Playing Wycombe in the semis would be ideal, they are falling off and on a downward trajectory heading into the play offs having ballsed up automatic promotion so badly. I am more confident in beating Stockport at Wembley than I am in a 2 leg tie with a tricky away fixture. Wycombe semis, Stockport/6th in the final
Think Stockport will get 3rd now and us and Wycombe will be 4th/5th.
Which might be a benefit for us. I'd rather face Stockport at Wembley than in a 2 legged semi
Agreed.
I am a little nervous now though. Our away form had been patchy and unconvincing even since our turnaround. Lots of scraped wins and unconvincing performances.
We kept going even with a few injuries, now they seem to be catching up with us and we just don't have the depth left in key positions. Still confident we will get in the playoffs but not confident we will be in form going into them.
I'm not sure where this panic is coming from? We've lost 3 of our last 24 league games and 1 of those was away at Birmingham who beat everyone. In the form table over the last 10, 15, 20, 25 games we're second in all to Birmingham.
Despite not winning yesterday, we did well to battle back from 2 down and probably should've won it, and we were missing 2-3 of our best players. Lincoln are not a bad side either, they only lost narrowly 1-0 away at Wycombe and Birmingham in the last month.
The next 2 games are winnable and if we win both then the play offs will be pretty much guaranteed.
I wouldn't say panic but nerves.
As I said away form has been patchy at best even throughout this great run. Lots of unconvincing results in there. Injuries to key players is making us look a little more fragile and leading to being unable to rotate or pick based on conditions/opposition makes us more likely to pick up more injuries. Defensive fragility was there on Saturday that we haven't seen for a while. If Jones and TC are back on Saturday that will be a boost but until we hear more about that I'm nervous. Our home form should be enough to see us over the line even if we do rather limp there in the worst case scenario. 2 weeks ago I was confident of 3rd. Now I think 4th with Stockport ahead of us.
Playing Wycombe in the semis would be ideal, they are falling off and on a downward trajectory heading into the play offs having ballsed up automatic promotion so badly. I am more confident in beating Stockport at Wembley than I am in a 2 leg tie with a tricky away fixture. Wycombe semis, Stockport/6th in the final
That's about where I am with it too. Stockport take 3rd, us 4th, Wycombe 5th.
Confident we have the better of Wycombe over two games at this stage, especially if we manage to grab second leg at home.
Have to get that 2nd leg at home. I can see us beating anyone at the Valley, but away from home we've looked vulnerable in spells and I don't fancy us to hold on to a slender 1-0 first leg lead away at Wycombe or Stockport.
Id also fancy us to win at Wembley with the larger pitch and 35K+ Addicks cheering us on.
Think Stockport will get 3rd now and us and Wycombe will be 4th/5th.
Which might be a benefit for us. I'd rather face Stockport at Wembley than in a 2 legged semi
Agreed.
I am a little nervous now though. Our away form had been patchy and unconvincing even since our turnaround. Lots of scraped wins and unconvincing performances.
We kept going even with a few injuries, now they seem to be catching up with us and we just don't have the depth left in key positions. Still confident we will get in the playoffs but not confident we will be in form going into them.
I'm not sure where this panic is coming from? We've lost 3 of our last 24 league games and 1 of those was away at Birmingham who beat everyone. In the form table over the last 10, 15, 20, 25 games we're second in all to Birmingham.
Despite not winning yesterday, we did well to battle back from 2 down and probably should've won it, and we were missing 2-3 of our best players. Lincoln are not a bad side either, they only lost narrowly 1-0 away at Wycombe and Birmingham in the last month.
The next 2 games are winnable and if we win both then the play offs will be pretty much guaranteed.
I wouldn't say panic but nerves.
As I said away form has been patchy at best even throughout this great run. Lots of unconvincing results in there. Injuries to key players is making us look a little more fragile and leading to being unable to rotate or pick based on conditions/opposition makes us more likely to pick up more injuries. Defensive fragility was there on Saturday that we haven't seen for a while. If Jones and TC are back on Saturday that will be a boost but until we hear more about that I'm nervous. Our home form should be enough to see us over the line even if we do rather limp there in the worst case scenario. 2 weeks ago I was confident of 3rd. Now I think 4th with Stockport ahead of us.
Was there really defensive fragility? I’d describe that as a team that gets opened up easily and conceding lots of chances. Lincoln had 4 shots, first goal was a very good header that 9 times out of 10 doesn’t go in (or according to the xG 97 times out of 100). Second goal was down to an individual mistake
Think Stockport will get 3rd now and us and Wycombe will be 4th/5th.
Which might be a benefit for us. I'd rather face Stockport at Wembley than in a 2 legged semi
Agreed.
I am a little nervous now though. Our away form had been patchy and unconvincing even since our turnaround. Lots of scraped wins and unconvincing performances.
We kept going even with a few injuries, now they seem to be catching up with us and we just don't have the depth left in key positions. Still confident we will get in the playoffs but not confident we will be in form going into them.
I'm not sure where this panic is coming from? We've lost 3 of our last 24 league games and 1 of those was away at Birmingham who beat everyone. In the form table over the last 10, 15, 20, 25 games we're second in all to Birmingham.
Despite not winning yesterday, we did well to battle back from 2 down and probably should've won it, and we were missing 2-3 of our best players. Lincoln are not a bad side either, they only lost narrowly 1-0 away at Wycombe and Birmingham in the last month.
The next 2 games are winnable and if we win both then the play offs will be pretty much guaranteed.
I wouldn't say panic but nerves.
As I said away form has been patchy at best even throughout this great run. Lots of unconvincing results in there. Injuries to key players is making us look a little more fragile and leading to being unable to rotate or pick based on conditions/opposition makes us more likely to pick up more injuries. Defensive fragility was there on Saturday that we haven't seen for a while. If Jones and TC are back on Saturday that will be a boost but until we hear more about that I'm nervous. Our home form should be enough to see us over the line even if we do rather limp there in the worst case scenario. 2 weeks ago I was confident of 3rd. Now I think 4th with Stockport ahead of us.
Was there really defensive fragility? I’d describe that as a team that gets opened up easily and conceding lots of chances. Lincoln had 4 shots, first goal was a very good header that 9 times out of 10 doesn’t go in (or according to the xG 97 times out of 100). Second goal was down to an individual mistake
Away from home there has been some fragility. Mansfield scored against us and could have had another before HT, Stockport away we did well to keep a clean sheet and they were dominant for long spells, so could have conceded there. P'boro stuck 3 past us and Rotherham 4, so it's a big contrast to our home form.
Playing Wycombe in the semis would be ideal, they are falling off and on a downward trajectory heading into the play offs having ballsed up automatic promotion so badly. I am more confident in beating Stockport at Wembley than I am in a 2 leg tie with a tricky away fixture. Wycombe semis, Stockport/6th in the final
That's about where I am with it too. Stockport take 3rd, us 4th, Wycombe 5th.
Confident we have the better of Wycombe over two games at this stage, especially if we manage to grab second leg at home.
If we are to assume that automatic promotion for us is gone then i think almost every Charlton fan would take that.
If avoiding Stockport in a semi final is the important detail, then catching Wycombe would help massively with that.
The only way we would finish above Wycombe and then play Stockport over two legs is if we finished 3rd and Stockport went massively off the boil and finished 6th.
Think Stockport will get 3rd now and us and Wycombe will be 4th/5th.
Which might be a benefit for us. I'd rather face Stockport at Wembley than in a 2 legged semi
Agreed.
I am a little nervous now though. Our away form had been patchy and unconvincing even since our turnaround. Lots of scraped wins and unconvincing performances.
We kept going even with a few injuries, now they seem to be catching up with us and we just don't have the depth left in key positions. Still confident we will get in the playoffs but not confident we will be in form going into them.
I'm not sure where this panic is coming from? We've lost 3 of our last 24 league games and 1 of those was away at Birmingham who beat everyone. In the form table over the last 10, 15, 20, 25 games we're second in all to Birmingham.
Despite not winning yesterday, we did well to battle back from 2 down and probably should've won it, and we were missing 2-3 of our best players. Lincoln are not a bad side either, they only lost narrowly 1-0 away at Wycombe and Birmingham in the last month.
The next 2 games are winnable and if we win both then the play offs will be pretty much guaranteed.
I wouldn't say panic but nerves.
As I said away form has been patchy at best even throughout this great run. Lots of unconvincing results in there. Injuries to key players is making us look a little more fragile and leading to being unable to rotate or pick based on conditions/opposition makes us more likely to pick up more injuries. Defensive fragility was there on Saturday that we haven't seen for a while. If Jones and TC are back on Saturday that will be a boost but until we hear more about that I'm nervous. Our home form should be enough to see us over the line even if we do rather limp there in the worst case scenario. 2 weeks ago I was confident of 3rd. Now I think 4th with Stockport ahead of us.
Was there really defensive fragility? I’d describe that as a team that gets opened up easily and conceding lots of chances. Lincoln had 4 shots, first goal was a very good header that 9 times out of 10 doesn’t go in (or according to the xG 97 times out of 100). Second goal was down to an individual mistake
You can interpret those stats multiple ways. For me based on what I saw on the day they didnt have many clear cut changes but when they came at us we rather fell apart (a collective shitting themselves from the back line), we were disorganised and were opened up much more easily than we have been over recent months. Mistakes creeping in are exactly part of that.
Have to get that 2nd leg at home. I can see us beating anyone at the Valley, but away from home we've looked vulnerable in spells and I don't fancy us to hold on to a slender 1-0 first leg lead away at Wycombe or Stockport.
Id also fancy us to win at Wembley with the larger pitch and 35K+ Addicks cheering us on.
Will a big pitch help us with our play style? We seem to rely on a long ball / high press play style which a smaller pitch will help for running distances. If we were to play a more expansive passing game I would agree with you about the pitch size but we generally have less possession so a bigger pitch could become an issue. The big pitch will help Small and TC to isolate their defenders and cause some havoc, but our press could be bypassed a bit more easily
Have to get that 2nd leg at home. I can see us beating anyone at the Valley, but away from home we've looked vulnerable in spells and I don't fancy us to hold on to a slender 1-0 first leg lead away at Wycombe or Stockport.
Id also fancy us to win at Wembley with the larger pitch and 35K+ Addicks cheering us on.
Will a big pitch help us with our play style? We seem to rely on a long ball / high press play style which a smaller pitch will help for running distances. If we were to play a more expansive passing game I would agree with you about the pitch size but we generally have less possession so a bigger pitch could become an issue. The big pitch will help Small and TC to isolate their defenders and cause some havoc, but our press could be bypassed a bit more easily
I might be wrong but the valley is a bigger pitch than most right? We are a lot better there than away from home.
I think the comments are more about playing Stockport specifically where a big pitch would help us, as in the away game we really struggled to get Small and TC in the game. Against a footballing side like maybe a Reading the big pitch would probably help their style more than ours
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Important we remain consistent till the end now. Don't concede silly goals and focus on our game.
As I said away form has been patchy at best even throughout this great run. Lots of unconvincing results in there. Injuries to key players is making us look a little more fragile and leading to being unable to rotate or pick based on conditions/opposition makes us more likely to pick up more injuries. Defensive fragility was there on Saturday that we haven't seen for a while. If Jones and TC are back on Saturday that will be a boost but until we hear more about that I'm nervous. Our home form should be enough to see us over the line even if we do rather limp there in the worst case scenario. 2 weeks ago I was confident of 3rd. Now I think 4th with Stockport ahead of us.
Id also fancy us to win at Wembley with the larger pitch and 35K+ Addicks cheering us on.
The only way we would finish above Wycombe and then play Stockport over two legs is if we finished 3rd and Stockport went massively off the boil and finished 6th.
Charlton (4th) v Wycombe (5th)
is my guess at the moment.