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POSTMATCH THREAD: League 1 Play-off Final - Charlton Athletic v Leyton Orient | Sunday 25th May 2025
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My bar is a shambles here in Spain for the Premier League games. Don’t give a fuck, I’m wankered. Get innnnnnnnnnnnnnn!18
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Wellens was having a right go at full time at the match officials11
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Yes the team has really lacked someone whose got the composure, ball carrying and creativity in midfield, which has led to, let's face it, some pretty turgid football at times.MarcusH26 said:balham red said:
Might be a bit too early to start dissecting the team, but it's the midfield which is our weakest point. And even if we keep Small, we'd need 1-2 wingers, and a new striker.simonmatthews said:Didn't see this coming in the autumn. Remarkable transformation in the final two thirds of the season. Really pleased for the club, players and supporters after 5 years of League One mediocrity. All credit to Jones and Fleming for building a promotion team with the players they had.
We look solid in defence. Mannion reliable in goal. But serious reinforcements will be needed to avoid coming straight back to this lamentable level.
Having said that, I'd put money on Jones (and Fleming) being able to keep us in the Championship with slender resources.
I'd happily keep the defence and goalkeeper as is.
Yeah midfield would be my main concern, fine with Coventry but major doubts about Doc and Berry. Anderson will be an interesting one , would need to tidy up a lot of his game but a strong summer and he could really blossom. An attacking midfielder would be top of my list.
Our success has been completely built on a solid defence, a couple of lads who can dribble down the flanks, and a fox in the box. Whenever we came up against high quality full backs, we've struggled to create.
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Thomas Driesen sends his congrats!
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All done without Miles Leaburn...6
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Spent the 2019 final in intensive care in Guys and managed to watch in my iPad…think I can definitely say today was a much better experience!!31
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I get the feeling that Nathan likes Fuller and Kai Enselin and both be part of a 22 man squad5
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A certain element of the support (me) would, however, have to call him Edwina...ct_addick said:Would go after Currie….good left back !2 -
On the way home from the match.WOW WOW WOW
What a team, not just the players but everyone from owners to management, to players, to backroom staff to us fans
I'm flabagasted snd rather happy and at present sober😄😄😄😄20 - Sponsored links:
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PWR a big difference between 2019 and today is that, although Small is out of contract, only Gilbert is on loan. Last time a large reason for us going up was due to loan players, NJ is right it makes building for the next step easier.31
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Ugly game, beautiful result.Still hard to take in how far we have come in six months.27
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Appreciate the manager turned things around, but have some dignity.
Centre of attention against Wycombe, and walks down stairs from Wembley with cup.
Take a back seat any let your players/captain enjoy the moment.
Far more dignified in my opinion
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How does it feel different from 2019, emotionally?lancashire lad said:On the way home from the match.WOW WOW WOW
What a team, not just the players but everyone from owners to management, to players, to backroom staff to us fans
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Was a tough watch. Don’t think we had an effort on target except for the goal but that doesn’t matter.They wanted to win but we needed to… and we did.2
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Well on the day the best team didn’t win , but who cares. Once again our defence saved us. The Championship awaits!2
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On about 65 minutes, an Orient player made a run down the left. Gilbert was on him, but gave up chasing him back. I thought to myself, NJ won't like that! Sure enough, Gilbert was hooked a few short minutes later.Not a classic but a fabulous defensive performance from us yet again. Three play-off ties, three clean sheets.That's why we're Championship!16
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Looked to me like he was complaining about the delay for the mics. Can’t say I blame him - it’s unforgivable for the EFL to not have something in place to replace the equipment quickly. Should have taken 30 seconds at most. And the delay totally took the wind out of Orient’s sails.siblers said:Wellens was having a right go at full time at the match officials
Oh well. 😎
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We only had 37.5 possession0
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A lot of empty seats in the Orient end, including a few whole blocks in the upper tier. Meanwhile our end was packed throughout. We must have had at least 10k more fans then them. A testament to the relative size of the two clubs.3
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Sounds like one of the old personal adds in the newspaper!sam3110 said:As an aside if anyone on here knows a lady called Chantel and is currently with her, get her to contact family! She was last seen behind the stadium about 45 mins ago
Well done Charlton and well done you lot there...0 -
We had 3 on target, they only one. I would dispute that the best team didn’t win (in the pundits’ eyes), it did!kinveachyaddick said:Was a tough watch. Don’t think we had an effort on target except for the goal but that doesn’t matter.They wanted to win but we needed to… and we did.7 -
There was practically a whole row of empty seats near me. About 12 £90 seats which a season ticket holder had obviously purchased, but only one person was sat there.Lazy_eye_metaphor said:A lot of empty seats in the Orient end, including a few whole blocks in the upper tier. Meanwhile our end was packed throughout. We must have had at least 10k more fans then them. A testament to the relative size of the two clubs.
Not sure if the only guy there bought 12 seats with the intention of selling the other 11 and wasn't able to, or if a lot of people just pissed almost a grand down the toilet and didn't arrive.0 -
Thatl’ll do donkey, that’ll do❤️🤍1
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No more Pizza cup! No more FA cup first round!15
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It's often the case of what you do out of possession that wins you games, and that's what happened today, great all round performance, and big shout out for the defence today, but huge CHEERS for Macca and that stunning free kick...ross1 said:We only had 37.5 possession4 -
Without doubt the most unpleasant Charlton game I’ve ever watched. Couldn’t go because of work which was pretty disastrous in itself, but managed to wangle a window to watch the game with a Birmingham fan.
We did it. The overriding emotion is relief. Thank goodness we’re out of that pub league.
Hopefully the American owner hugging Jones and the players means a brighter future.
Chapple. Gavin Carter. And above all, Nathan Jones.
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Phew. What a relief.1
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