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Charlton women news - (2025-26 fixtures are on page 106)
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Is there no one to replace N`Dow. Her knee is giving her pain not long into the games now, she has been a real trooper to play from the start of the season with that knee trouble.EpsomAddick said:That was the same old story as we've seen so many times this season: it wasn't pretty, but we got the job done.
Our goal won't win any Goal of the Season awards, though it was a very good ball whipped in by Katie Bradley: Elisha N'Dow got the flick on at the near post and Amalie Thestrup finished acrobatically inside the 6-yard box. Aside from that we struggled to create chances (for the umpteenth time) and had a stroke of luck when a Sunderland header came off the foot of the post. They also saw a free kick from inside the D go narrowly over the bar, and another curling effort inside the box landed of the roof of the net. Even when they went down to 10, they kept up the pressure, and the final whistle came as a huge relief.
In terms of individual performances, Thestrup got the goal but didn't offer much else (though Gillian Kenney and Emma Bissell didn't do any better), Mary McAteer battled hard and showed flashes of quality without it ever leading to much, and Lucy Fitzgerald had an off day. More positively, I thought Gloria Siber had a great game at right-back, showing real diligence and skill throughout, and Karin Muya successfully got us up the pitch to relieve the pressure when she came on – she did really well at one point to reach a through ball before it crossed the byline and pull it back, only for no one to have anticipated it, allowing Sunderland to clear.
We needed to bounce back after Wednesday, and we did. As we've seen with the men, by this stage of the season all that matters is that you get the points, rather than how you get them. We've ground out results all season, and we'll need to do that a few more times before we can celebrate promotion0 -
Agree that she's been a trooper, but we do have options. Lucia Lobato came on for her today, and did a good job in her spell in the side when Kiera Skeels was out. There's Gracie Pearse and Lizzie Waldie (though Karen seems not to have much faith in her despite signing her in January), and Mia Ross can play there if needed.msomerton said:Is there no one to replace N`Dow. Her knee is giving her pain not long into the games now, she has been a real trooper to play from the start of the season with that knee trouble.0 -
This season though we've been far, far better against the top teams than we have against the no hopers. We drew both our games against Ipswich, drew both against Sheff Utd then drew away at Portsmouth and lost to them at home somehow. Conversely we beat Birmingham away and beat Palace, Bristol City and Southampton at home. Plenty of time to ruin that record but I'd actually rather be playing the better teams based on how this season has gone so farmsomerton said:2
