POST-MATCH THREAD: Oxford Utd v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 14th March 2026: KO 12:30

Thought the ref gave more free kicks today for the types of pushes and nudges which usually go unpunished...... don't know if that's the way he is or if there's a directive to throttle back on it a bit......?
I missed their penalty so can't comment but for ours I was dead level and their bloke got hold of Lloydys' shirt collar and pulled him backwards........ we were all chuffed of course but what a stupid thing for a defender to do and at that stage of the game!
I have to give an 'attaboy to Doc, thought he had a good, real captains game. 
And thought their centre forward gave Lloydy plenty to think about ...... a good battle to watch.

In fairness, Doc really put in a shift and we dominated the first half.
But we so lack ideas,  personality, killer instinct and belief in the final third

golfaddick said:

peterreeves said:

There's no doubt that this season TC has served up more negative/positive comments from lifers than any other player.

I personally think that he's simply not up to the standard we need to be but.... even if Nathan did the unthinkable and dropped him who would take his place? Is it Fev or Fullah cos that's all we have with Apter gone.

Love to hear others views as even me and my daughter can't agree over him! 

With us virtually safe I'd be playing Fullah in TC's position. No point playing Fevrier as he'll be going back in the summer.

This would be the ideal time to blood in a couple of youngsters to see if they have got what it takes. 

I want to see more Fullah too but playing him out of position doesn't seem the right way to blood him in

golfaddick said:

fenaddick said:

golfaddick said:

peterreeves said:

There's no doubt that this season TC has served up more negative/positive comments from lifers than any other player.

I personally think that he's simply not up to the standard we need to be but.... even if Nathan did the unthinkable and dropped him who would take his place? Is it Fev or Fullah cos that's all we have with Apter gone.

Love to hear others views as even me and my daughter can't agree over him! 

With us virtually safe I'd be playing Fullah in TC's position. No point playing Fevrier as he'll be going back in the summer.

This would be the ideal time to blood in a couple of youngsters to see if they have got what it takes. 

I want to see more Fullah too but playing him out of position doesn't seem the right way to blood him in

What's his position then, because TC had been playing as a makeshift striker for the past 2 seasons & that's not his natural position either. 

Fullah is a 10. TC bedded into the first team playing on the wing and was then converted. Let Fullah play as a 10. NJ clearly wants to play Carey deeper, if we're safe from relegation it's worth trying those two together with Coady/Coventry

EFL highlights on terrestrial TV show 10 minutes of Charlton highlights?

Only in a Sunday Sport headline.

Watched us dominate the majority of Wrexham game and lose.  Take 7 points from Birmingham Boro and Oxford. Am I happy with that at the business end of season… All day long

I thought we started well, dominated the ball and seemed determined to take the game to oxford but the problem wasnt fatigue from the m'boro game but that we didnt seem to have any tactics in the last third. We seem reluctant to cross the ball or shoot and there never seems to be anyone in space to pass to. Strikers work in isolation so we dont win 2nd balls, and although they all work hard their chances to goal ratio isnt good enough. Most games we get at least 2/3 clear cut chances but they dont get put away. We also give far too many silly fouls away that put the defence under pressure and result in yellow cards that stop players fully committing when we're under pressure. Our strength as we saw midweek is our defence but next season if we're going to have a chance to stay in this division (and we will!) we need better recruitment and NJ to work his magic with the team at the other end of the pitch.

CaptainRobbo said:

The Sky highlights could not stretch to 2 minutes long.
How the hell are the EFL highlights going to get the 10 minutes worth they usually show?

2 minutes of game
8 minutes of the bloke up a tree

wolfgang said:

Millwall have no sense of honour. We did them a big favour at Middlesborough, then they stab us in the back today.

Reading some of their knuckle dragging comments on line. The premier league don’t want them so the ref sent off their player 😂

nothing to do with them being all noise and nothing else

aliwibble said:

Great shot from Kyle Andrews of the foul on Jones for the penalty

How is our penalty soft as stated by some posters when the Oxford player wants to exchange shirts with Lloyd before the final whistle ?

Just watched the highlights and seen the Oxford penalty......... thought Kayne did block him and stop his run towards the flight of the ball........ no different to what we see every game where defenders deliberately block attackers from running to chase balls down though.......
Saw the EFL TV highlight for WBA v Hull........ a Hull defender tugged the attackers shorts as he ran past him and of course the attacker went down like a sack of spuds..... outside the penalty area on the right hand side........ ref sent the defender off I guess for being the last man.... seemed like such a nothing tug though?
Also, I don't understand how so much of the pushing and holding in the box when there are corners etc. don't attract more fouls......? 
I get some of it has been to deliberately allow more license and try to put a lid on players going down too easily but for my blood there needs to be a bit of a re-interpretation. I get it's a tough ask to be consistent across so many games and inside and outside the box in a game but I'd like to see them do better and it'd be great to somehow cut down on how often corners etc. are delayed while the ref talks to the players.....

ateamofcorygibbs said:

Sword65pf said:

ateamofcorygibbs said:

My main takeaway from the away end today is some of our fans are very weird about Tyreece Campbell 

Care to explain? I’m a bit dopey and that’s gone over my head.

Just that he gets ridiculous abuse throughout the game, even when he’s very clearly not at fault. There was one instance where Chambers hit a really poor pass to him that gave TC no chance, but it didn’t stop people around me screaming at him. The constant refrain of ‘lazy’ when his issue has always been one of quality/confidence rather than effort. Not saying he had a great game (no one did) but the scapegoating is unreal. 

There was one attack late on. TC played a woeful pass 10ft to an Oxford defender.  Instead of advancing to win it back he literally just stood still and watched them play it forward into our half. Shocking.

LargeAddick said:

soapboxsam said:

aliwibble said:

Great shot from Kyle Andrews of the foul on Jones for the penalty

How is our penalty soft as stated by some posters when the Oxford player wants to exchange shirts with Lloyd before the final whistle ?

I thought most were saying our penalty was soft as in the one we gave away. I can see how that reads differently though. I think most thought the one Oxford conceded was a definite penalty, and it was.

At first sight I didn't see the shirt pull just the resulting collision between Jones and the keeper, it was only on the replay that it was a bit more obvious (but still not as obvious as that picture), so that may have been why people were saying it was soft.