MATCH PREVIEW: Leicester City vs Charlton Athletic - Saturday 31st January 2026: 12.30pm Kick-Off

Despite everything Charlton wise,  I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game,  going with my son which doesn't happen to often these days,  can the Addicks make our day,  no idea but dreaming of the points,  0-1 Addicks. 

thewolfboy said:

Still feel I need another week to recover after our last performance.

Reckon I’ll need at least a month.

se9addick said:

BalladMan said:

The Prince-e-Paul said:

Not saying this is a must win game, but Leicester are bang average (form) and if we are to pick up any wins (and we need a lot), this has to be a game aimed at picking up 3 points. I watched Leicester v Oxford and Oxford were average, but somehow worked harder and hit them in the break. 

If we are to beat Leicester, I think that puts us back in the survival pack and takes any momentum away from them (losing to a poor side, us). 

Not sure how we can claim any points anywhere at the moment, but if survival is going to be a realistic prospect, then NJ needs to keep it tight at the back (which has slipped) because we sure as hell can't score many with our front guys. 

The newbies need to perform beyond their lackluster reputations or price tags. 

0-1 (TC) and the dream of staying up continues.

We don't need 'a lot' of wins.  6 out of 18 games, 1/3 which by anyones estimates is not a lot, especially with our home form and teams to come.   

This site has become hysterical over the last week due to events.  I do not want to go back to league one as much as anyone and the football has been beyond frustrating at times, but there is no need for hyperbolic over reactions.  If I was a Sheff Wed, Portsmouth or Oxford fan, (and even blackburn and WBA) I would have entitlement to be so reactionary, especially those established championship / ex-prem club. 

I also think we might get something from the game tomorrow, esepcially if Bell is back as suggested above.  

If my maths is right it’s taken us 22 matches to win our last six games, so six in 18 is actually quite a lot. 

It’s not A LOT different between 18 and 22 though is it. Same can be said for at least 2 other teams down the bottom.  

They haven’t kept a clean sheet in over 20 games !!! We all know what that means 

I would take a much improved performance to try and build some confidence for the next few games that really are must win 

Not very optimistic about this one, he may have tightened up the defence, but our lack of creation and scoring hasn’t been addressed, teams know if they score 1st it likely to be enough. They will come out quick like stoke and that will be it. Our midfield is a massive problem.

se9addick said:

BalladMan said:

The Prince-e-Paul said:

Not saying this is a must win game, but Leicester are bang average (form) and if we are to pick up any wins (and we need a lot), this has to be a game aimed at picking up 3 points. I watched Leicester v Oxford and Oxford were average, but somehow worked harder and hit them in the break. 

If we are to beat Leicester, I think that puts us back in the survival pack and takes any momentum away from them (losing to a poor side, us). 

Not sure how we can claim any points anywhere at the moment, but if survival is going to be a realistic prospect, then NJ needs to keep it tight at the back (which has slipped) because we sure as hell can't score many with our front guys. 

The newbies need to perform beyond their lackluster reputations or price tags. 

0-1 (TC) and the dream of staying up continues.

We don't need 'a lot' of wins.  6 out of 18 games, 1/3 which by anyones estimates is not a lot, especially with our home form and teams to come.   

This site has become hysterical over the last week due to events.  I do not want to go back to league one as much as anyone and the football has been beyond frustrating at times, but there is no need for hyperbolic over reactions.  If I was a Sheff Wed, Portsmouth or Oxford fan, (and even blackburn and WBA) I would have entitlement to be so reactionary, especially those established championship / ex-prem club. 

I also think we might get something from the game tomorrow, esepcially if Bell is back as suggested above.  

If my maths is right it’s taken us 22 matches to win our last six games, so six in 18 is actually quite a lot. 

Since we beat West Brom to go 5th in the table on the 4th November, we've won 2, drawn 3 and lost 9 of the last 14 games. And one of those 2 wins was against 9 men.

That's relegation form. Which isn't to say we can't win 5 or 6 games in the next 18, but it will require a major improvement. And with Wednesday being so bad, it'll require a decent points total to survive. The likes of Oxford and especially Pompey are in better form than us, Pompey have just 1 defeat in the last 8.

No chance 4-0  foxes

O-Randy-Hunt said:

Call me fecking mental but i think we will get something out of it.

Mental !!

Ilovelondontown said:

Jones is not getting sacked or resigning!”this season “
irrespective of who has arrived or left, for now us supporters need to try and create some sort of positive atmosphere so we can try and have a go at staying up, negativity will not help at all, the thought of relegation doesn’t bear thinking about , so for now let’s all try to get some positivity transferring to the pitch? inquests & laying the blame can start if relegation happens. 

1-1

Sadly, whether we stay up or get relegated, I doubt NJ can progress us. That is because he is inflexible with his tactics and his man-management skills look suspect.

PS All this churn and I still think our season depends on whether Bell is fit and available

Maybe we will

Probably our biggest game of the season so far in terms of what a result would do to boost the entire team and fanbase. That being said we’ll probably bottle it like we did against Millwall. Hope im wrong. 

Realistically it’s another lame defeat but I like something about Coady , feels like he has a real positive mature attitude and hopefully that will rub off on the rest of our lame ducks and they can feed off his positiveness (says one of the most negative cnuts in the world) 
I hope Dykes starts with Leaburn they’ll cause problems and Godden again can finish the job off with a little help maybe from the not so special K el man .
With Apter left we only have TC who knows you have to bring the ball forward to score goals so it’s down to you .
midfield of Conor Cov and Doc please , the deep sea diving booted JRC has had his 20 mins of good footy this season . Leicester are 7 points from the play offs so know they have to win to be involved and the new manager bounce and a much more expensive team are perfect excuses for another defeat .
nope it’s a cert home win remortgage again and stick it on Leicester at a touch better than evens on betfair 

jimmymelrose said:

Bouncebackability, yay!

"Come on boy's, football isn't rocket science:
More thrust Charlie Kelman. You can't have burnout velocity already Macca. Find our apogee and Miles will give us lift off. I want to see hypergolic all over the field.
Christ, I'm going to have to make 5 changes for a booster
as another re-entry hits our net."

On my way up already.  Approaching London.  4.5 weeks into the winter transfer window, hoping Gillesphey isn't starting.