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MATCH THREAD : Middlesborough V Charlton Athletic : Wednesday 11th March 2026 : KO 19:45
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A rightly pragmatic decision- we were unlikely to get more than a draw if lucky, and we rest players for weekend when its more important/likely to get a result.
Rests/protects Jones from suspension.
Bit of pace up front on the break.
A midfield with a bit more bite.
Don't expect anything from tonight but I never did.1 -
Destroyeastterrace6168 said:
Get pissed...🍺🍺🍺Henry Irving said:NJ creating a big problem for himself.
Drops first teamers but what's he gonna do when we win tonight?1 -
For the greater good , give Boro this one .
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Also all this ‘Oxford is what it’s all about’ is just silly too, still got very winnable games at home, plus Watford away, chill the hell out, we’re in a great place7
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Lol at Matt Bloomfield spending his evening trawling Charlton Life and printing out 'MrBurns' innocuous posts, for what? to fire up Will Lankshear for a relegation dog fight?Sword65pf said:
Put this up in the Oxford dressing rm!!MrBurns said:This is the right choice. Saturday is the more winnable game
Bloomfield prints out a Ronnie Moore post in error - Jeon Jin-woo subsequently becomes disillusioned with the game/life and hands in transfer request7 -
The choices made tonight are Nathan's choices- end of.
Whether he's brave or foolhardy, he'll take responsibility whatever the outcome- win, lose or draw. That's his job.
And I'm sure the lads will fight the good fight for their gaffer.
Let's try to believe whether we agree with his decisions or not - he's Charlton through & through like us.3 -
I can see why Jones has done this but the question I'd ask is if he had decided to rest Lloyd Jones why drag him all the way up to Middlesbro? Not sure if the team is coming back tonight but if it is, he won't be home to 3 or 4 am. Why not leave him behind to rest?
I just hope we don't go 4 down in 25 minutes and NJ panics and puts LJ on. You just know he will get booked sometime if that happens.1 -
100% agreedoohaahmortimer said:For the greater good , give Boro this one .1 -
Surely it’d be more Charlton for this to happen but also Gough gets crocked, goes off and Lloydy comes on and is instantly booked meaning we lose to both Oxford and Norwich too, hurrah…AFKABartram said:I can’t see it, but it would be very Charlton to get a draw tonight with a weakened team, help Millwall, then lose to Oxford on Saturday, wouldn’t it?0 -
He’s does read this forum, he said it’s such a font of knowledge he’d be stupid not to.MickeyBennett said:
Lol at Matt Bloomfield spending his evening trawling Charlton Life and printing out 'MrBurns' innocuous posts, for what? to fire up Will Lankshear for a relegation dog fight?Sword65pf said:
Put this up in the Oxford dressing rm!!MrBurns said:This is the right choice. Saturday is the more winnable game
Bloomfield prints out a Ronnie Moore post in error - Jeon Jin-woo subsequently becomes disillusioned with the game/life and hands in transfer request1 -
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Lloyd doesn’t seem like the type to want to sit one out. I imagine he wanted to go.Fortune 82nd Minute said:I can see why Jones has done this but the question I'd ask is if he had decided to rest Lloyd Jones why drag him all the way up to Middlesbro? Not sure if the team is coming back tonight but if it is, he won't be home to 3 or 4 am. Why not leave him behind to rest?
I just hope we don't go 4 down in 25 minutes and NJ panics and puts LJ on. You just know he will get booked sometime if that happens.0 -
Foolish to think its a banker to rest players tonight for saturday at oxford to then backfire and lose wtf0
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You’d think that Saturday was the last game of the season and we needed a point to keep them from jumping above us out of the relegation zone.Rothko said:Also all this ‘Oxford is what it’s all about’ is just silly too, still got very winnable games at home, plus Watford away, chill the hell out, we’re in a great place
A reminder that the last time a match thread was this hysterical before a ball had even been kicked was Leicester (A). We won 2-0.0 -
If we get 3pts tonight with that starting 11, Ambrosia custard sales will hit an all time high I tell you.😂4
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Sounds like 600+ diehard travelling Addicks tonight, respect one and all...🙌🙌2
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A low bar tbf.IAgree said:
And we’re better than Spurs!golfaddick said:
Just said to my son that it's a game of football between 2 Championship sides. We're not playing Barcelona or Real Madrid ffs !!Brownie12 said:I doubt we would have got much out of the game full strength. Sensible management imo.1 -
0-2 to the mighty haddocks0
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Chris Iwelumo on Co Comms for the Sky coverage0
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This puts massive pressure on Saturday. Once you treat a midweek game like an EFL Cup game, you HAVE to deliver on Saturday.1
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Feel a bit for Kelman as well here. Given a start after winning us a game and it’s in a lineup that is almost designed to struggle at the back which will have a knock on effect for him. Still, it’s a chance to show some work rate2
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For anyone watching on catv Terry’s joke about the dog was worth the £10 alone lol0
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Into em Charlton COME ON YOU REDS0
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Just spotted @Ollywozere by the tunnel on the Sky coverage2
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Pyrotechnics in the Championship, Middlesbrough should be embarrassed for themselves /s2
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Radio commentary on radio London 94.90
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Didnt realise that Sarmiento was playing for Middlesbrough now, has he faced us before now?0
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I said play Coady instead of Jones and rest Chambers but Nathan went further.
We were going to lose if we put out our strongest team so this makes sense to give Cafc a better chance of having our best 11 fresh for Oxford.
I can't believe some wanted Lloyd to play tonight !
He can only give 100% and was bound to get a card and miss Oxford and Norwich.
Just give it a good go and you can always bring on the big guns if we smell a point.
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Good on you @CafctekkersCafctekkers said:
Just betting within my limits thanksredbuttle said:
Mind how you go...Cafctekkers said:
May as well try and make a bit of money out of this then 😂
Fully agree with resting players though tbf
I have done similar while i will be hoping we get something, let's be realistic.
I combined a heavy defeat for us tonight (-3 is 12/1, etc) with margins in other games, including Birmingham to beat QPR comfortably (-1 and -2) and Boro to beat bristol on Saturday by minimum -1 and -2. Doubles, trebles etc. Can get very big odds that way. Since i did the same for Millwall away i have a little fetish for this type of bet, though it hasn't come in again since then.0 -
Did he play in the league cup for Brighton?ForeverAddickted said:Didnt realise that Sarmiento was playing for Middlesbrough now, has he faced us before now?1
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