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POST-MATCH THREAD: Swansea City v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 2nd May 2026: KO 12:30
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This match highlights for me the challenge we face next season. Swansea are a classic mid table team. Decent but nothing special. They had @70% possession and ran out easy winners albeit in a game that we probably didn’t want or need. The pressure was off so just relax. Having said that if we intend to go into next season adopting the tactic of sacrificing possession then I think another season of facing the drop is guaranteed. We have to change. I’m sure NJ knows this and we’ll adopt a transfer window accordingly. I bloody hope so.3
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SO pleased he had a great day ! He's such a lovely lad & Charlton through & through.Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch said:My boy was looked after superbly by Swansea - incredibly hospitable club - he had an afternoon to remember as Charlton mascot.
High fived the Charlton players in the tunnel before the game, walked out with Coady.
And scored his half time penalty against Cyril the Swan.
Oh, and look at that strike !
Eat your heart out Charlie Kelman !7 -
Fixed it for you. Must have been a typo!Isawsummersplay said:We finished above Leicester, WBA and Blackburn. If someone how told me last August that that would happen, I would have said they were talking out of their arse.0 -
Wouldn't want to upset Scott Fraser, McGrandles, Wickham, Jack Payne, Jaiyesimi, Sam Walker, Tennai Watson and LuaLua. They deserve better than that.Powell2ThePeople said:
Hmm.Valley11 said:Interesting post match from Jones
’We have to get better individuals….on August 7 when the season starts we want the fans to go ‘wow…we have improved’
I'm an NJ fan, but the summer transfer window, together with how things settle down next year, will be the real telling point.
However, I didn't like his comments about "who we got rid of....at the end of that L1 season", I believe referring to 23/24.
Got rid of...
Maybe choose a better phrase for players who you don't fancy/don't feel can do a job for the club, for whatever reason, and you want to move on.
In fact, instead of "who we got rid of", how about saying "who we moved on"?9 -
Another final day of the season and another loss, I had hair the last time we won. To be fair to Swansea they were the better team, we look a poor team when we lose.If we had been offered 19th with 53 points back in august I’d have bitten the hand off for it but having stumbled over the line I’m worried already for next year.Too many performances like today this season, things have to change, I doubt we’ll be getting away with next season.7
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Wouldn't have started Dykes whom I hope is not here next season. An incredibly limited player. Wouldn't have bought Berry off the bench, better not be here next season, completely past it.
Thought Swansea are a team I could watch happily, win, lose or draw; they play some great, creative, skillful football. Josh Keys was absolutely class. I don't know much about championship footy outside of us; is he usually that good?
Delighted Leaburn went into the summer with a goal, will do him well.
Ultimately we defended pretty well, got to 1-1 and tried to go toe-to-toe with them with our more football playing players coming on like Costello, Berry, Carey etc. issue is, they are way better then us at playing good football.
Stayed up, Millwall didn't get autos and Wrexham missed out all together. So a positive season/day for me.
If we are only planning on bringing in 5-6 new players then every single one of them needs to be class and click. Typically it is a good window when 50% make it.
Fingers crossed Stevenage win the L1 play offs!2 -
Yes, this is what we will and should hold onto, job done. It’s been hard going at times and today an example of where we need to improve. Swansea aren’t world beaters, but got a lot of plaudits for the football they played back at the valley and if we can find 4/5 good, quality players, I’m confident the work rate and ethos of a NJ side can see us kick on. The way Jones is talking, I think he’s well aware of the limitations. He does set up defensively, but we need to say hats off to him this year, he’s got the job done (albeit needed a bit of a restructuring in the Jan window). Fingers crossed for a good summer and excitement for next seasonIsawsummersplay said:We finished above Leicester, WBA and Blackburn. If someone how told me last August that that would happen, I would have said they were talking out the top of their head.1 -
That was a great penalty too - sounds like he had a great time.Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch said:My boy was looked after superbly by Swansea - incredibly hospitable club - he had an afternoon to remember as Charlton mascot.
High fived the Charlton players in the tunnel before the game, walked out with Coady.
And scored his half time penalty against Cyril the Swan.3 -
Can’t help but think we need a decent forward in the summer. A few chances flashed across the box today and no one attacks or anticipates.
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Never funny. Diabolical, win or lose.AberystwythAddick said:Nathan Jones ball. Really funny when it works. Absolutely diabolical when it doesn’t.
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Where have I overreacted in this post?SouthLincsAddick said:
Overreaction from a loss. Nathan jones ball secured championship football with the third worst player budget in the league. We should have been relegated with that budget but finished 19th and never in a relegation scrap. Massive overachievement! Don’t listen to them Nathan, they’re in la la land! Got anything to moan about, then direct it at the owners not our best manager in years!AberystwythAddick said:Nathan Jones ball. Really funny when it works. Absolutely diabolical when it doesn’t.0 -
Thanks to the Swans fan who stopped me parking where I was about to and saved me a few quid…2
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He wouldn’t have been my choice but in fairness he did play quite wellAthletico Charlton said:Wouldn't have started Dykes whom I hope is not here next season. An incredibly limited player. Wouldn't have bought Berry off the bench, better not be here next season, completely past it.
Thought Swansea are a team I could watch happily, win, lose or draw; they play some great, creative, skillful football. Josh Keys was absolutely class. I don't know much about championship footy outside of us; is he usually that good?
Delighted Leaburn went into the summer with a goal, will do him well.
Ultimately we defended pretty well, got to 1-1 and tried to go toe-to-toe with them with our more football playing players coming on like Costello, Berry, Carey etc. issue is, they are way better then us at playing good football.
Stayed up, Millwall didn't get autos and Wrexham missed out all together. So a positive season/day for me.
If we are only planning on bringing in 5-6 new players then every single one of them needs to be class and click. Typically it is a good window when 50% make it.
Fingers crossed Stevenage win the L1 play offs!1 -
I make you right, but its probably about Alfie mayChunes said:
Wouldn't want to upset Scott Fraser, McGrandles, Wickham, Jack Payne, Jaiyesimi, Sam Walker, Tennai Watson and LuaLua. They deserve better than that.Powell2ThePeople said:
Hmm.Valley11 said:Interesting post match from Jones
’We have to get better individuals….on August 7 when the season starts we want the fans to go ‘wow…we have improved’
I'm an NJ fan, but the summer transfer window, together with how things settle down next year, will be the real telling point.
However, I didn't like his comments about "who we got rid of....at the end of that L1 season", I believe referring to 23/24.
Got rid of...
Maybe choose a better phrase for players who you don't fancy/don't feel can do a job for the club, for whatever reason, and you want to move on.
In fact, instead of "who we got rid of", how about saying "who we moved on"?0 -
Can I just say. This season there has been a lot of talk about how blunt we’ve been offensively which is justified. However our defensive inconsistencies are very unlike a Nathan Jones side. Why have we been so defensively inconsistent?2
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Think the scoreline flattered Swansea , if we needed a point today we would have got it pretty easily ….. Swansea got a chunk of luck with Gilly own goal just after we made it 1-1 … …. But if all these people who have been moaning about our defensive style which has kept us up.. today you saw us try and attack Swansea with very positive subs .. but all it did was open us up good job NJ knows what he doing … 19th superb season , not once in the bottom 3 NJ and his boys deserve so much praise ……2
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Read the first couple of pages to get the mood tonight. For me the season ended last week & today I was watching Soccer Saturday with one eye in the Match Thread.
I think this season, encapsulated by today, shows that NJ is not the manager to take you forward if you want to play exciting football & promotion.
Nice man but an awful manager. Shame he will be here next season and overseeing our transfer policy during the summer.
Just pleased that between now & when next season starts there is the World Cup, the US & British Opens as well as a Test series to look forward to.
Over & out
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Oh, 1 more thing.
I saw on Sky the Bromley players at tte final whistle & Andy Woodman with his arm round Kanu talking to him.
Dont be surprised to see Kanu at Bromley next season. Loan probably but who knows.3 -
Had a great day out and tbh, didn’t think we played that badly. Swansea just had that little bit more.
Need to make some decent signings in the summer but for now, let’s just enjoy finishing 6 points from relegation and not being in the bottom 3 all season
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Also, this was on the table at the pub after the game which made me laugh
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Fanny Fanackapan said:SO pleased he had a great day ! He's such a lovely lad & Charlton through & through.
Oh, and look at that strike !
Eat your heart out Charlie Kelman !
Thanks both, yeah he enjoyed it and took it all in his stride.The Red Robin said:That was a great penalty too - sounds like he had a great time.
He's right footed but told me afterwards it was a bit sore, so decided to hit the pen with his left. Brave!3 -
My only thought was that the wall couldn't have been positioned correctly, as the ball seemed to go around it from where i was standing.ct_addick said:If anyone thinks Kaminski could have got to the free kick are delusional…no keeper could have got that…
Surely there are enough statistics on how far a ball can be bent to make that impossible?
If it went over the wall then I stand corrected.
I agree that he stood no chance of reaching the ball from his starting position.
Also, it was a fantastic free kick.
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Given that this was a dead rubber, a mildly disappointing result on the final day, albeit not a surprising one. We were a bit knackered and depleted: when else would we have started with Burke and Gillespie either side of Jones, plus no TC to get us up the field ? In contrast, Swansea, a better team - as well they might be after 18 seasons in the top two divisions since 2008 - also had the additional incentive of finishing with a win in front of their own supporters.
The first half was dreary in the extreme, with us looking like a bovine League 1 team and Swansea playing largely in front of us. The second half started in much the same way, although once we made the substitutions, we woke up attacking-wise and Leaburn headed in Carey's corner. Unfortunately, the tactical change left us more open and the recently error-prone Clarke lost the ball high up the pitch, we found ourselves outnumbered at the back and Idah was left in acres of space to knock in his second goal, albeit with a fortunate deflection off Gillesphey. Walta's free-kick was the icing on the cake and illustrated the gap in quality between the two sides.
I thought that Chambers had his best game for Charlton, whilst Leaburn did well following his introduction. No one else really emerged with any credit, whilst I think that Burke, Knibbs (especially), Clarke and Coventry were poor.
A big Summer window awaits, although the reality is that:
1. we have very few players out of contract;
2. it's going to be hard to move on our other under-performers - a good test is to ask how many (if any) Championship or League 1 clubs would want to acquire them;
3. much will also depend upon the attitude of Lloyd Jones and Kayne Ramsay to contract extensions, as they enter their final year. A decision also has to be made on Conor Coventry. I suspect that, in the absence of any offer, he'll be retained as a squad player.6 -
We normally sell the player of the year😪BigDiddy said:
If we don’t sell him in the summer….AddicksAddict said:Of that starting 11, Jones is the only sure-fire starter next season for me.0 -
Mate there are times when you get stick unfairly imo and other times like the post above when I think you do this shit for attention lolgolfaddick said:Read the first couple of pages to get the mood tonight. For me the season ended last week & today I was watching Soccer Saturday with one eye in the Match Thread.
I think this season, encapsulated by today, shows that NJ is not the manager to take you forward if you want to play exciting football & promotion.
Nice man but an awful manager. Shame he will be here next season and overseeing our transfer policy during the summer.
Just pleased that between now & when next season starts there is the World Cup, the US & British Opens as well as a Test series to look forward to.
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Great game. Great result . Looking forward to the rest of this season.2
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Probably like a lot of people I was baffled by the starting 11 line up and we presented no threat until our " game changers" came on.This game presented an excellent opportunity for us to be more expansive but our leader disappointingly thought otherwise .Just why we will never know
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A very negative note on which to end the season.0 -
When all is said and done, whatever the player on the pitch personnel, this was a far more significant and ominous result for next season of Jones' how not to play football and probably get eventually relegated approach than the Hull result last week. The problem's been obvious for such a long, long time.1
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A very compromised season, which will leave most of us I expect, disapointed.
Which would be unfair to our limited squad and intransigent manager. They battled against bigger budgets and superior teams, and at points in the season mastered them through guile and sheer bloody mindedness, mirroring their gaffer. And also a couple of glimpses of brilliance.
Job done, albeit in a mostly mundane fashion.
We need a major investment, an investment not seen since the Premiership days. Do I believe that will happen? Well no, not really because in true Charlton fashion we'll cobble something together and carry on. If we are lucky we will be better by increments and survive in the Championship for a few years, hoping for miracles, that never fully materialise.
But it is football init?
Up the Addicks.
Sayonara season 25/26.
Oh! And fuck Millwall.
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I am beginning to think Clarke's first name is "loose ball from".
See you in a few weeks.
That is all.0
