The Introduction:To some this will be seen as an easy win game to be "got out of the way" before the Spanners v Humans game at the weekend but on that road lies disaster.
Any book of football clichés will tell you that you have to go into this game fully focused or it will come back to slap you in the face. The Posh maybe bottom of the table but that is just the sort of game where Charlton teams of the past have come unstuck. Swindon in the Championship season anyone?
The OppositionPeterborough (not Peterbrough) are struggling to find any form. Like Charlton they lead on Saturday only to be pegged back by a penalty. That result left them holding up the table with 13 points. Optimists will point out that a win could lift them above the three teams above them, however.
One thing you can, almost, be sure of is goals. There has been a goal in each of Peterborough's last 139 (yes, one hundred and thirty nine) games and in many cases plenty of them. No one who was there will forget Charlton being 4 - 0 up at half time at London Rd under Parky and then winning a thrilling game 3 - 2 early in Chris Powell's tenure.
United have not been helped by some unrest in the dressing room. Four players were disciplined for going out AFTER a defeat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20300110 Two of those players, record signing Barrett and Emile Sinclair, were quickly moved on to other Championship clubs.
And unusually there is will be no former Addick in the opposition side. Rejected youth player George Boyd, who played alongside Wilson, Green and Haynes and like them went on to carve out a decent career elsewhere, is the only connection other the AFKA BArtram lookalike Darren Furgusson in the manager's suit.
The Line UpJust when you thought it was safe to close the treatment room door injuries came back to disrupt what was looking like a settled side.
Chris Powell seemed optimistic that Dan Seabourne and Manny Frimpong would recover and start. The view on Danny Haynes was more cautious so expect him to rest his hamstring on the bench for a while.
If Seabourne and Frimpong do return then CP has a big choice to make. The back five picks itself but what to do with the midfield? Kerker deserves to move back to left-mid where he can do some damage while Green did little to suggest he should displace Pritchard on the right.
But in the centre Powell has Manny, Johnny and Dale. Who will voted off this week?.
If Haynes isn't fit to start that is one less selection headache for Our Chris. With Kermo back and raring to go, Hulse scoring without shinning and Fuller full of tricks but not a finish plus the almost forgotten BWP Chris has plenty to choose from but no obvious stand out pairing.
Sir Chris's Curbs like caution suggests as few changes as possible so expect.
Hamer
Solly Cort Morrison Seabourne
Pritchard Jackson Frimpong Kerker
Hulse Fuller
The Prediction
2 - 1 to the Addicks
Comments
hamer with a dead leg so could potentially be out.
Think we will draw this one
As for the game, the kind we simply must win if we want a comfortable mid-table ride this season - and I believe we will do, 3-1.
1-0 win to us.
I'll be happy to avoid defeat.
Hulse & Fuller twice.
Should win this one - normally after a game like the one we just witnessed Powell gets them all fired up. I expect them to come out all guns blazing, go 2-0 up and then start passing it round the back until they let Peterborough back in with a goal... all before half time. Nervy 2nd half, but no more goals. 2-1 to the addicks.
2-0 to the Addicks.
Praying for no bookings for Morro and Pritchard. Could live with Jacko getting one though, as need energy for Millwall and understand Wilson would be back for that with Pritch moved to CM
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With him 2-0 win. Without another bore draw.
i can't concentrate there's only one game that reeeeeeallly matters this week fffffs lets get this one out the way and go beat the scum %*$**
Hope Fuller plays and finds his scoring boots
Should be enough for a 2-0 win to the Addicks with Haynes, Jackson and possibly Frimpong brought back into the starting line up for the trip to the toolbox.
One of them on the bench at least provides an option to inject more pace.