should start at Norwich for me.. Reminded me of a cross between Deano and Paddy Kenny, 2 exelent keepers. He was on his toes looking for red shirts all the time, and a great left peg on him. no blame for either goals especailly thr second. thought he was gona save the pen but for a slip he just couldnt get there despite it being a weak pen. He showed more about him then weaver has done in 2 and a half seasons. As a fellow keeper i thought he was great, better than weaver and Randolph. Has to be number one for Saturday.
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Weaver was dropped for lack of form so no reason for Rob not to be starting on saturday.
Yeah, the missus told me Basey was crying at the end and at least it showed he gave a toss. If anything it arguably makes stronger the claim that we should be using more of our own youngsters.
I say same team for Norwich
But i want to defend Weaver a little here. Weaver was brave to come to this club in the first place given all the flack we have given him, and i suspect he has been nothing but a true professional since he has been here. He is not a Premiership keeper, but we in turn are not a Premiership club. He has without a doubt though saved more points than he has cost us since he has been here that is for sure.
Weaver has not been right of late, we can all see that, and it was a bold but correct decision by Parkinson to take a prominent senior player out of the side. But then i learnt after the game that Weaver has been carrying an injury for a while, had an injection so he could play in the last game and played with flu in the game before that, so he certainly won't be getting no committment slating from me, and i hope if he does come back into the side, the fans are with him.
I'd like to hope that not too many have the knives out for Weaver but i think his spot should be up for grabs like all the other players and Elliot i think deserves at least a few games to show what he can do. If the gamble fails at least Weaver may be a bit fresher on his return.
Barts, was it you that came into the Oak at around 7 last night. We've only briefly met once and I wasn't sure!
Weaver need time to regain his fitness so give Rob a chance to prove himself before he get's fed up with waiting and ask's to move on.He may well be a Charlton fan but he is a professional and will not wait in the wings indefinitely.
Basey has been at Charlton since he was 10 years old, most of our squad haven't been here 10 minutes. Agree, same team for Norwich.
Perhaps if he hadn't been jumping around before the penalty so much he might have been balanced to try and save it instead of slipping.
Overal a good performence and the best compliment I think to give is that it was soon forgotten he was a rookey keeper.
Weaver's mobility is my issue with him. Runs like he is on roller skates and stays on his line too often. Kicking is pretty good with either foot but can be erratic from hands
When he gets the ball he doesn't seem to look to build quickly (last line of defence and first line of attack)
His handling is not great and he tends to parry straight back into play
When jumping he doesn't dominate
His communication is not good enough
Elliott is an unknown quantity but from what I saw last night his kicking is assured, his handling looked ok and he was keen to build from the back (whenever he got the ball he was on his toes moving to the front of his area)
I have not seen enough of him to say if I think he will be the next Deano but I am happy with the start he made. The fact that he is an avid Addick helps too!!
For me - I'd keep him in the team for the forseeable and I hope he really takes the chance. I also will point out that I rate him above Randolph at this time. But If Weaver goes in January I would be more than happy with Elliott and Randolph as our main two
- charlton lad, proved he cares deeply last night with his reaction
- confident and solid particularly for someone who is hardly in regular nick
- fancied himself on crosses and seemed in control
- bloody good left peg
To be honest when he came on last year at Plymouth and saved us those points in the dying minutes I was completely disgusted and I mean appalled by Pardew's decision not to play him against Southampton the following week.
fair comment but the one save elliot had to make he parried right back into play and was only saved bya great basey challenge....
i think give elliot a little run but get weaver back in once he is back to full fitness
Very good post and totally spot on, Rob is a very promising keeper but Nicky Weaver still has a big part to play for us.
No reflection on Nicky who I think has been one of Pardew's few successes overall.
Definitely same team, they showed passion and heart.
Yeah cos he wouldn't have shot if Weaver was fit. Even though he scored an identical goal the previous week against Reading :-)