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The positive thinking thread

We are top of the league near the end if February. 7 points clear OF SECOND! Many more clear of third. We are unbeaten at home this season and have a great squad, manager and board who all want the same thing. PROMOTION!

Stop complaining and look at the table!

Comments

  • I agree, stop moaning and get behind the team...
  • What worries us is that all the teams behind the team will not be behind the team come April !
  • I listened to the commentary and it sounded as if Yann had a very good game.

    We are 12 points clear and a game in hand of 3rd, if we win on Saturday we shall be 15 points clear.

    CP tried something different tonight and by all accounts it did not work, he has time to learn before Saturday.

    If I had choice I'd rather take 3 points off Stevenage than Rochdale

    Solly and Jackson might be fit by Saturday.

  • If you'd seen tonight you would be very concerned about their ability to take 3 points off Steveange on saturday. Sorry, but the last few performances are very like the sort of stuff we watch when CP saw us through 13 games without a win.
  • Well. At least we aren't losing! I strongly believe that we are in our blip and ate about to come out of it and finish the season strongly. So, in my view our blip had been quite good including just the one game without taking home a point.

    Saturday will be a big game. BWP will score and Cafc get a good win with a convincing performance.
  • I think i prefer the title of this thread than some of the others on here at the moment!
  • Positive thoughts:
    1) Midweek games mean I actually leave work on time rather than staying till 9pm.
    2) Great free kick again
    3) We avoided defeat against the worst team I have seen at The Valley this season
    4) We now know Wiggins is a crap RB so won't make that mistake again
    5) We are well clear of third so have some breathing space if we have a sticky patch.
    6) Games like that show the board we will need investment in the summer if we are promoted.
  • It's another point in the bag, and a useful reality check. We're in a great position, but we're not invincible, and we've got a heavy schedule of games coming up. Even if we lose to Stevenage, and all the other teams in the top six win however many games they need to get to played 32 games, the table's still going to look like this:

    Charlton P32 Pts69
    Sheff Utd P32 Pts68
    Huddersfield P32 Pts61
    Stevenage P32 Pts60
    MK Dons P32 Pts58
    Sheff Wed P32 Pts57

    Not much of a gap to second, but 8 points clear of 3rd! Yes, wining the title would be good, but promotion is the important thing, and we're still in a pretty damn awesome position.
  • aliwibble said:



    Charlton P32 Pts69
    Sheff Utd P32 Pts68
    Huddersfield P32 Pts61
    Stevenage P32 Pts60
    MK Dons P32 Pts58
    Sheff Wed P32 Pts57

    Looks worse for the massives then it does for us!

  • honestly dont know what has gone wrong though this past month. Yes we've still been picking up points but the performances have been ones that we expected to see last season. Its all gone a bit stale.
  • If you'd seen tonight you would be very concerned about their ability to take 3 points off Steveange on saturday. Sorry, but the last few performances are very like the sort of stuff we watch when CP saw us through 13 games without a win.

    Yes, but we have a lot better players now. This is a temporary blip. I fully expect us to come back and beat Stevenage.

  • We are going up, the gap might close a bit and then open up again, true were struggling midweek at home against lower positioned sides but Saturday will be different, look at our performances when we have needed them against the top clubs.

    CP will know he got it wrong tonight with some of his choices but two fantastic saves from their keeper kept them in it at times. we do need to improve against some of the sides happy to nick a point at the Valley but seriously some of the doom and gloom among us is desperate. It is unlikely to ever get mutch better than this with regards to points on the board and a lead so big.

    The bloke at the end of my row tonight twice tried kicking the empty seat off its hinges in raw rage at substitutions and I cant believe he wasnt thrown out, cursing every touch and you would have thought we had never won at home as opposed to remaining unbeaten. He didnt even see the irony of his attitude whe he shouted "this will go 6ft over, useless French T!!t" when YK stepped up.

    I am remaining positive as the thread suggests and will only panic when the gap to 3rd is 3 points which is at least another three games away.
  • Its easy to be a pessimist, can say told you so when it goes wrong, and not mind when it goes right.
  • 12 points clear of 3rd place - what's not to be positive about?
  • i'm still 90% we will go up and i dont wear rose tinted everything is always wonderful in charlton land glasses

  • i'm still 90% we will go up and i dont wear rose tinted everything is always wonderful in charlton land glasses

    You still wearing your SCP boxer shorts?

  • Really don't understand this. CP is in his first full season as Manager so will make mistakes. It is a learning curve for him and the fact that we are top and assured of the play offs at the very least with a totally new squad is, frankly, unbelievable.

    Ask the fans of any of the other 23 clubs in our division where they'd like to be right now.
  • Positive thoughts:
    1) Midweek games mean I actually leave work on time rather than staying till 9pm.
    2) Great free kick again
    3) We avoided defeat against the worst team I have seen at The Valley this season
    4) We now know Wiggins is a crap RB so won't make that mistake again
    5) We are well clear of third so have some breathing space if we have a sticky patch.
    6) Games like that show the board we will need investment in the summer if we are promoted.

    No 3....certainly didn't think they were that bad a side really, their CH had a good game as did the bald No 8, thought they knocked the ball about quite nicely at times.
  • Really don't understand this. CP is in his first full season as Manager so will make mistakes. It is a learning curve for him and the fact that we are top and assured of the play offs at the very least with a totally new squad is, frankly, unbelievable.

    Ask the fans of any of the other 23 clubs in our division where they'd like to be right now.

    You will always get a few but the vast majority are not doubting the overall state of affairs. Of course SCP is the best thing since sliced bread for us but last night he majorly contributed to the disjointed display of a group of players we have come to expect so much more from all season. In keeping with the title of this thread hopefully lessons will have been learnt, some serious rectifying work will be put in at the training ground and a good performance plus 3 points will follow on Saturday as we move ever closer to the title. COYR

  • Off_it said:

    12 points clear of 3rd place - what's not to be positive about?

    Plus an extra point for the vastly superior goal average!!!

  • Totally agree with you BensonFC. Top of table.170 comments on the post match review, nearly all negative and only 21 on the Positive thinking thread.
    People have short memories.
    This team has lost only 2 games.
    They have shown guts and determination to get this far. Do people really believe that we are that far superior to the other teams in this division?
    I just don't get the negativity. It must be really disappointig for the players and manager to read the negative comments on some of the other threads considering the improvement from last season.
    I for one am on cloud nine and I haven't even seen a game ( I live in Australia)
    COYR

  • I for one am on cloud nine and I haven't even seen a game

    Coincidence?

  • Totally agree with you BensonFC. Top of table.170 comments on the post match review, nearly all negative and only 21 on the Positive thinking thread.
    People have short memories.
    This team has lost only 2 games.
    They have shown guts and determination to get this far. Do people really believe that we are that far superior to the other teams in this division?
    I just don't get the negativity. It must be really disappointig for the players and manager to read the negative comments on some of the other threads considering the improvement from last season.
    I for one am on cloud nine and I haven't even seen a game ( I live in Australia)
    COYR

    Apart from Yann last night's performance was ominously like last season in many ways.

    The difference being that these players do seem to give a toss ,unlike some in the last few seasons, and that is why we drew rather than lost.
  • Greg said:


    I for one am on cloud nine and I haven't even seen a game

    Coincidence?

    I'm stuck on cloud 13, how do you get to nine ?
  • I'm on cloud 8 and that's quite nice too.
  • Well I've just found out that 3 of my Millwall supporting friends backed us in their 10 game accumulators last night and we were the only team to let them down. That's cheered me up no end!

    Charlton Athletic. Laughing at Millwall since 1905.
  • The last six games have been against the two Sheffields , MK , Bury ,Rochdale and Tranmere .If we had beaten the last three and only got draws against the promotion contenders then no one would have complained.

    As it happens beating our main rivals has put us in a much stronger position as we have won the preverbial six pointers . Three draws equates to one win.

    Fifteen games to go . Four wins and eleven draws would see us over the line. A fifth or sixth win would mean we could lose a few .

    It is the mark of a sucessful side that we still pick up points when things go badly.
  • Richard J said:

    The last six games have been against the two Sheffields , MK , Bury ,Rochdale and Tranmere .If we had beaten the last three and only got draws against the promotion contenders then no one would have complained.

    As it happens beating our main rivals has put us in a much stronger position as we have won the preverbial six pointers . Three draws equates to one win.

    Fifteen games to go . Four wins and eleven draws would see us over the line. A fifth or sixth win would mean we could lose a few .

    It is the mark of a sucessful side that we still pick up points when things go badly.

    Absolutely. Brilliant post couldn't have put it better myself. I had a bet with my husband on boxing day that the same time next season we will be higher than millwall in the league. I don't think I am going to lose that bet. COYR!!!
  • Richard J said:

    The last six games have been against the two Sheffields , MK , Bury ,Rochdale and Tranmere .If we had beaten the last three and only got draws against the promotion contenders then no one would have complained.

    As it happens beating our main rivals has put us in a much stronger position as we have won the preverbial six pointers . Three draws equates to one win.

    Fifteen games to go . Four wins and eleven draws would see us over the line. A fifth or sixth win would mean we could lose a few .

    It is the mark of a sucessful side that we still pick up points when things go badly.

    Brilliant way of looking at the "problem"!
  • Come on, treat it as it is, a game, I was annoyed when the final whistle went, but ok by the time I was walking down Floyd Road, be like this girl, be annoyed, but smile, it ain't that bad

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  • Rothko said:

    Come on, treat it as it is, a game, I was annoyed when the final whistle went, but ok by the time I was walking down Floyd Road, be like this girl, be annoyed, but smile, it ain't that bad

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    You were only happy as you got out of the ground without a ball smacking you in the mush

    : - )
  • Rothko said:

    Come on, treat it as it is, a game, I was annoyed when the final whistle went, but ok by the time I was walking down Floyd Road, be like this girl, be annoyed, but smile, it ain't that bad

    image

    You were only happy as you got out of the ground without a ball smacking you in the mush

    : - )
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  • sign me up to this thread please, this place is going mental.. just read the remaining fixtures thread... jesus christ.. as said on there weve lost 2 all season!! lighten up people please!!!
  • sign me up to this thread please, this place is going mental.. just read the remaining fixtures thread... jesus christ.. as said on there weve lost 2 all season!! lighten up people please!!!

    Couldn't agree more. Never ever known a bigger bunch of pessimistic, negative, wrist slitting, doom- mongering whingers than reading this forum when we don't win 5-0 or play like Brazil of the 70s.

    Embarrassing and thoroughly depressing and if this is a microcosm of wider British society then we are truly up shit creek.

    Thank God football forums weren't about during WW1 as the poor sods would have been running over No mans' land volunatarily after reading some of the morbid gloom that pops up on here.


    Miserable, joyless buggers and make it an absolute chore reading/ contributing it on here.


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    Grab hold of your balls, grow a back bone and try looking at the sunny side of life for a change. You never know you might just enjoy it.








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  • Well I've just found out that 3 of my Millwall supporting friends backed us in their 10 game accumulators last night and we were the only team to let them down. That's cheered me up no end!

    Charlton Athletic. Laughing at Millwall since 1905.

    Quality, RedArmy!

    And if that doesn't make you positive, people might as well take their head for a sh*t

  • Time for a thread resurrection?
  • Yes Please!!!
  • Easy...the best thing about the fourth goal going in today was all the twats in North Upper that got up and left....there were a group of about 15 of them near me, one particular plank. I was so desperate to get a draw after that, shame it was not to be.

    One started to sing "we're shit and we know we are"!. I mean seriously...we are 10 points clear at the top of the league.

    Piss off the lot of ya and don't ever come back.
  • don't panic mr mainwaring!

    I hate it when we lose because you really do get some complete knob heads spouting doom and gloom on this web site. ( see the crap that has been written on other threads since 5pm) - get real people.
  • Looking at the positive - Waggy was back and at his best. Made one and scored one. Draged their defence about, making intellegent runs, defending and covering. At Scunny next week I would play 5 in midfield with him having a free role and drop BWP to bench. Stop the rot and just do not lose.
  • why on earth drop BWP
  • BWP was one of the only players to come out of the game with any credit. You cant drop him.
  • If you play 5 in midfield someone will need to drop to the bench and I would not risk a defender, so it has to be one of the two who play up front. I think Kermit is better at hold up play, hence I believe it should be BWP. Nothing against BWP and I would expect him to come on.
  • Redrobo said:

    If you play 5 in midfield someone will need to drop to the bench and I would not risk a defender, so it has to be one of the two who play up front. I think Kermit is better at hold up play, hence I believe it should be BWP. Nothing against BWP and I would expect him to come on.

    There is another way around it. 3 - 5 - 2

    Hamer

    Taylor Morrison Court

    Solly Jackson Stephens Hollands Green or Wiggins

    BWP Kermigant
  • Redrobo said:

    If you play 5 in midfield someone will need to drop to the bench and I would not risk a defender, so it has to be one of the two who play up front. I think Kermit is better at hold up play, hence I believe it should be BWP. Nothing against BWP and I would expect him to come on.

    There is another way around it. 3 - 5 - 2

    Hamer

    Taylor Morrison Court

    Solly Jackson Stephens Hollands Green or Wiggins

    BWP Kermigant
    Happy with this Beds except Sullivan for Hamer and swap Hollands and Stephens positions. JJ is not fit and needs a time out ............cue Russel.
  • Redrobo said:

    If you play 5 in midfield someone will need to drop to the bench and I would not risk a defender, so it has to be one of the two who play up front. I think Kermit is better at hold up play, hence I believe it should be BWP. Nothing against BWP and I would expect him to come on.

    There is another way around it. 3 - 5 - 2

    Hamer

    Taylor Morrison Court

    Solly Jackson Stephens Hollands Green or Wiggins


    BWP Kermigant
    But I would not drop a defender as the aim has to be not to lose. I would also play Waggy in a free role as he can link with Kermit. He was everywhere today and has an eye for goal - as he showed again today. Would not mind this set up at home though!





  • Following my post earlier the two defeats mean we need an extra win .

    I now make it two wins and eight draws from the last ten games to see us comfortably over the line .
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