Phillips
Solly | Lockyer | Pearce | Purrington
Cullen | Pratley | Williams
Gallagher
Bonne | Leko
Substitutes Bench: Amos | Sarr | Oshilaja | Field |
Kayal | Hemed | Forster-Caskey
Charlton Athletic v Derby County
Saturday 19th October 2019 ... 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Stephen Martin
Introduction
Football returns to the Valley this weekend
following the latest International Break - A month ago this would be considered
as a hindrance, ending our form meaning we’d obtain just five points from the
fifteen available - This time round though and it could be a break that'll have
been welcomed, our last match against Fulham left us with no Left-Back so its
been a chance for tired / injured bodies to rest and recover - This Saturday we
welcome Derby County to the Valley, is it time for the Addicks to go on another
run of form? - Let’s hope so!!
The Opposition
Name: Derby County | Manager: Philip Cocu
League Position: 13th
The hardest job for any Manager is surely lifting
your players after suffering the heartache of losing a Play-Off Final; Only
last week the news was released that Jack Ross at Sunderland had been relieved
of his duties whilst in the Championship; Derby County continue to try and
recover from their own Wembley loss.
Its certainly not been an easy job, for starters it
was pretty obvious that Chelsea would come calling for Frank Lampard so the
Rams would be forced to spend another summer looking for a new Manager - Coming
into the job would be another ex-Legend of the 90s / 00s - Philip Cocu a midfielder
by trade would have a career spanning the likes of FC Barcelona and PSV
Eindhoven... The fallout though of replacing his Captain (Richard Keogh) to a well-documented
injury won’t have aided our opponents this month as they look to turn their
stuttering form into something that can actually challenge at the right end of
the table.
As both Charlton and Derby have learnt though, if
your successful in the loan market then you stand a chance!! - Yet if you can’t
quite clinch promotion how do you recover!! - Thankfully its not a lesson the
Addicks had to learn last summer; Derby on the other hand have had to deal with
Mason Mount, Harry Wilson and Player of the Year: Fikayo Tomori returning to
their parent clubs - Of course they've got the high profiled: Wayne Rooney
returning to these shores from the MLS in January and whilst he wont play any
minutes against Charlton this season, it'll be interesting to see what impact
the Striker will bring.
Charlton Team News
As for the Charlton squad itself though; Lee
confirmed at the start of the week that its only Chuks Aneke that is likely to
miss this game (not including; Lyle Taylor and Lewis Page) – Ben Purrington would limp off against the Swans with
a groin strain yet will be back in the heart of Defence this Saturday!!...
Further forward and we may get to see more of the Brighton signings; Beram Kayal
and Tamar Hemed have both failed to impress with their lack of minutes, that
could hopefully start to change with both now back in contention, although the
latter may be forced to wait as another appears to have stolen his place!!
Comments
Hope we can get something out of this one. Would be surprised to see Jonny start considering he had a couple of games for Wales this week.
If Oztumer does start, then he really needs a good performance. I feel like he's been poor in every game bar the first 45 against Forest.
Derby .. too many changes of manager and players, too much money badly spent, too much interference from their very wealthy owner perhaps, too little bottle when it gets really tough .. Oh how they miss Clough and Mackay ((:>)
I won't be there for this one but am looking forward to the Christmas time game at their tidy stadium.
Bit harsh on Sarr if he's omitted, I'd give Purry another few days recovery period, he's too important to rush back half baked. Otherwise I am in agreement with our master forecaster @ForeverAddickted's tasty selection
CAFC 3 v Derby County 1
I certainly believe both will start on Saturday.
Bowyer will be rotating the squad across those 3 games, but we have decent depth considering Oztumer and Matthews are missing from your 18 (and Lapslie if he's fit). We do need Hemed and Kayal available for the WBA squad (with Leko and Field not available) so that will also be a major factor
After JFC's performance against Fulham I didnt want to drop him for Erhun; As for Matthews he might be on the bench instead of Oshilaja but would expect him to be rested and so play against Bristol City
With three games in quick succession coming up it's good to have a few returning from injury.
On paper this looks to be the easiest of the three although saying that no game will be that easy in this league.
2.1 Charlton in a tough faught game.
LB: “Hemed and Kayal have trained this week, so it’s good to have them back out there, but this weekend might be too early for them because they were already playing catch up.” #cafc
That answers the questions on them. Always hopeful so go for 2-0 win. Clean sheet would be good
I would like to see it deployed again but in LB we trust.
2-1 Charlton (Cullen and Bonne for us)
Charlton win 1-0. Bonne to keep up his brilliant progress.
It should be another three points but probably not one of our better performances as some players try to keep some energy back for the matches later in the week.
Charlton 2-0 ... Gallagher and BFG II with the goals.
1-1. With the scummy 2 getting both goals.
Leko to do saturda and weds then miss Saturday. Field to just play mid week.
0-1