It’s been difficult to concentrate on the beautiful game as a Charlton fan in the past couple of weeks. Even the glamour of an FA Cup tie against Tottenham was simply a welcome distraction whilst rumours of new managers floated in the air. Eddie Howe was meant to be at the ground on Sunday and was odds on favourite, Gary Johnson was then sacked by promotion rivals Peterborough was made odds on favourite and then from left field last night Charlton legend Chris Powell appeared from nowhere as the new favourite.
There is however a season to complete and a massive game against Sheffield Wednesday to tackle, I’m going to presume Keith Peacock and Damian Matthew will still pretty much be in charge on Saturday regardless of whether we make a managerial appointment between now and 3pm on Saturday.
The team against Tottenham showed that they could play football and not resort to hoof ball (although this may be as a result of the opposition rather than a miraculous turnaround in approach), and if we can take that into the game at Hillsborough then we stand a good chance of getting a very much needed 3 points for the first time since November.
To be honest I can see us keeping the 4-5-1/4-3-3 formation with the same team that lined up against Spurs. With Paul Benson still suspended, Lee Martin could come back (?) from being cup-tied with a place on the bench as well as new loanee signing Nathan Ecclestone likely to get a run out one way or another. Pawel Abbot is rumoured to be off on loan so could free up a space on what could be an extremely attacking subs bench (Sodje, Reid, Ecclestone, Martin).
In the reverse fixture we put in an excellent team performance and come out as victors, if we do the same again then we could see the kick-start to our season that it so badly needs. We saw some good signs at White Hart Lane, let’s hope it wasn’t a one off. 1-0 Charlton.
Come on you reds.
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going for the same side at spurs with ecclestone getting the last 20/25 mins.
2-1 charlton win - big joe and the debut boy grabbing a late winner
2-0 to Wednesday though.
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Will be backing us to win regardless.
1-1 respectable draw
You heard it hear first :-)
Would love to see KP/Matthews go with the line-up that we had once Reid had replaced McCormack on Sunday with Jackson slotting in-field as the third centre-midfielder and Reid and Wagstaff pushing right on to link-up with Ayinsah
Bring in Chrissy Powell and the good feeling will spread through the team and fans leading to a 2-1 Charlton win :-)
The other factor is that they CANNOT let KP retire with a 100 per cent record of defeats, so they're going to be doing it for him, too...
the outcome of which will be a vital 1-2 win with the Boys ecclstone and Anyinsah scoring to give us a 2 goal lead on the 19th and 34th minutes
dirty scummy palarse reject morrision will score a concelation goal for them on 82
It's gonna be all hands to the pumps. Even if Sir Chrissy isn't in charge I hope he is allowed to fire up the lads.
I'm going for a draw.
We might nick a draw, but I'll go for home win
Eccleston is regarded as one of the most promising players at Anfield and has made seven appearances in the first-team this season.
The 20-year-old, who enjoyed a loan spell at Huddersfield last season, will be allowed to go out on loan again in order to increase his first-team experience and get some action under his belt.
Reds boss Roy Hodgson is happy to loan out Eccleston in January in order to further his education as he is regarded as one for the future at Anfield.
The news has alerted a number of clubs in the Premier League and Championship to Ecclestone's possible availability this month.
West Brom and Wigan are both thought to be interested in the jet-heeled forward along with Championship pair Queens Park Rangers and Burnley.
Liverpool will now decide what is the best option for Ecclestone so that he can get some valuable first-team action in the second half of the season.
I Like the words - 'jet heeled'- exactly what we need IMO. I'll go for 3-1 to us - Anyinsah, Ecclestone and Sodje.