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Jordan Cousins - Please Explain?

Hamer kicks it out to Cousins who just has to run forward and have a shot.
Instead, he turns around and passes it backwards to Perucci before they score.
Why can't we just have a shot?

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  • CafcSteve said:

    Hamer kicks it out to Cousins who just has to run forward and have a shot.
    Instead, he turns around and passes it backwards to Perucci before they score.


    Why can't we just have a shot?

    It's The Charlton way, silly.

  • Incorrect, he passes it to Reza who could shoot and dosen't he passed it to Petrucci who could shoot and doesn't and we then concede possession, you get what you deserve if you don't shoot you can't win simple.
  • The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.
  • The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    Bit harsh IMO. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but on this occasion there were plenty of other opportunities to get a block in

  • The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    100% this. I was disgusted. I had time to turn to my mate and say, "This guy's got to take one for the team, don't you think?" but despite having an age to do something about it, he did nothing.

    I'm usually fairly objective about Charlton, and rarely get super-angry. But Church, Petrucci and Harriott really wound me up today. I accept Harriott was trying (but was utterly atrocious), but Church... Jesus. The offside thing, when he couldn't be bothered to jog back and allow us our best opening of the game... furious.
  • Not hindsight. I was shouting at him to take the player down, it was obvious he was going to get a chance. JJ would have taken the guys feet.
  • Swisdom said:

    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    Bit harsh IMO. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but on this occasion there were plenty of other opportunities to get a block in

    Hinsight has nothing to do with it, it was bloody obvious what was required.
  • He wouldn't have been put into that position though if Cousins would have had actually had a shot.
  • Exactly JJ would've taken him out.

    Harriott and church were shocking today
  • I'm with CafcSteve on this. Jordan escaped the offside trap but instead of looking to take it on himself, he slowed up and played a meaningless ball inside. The chance to score turned into a break from which THEY got the win, not us. But why was Jordan out there anyway? Because he was, yet again, shunted wide. He is as much a right winger as Parker was at Chelsea. I'm not arguing that Petrucci shouldn't have buried their player (the ref wouldn't have booked him bearing in mind the rest of his pathetic display) but the error came earlier.
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  • Jordan cousins by nature is a defender - or at best a defensive midfielder. I believe he played most of his formative years either at right back or centre half...........so a bit unfair to blame him for not going forward with it. I thought we were a bit unlucky as both Reza & Pettrucci were looking to have a shot but were crowded out.
  • The whole team is set up to hang on for a nil nil and maybe sneak a goal. Nobody is detailed to offense.
  • i got a free crossbars thing today with a free program. there is an interview in it with AA that states we set out to not concede in the first 70 and then nick a winner.

    what a radically different game plan to the former manager
  • Jordan cousins by nature is a defender - or at best a defensive midfielder. I believe he played most of his formative years either at right back or centre half...........so a bit unfair to blame him for not going forward with it. I thought we were a bit unlucky as both Reza & Pettrucci were looking to have a shot but were crowded out.

    And that is why Cousins should be playing RB and Wilson RM. We'd have more balance and an attacking right side midfielder.

  • edited April 2014
    Am sure we would have been on his back if he had hit row Z when a player was in a better position. But we will never know.
  • JiMMy 85 said:

    Swisdom said:

    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    Bit harsh IMO. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but on this occasion there were plenty of other opportunities to get a block in

    Hinsight has nothing to do with it, it was bloody obvious what was required.
    Poyet had the same few weeks ago but wasn't lambasted. Petrucci is clearly rusty and actually looked decent - just unfortunately got dispossessed and didn't have the pace

  • CafcSteve said:

    He wouldn't have been put into that position though if Cousins would have had actually had a shot.

    We would not have been in that position if Cousins had been playing in his central midfield position and Puttricci had been playing in his right wing position.

    The blokes subs and then the positions they then played in was bizarre.
  • The whole set up today looked to me like we were playing for the draw.we were the home team ffs.got what we deserved.
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  • so many fickle football fans oh my god...
  • Tbf to young Jordan he's been tutored in the arts of defensive or holding positions and is very much learning his trade in the final third!
  • mrbligh said:

    i got a free crossbars thing today with a free program. there is an interview in it with AA that states we set out to not concede in the first 70 and then nick a winner.

    what a radically different game plan to the former manager

    Wiggins says the same in his.
  • Petrucci was always two yards behind when chasing him, so could not have "taken one for the team" as he couldn't have fouled him. Personally, I thought Cousins had a fine game (and was completely overshadowing goal-scorer Danny Williams) until the round of substitutions which pushed him wider. Do I blame Riga - no. Just the way it was... That said, Jordan does need to sort out his shooting boots!
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