Its been going on for a few years now but what do you all think the problem seems to be for Charlton playing at home, they look a far better side away. Is the expectation of the fans a problem or do we just not prepare properly tactically. Yesterday I thought Tranmeres tactics (not the timewasting) were spot on and they thwarted everything we tried to do in the first half, surely with the players weve got we should be able to tear these teams apart or is that too much to expect ?
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Teams can come to the Valley, play 4-5-1, play defensively and waste time, take a point and their fans by and large will be satisfied and see it as a point gained rather than two lost. They know how to play against the better teams in the division because every year there's at least one or two big clubs who drop down and are expected to dominate the division.
Of what I've seen the standard of football and footballer isn't that bad in L1 (I'm not saying that it's good), but there are quite a few teams who are well organised and exhibit some genuine team spirit. Most are destined to stay in this divison, with the odd foray in the CCC or L2 but their ambition is survival. If you underestimate them or switch off then you can end up paying.
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Gone off the scale at the end.
For for example, our away form so far this season is won 5, drawn 1. That means we've picked up 16 points from a possible 18. 16/18=0.889 X100 = 88.9% I just had to do the same calculation for home and a away points for each season, which was pretty easy with the help of a spreadsheet.
That and the fact that we now have much better players than the divisional average.
Our home form represents 2 points a game. If we avergare 2 points a game home and away we will be in the top 2.
Lets keep things in perspective
Lets not pretend that this is something unique to the Valley, it's no doubt said by most away managers at most grounds in the country.
Boo boys down the valley! After 10 minutes the bloke behind me was shouting in desperation like the team should have been winning by now. In Jackson’s interview after the game he said that there is a lot of pressure when at home from our fans. We need to give them a break, be patient and remember we have 90+ minutes to win<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The pixies do not attend our away games and so are unable to affect our performance.
The most disappointing statistics for me showed that Tranmere had 3 times as many shots as us, and 4 times as many on target. How do you blame that on the crowd ?
When they announced a start for Kermorgant and Green, I said to my Grandson, I reckon this is our strongest team. Kermit went on to achieve more headers than I have ever seen an attacker produce in one game, but not one as far as I can remember was aimed at their goal. Green did not give his full back enough problems, and thereby did not produce the crosses that we were hoping for.
At the moment the report on our coaching staff should be like most of my School reports, must do better !