Definitely a lot of encouraging signs from the first match. I am still going to temper my expectations though as Watford will probably be in the bottom third of the table when all is said and done. Next week will give us a clearer picture given the competition
Make no mistakes about it, we shouldn't get carried away. It's obviously great to have got off to a winning start and we'll be high on confidence but let's see where we are after 6 games. We've got Bristol City, Leicester, Millwall and Sheff Utd in the next 5 games. All teams who i personally expect to be amongst the play off contenders.
I’m expecting more football snobbery like this because our game is about being strong defensively and playing with intensity over pretty passing and possession.
It won’t win us the league but I think we’ll play enough decent football going forward to compete.
I’m expecting more football snobbery like this because our game is about being strong defensively and playing with intensity over pretty passing and possession.
It won’t win us the league but I think we’ll play enough decent football going forward to compete.
We had all this from opposing fans (and even from a few on here). F*** em. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s a big jump up from L1 to the championship. You’re not here to entertain opposition fans. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to stay up and compete. Especially if resources are low, in comparison to the bigger clubs and the clubs with parachute payments. Stay up, consolidate, get established and then maybe have a change in footballing style. It can be a gamble. Sometimes it doesn’t work (Edwards) but sometimes it all comes together and does (Neil). But you need a few seasons under your belt to establish yourself first, in my humble opinion.
I’m expecting more football snobbery like this because our game is about being strong defensively and playing with intensity over pretty passing and possession.
It won’t win us the league but I think we’ll play enough decent football going forward to compete.
We had all this from opposing fans (and even from a few on here). F*** em. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s a big jump up from L1 to the championship. You’re not here to entertain opposition fans. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to stay up and compete. Especially if resources are low, in comparison to the bigger clubs and the clubs with parachute payments. Stay up, consolidate, get established and then maybe have a change in footballing style. It can be a gamble. Sometimes it doesn’t work (Edwards) but sometimes it all comes together and does (Neil). But you need a few seasons under your belt to establish yourself first, in my humble opinion.
I knew the snobbery would be out immediately. We don't play what most would call " attractive" football and NJ is hardly well liked amongst the rest of the league.
But I genuinely couldn't care less , if we survive grinding out wins off setpieces then so be it. The only aim this season is to stay up. We've had enough style changes over the past few years!
It's great to see a Charlton badge on it and its where we belong.
There were fears of us having to go through administration 5-6 years ago after that dodgy company bought us off the Belgian.
It's all in the past now.
It’s a nice thought, I wouldn’t say it’s all in the past until the club and stadium are under common ownership however. Administration does seem less likely at this point however.
In terms of Championship expectations, I expected us to be relegated before the season started. I feel marginally more confident after that first match but won’t get carried away - it’s going to be a very hard slog this year.
I’m expecting more football snobbery like this because our game is about being strong defensively and playing with intensity over pretty passing and possession.
It won’t win us the league but I think we’ll play enough decent football going forward to compete.
We had all this from opposing fans (and even from a few on here). F*** em. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s a big jump up from L1 to the championship. You’re not here to entertain opposition fans. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to stay up and compete. Especially if resources are low, in comparison to the bigger clubs and the clubs with parachute payments. Stay up, consolidate, get established and then maybe have a change in footballing style. It can be a gamble. Sometimes it doesn’t work (Edwards) but sometimes it all comes together and does (Neil). But you need a few seasons under your belt to establish yourself first, in my humble opinion.
Can't argue with any of that. It is funny though that the Watford guy is chatting as though we're some minnow who shouldn't be here. It's not as if we're a team like Wycombe or Peterborough or Rotherham when they came up, who were always going to be up against it. We've spent 10m (which is more than Watford spent) and we get 20k+ crowds.
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most are better than Watford!, a very tough run of games now - be interesting to see where we sit come the end of Sept.
keeping clean sheets is the key for us
It won’t win us the league but I think we’ll play enough decent football going forward to compete.
It's great to see a Charlton badge on it and its where we belong.
There were fears of us having to go through administration 5-6 years ago after that dodgy company bought us off the Belgian.
It's all in the past now.
I knew the snobbery would be out immediately. We don't play what most would call " attractive" football and NJ is hardly well liked amongst the rest of the league.
But I genuinely couldn't care less , if we survive grinding out wins off setpieces then so be it. The only aim this season is to stay up. We've had enough style changes over the past few years!