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Charlton women news - Players Cup: Palace v CAFC (p232)
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That 72min tackle about the best thing Cissoko has done, other wise she seems a liability
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She’s had a good half. She’s maybe the worst passer I’ve ever seen but we’ve needed a physical presence this half and she’s thrown herself about and kept Shaw quiet so farmsomerton said:That 72min tackle about the best thing Cissoko has done, other wise she seems a liability1 -
First time I’ve tuned in this season and I’m astonished this is the highest level of women’s football in this country, half of our lot look like they’ve never seen a football before let alone kicked one. What a waste letting them play at the valley.
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We look knackered now - unsurprisingly!1
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Best performance of the season by an absolute mile. Think we get a point without the duck. Encouraging signs9
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Very frustrating, stand up and take one in the face and we get a point at home against the reigning champions2
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Is it normal for the BBC journo to be kissing one of the players after the game? Incredibly weird.1
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Some very good performances there today. Hopefully gives us a bit of a lift.Do come and hear from Karen and some of the squad on CAST online Q&A - free and open to all - registration info here:
https://www.castrust.org/2026/09/register-now-for-karen-hills-qa-6pm-6th-oct/2 -
We can be proud of that performance today. Much, much better and if not for the free kick I think we’d have been walking away with a point. Whitehouse made one excellent double save but everything else was routine for her and at the other end Korhonen had three good chances as well as a superb save from Cumings off a Hutton strike. We threatened a lot more than usual and it’s a shame we didn’t exploit the ball over the top a bit more. Players I’ve been troubled by were a lot better today; Cissoko had a strong second half, Davidson snapped into a few challenges and showed she’s got an idea of how to play round the corner, even more impressive given she didn’t have a lot of support in the middle with EvE going off. Azzaro looked like she had a touch of class and Lobato was really good at LB despite being out of position. Flandog is going to be a proper player if she keeps up like this, only just 21 but her passing range and tackling are excellent at times.It would be easy to be frustrated after that given it’s another 1-0 where we should really have come away with something but this was a much better performance than Everton and it was against the champions who we made look fairly pedestrian for the whole match. We looked spent by the last ten and it’s not great that injuries are hurting an already small squad but we are looking better every game so there’s definitely positives to take today3
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I really hope they take confidence from this result.
That duck though…….bloody hell 🫣😤🙄2 -
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Man City players all better then ours, I reckon that all there sd were faster than any of ours, they seemed to have better situational awareness, Sophie made it look less one side by 3 or 4 out standing saves today.
We had our chances though which came from second phase long balls, when we tried to tippy tappy our way forward it just put us in trouble.0 -
Will we get a win?.0
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I think we can be hopeful after that. Of course ducking in the wall is inexcusable but I felt it was a stupid foul by Fitzgerald. She looked a bit out of her depth. Flannery looked very good as did Lobato. There were a lot of good performances and we did create some chances.3
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Looking at the highlights that early Korhonen chance is much more annoying than I remembered. She'd pressured Cumings over and all she had to do was look up and cut the ball back onto one of the two onrushing players for an open goal but she just dinked it into the defender. Won a corner but just a touch of composure in that situation and we would have been one up2
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A performance that showed signs of improvement, in front of a decent crowd who kept positive throughout.
You could tell we were trying to keep the ball at the back a bit more rather than just lumping it forward, but there were several times when it would have been best just to hit it long to relieve the pressure, especially with Hutton ready to race onto balls in behind the defence. It's particularly risky when all our players want more time on the ball than they're ever going to get at this level - often City managed to box us in, and we'd end up giving away a throw in our own half or chipping the ball down the line straight into touch.
Lobato didn't play badly, but left back isn't the right place for her. I get that Mason has struggled at this level, but having a right-footer there did hamper us. Cissoko will give us all kittens when she's on the ball, but she has good strength (as Mead found out) and her recovery tackle to stop Shaw was excellent. Johnston did OK in terms of holding up Fujino, but she's quite lightweight and not the greatest with the ball at her feet.
I don't feel as positive about Davidson as others. She has so far produced little in an attacking sense, doesn't have the physical presence of van Egmond, and can't grab the game by the scruff of the neck like Flannery at least tries to. I get that it's still early days, and this has obviously been a baptism of fire for all the players, but I hope there's more to come from her. Korhonen is frustrating too, as there's a player in there, but she also doesn't really look up for the battle (the duck being the prime example) and doesn't quite have the end product (see the chance after she pressured Cumings, the shot from her run and the header from Hutton's cross). Azzaro showed some real skill, but needs a strong striker partner alongside her, which we don't currently have.
As much as it wasn't City at their best, there were definitely positives today. The challenge is to keep building on them and to maintain our morale if we keep losing.3 -
I really don't know what Lizzie Waldie has to do to get on the pitch. She is left footed and would be better on the that side of the defence.1
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WTF were they doing ducking in the fkin wall on a free kick!!!1
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I think the fact she hasn’t been given much game time is very telling in itselfCrusty54 said:2 -
30 Sep (Weds): Crystal Palace, away, 7pm. At Sutton United FC. Seats £13.50 adult, £10 over-65 & under-21, £1 under-17. Standing £10 adult, £7.50 over-65 & under-21, £1 under-17. Tickets from here.
4 Oct: Brighton & Hove Albion, away, 2pm. At the Amex. £15 adult, £11 over-66, £11 under-21, £8 under-18, £6 under-10. Live on Sky. Tickets from away section of the usual website.
11 Oct: International break (1 week). England play Greece away on Friday 9th, then at Leicester City on Tuesday 13th. Both games are on ITV.
18 Oct: Manchester United, home, 2pm. At the Valley. £10 adult, £8 over-65, £6 under-18. Tickets from usual website.
21 Oct (Weds): Bristol City, home, 7.30pm. At the Valley. £8 adult, £5 over-65, £2 under-18. Included in women's season ticket.
25 Oct: Birmingham City, away, 2pm. At St Andrews. Not on sale yet. Home tickets are £8 adult, £5 over-65, £5 under-25, £3 under-16.
28 Oct (Weds): West Ham United, home, 7.30pm. At the Valley. £8 adult, £5 over-65, £2 under-18. Included in women's season ticket.
1 Nov: Chelsea, home, 2.30pm. At the Valley. £10 adult, £8 over-65, £6 under-18. Not on sale yet.
The Players Cup games are available as a set if you're going to all 3 but don't have a season ticket. I'm not sure if the website works it out and applies a discount or if you have to buy via the ticket office.
The away league games at Brighton and Birmingham you'll need to buy from Charlton in order to get a ticket in the right area. For the Palace cup game they don't have an away area at Sutton and tickets are sold by Palace not us. Note the early kickoff time for this one.
For Brighton the ticketing website is showing 28 sold out of 100 allocated. That's not including players' friends & relations who tend to be quite a proportion of our away support.0 -
I just got round to buying my ticket there and I am the only one in the away end...Swindon_Addick said:30 Sep (Weds): Crystal Palace, away, 7pm. At Sutton United FC. Seats £13.50 adult, £10 over-65 & under-21, £1 under-17. Standing £10 adult, £7.50 over-65 & under-21, £1 under-17. Tickets from here.
I'm pretty sure there were only two of us that weren't friends and family at Sheffield United away last season. Considering it was the day after the men played Leicester, I thought we'd bring more.Swindon_Addick said:For Brighton the ticketing website is showing 28 sold out of 100 allocated. That's not including players' friends & relations who tend to be quite a proportion of our away support.3 -
She's 26! That's peak age!Crusty54 said:1 -
That just isn't true. She gave Mary Bashford a huge amount of game time, more than she should have really based on the players around her. Kiera Skeels has been trusted in our defence since she was 19, Beth Roe was first choice from the age of 21, Mia Ross got plenty of football from the age of 18, Gracie Pearse was in our team as a 22 year old, Flannery just turned 21 last week, Johnston is 21 and McAteer played often last season aged 21. Siber took a while to break through because she was, and still is, not as good as the players in front of her. Waldie is 26 and couldn't get a game in the WSL2 because she's miles off the other players we have, that much was clear when she came on against Portsmouth. What other young players have been held back by Hills who should have played?Crusty54 said:1 -
Well it is the answer to life, the universe and everything.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Half of the teams in the Spanish league play at stadiums (basically clubs training grounds) with a capacity of less than 4k, so she will be more than used to tiny crowds.Gillis said:sam3110 said:
I'm sure the players like Putellas would prefer playing at Oakwood or Princes Park, right?CAFCTrev said:Another banger from the BBC HYS section on the game:
Stupid commentBarcelona play most of their matches at a 6,000 capacity stadium at their training ground. Their lowest attendance for a league match last season was 2,966, and I think they get the best attendances in the country. Attendances at women's football in Spain aren't great. I'm sure Putellas won't have been too traumatised by her visit to The Valley.
The league average for last season was 1,357 and for one game (Alhama v Badalona) the attendance was.........42 (yes FORTY TWO).0 -
It's hard to tell as the Club gives zero coverage to the PGA team. She wants them to get lower league experience but have there been any loans? Who can tell?Garrymanilow said:
That just isn't true. She gave Mary Bashford a huge amount of game time, more than she should have really based on the players around her. Kiera Skeels has been trusted in our defence since she was 19, Beth Roe was first choice from the age of 21, Mia Ross got plenty of football from the age of 18, Gracie Pearse was in our team as a 22 year old, Flannery just turned 21 last week, Johnston is 21 and McAteer played often last season aged 21. Siber took a while to break through because she was, and still is, not as good as the players in front of her. Waldie is 26 and couldn't get a game in the WSL2 because she's miles off the other players we have, that much was clear when she came on against Portsmouth. What other young players have been held back by Hills who should have played?Crusty54 said:
You have to ask why Lockwood and Waldie were signed. BTW the latter has a big supporter in the girls academy structure who spotted her several years ago.
Siber was a forward for the PGA and has been asked to cover several different positions and done well. Interesting that was dropped from a winning team last season and look what happened.
Fitzgerald seems to be the Bashford now.0 -
Well now that's interesting news. That corner wasn't identified as an away area when they first put the tickets on sale. I guess anyone who'd already bought a ticket elsewhere will be allowed to move, but it might be a good idea to contact the Palace ticket office and check. Given that we'd sold 8 for the trip to Crawley at this point, I'd hope we'd take one or two more to Palace.AS1987 said:
I just got round to buying my ticket there and I am the only one in the away end...Swindon_Addick said:30 Sep (Weds): Crystal Palace, away, 7pm. At Sutton United FC. Seats £13.50 adult, £10 over-65 & under-21, £1 under-17. Standing £10 adult, £7.50 over-65 & under-21, £1 under-17. Tickets from here.
I'm pretty sure there were only two of us that weren't friends and family at Sheffield United away last season. Considering it was the day after the men played Leicester, I thought we'd bring more.Swindon_Addick said:For Brighton the ticketing website is showing 28 sold out of 100 allocated. That's not including players' friends & relations who tend to be quite a proportion of our away support.0
