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MATCH PREVIEW: Charlton Athletic vs Chelsea - Saturday 10th January 2026 - 8pm Kick-Off

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  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,907
    edited January 9
    Callumcafc said:

    Give a good account of ourselves on and off the field tomorrow night and thats a lot of potential future new overseas fans and occasional visitors to The Valley…
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,656
    BigDiddy said:
    Let’s manage our expectations- they gave spent a couple of £Billion in assembling their monster squad - we have spent …….£10m? 

    I’m more interested in who we sign in the window to help us avoid relegation, so even if we get hammered, let’s remember the gulf between our squads.
    It's our chance to measure how far we have to go to be a World championship squad!
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 749
    edited January 9
    Where are the extra tickets that Chelsea have been allocated, according to Newsnow?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,975
    gringo said:
    Where are the extra tickets that Chelsea have been allocated, according to Newsnow?
    North upper 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,835
    2-1 defeat but we score first to give us some hope, they bring on a couple of big boys and dominate the second half
  • Kinsella87
    Kinsella87 Posts: 532
    Wonder if Mannion will be given a chance to impress?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,513
    Looking forward to a packed out bowl tomorrow evening against a top Premier League team regardless of what sort of eleven they put out.

    An Opportunity to shine for our players on a tv audience. As always will be there with friends and family with a few beers to be had elsewhere before as well.
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 1,994
    Last night there were a few tickets for Valley Express, on a couple of routes. This morning there are suddenly lots of tickets available for all routes on Valley Express. Maybe extra, or bigger coaches, don't know what's going on. Anyway, could save a lot of people a lot of agg with using public transport.
  • CombeMartin
    CombeMartin Posts: 99
    I use the Ramsgate coach, several times this year its been a double decker, and a bus twice !, thats with Bayliss of Dover.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,101
    https://youtu.be/wZghKKHi2PA?si=ZpsxUZCGdpX4eSkE

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  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 24,137
    edited January 9
    Comfortable 0-4...4th round here we come.

    ...we are away ain't we!....😉
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,937
    ForeverAddickted said:


    . Meaning that I can see a number of the first team starting, to keep up their sharpness... 



    Lol

    So many people underestimate how much this match will mean to the players.

    We will have a full strength team and they will be giving 100%. The match is being broadcast all over the world, and at prime time in Europe. The players will be hoping to get noticed even if only to someone at the staff of a top 6 Championship or bottom 3 Premier League team.  A move to West Ham, for example, would double their money without even having to move home.

    Lastly, as a fan, talk like this is blasphemy in my religion. I want to live not just survive.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,940
    edited January 9
    jimmymelrose said:
    ForeverAddickted said:


    . Meaning that I can see a number of the first team starting, to keep up their sharpness... 



    Lol

    So many people underestimate how much this match will mean to the players.

    We will have a full strength team and they will be giving 100%. The match is being broadcast all over the world, and at prime time in Europe. The players will be hoping to get noticed even if only to someone at the staff of a top 6 Championship or bottom 3 Premier League team.  A move to West Ham, for example, would double their money without even having to move home.

    Lastly, as a fan, talk like this is blasphemy in my religion. I want to live not just survive.
    lol!... Not sure why you felt the need to pick out that line.
    When I even ended the Preview by saying
    "Lets be honest though... I cant see any players wanting the "rest" and missing this particular game."
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,369
    BBC predictions from Chris Sutton, DJ Shadow Child, and AI.


  • PeaksAndValleys
    PeaksAndValleys Posts: 35
    stoneroses19 said:
    BBC predictions from Chris Sutton, DJ Shadow Child, and AI.


    I don't know who DJ Shadow Child is but I am pretty confident I don't care what they think about Charlton's prospects 
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,055

    Nathan Jones' pre-Chelsea press conference 🗣️ (January 2026):







  • Masterbrew
    Masterbrew Posts: 294
    Weirdly, I had a dream about this match a few weeks ago, parts of which I can still see clearly. Chelsea were 1-0 up but Charlton equalised. From the kick-off, the ball was played back to the goalkeeper, who was about 30 yards out. He went to clear upfield but slipped; a Charlton forward robbed him of the ball, raced towards a completely open goal, chipped it from the edge of the area - and hit the post and bar! There followed an almighty scramble in the penalty area, the ball ran to a Charlton player on the edge of the area who hit a cracking low shot into the bottom corner. Wild celebrations started but, about three seconds after the ball had crossed the line, the assistant ref raised his flag for offside, even though there were two defenders on the line. At the point it ended - wonder how much was plausible?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 33,093
    Masterbrew said:
    Weirdly, I had a dream about this match a few weeks ago, parts of which I can still see clearly. Chelsea were 1-0 up but Charlton equalised. From the kick-off, the ball was played back to the goalkeeper, who was about 30 yards out. He went to clear upfield but slipped; a Charlton forward robbed him of the ball, raced towards a completely open goal, chipped it from the edge of the area - and hit the post and bar! There followed an almighty scramble in the penalty area, the ball ran to a Charlton player on the edge of the area who hit a cracking low shot into the bottom corner. Wild celebrations started but, about three seconds after the ball had crossed the line, the assistant ref raised his flag for offside, even though there were two defenders on the line. At the point it ended - wonder how much was plausible?

    the bit where you had a dream.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,115
    edited January 9
    I thought Lloyd Jones was 6 foot 2?


  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 24,137
    Got a funny feeling we are gonna shake little old Chelsea up a bit Saturday, and not betting against us being in the hat for the fourth round...2-1 🤷‍♂️

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,101
    Was interesting that the Chelsea expert on Cawley's pod said Chelsea struggle against physical teams
  • PeaksAndValleys
    PeaksAndValleys Posts: 35


    Interesting 'cheat sheet' of stats for the game, particularly if you like a punt (credit Andy's Bet Club).

    Bleak reading on our attacking stats but at least we know how to get a foot in
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,513
    https://cafcfactsstats.com/2026/01/09/fa-cup-at-the-valley/
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,336
    edited January 9
    Masterbrew said:
    Weirdly, I had a dream about this match a few weeks ago, parts of which I can still see clearly. Chelsea were 1-0 up but Charlton equalised. From the kick-off, the ball was played back to the goalkeeper, who was about 30 yards out. He went to clear upfield but slipped; a Charlton forward robbed him of the ball, raced towards a completely open goal, chipped it from the edge of the area - and hit the post and bar! There followed an almighty scramble in the penalty area, the ball ran to a Charlton player on the edge of the area who hit a cracking low shot into the bottom corner. Wild celebrations started but, about three seconds after the ball had crossed the line, the assistant ref raised his flag for offside, even though there were two defenders on the line. At the point it ended - wonder how much was plausible?
    Strangely I had a part of a dream involving this match. Wasn't as involved as yours but I remember the scoreline which ended 28 - 0 to Chelsea. 
    Btw I'm not joking I did dream this the other night. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,821
    DamoNorthStand said:
    Macca on the bench?

  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,689
    Whoever Chelsea plays on the right-wing to have the game of his life. 
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 792
    edited January 9
    SELR_addicks said:
    Whoever Chelsea plays on the right-wing to have the game of his life. 
    Wouldn’t shock me if we played a different system tomorrow , not saying he will but wouldn’t be surprised.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 11,310
    DaveMehmet said:
    DamoNorthStand said:
    Macca on the bench?


    Classic Dad Humour.
  • satindoors
    satindoors Posts: 216
    COYR 
  • panther10
    panther10 Posts: 192
    If doc plays dont let him take a penalty 

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