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MATCH THREAD : Charlton Athletic V Stoke City : Wednesday 11th February 2026 : KO 19:45

eastterrace6168
eastterrace6168 Posts: 24,770
edited February 11 in General Charlton

Good evening fellow Addicks

So tonight we enter the second episode in the very important trilogy of home matches we have now got, and tonight under The Valley floodlights Stoke City roll into town currently sitting in 13th spot, 5 places above us on 43 points, but certainly beatable based on their recent history.

As we know, Josh Edwards and Harvey Knibbs remain long-term absentees, while a late call will be made on Miles Leaburn, let's hope he's fit and ready to go, Stoke will be without Bazunu, Johansson, Tchamadeu, Baker, Ampah, Boženík, Gallagher and Mubama.

Of our 65 previous encounters, we've won 25, the Potters 28, and the remaining 12 ending all square, The Potters were 3-0 victors in the reverse fixture in November 2025, so we owe them don't we, I will say that I am quietly hopeful about tonight, and we really do need to push on while teams around us continue to drop points…

Anthony Backhouse will be the man in the middle tonight…

Team …Matty Godden will make his first start of the tonight

Godden replaces Charlie Kelman, who moves to the bench, as Nathan Jones makes one change from the team that drew with Queens Park Rangers at The Valley on Friday night.

Kayne Ramsay, Lloyd Jones and Amari’i Bell once again make up a back three in front of Thomas Kaminski.

Harry Clarke and Luke Chambers will operate as wing-backs with Conor Coady, captain Greg Docherty and Sonny Carey playing in midfield behind Godden and Lyndon Dykes.

Kelman is joined on the bench by Will Mannion, Macaulay Gillesphey, Collins Sichenje, Conor Coventry, Joe Rankin-Costello, Luke Berry, Jayden Fevrier and Tyreece Campbell.

Charlton: Kaminski; Ramsay, Jones, Bell; Clarke, Coady, Dochetry (c), Carey, Chambers; Godden, Dykes

Subs: Mannion, Gillesphey, Sichenje, Coventry, Rankin-Costello, Berry, Fevrier, Campbell, Kelman

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  • TD_Addick
    TD_Addick Posts: 32
    3 home games this season I’ve been to and we have won them all, I’m going tonight…. Just saying 
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 11,088
    Coyr
  • CharltonManor1966
    CharltonManor1966 Posts: 318
    If JRS scores against us tonight it will be like a "Rak -sakyi on my bakyi......  fa la la"..........
    1-0 Addicks

  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 15,675

  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 15,675

  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,733
    edited February 11
    Hope the midfield has the legs or we make early subs there to freshen it up before they tire. This was the key problem on Friday IMO. Lost midfield from about 70 mins 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,733
    Still no Miles on the bench is a worry
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,795
    Has @bobmunro taken up the offer of directors box tickets from his old guvnors? :D
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,733
    Is Burke injured?
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,870
    Godden from the off is certainly a choice. 

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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,710
    cantersaddick said:
    Is Burke injured?
    NJ has a habit of being pretty, er, harsh if you make a mistake. To the point of being a little bit unhelpful
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 38,438
    cantersaddick said:
    Is Burke injured?
    Cawley the other day said

    “Reece just picked up a minor thing, so we didn’t risk him,” said Jones. “Reece has had an injection, which we hope will clear everything up.”
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,733
    DDOUBLEE said:
    Godden from the off is certainly a choice. 
    I like it. He looked lively against Leicester. Struggled against QPR but we had lost the midfield by the time he came on. Dykes was having to drop so deep he ended up isolated. From the start I reckon he has more chance to influence the game. Kelman or TC on for him at 60 mins.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,710
    Hmm. 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,306
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Has @bobmunro taken up the offer of directors box tickets from his old guvnors? :D
    No - watching from the comfort of my own sofa. 
    Not keen on helicopters anyway!

  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,733
    edited February 11
    Leuth said:
    cantersaddick said:
    Is Burke injured?
    NJ has a habit of being pretty, er, harsh if you make a mistake. To the point of being a little bit unhelpful
    How's Gilly still on the bench then?! ;)
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,692
    Scoham said:
    cantersaddick said:
    Is Burke injured?
    Cawley the other day said

    “Reece just picked up a minor thing, so we didn’t risk him,” said Jones. “Reece has had an injection, which we hope will clear everything up before he inevitably breaks down again.”

  • TheHerminator
    TheHerminator Posts: 1,006
    DDOUBLEE said:
    Godden from the off is certainly a choice. 
    Not a fan? 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,131
    cantersaddick said:
    Hope the midfield has the legs or we make early subs there to freshen it up before they tire. This was the key problem on Friday IMO. Lost midfield from about 70 mins 
    If our midfield can’t outrun 60 year old Stephen Nzoni we are bang it trouble 😅
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,870
    TheHerminator said:
    DDOUBLEE said:
    Godden from the off is certainly a choice. 
    Not a fan? 
    I love Matty. Just think he still needs to get up to speed a little bit more. Would have started Kelman who didn't seem to do much wrong

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  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,068
    edited February 11
    Charlton Life 'we need to get off in the front foot and score early while our players are fresh'

    'Not by having our best striker on the pitch at the start'
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,557
    Nice to see Josh Edwards. Not so nice to see the two crutches and foot boot. He was in good spirits. 
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 12,654
    Scoham said:
    cantersaddick said:
    Is Burke injured?
    Cawley the other day said

    “Reece just picked up a minor thing, so we didn’t risk him,” said Jones. “Reece has had an injection, which we hope will clear everything up.”

    "... which was administered by a local vet behind a hastily-erected green screen. We'll miss Reece but we're hoping we can play him in the Memorial Garden soon."
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 35,040
    About the best 11 you'd could pick from the players available.

    Only question is....is there enough quality to produce the chances/score the goals.

    Only time will tell.


  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,772
    yes/not sure !
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,444
    Think I would have stuck with Kelman but hope Godden proves me wrong by smashing one in! 
  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,699
    Just visited the club shop to, finally, get my grandsons shirt named and numbered, had to wait for the Stoke kit man printing Rak Sakyi's yellow shirt, true story, big fecker too, the kit man, not Rak Sakyj. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 38,438
    Leuth said:
    cantersaddick said:
    Is Burke injured?
    NJ has a habit of being pretty, er, harsh if you make a mistake. To the point of being a little bit unhelpful
    If he’s now fully fit with who we have available someone has to miss out. We don’t need Sichenje and Burke on the bench.
  • IR94
    IR94 Posts: 944
    when will leaburn be back?

  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,605
    edited February 11
    se9addick said:
    Think I would have stuck with Kelman but hope Godden proves me wrong by smashing one in! 
    Not sure why. Godden has scored a heap more goals than Kelman in the Champ
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