Forget Forest away and remember the last 10 minutes of the Villa game - then imagine how we can do the same to Boro (Thomas, El K and Holland to score!) - suddenly we're above West Ham in the table (because they've lost again) and just a few points behind Wigan and Boro....
We have good players and good home games recently - imagine how we feel if we did pull out of this!!!!
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By the way El K is class unless you prefer honest Phil Chapple lol
Considering just how bad we have been before Pardew arrived, that shouldn't be beyond us.
Nobody expected anything at Arsenal especially with ten men and going out of the cup could turn out to be a real blessing in disquise.
To have a chance we need to get Reid and Bent back and try to keep them fit until the end of the season. Somehow we need to get back to back wins to bring some confidence.
Home support is going to be vital and I shall be doing my bit by coming back in March to cheer us on to safety!
Far too much negativeity around, look at the table guys, survival is far from beyond us.
How about a few chants of "staying up, staying up, staying up" after we score the first goal against Middlesborough!!!
The keeper, Carson, is fine.
At the moment the centre-halves are: Elk, HH, Diawara, Fortune, Sorondo - for me only HH is good enough there and that is only because of his attitude.
The centre-mids are: Holland, Faye, Kish, Hughes, Walton - again, only Holland can really cut it, and even then only just, and that's more down to his recent commitment rather than ability.
Up front: Darren is fine, no probs there but M Bent and JFH are woeful.
That means that we really only have two players in the "core" of the team, Carson and Darren Bent who are really good enough for this level and two other HH and Holland whose commitment makes them competitive but they have both seen better days.
Look at our "spine" in the 2003/4 season (when Parker left)
Kiely
Rufus Fish/Perry
Parker Jensen/Euell
Di Canio Bartlett
Says it all does it not?
BUT
win against Boro. Any win, lucky win, doesn't really matter. All of a sudden not only does that league table look better to us, but it also looks a better proposition to potential signings as well.
Its a tall ask with little room for error, but anything can happen still....
I know it's meant to be just light hearted, but to me and others, it totally gives out the wrong message.
We've had a lot of disappointment this season and I can understand why so many of you are so negative,
but this negativity is a disease, and for us this season - the Charlton disease!
And the most certain way to guarantee relegation.
We are far from being relegated, unless that's what we choose.
We've seen the team at home respond recently, every single time we get behind them.
C'mon, let's spread the message that we are going to fight tooth and nail for our Premiership status.
The team might just respond...........!
And if we do stay up, this season will become a Charlton legend!
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By the way, Sheff Utd. have shown that not all players have to go for over the odds in the transfer window, because if their contract runs out in the summer then now is the last chance for their club to get any money at all for them.
www.thisislondon.co.uk
(I don't know if Kilgallon is any good, but Utd have picked him up for much less than they offered in the summer).
pardoo is our king
i'll still be cheering the boys on and getting a sore throat and wound up by the action on the pitch
i so so so hope i'm wrong
COME ON YOU REDS
One moment elation, the next mumbling with despair, and then next punching the air again.
This season has been the most dramatic for years.
And if we do battle for our status and stay up, the feeling will be euphoric!
Far better than finishing 13th in the Championship next season.......
dood, this is your most positive and optimistic post to date, not bad coming from Mr pessimist himself.