It was Parky on his OS blog yesterday, said that they were going to play more or less their strongest team at Brighton.
But, of course, no ZZ or Ambrose, Holland, possiblyToddy's not considered ready (running out at Grays).
And the players we haven't signed yet won't play at Brighton, either. ;o)
In other games, Iwelumo scored twice for Wolves in a 3-0 win at Kilmarnock, and Premier League Hull are getting mullered 4-0 at Crewe, despite putting out a strong team.
Agonisingly boring. I think varney and thomas had chances at the far end, which is about a quarter of a mile away. 0-0 half time. Don't know if i'll be here for the 2nd, pub is calling.
Final Score: Albion 0 Charlton 1
Posted on: Sat 26 Jul 2008
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By Paul Camillin, at Withdean
Gary Hart captain's the Albion side, which sees Michel Kuipers return in goal and Matt Richards make his first appearance since joining on loan from Ipswich Town. Charlton include Therry Racon, but goalkeeper Nicky Weaver is replaced by young keeper Callum Christie, after picking up an injury in the warm up.
10: A quiet opening ten minutes with both sides playing at a slowish tempo, which isn't surprising considering the heat. Albion are wearing their new strip, which features white shorts, white socks and all white back.
20: A short back pass almost creates an opportunity for Andy Gray, but good foot work from Kuipers sees him side step the Charlton striker and clear upfield. At the other end a good run from Glenn Murray is crudely ended by Charlton skipper Mark Hudson and gives Albion a free-kick.
27: Kuipers makes a good save to deny impressive Addicks 16-year-old midfielder Jonjo Shelvey. Former Albion loan signing Racon sees his follow-up shot blocked by Tommy Elphick.
39: It's still a game of few chances, with defences on top. A good block from Colin Hawkins denies for Crewe striker Luke Varney.
41: A good run by Kelly Youga creates an opening for Jerome Thomas, but the combination of Kuipers and Elphick blocks the midfielder's shot from a tight angle.
Half-time: Albion 0 Charlton 0. A quiet first half sees the sides level at the break.
46: Kerry Mayo, Joel Lynch, Kevin McLeod, Tommy Fraser and Adam El-Abd are all on at the break. Off go Richards, Hawkins, David Livermore, Steve Thomson and Jake Robinson. A minute into the second half, Dean Cox comes on for Hart, who receives a standing ovation.
50: Mayo's smart ball over the top to Murray almost creates an opening, but the Albion striker is marginally offside.
58: GOAL! Former Yeovil and Gillingham loan striker Chris Dickson opens the scoring. Lloyd Sam escapes down the right and cuts the ball back to Dickson and the young striker side foots the ball past Kuipers from close range.
68: A terrific run forward from Andrew Whing almost brings his first Albion goal. The right-back's one-two with Forster on the edge of the box creates an opening, but Whing shots over.
75: Two sublime moments from McLeod in the space of two minutes. First his superb cross-field ball picks out Cox on the right, but Albion fail to create an opportunity. However moments later McLeod tries his luck from long range with an excellent shot which is held by Christie.
78: A fierce angled drive from Forster goes high and wide, with Albion enjoying their best spell in the game. Shortly afterwards Kane Wills comes on for Whing, with half-time substitute El-Abd moving to full-back.
Full-time Albion 0 Charlton 1. A fairly quiet game, but a good workout for Albion and a fitting tribute to Gary Hart.
See all the goals and Micky Adams' post-match reaction on Seagulls World from this evening!
It looks the basis of the team Pards could very well put out to face Swansea - obviously, Christie won't start but Waggy or Sam, Racon or Holland, are the only likely changes. Or not. )
it doesn't matter what the game sounds like, all that matters is the players get to know each other, get match fit, dont get injured and keep it tight at the back...with the goalscorers we've got and iwelemo no longer an option for the big boot to the half way line i think its starting to look like a plan coming together...of course, seeing as we used up plans a to y last season, plan z better work or we might have a problem...
Yep. Unless there's some signings soon, that pretty much looks like the first XI. Doesn't look too mighty. We'll need the youngsters to shine and one of the strikers to have a 20+ season, which is a big ask.
Not the greatest of games again. We dominated but just lacked that final ball most of the time. Youga stood out immesnsely for me, worked very well with Thomas and then Basey, who also looked very solid on the elft wing. Hudson looked very strong at centre back alongside Magic. He won a lot of headers and made some good tackles. Racon was excellent in midfield.....some excellent passing and ball control and some good tackles. Sam was good on the right when he came on, got to the byline a lot more and obviously put in a very good ball for Dicko to tuck away.
Not sure what happened to Weaver, but he was holding his right foot and walked off without his boot on. Wasn't hobbling too much, but may have just twisted it slightly and didn't want to risk it. Christie didn't have much to do, but seemed very confident and is a very good kicker of the ball.
The other notable position was right back. Semedo showed that he is definitely good enough as back up there and he will probably start there for Swansea, but I feel we still need another body for that position.
Some great banter between us and the Brighton fans.......both sets of fans singing 'stand up if you hate palarse' and 'if you all hate Crystal palarse clap your hands' and when we did nothing when Varney came close in the first half they came out with 'can you see the pitch from there'. Wasn a good view but a very poor stadium, but it's obviously an athletics stadium and not a football stadium. Their park and ride system is also very good.
A good run out for the team. Good passing and movement, but as mentioned above, just missing that final touch in front of goal. All in all everyone had a reasonable game and I thought Racon looked useful. The only one who really looked out of sorts was Gray. Everything seemed to bounce off him.
[cite]Posted By: Frank Butcher[/cite]My mate claimed there was a fair amount of trouble? Find it a bit hard to believe for a friendly against a club like Brighton.
If there was I never saw any. Seemed pretty good natured and everyone seemed to have a nice day out in the sunshine.
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I can try and find out hows its going if you'd like I've got family there watching
Charlton squad to play Grays: Elliot, Binks, Clark, Long, Mambo, Sinfield, A Thomas, Jensen, Tunani, Lozano-Calderon, Sinclair, Stavrinou, Yussuff, Fleetwood, Godfrey, Todorov, Tuna.
Charlton are determined to win the title of AFKA's Pre-Season Friendly League.
AFKA posted that we are in 3rd place at the mo.
;o)
But, of course, no ZZ or Ambrose, Holland, possiblyToddy's not considered ready (running out at Grays).
And the players we haven't signed yet won't play at Brighton, either. ;o)
Team is : Christie, Semedo, Youga, Racon, Bougherra, Hudson, Wagstaff, Shelvey, Gray, Varney, Thomas.
Subs: Basey, Fortune, Moutaouakil, Sam, Wright, Dickson.
In other games, Iwelumo scored twice for Wolves in a 3-0 win at Kilmarnock, and Premier League Hull are getting mullered 4-0 at Crewe, despite putting out a strong team.
Final Score: Albion 0 Charlton 1
Posted on: Sat 26 Jul 2008
See video highlights of Albion v Charlton
only on Seagulls World soon!
By Paul Camillin, at Withdean
Gary Hart captain's the Albion side, which sees Michel Kuipers return in goal and Matt Richards make his first appearance since joining on loan from Ipswich Town. Charlton include Therry Racon, but goalkeeper Nicky Weaver is replaced by young keeper Callum Christie, after picking up an injury in the warm up.
10: A quiet opening ten minutes with both sides playing at a slowish tempo, which isn't surprising considering the heat. Albion are wearing their new strip, which features white shorts, white socks and all white back.
20: A short back pass almost creates an opportunity for Andy Gray, but good foot work from Kuipers sees him side step the Charlton striker and clear upfield. At the other end a good run from Glenn Murray is crudely ended by Charlton skipper Mark Hudson and gives Albion a free-kick.
27: Kuipers makes a good save to deny impressive Addicks 16-year-old midfielder Jonjo Shelvey. Former Albion loan signing Racon sees his follow-up shot blocked by Tommy Elphick.
39: It's still a game of few chances, with defences on top. A good block from Colin Hawkins denies for Crewe striker Luke Varney.
41: A good run by Kelly Youga creates an opening for Jerome Thomas, but the combination of Kuipers and Elphick blocks the midfielder's shot from a tight angle.
Half-time: Albion 0 Charlton 0. A quiet first half sees the sides level at the break.
46: Kerry Mayo, Joel Lynch, Kevin McLeod, Tommy Fraser and Adam El-Abd are all on at the break. Off go Richards, Hawkins, David Livermore, Steve Thomson and Jake Robinson. A minute into the second half, Dean Cox comes on for Hart, who receives a standing ovation.
50: Mayo's smart ball over the top to Murray almost creates an opening, but the Albion striker is marginally offside.
58: GOAL! Former Yeovil and Gillingham loan striker Chris Dickson opens the scoring. Lloyd Sam escapes down the right and cuts the ball back to Dickson and the young striker side foots the ball past Kuipers from close range.
68: A terrific run forward from Andrew Whing almost brings his first Albion goal. The right-back's one-two with Forster on the edge of the box creates an opening, but Whing shots over.
75: Two sublime moments from McLeod in the space of two minutes. First his superb cross-field ball picks out Cox on the right, but Albion fail to create an opportunity. However moments later McLeod tries his luck from long range with an excellent shot which is held by Christie.
78: A fierce angled drive from Forster goes high and wide, with Albion enjoying their best spell in the game. Shortly afterwards Kane Wills comes on for Whing, with half-time substitute El-Abd moving to full-back.
Full-time Albion 0 Charlton 1. A fairly quiet game, but a good workout for Albion and a fitting tribute to Gary Hart.
See all the goals and Micky Adams' post-match reaction on Seagulls World from this evening!
Albion: (4-4-2) Kuipers, Whing (Wills 79), Elphick, Hawkins (Lynch 45), Richards (Mayo 45); Hart (Cox 47), Thomson (El-Abd 45), Livermore (Fraser 45), Robinson (McLeod 45); Forster, Murray. Subs not used: Sullivan (GK), Gargan, Gatting.
Attendance: 4623
Mind you, on the OS we sound like world-beaters! :)
Wait until our OS posts a match report on Monday ..... Charlton would have played like worldbeaters and unlucky not to have won 10-0
;o)
I might have to retract my comment above. ;o)
Here's the team - report on OS:
Charlton: Christie, Semedo (Moutaouakil 66), Youga, Bougherra (Fortune 54), Hudson, Wagstaff (Sam 54), Racon, Shelvey (Wright 66), Thomas (Basey 54), Varney (Dickson 54), Gray.
Goal: Dickson 54
It looks the basis of the team Pards could very well put out to face Swansea - obviously, Christie won't start but Waggy or Sam, Racon or Holland, are the only likely changes. Or not.
Not sure what happened to Weaver, but he was holding his right foot and walked off without his boot on. Wasn't hobbling too much, but may have just twisted it slightly and didn't want to risk it. Christie didn't have much to do, but seemed very confident and is a very good kicker of the ball.
The other notable position was right back. Semedo showed that he is definitely good enough as back up there and he will probably start there for Swansea, but I feel we still need another body for that position.
Some great banter between us and the Brighton fans.......both sets of fans singing 'stand up if you hate palarse' and 'if you all hate Crystal palarse clap your hands' and when we did nothing when Varney came close in the first half they came out with 'can you see the pitch from there'. Wasn a good view but a very poor stadium, but it's obviously an athletics stadium and not a football stadium. Their park and ride system is also very good.
Mind you, on the OS we sound like world-beaters! :)[/quote]
did not do much beofre we scored either
Quite a few left at half time
If there was I never saw any. Seemed pretty good natured and everyone seemed to have a nice day out in the sunshine.