better stadiums in non league.
  • If ever a photo showed that we need to get out of this league soon then this is it. There's better stadiums in non league.
    Didn't notice the gun tower behind the stand, presumably to keep the home fans in during the game.
  • Was sitting in Crawley end. Their supporters were raving about Tyreece.
    I thought Doyle was very good for them., my boy knows him from the Brighton academy

  • Anderson is not yet the finished article but personally I am quite excited when I see his game. I think he can go to the top. 
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