What do you think is the problem at Charlton? At the start of the season we had a midfield who passed round teams for fun and, although we've not had one man scoring loads of goals, we've had plenty of players chipping in with them. But, just like two seasons ago when we were flying near the top of the Championship, we seem to have just stopped playing.
Gary, England
I've seen Charlton three times this season and they've been really really poor each time. They're obviously a lot better than that, but they haven't won in five games now.
Why have they started to struggle? Well, when you're chasing promotion and your results start to tail off, the crowd gets a bit restless because their expectations have been high.
All of a sudden, the players lose a bit of confidence, especially on the ball, and stop doing the things that made the team successful in the first place. I've seen it happen at other clubs and it becomes a bit of a vicious circle.
To snap out of it, you need to be strong and take a bit of criticism but stick to your values and be prepared to get the ball down and pass it.
It helps them that Leeds have been struggling, too, but Charlton have had the chance to close the gap on the front two in the last six weeks and haven't taken it. It is almost as if they don't believe they are going to get in the top two.
Maybe manager Phil Parkinson should try to freshen things up because a top-two placing is still within reach. In all honesty, they probably won't make it, but they will have a lot of time to get used to the fact that they will be in the play-offs.
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Elliot
Richardson Sodje Llera Semedo
Bailey Jackson Shelvey Racon Reid
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This is a team that will surely score goals
It will leak more
Are you drunk? Semedo left back? Bailey right midfield? A left back in central midfield?
6 attacking players in the team and no defensive minded midfielder. Are you Ossie Ardiles?
it will be so busy attacking it wont have a chance to worry about defending ;-D
I can dream....
"John can play in midfield or left-back, but I have predominantly brought him in to play left-back."
It's in the game.
Well yes he can play left midfield but he's been signed as a left back, so he isn't going to playing centre mid.
Which might just be the spirit and attitude to give us the lift we so desperately need at the moment...
Plus as Parky had him at Colchester he must be confident that he can play there and will do a better job at left-back than young Solly right now.
I remember Jackson as a midfielder and thought he was fairly good. Id rather see Richardson and Semedo at full back (whichever side) and Jackson as new meat in the midfield going forward but like you say he has probably been brought in to do a youga style job. Does this mean that he may not be starting Reid then if he plans to play an attacking left back?
'To snap out of it, you need to be strong and take a bit of criticism but stick to your values and be prepared to get the ball down and pass it.'
This is what frustrates me more then most, as we keep lumping the ball forward. if we start playing on the deck our results will improve fact!
Elliott
Richardson Dailly Sodje Jackson
Sam Bailey Semedo Racon Reid
Burton
We need to stop conceding, scoring goals isn't the main problem. We keep going 1-0 then have to break down a team trying to keep their lead.
Jackson's clearly here to play left back, we've missed Youga's ability to run with the ball which gets us further up the pitch, where the midfield is more dangerous.
I spoke to Steve about this and asked what he meant by "freshen things up". He said he meant Parky should play Sam up front.
Seconded.Hope i'm wrong,but Monday night was shameful.
Come on now, surely that's a bit over the top. We obviously have a chance. Gillingham don't have a chance, Wycombe don't have a chance, but it's a bit much to say the team in fourth place don't have "a cat in hells chance" of making the top six.
Plus we're blatantly gonna win this league. This poor run is just Parky's way of throwing all the other teams off our scent, that's why Sam was grinning when he left the pitch on Monday - it was a case of mission accomplished.
And he does have 20 years professional experience to base his opinions on.
Which is more than most of us have, lol
Elliot, Richardson, Llera, Sodje, Jackson, Sam, Racon, Semedo, Bailey, Shelvey, Burton.
seconded