Moving swiftly on from Tuesday night’s farce we saunter over to Brisbane Road for an East London Derby against Leyton Orient.
It is fair to say that we have not performed for the Sky (spit) cameras for a while now so surely we are due a performance and a result akin to our 4-2 win against Reading many moons ago. That being said, in three previous matches played on Friday 13th, Charlton have never won. Oh joy.
I think it is safe to say that Parkinson will revert back to the team (with Racon in for Semedo) that played in the victory over Bournemouth. Francis does not look ready and none of the players that played in Shropshire have done themselves any favours in terms of pushing for a starting berth. Other than the strikers.
Will we stick with Abbot-Martin partnership that scored 3 goals between them in 32 first half minutes, or do we bring back the match winner from Saturday Akpo? Another option to consider is dropping Wagstaff and playing a more conventional 4-3-3 with Martin coming in from the right. Could be a crucial decision.
This is going to be a tough one and even the most optimistic bone in my body is only saying 1-1.
Let’s go.
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Spring will probably score against us.
Elliot
solly
daily
doc
jacko
reidy
McCormack
racon
waggy
martin
abbot
I know akpo had a good game against Bournemouth but I think Martin just behind abbot could be a great partnership. Just hope parky don't move solly to the left to accommodate francis and which would mean jacko going into midfield
However, in doing what he did he may have stumbled onto something. When was the last time two Charlton strikers scored 3 goals between them away from home and apparently linked up well on many occasions last night. Surely these two have played themselves straight into the starting line-up on Friday. What possible reason could he have for not selecting these two to start on Friday night?
Francis Dailly Doherty Jackson
Wagstaff Racon Macormack Reid
Martin
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3-1 to Charlton
We seem to be more clinical in front of goal, there were occasions when we also created good chances.
Question to anyone who went last night: Did Racon have any influence on the midfield? because he sounded a little innefective on the commentary, the midfield sounded weak and Shrewsbury seemed to have an awful lot of the ball wheras its normally us who has the ball but dont normally do much with it. Fortunately that combination at the back wont get another chance to show us why they arnt in the first team.
I would say Shrewsbury are also a better team than Orient
Red in SE8 makes some valid points.
and the same people who say they are only interested in watching charlton fail to add that they are only interested in watching charlton when it's at a new ground for them .....
and the same people who say they are only interested in watching charlton fail to add that they are only interested in watching charlton when it's at a new ground for them .....
No changes there then. I'll be there hope we can create some atmosphere. Read somewhere that someone was bringing 3,000 balloons (2/3 each by the looks of it atm). Can anyone confirm/deny this?
It wasnt my idea, somebody asked me to try and publicise it but has decided to shelve the idea for this Friday after seeing only 600 had sold. Gonna do it again later in the season, maybe Peterboro, Notts Co, Bournemouth should be well supported matches as will be new grounds for some people.
Btw: Well done to anyone who went last night, I was gonna go but bailed out last minute. I thought we would get about 150-200 go over there but it wasnt a bad turnout considering. Was it another Colchester ground or better than that?
Re Orient....I wasn't impressed with Francis last night , although as someone commented, he's not match fit ( so is it the time to risk him on Friday ?) Still unsure about Waggy too. And with no Matt Fry on the bench last night ( I think) I wonder whether he has a problem . Regarding Racon, I am usually the first to defend him but , for me, a cup match of this kind is not the best arena for his skills although others felt he had a decent game. Guess it's all about opinions.
Starting to feel nervous already for Friday's trip but with our first choice resolute defence, hoping the Abbott/Martin partnership can continue to score those much needed goals. Looked quality last night & long may it continue.
Elliot
Solly
Dailly
Doherty
Jackson
Martin
Racon
McCormack
Reid
Abbott
Sodje
1,200 had been sold by yesterday morning
Abbott and Martin for me, with Racon in for Semedo, there the only changes I'll make from Saturday. Sounds like Francis hasn't played enough football, and Solly has the position for now. Akpo to come on if we're chasing the game.
0-2 with Abbott and McCormack getting the goals
Ah right, that's a bit more respectable I got confused when someone said 600 above! Cheers bud.
I think we will get a draw....
Disagree. There was clear logic in what Parky did.
The players do need time to gel (let's hope that is taken into consideration when reflecting on the Orient result) but to have played the entire "first" team after most had played 30 mins with 10 men on Saturday with another league game on Friday would have been reckless.
Sorry but that is terrible spin. How has he "stumbled onto something". He bought both Abbott and Martin to the club very recently and then played them together at the first real opportunity. It seems to have worked as PLANNED by Parky. He may have done it on Saturday by bringing Martin off the bench if not for the sending off. He was unlikely to start Martin v Bournemouth as he has only joined us the day before.
you may agree or disagree but there could be a number of reasons; Sodje's match winning performance on Saturday, the poor performance of Wagstaff necessitating Martin playing wide right and the strengths and weaknesses of the Orient side to give but three.
Desperately hope to be proved wrong.
WRT to Henry's comments, above, generally agree with all of the comments, but where I'd differ is that last night's mistake was in making so many changes. Specifically I think one of the more experienced/reliable centre halves would have been better paired with Mambo. I can't believe that being alongside Llera when he's prone to "losing it" is good for a young player, particularly one who's a bit error-prone himself. I don't mind either of the players, but some centre backs just need someone that knows what they're doing to sort them out. With that combination AND a young keeper making his debut we were always going to be prone to being undone by errors. So nobody would disagree that changes needed to be made, but it might have been better to make a couple less and keep some balance.
As it was Doc came on for Mambo after about 60 mins which would have been a good run out for the lad. Unfortunately he'd already had a bit of a mare by then.
If Doc or one of the other first teams had been injured or suspended then people would have been criticising Parky for allowing that risk. If they had played and the match had gone to extra time then how tired would they have been v Orient?
PP was upfront that Orient was the priority and picked the Shewsbury team accordingly. We can disagree with that but it was a considered decision with logic behind it.
We might have paired Llera and one of the cooler heads and introduced Yado later in the game or if it went into extra time. There's always the risk of an injury, but the same goes for Abbot or Martin, so nothing is without risks. As you say Doc played for a third of the game anyway. If he'd got injured during that phase it really would have been a dark night - it only takes a second. It's not like Orient didn't also have a game, and I'm guessing they're not boasting a Man City sized squad.
What would be a concern to me is if PP has (signed) two main centre backs that he doesn't feel are capable of playing two games a week (I know this is a funny week with a Friday match), in a league when we often have two games a week. Might be another one on the way, of course...