Having been physically battered and outfought - and tactically out-thought, it's plain to see opponents want it more.
Opponents know that if they allow us any space and time on the ball, we'll string a passing game together.
So they do the bleedin' obvious and get in our faces AND first to every ball.
Let me say that again - opponents are first to every ball
This has been a recurring pattern recently, game after game. If my team mate had his leg broken by some thug in the first minute. it would strengthen my resolve to get the result, a case of, " we're doing it for our player in hospital."
So when will we show that fired up derermination to win every ball, to make one more run, to get the ball into space on the wing......?
Instead we're outfought and out-thought.
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Why is it we cant find players that want to fight like f**k for this club ?
Reid puts a cross into their stand and just laughs about it, Sam all smiles at the end of the game.
They should all be fucked off and be rolling their sleeves up to show some fight, but just like last season they will roll over and be bullied everygame
So so disappointing. Lots of players have been given a chance last few months and not one of them seems to have grasped it.
All just seem happy plodding along, they need a rocket up their arse
Unfortunately for them, they arent as good as they think they are and any extra 'ability' they do have is being outweighed by desire from the opposition.
God knows what is going on but there is a definate downward spiral that I can't see anyway of correcting.
Thank god someone else saw it. I nearly put my foot through the TV when his face appeared infront of me with a nice big grin on it.....says it all really. Our lack of stomach for the fight is embarassing.
Spot on. Or is it that we can't find a manager who makes them fight for the club?
Sam and Reid aren't in the team for that, but in the middle we have Racon who's not that type of player, neither really is Shelvey when he plays. Semedo prefers to hold his position and tidy things up. Bailey works very hard every game but he even looked weak in the tackle a few times, he does slide into tackles but he's not really a physical presence or a proper ball winner.
Up front Burton was out muscled, Akpo just doesn't have a good touch, Mooney isn't powerful at all. Would have preferred to see McKenzie come on at half time, didn't think Mooney was what we needed.
I can see effort there but not that bit extra that we need. When we're 1-0 up, passing well, getting our confidence up, it's fine. Go 1-0 down against teams who now know how to handle us and we just can't take control of the game.
Down the left we miss Youga's drive up the wing. Basey can't do that and Solly is right footed so he can't really try that. Richardson tries it down the right but just seems to take it too far and run into trouble.
I do think this shows the players aren't as good as suggested. People will say Parky should be dominating this league with these players, but without the right type of players next to them, which we have very few of here, we'll struggle too often against teams like this. Most clubs seem to have learnt it's the way to control games against us, and we're not technically so good that we can just play through it.
Parky has made poor mistakes but some of the players need to step up as well.
Ill be there Saturday i wont boo if we are shit but dont tell me we have to back that shit blah blah blah they HAVE TO SHOW SOME GONADS and give us a performance.
In my opinion, and where i'll direct my frustration is at the players who are clearly not playing to their ability or showing the skill that they do have (not a great deal, but enough to win games).
Where do we go from here,will be interesting to see the crowd for the home games coming up. We are playing for a play off place I'm afraid & with parky we got no chance!
McKensie has got to start for the rest of the season as he has some pace for a start & would like to see Bailey tucked in behind him as he can score. As for the other 3 not done anything for too many matches now!
Parkinson said in the post match interview and i quote "those are the challenges players want to see cut out of this game", yer, thats just so they can go out onto the pitch, prance around without being hurt and collect their money at the end of the day! Its an absolute joke!
And that's the problem.
At the beginning of the season, teams were scared stiff of us.
But not anymore. They know they have to raise their game; they know they have to get in our faces; they know we don't like it up us. Deny us space and time on the ball, harrass, hassle and hustle - and we can't play our own game.
If they grab a goal from a set piece or breakaway, they'll just defend their 18 yard line, with at times more or less everybody behind the ball - and make it damned difficult for us to break down their numbers. And hope to hit us on the break.
And they know we're generally hopeless at set pieces.
Bristol Rovers did a job on us tonight - and yet again every manager in our League watched on telly and saw what to do.
Very good summary.
But I had to listen to Warnock going on about banning a linesman for not giving a corner, and then see that tackle again on Sky, and that makes my blood boil. But as you and a lot of other people said, it did not seem to make their blood boil, that lot on the pitch.
Earlier in the season against Orient Jonjo put in a tackle on one of their players, not leg breaking or anything like that but was then absolutely slated on here by most all saying he should have walked and there's no place for that in Charlton football. Now people are asking for more balls. No one is ever happy on here we want people to show they care yet cane them when they do we want to stop playing the long ball but cane people when they go to get it short from the defence. No one ever knows what they want. They want Racon playing with semedo then when he does they want baily back in the middle. They want Akpo up front with Burton but when he is they say who bad he is. I have never know people to change their mind so much. That wasn't good tonight but it wont get better changing the team week in and week out. Oh and as for the people who say they just take thier money and dont care ..............Oh so wrong i know at least one that will be bloody hurt by that and he wasn't even playing
For me this is a technical deficiency rather than a lack of fight - the midfielders just never seem to be standing in the right place. You can't accuse Semedo and Bailey of being afraid to make a tackle. They just don't have the required positional and anticipation skills, and are always too deep. If we play 5 in midfield these problems can be overcome to an extent simply because we'd have an extra man in there to mop up loose balls.