POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Wrexham: Saturday 28th February 2026: KO 15:00

cabbles said:

Sword65pf said:

cabbles said:

Personally I think we’re bang in trouble.  It’s only the other sides behind the iron curtain that keep us afloat.  We’re a joke going forward and we’ll inch over the line on the basis of other teams’ inability.  

I can’t see where our next win is coming from.  

As sad as it was for Burke, joke of a signing.  The highest paid player in the team, certainly one of them, and we’ve had a pathetic return of minutes.  Budget that could’ve been spent on a central midfielder for example.  

Communist football lines on in se7 

Mate, the table doesn’t say we are ‘Bang in trouble’, we’ve work to do but I’d rather be where we are than West Brom and Leicester  and Oxford. Our performance deserved more today and shows we are in the fight and not just packing it in. Nothing fell for us today.

WBA and Leicester are a mess to be fair, but out of the 11 games left, I genuinely can’t see where we get our victories from, which is why I think we’re at the mercy of the others’ inability to get a win.  The performance today was very encouraging, but as it stands we will need to win some games.  Oxford could be right bang up for it now they’ve given themselves a chance.  Sheff Wed are done but who’s to say they can’t take a point off us at least.  Then we’ve got Boro away, Ipswich and Hull at home, all in the mix.  Watford, Bristol City, Preston, Brum, Norwich toss a coin.  

Swansea on the final day, hopefully be alright by then, but 7 home games versus 4, big, big finish needed 

As you know I'm usually very pessimistic but I cant see us not picking up a couple of wins and a couple of draws from Sheff Wed, Oxford, Watford, Bristol City, Preston & Hull. The others I think we'll lose but I think getting to 48 or 49 points should be enough. 

superclive98 said:

Don't understand the comments about TC being good today. I'm a fan but I thought he was dreadful today.
Such a lack of belief and desire. Looks like he needs a rocket up his arse more than an arm around his shoulder.

Have to agree I'm afraid apart from the last 15-20 mins.

SoundAsa£ said:

The Red Robin said:

aliwibble said:

The Red Robin said:

Are we really allowing people to call others c*nt without a ban?

Have you flagged it up with the mods?

You’ll find a few aimed at Golfie on the last couple of pages of the match thread. I’m all for passionately disagreeing with people but there’s no need for that. 

Jesus…..what a bare faced grass.☹️

I think the mods can read mate. Easy thing is just don’t talk to people like that. 

I thought that was a performance to be proud of, save for the age-old (and totally sound) adage that you have to score when you were on top.

We should have been ahead at half-time but, unfortunately, we passed up two gilt-edged chances and Wrexham’s one strike on goal proved decisive. Parky’s tactics were to sit deep, with banks of 5 and 4 and ask us what we were going to do about it.

Wrexham had a better start to the second half with some decent possession but they dropped off as the half wore on and Charlton dominated the play. We put some very good balls into the box, which were well defended, and when Sonny Carey finally got a chance to apply the lash, their keeper pulled off an outstanding save.

I thought there were a number of outstanding performances from Charlton players, including Lloyd Jones, Collins Sichenje (I hope his hamstring is ok), Harry Clarke and Lyndon Dykes. The rest of the lads all did well and if we maintain anything like that level of performance, we’ll certainly be a Championship club next season.

A tough result to take, although I have to accept that Wrexham defended their box well in the second half. Less admirable was their gamesmanship in rollling around on the floor (being in Man City’s Academy, Kaboré, is no excuse) and taking an age over goal kicks. All that said, Wrexham is a side who have learned how to win games, including undeservedly this afternoon in SE7.

If we play anything like that in our remaining games, we’ll be in this division next season, although there is much work to do.

I'd personally like to see Cov and JRC in midfield next week with Coady and hope Chambers is back with Clarke on the other side.

Up front obviously Dykes against his old team but maybe with Kelman as I thought they were beginning to work well together before Kelman got dropped and the lad must be short on confidence. I only say this as Dykes and Leaburn/TC haven't always worked but there's really very limited options. On the bench I'd have pace with TC and Fev plus Leaburn with Doc, Blurry, Collins and Gilly.... But as today proved what We think the line up should be Nathan goes the opposite way.

fenaddick said:

Sword65pf said:

Scoham said:

superclive98 said:

Don't understand the comments about TC being good today. I'm a fan but I thought he was dreadful today.
Such a lack of belief and desire. Looks like he needs a rocket up his arse more than an arm around his shoulder.

He offers pace and width to our attack in a way that other players don’t. He usually has more than one opponent defending against him due to that, which creates space for others and pushes teams back, and if not, lets us in behind.

The alternative is Kelman, who offer little outside the box, or Leaburn, who’s too similar to Dykes. Not that surprising therefore that Jones wanted to sign Antonio.

The formation is just all wrong for the things TC does well, which is being out wide, he’s not a striker, he doesn’t consistently run off/link up with another striker well enough that’s forgetting his poor end product and he gets bullied up top, his being on the pitch in his his most effective position is a puzzle to solve for NJ as him taking up a strikers spot feels like a waste of a player and blocking a real striker playing.

I think he’s played better up front than on the wing in recent weeks. He’s too isolated out wide and it makes it so easy to double up against him. The most positive thing about his striker/winger role is that the CB and FB often assume each other will cover him 

Just don’t feel like he has enough impact as a striker playing as a pair, if he did more of the running off Dykes like he did for his goal a couple of weeks ago it would be more justified, but that was more an exception than the rule I’m afraid.

Thought we played really well today but says it all when we still can’t score a goal.

Think we could have played another ninety minutes and not scored today.

Jones was absolutely immense at the back today.

Coventry was really infuriating as slows everything down by going backwards/sideways.

Campbell was excellent and would have had two assists if Berry & Dykes scored those chances in the first half.

Kelman is so far off the pace at the moment.

Collins was superb, so it’s a real shame that he done his hamstring at the end. 

The Red Robin said:

SoundAsa£ said:

The Red Robin said:

aliwibble said:

The Red Robin said:

Are we really allowing people to call others c*nt without a ban?

Have you flagged it up with the mods?

You’ll find a few aimed at Golfie on the last couple of pages of the match thread. I’m all for passionately disagreeing with people but there’s no need for that. 

Jesus…..what a bare faced grass.☹️

I think the mods can read mate. Easy thing is just don’t talk to people like that. 

But you thought it was your “moral duty” to grass us all up to admin so they woud go back and read the comments…..oh the irony.

Sword65pf said:

As much as some don’t want to read this, like chuks, it’s not Reece Burkes fault he’s made of glass, but the club (NJ) for giving the contract, Burke is a good guy and will no doubt be as frustrated as us, but he shouldn’t be getting any stick, it’s just unfortunate. 

Who was giving Reece Burke stick then ? Who said it was his fault that he's made of glass ? You seem to be making up statements from a post by giving your interpretation of that post. Let me reiterate for you, it's clear that Reece Burke cannot be relied on to compete at this level, the club, who you and I agree, are the ones who took a chance on his fitness, and its not down to Reece Burke or his agent that they found a club willing to gamble on his fitness. The fact is that the club have taken on a player at the princely sum of £11000 a week, he has a two year contract, with an option of another year, nobody is suggesting that Reece Burke is doing anything wrong by seeing his contract out, but as I have pointed out, the club are now saddled with that wage for very little if any return on their investment with regards to his availability. His contract also has an indirect effect on what we may be able to bring in and whoever made the decision to sign needs, in my opinion, to have a serious look at themselves.   

Thought we were lucky to draw on Tuesday. Unlucky to lose today. If I had to choose 1 to lose and 1 to draw it would’ve been this way round though. Glad we get a week to rest before the next one. 

Bailey said:

Sword65pf said:

As much as some don’t want to read this, like chuks, it’s not Reece Burkes fault he’s made of glass, but the club (NJ) for giving the contract, Burke is a good guy and will no doubt be as frustrated as us, but he shouldn’t be getting any stick, it’s just unfortunate. 

Who was giving Reece Burke stick then ? Who said it was his fault that he's made of glass ? You seem to be making up statements from a post by giving your interpretation of that post. Let me reiterate for you, it's clear that Reece Burke cannot be relied on to compete at this level, the club, who you and I agree, are the ones who took a chance on his fitness, and its not down to Reece Burke or his agent that they found a club willing to gamble on his fitness. The fact is that the club have taken on a player at the princely sum of £11000 a week, he has a two year contract, with an option of another year, nobody is suggesting that Reece Burke is doing anything wrong by seeing his contract out, but as I have pointed out, the club are now saddled with that wage for very little if any return on their investment with regards to his availability. His contract also has an indirect effect on what we may be able to bring in and whoever made the decision to sign needs, in my opinion, to have a serious look at themselves.   

Mate wasnt having a go at anyone, you’ve taken it completely out of context, I was just being sympathetic to his situation, and stated his signing was on the club not everything has to be an argument.🤷🏻‍♂️

CafcSteve said:

Thought we played really well today but says it all when we still can’t score a goal.

Think we could have played another ninety minutes and not scored today.

Jones was absolutely immense at the back today.

Coventry was really infuriating as slows everything down by going backwards/sideways.

Campbell was excellent and would have had two assists if Berry & Dykes scored those chances in the first half.

Kelman is so far off the pace at the moment.

Collins was superb, so it’s a real shame that he done his hamstring at the end. 

Worried about where the wins are going to come from right now.

Stevie Brown seemed to think Sichenje’s injury may not have been his hamstring as he managed to carry on for a few minutes…..stating that it’s almost impossible to carry on, even if it’s just a small tear.🤞🤞🤞

Yes Campbell really doesn't do much although he has in fact scored. But so has Fevrier so why not give him a try alongside Lyndon? He is stronger and probably fitter than TC.

guinnessaddick said:

Chunes said:

Sky highlights are up: Link

Berry & Clarke's misses are so bad. 

Clarke has hit it with his left and its a goal.

Could have taken a touch and walked it in with momentum; instead he feathered a leg‑spinner straight to second slip.