1. Charlton do have some good players who can score goals. Benson and Anyinsah could be a good pairing but one cuckcoo doesn't make a spring. Wagstaff continues to shine with his hard work and his assists. How much better will he be when his long term partner in crime Chris Solly is playing behind him?
2. This team isn't totally reliant on Kyel Reid. IMHO the best player for his position in this squad and a cut above this division but we coped without both him and Martin. Will be good to get him back fit and rested in four weeks time (touch wood) but in the mean time Jackson gives us a different but still potent option, it seems.
3. The confidence of this side is still egg shell fragile. Put them under pressure and they retreat and they concede. We know it, Parky knows it and damn sure every other team in the league knows it. Yet we coped with 10 men v Bournemouth (now 2nd) and v Orient. Go figure.
4. Robbie Elliot is this month's whipping boy (copyright Elliot Omozusi). Not the best keeper in the world but gets blamed by some for every goal that goes passed him despite them often being due to the mistakes of the defence in front of him.
5. Some Charlton fans actually wanted "their" team to lose yesterday to vindicate their views of the manager. The evidence is there is black and white on the match thread. Sad but true.
6. This league is so close that we are still only three points (and a 12 - nil win) off an automatic promotion place. Big hitters Huddersfield lost at Plymouth (at least we got a point) while Peterboro did what we did and lost 2-1 at Brentford.
7. This team plays for 95 minutes. To quote Shooters Hill Guru they don't always play well for 95 minutes but they do, more often than not, keep playing. So many late goals point to both high levels of fitness and a high level of commitment.
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Haha, well said! Well said indeed!
If you want to retain Parky, you could claim that he had the team prepared from the start, coming out strong shows the players want to play for him, and the late winner says they didn't give up.
If you want to see the back of Parky, you point to the big lead blown and how failing to maintain leads is a failure of coaching; how he can't get a consistent effort and the late goal only papers over his continued inability to make tactical adjustments during the match.
Take your pick.
True
Nearly all but sadly not alll
*shakes head
Delayed gratification ftw.
I run bad at poker, not a joke fact!
Personally, there is no way I would want us to lose any game for any reason. But I think those that said that shouldn't be told to F off, hang their heads in shame, etc. Whatever people say is usually in the heat of the moment and I think they all care about the club as much as we all do.
I thought we would lose badly vs Carlisle, well I knew we would concede more than 2 goals and I was right! What I didn't expect was a performance like that from the forwards: credit to them all, and especially PP for obviously firing them up for that. However, at the same time, 7 goals conceded in 2 games is very worrying. The central midfield / centre back positions are a big concern still.
I think most peoples reactions last week were not only because we lost 0 - 4 but came after a long stretch of bad performances and that was just the cherry on top! Saturdays result is a boost, especially for PP, but will mean nothing if it's not followed up by a result AND performance against Sheff Weds on Saturday.
It really is what is costing us every week
6a. And as that means there are only nine points separating 21 teams between second and 22nd, we're still unclear whether by Xmas we will be challenging for promotion or battling against relegation!
I agree with this
i would never want us to lose but i still want him gone
Who portrayed it as the default position of anyone who expresses their doubts? Certainly not me and I don't recall reading anyone else who did.
And then we we will shoot you (although this may be commuted on appeal to a compulsory life membership of Milwall) !