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POST-MATCH THREAD: Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 18th April 2026: KO 15:00
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Going 1-0 up and sitting back against a team that has only scored 11 goals until today is inexcusable.
Mannion should have done better of course but why are taking on more pressure instead of increasing momentum.
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I’ll be honest, I was convinced we were going to do the most Charlton thing possible and hand them their first home win of the season, so at least we didn’t lose.Oxford losing means a point is not the end of the world and we shuffle a few inches closer to safety but, fuck me, we are limping home. There was a huge opportunity on offer today and we’ve chuffed it up, all by our own making again.
Said all season, even when we in the playoff positions, finishing 21st will be a good season. However I didn’t expect us to start actively trying to drop down there.We SHOULD still be okay, but why, WHY, WHHHHYYYYY, just for bloody once, can’t this pissing club just give us an opportunity to relax? Must it always be done the hardest, most stressful, way possible?!?!
I watched the game via onboard wifi on a flight to Mexico to start a week long all inclusive holiday. I couldn’t have been in a better mood at kick off and still those fuckers have managed to give me the hump. Bottomless margaritas this evening should take the edge off though.
IF we do finally get over the line to safety, these last few weeks have highlighted how much work still needs to be done on the squad this summer. I think a few early season performers are looking leggy and we know there’s a general lack of quality, but teams have also worked us out a bit now. If we didn’t have momentum from last season and that surprise factor to carry us through the first part of the season (which we won’t have next season), we might well already be down by now.
Still, we’re not, and we’re still in a position all the teams in bottom 3 would swap with us but, FFS Reds - please let’s just get this over with!25 -
Couldn’t care less about Bromley, pleased Oxford lost to benefit Charlton.golfaddick said:Even if we stay up I think its time for Jones to go.
Do we really want to be watching this rubbish again next season ? A team that has no creativity & very little goal threat. Only 5 times this season have we scored more than once in a game. Atrocious.
Only good thing to come out of today was that Oxford lost & Bromley got promoted.16 -
God forbid someone has an opinion different to yours.ForeverAddickted said:
Thank f**k some of you dont make the decisions thenWillmoreTheRed said:Gonna keep drumming it till it happens (wishful thinking) JONES OUT!7 -
Contender for the worst performance of the season. That was our opportunity to secure safety against the worst side in the history of the league. I know they’re no pushovers but my god we made them look better than what they are.You know you’re in trouble when a team of players who haven’t been paid on time for most of the season show more fight and skill than us.
I don’t want to be too negative but we could easily lose the next two games and take this to the final day.10 -
can't say I'm surprised by the result. You have to wear rose tinted specs and have the memory of a goldfish to think this team with these tactics are going to play positively.
Sheff weds could have had 2 pens on another day, Burke challenge , Doc on the edge of penalty area 2nd half and LJ -strikes his own hand in "unnatural position" so 2.5 pens. Possibly an unfair challenge on Mannion. So a draw is fair result. But I'd rather watch their football than ours.They just need a striker or 2.
1904 olympics marathon was won by American who was carried over the line by his trainers. We may just do it but only if Godden can drag us across the line.3 -
golfaddick said:Even if we stay up I think its time for Jones to go.
Do we really want to be watching this rubbish again next season ? A team that has no creativity & very little goal threat. Only 5 times this season have we scored more than once in a game. Atrocious.
Only good thing to come out of today was that Oxford lost & Bromley got promoted.
Bromley away ole ole8 -
Fortune 82nd Minute said:Big fan of Mannion but not going to try and defend him tonight. Awful mistake.
But it's not just on him. After we scored and Carey hit the post we just sat back and made Wednesday look like a team challenging for promotion. Their goal was always coming. Why, oh why, do we always sit back and concede an inevitable equaliser week after week?
Because NJ is more concerned with defence than attack.0 -
absolutely not no. Could very much happen. I’m just saying there’s a high chance we are going to have to cheer them on regardless of the result and it all just effing stinksValley11 said:
You're ruling out them rolling over for Oxford on the final day then?paulsturgess said:That was absolutely rancid. We have been effing dreadful pretty much the entire season.The results in this second half of this season that have us almost at (but staggering in drunken stasis towards) the line were gifts; that Sheffield united burglary remains one of the most obscenely fortunate results I’ve ever seen - the sending off against Leicester… profligate Boro with a record number of chances in championship history but unable to get past us… the Leicester points deduction…
Ergh
and now we’re inevitably going to be forced to cheer on and indeed celebrate the scum probably getting promoted on the last day because the consequence of them not doing so would be relegating us. A vile thought
As we lose to Swansea and swap places...
there is no excuse for being in this position given the run of games we had and where we sat post Boro3 -
We all chose a team (some had it forced on them - sorry sons) where fame and glory were going to be in very short supply. But... how fucking bad are we?There should be an element of enjoyment, surely? Look around the squad and nobody seems to be enjoying playing football - very few smiles, body language says to me "I hate this game" when they are playing, PLAYING, and for a good living as well. Jones seems to me to spend 90 minutes or more a week self-flagellating.Supporting Charlton at the moment (and for some time) is utterly joyless, and I am getting more and more wound up by it.35
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Does anyone actually genuinely enjoy watching us play currently?
This is the biggest issue going into next season, even if we do stay up. It's a style of play issue.28 -
I think the most likely scenario is Oxford get 4 points top and Leicester don't win three on the bounce. Then a team of lifers would keep is up but it will be by the skin of our teeth. Need to make some decent signings in the summer.KingKinsella said:can't say I'm surprised by the result. You have to wear rose tinted specs and have the memory of a goldfish to think this team with these tactics are going to play positively.
Sheff weds could have had 2 pens on another day, Burke challenge , Doc on the edge of penalty area 2nd half and LJ -strikes his own hand in "unnatural position" so 2.5 pens. Possibly an unfair challenge on Mannion. So a draw is fair result. But I'd rather watch their football than ours.They just need a striker or 2.
1904 olympics marathon was won by American who was carried over the line by his trainers. We may just do it but only if Godden can drag us across the line.0 -
You spelt shit wrongsoapy_jones said:POOR
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One thing I'll say for Jones, where he's been at the same club for consecutive seasons the team has always improved year on year.
I wouldn't get rid of him right now as we are 2 years away from worrying about relegation to league two, now he has us nearly safe in the championship. How many years has it been since we've had consecutive years in the championship?
That doesn't take away from the fact that that was a turgid performance but it should have been one we could see out if it wasn't for another Mannion clanger. We retreated inside ourselves after that, and the subs didn't help, but the players have to take some responsibility for that.
If only the likes of Edwards and Godden had been fit all year I think we'd be comfortably safe.15 -
Well I predicted this game as one the 3 draws we would have this month, never thought we could best them.0
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Rinse, and repeat. Turgid. Disappointed that so many posting are negative. Yet I am just a WUM?........ 0 -
I thought that Dykes and Godden had good games for us. As usual it was the support that was lacking.
Leaburn couldn't win anything useful in the air, and I'm afraid that TC lost me today. I've been sympathetic to him, as he is came through the ranks and occasionally causes problems. At about 85 minutes or so Rankin-costello was running around like a madman to chase down 2 or 3 defenders and their keeper knocking it about. Rc emplored TC and another (?) to help him out, and they just stood like shop dummies.
To end on a good note, I honestly believe that Sichenje will become a legend for us. He has the desire to make a difference, and I think that he probably has the talent at this level.6 -
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God forbid someone has an opinion different to yours.ForeverAddickted said:
Thank f**k some of you dont make the decisions thenWillmoreTheRed said:Gonna keep drumming it till it happens (wishful thinking) JONES OUT!Where did I say you couldnt have an opinionIf you dont like your opinion being challenged when you say it out loud, keep it to yourself5 -
I don’t like watching it, and can’t wait for the end of the season.SELR_addicks said:Does anyone actually genuinely enjoy watching us play currently?
This is the biggest issue going into next season, even if we do stay up. It's a style of play issue.
But I also think it’s the exact right way to set up and try and play with the resources we currently have.12 -
If Oxford beat Wrexham on Tuesday night you wouldn't bet against them to beat Sheff Wed next sat. If that is the case we need to get something from our next 2 homes games.
Really don't want to go to Swansea (who have the league's top goalscorer) and try to get something there.10 -
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After watching that I really do think we could go down. Can’t see us getting another point and fancy Oxford to make up 6 points on us6
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Gut feeling says it's going to go to the final day. We need to find some bollocks from somewhere, as all the teams around us are fighting.3
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We are nowhere near safe yet, WBA and Blackburn will probably overtake by next week.2
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Doc is not a starter. I don’t buy the JRC’s game doesn’t fit our style BS. Play your better players.
I understand neither Godden or Kelman are big center forwards but they are the only two who can score in this side. Why not play them together. I understand our style is lump the ball forward currently but it is not working with either Dykes or Leaburn. We can’t get any worse in the attack.
Mannion who is allegedly good at commanding the box now has two mental errors doing that which has cost us points.1 -
Feels far too much like 19/20.
Anybody got the league table from back then after 43 games?
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The Jones out lot are a joke. He's might keep us up with the 2nd lowest budget, who exactly do you want in?29
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Leicester and Oxford lost didn’t they?, they can fight as much as they like if they losecharlton_hero said:Gut feeling says it's going to go to the final day. We need to find some bollocks from somewhere, as all the teams around us are fighting.4 -
That was a tough watch.0
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When Charlton dropped out of the Premier League, it was Spurs who dealt the final blow by beating Charlton at the Valley, confirming relegation.
So, in many ways it's nice that both Charlton and Tottenham pretty much confirm their place in the Championship on the same day.9 -
Our midfield is so abhorrent that I find myself pining for the days of Pratley & Watson.10
