Charlton Athletic v Bristol City
Saturday 06 February 2016 … 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Michael Jones (Cheshire)
HeadlinesCharlton announce two new signings on deadline day; Yaya Sanogo and Rod Fanni join on loan until the end of the season.
On the other hand, fans will have to contain their grief as legendary Striker:
Piotr Parzyszek departed the club on a Free Transfer, thanks for the memories Piotr; many will never forget your three minutes against Birmingham City
IntroductionIn terms of how a season can pan out, this last week for the Addicks has been absolutely huge, two matches could go some way to defining whether Charlton play Championship football next season or whether they’re condemned back to League One… The first match of course has already happened; last Saturday the Addicks travelled back to Yorkshire knowing that defeat against Rotherham would leave them seven points from safety and an uphill task to survive relegation… In a county which has already seen much heartbreak, the players rose to the challenge and shocked all by returning to London with three points after an impressive 4-1 victory.
We now move on to the second of a relegation double header with Charlton playing host to
Bristol City who currently sit just the one place and one point ahead of ourselves, victory against Rotherham meant that we’re now only a point from safety yet defeat is once again not an option, lose this Saturday and that impressive win last time out will have been for nothing
With Rotherham hosting Bolton this weekend it truly is a battle between the bottom four sides, because of that match-up it’s quite possible that Charlton wont leap out of the relegation zone this Saturday, yet a back to back win for only the second time this season will send a huge message to our rivals… Let’s get that poor goal difference down that little bit more.
The OppositionName: Bristol City |
Manager: Currently Available
Ground: Ashton Gate |
Nickname: The Robins
Once again it’s not just a battle between relegation rivals this Saturday, yet also a battle of the Robin. Charlton and Bristol City sharing the same nickname it’s not the only thing these two sides have shared this season… With Christmas Day still in the memories of many, Charlton made the trip to Bristol on Boxing Day where they committed a crime so bad, they were severely punished on recent trips to Yorkshire!!
Having dominated from the off, Bristol City took a deserved lead on the stroke of half-time (Don’t be too proud of yourselves, everyone has done it), the second half wasn’t much better and the Robins (that’s Bristol not Charlton) wasted a huge chance to double lead when they missed a penalty (Don’t worry, everyone does that against us), for the rest of the match the Addicks didn’t fare much better yet right at the death
Harry Lennon would pop up in the box to steal a draw for the Addicks.
A robbery had been committed in the West Country and justice was sadly served in our next three away games… No need to say more
Charlton Team NewsAs already mentioned, much gets made of Deadline Day, promises get made stating that we’ll try and sign players yet when the window slams shut the only person we’ve caught is Katrien Meire herself as she tries to make a quick getaway… This season its different with Yaya Sanogo (Striker) and Rod Fanni (Defender) having been signed on loan from Arsenal and somewhere in Qatar respectively so each player should go on to the bench for this Saturdays match.
In terms of the starting line-up I’d be surprised if any changes were made with
Simon Makienok being the possible exception… Having scored twice against Rotherham he did clash with a sponsorship board and was seen nursing his arm with an ice pack after being substituted, if he is unfit we could see the straight swap of Yaya Sanogo starting in his place, if not you’ve always got Ademola Lookman who made his return from injury (and scoring yet again) on Saturday.
Henderson
Solly … Teixeira … Lennon … Fox
Gudmundsson … Cousins … Jackson … Bergdich
Makienok … Vetokele
Substitutes Bench: Pope … Fanni … Ba … Poyet … Harriott … Lookman … Sanogo
Prediction
Charlton Athletic 3-0 Bristol City 
Comments
Can't disagree with your probable team though, barring injuries. It would be silly and most unlike Riga to change a winning side. Can the team produce the goods two weeks running though?
Will Lennon sing a different song? Will Fox play like he is being hunted down? Will Cousins remain part of the family? Is Harriott harrying Bergdich for a starting place? Will Big Mak be a burger King? Will Lookie get a look in? Will Fanni play like one? Will Ba follow like a sheep?
Far too much optimism around this week so I'm predicting a 4-1 defeat undoing all the good that came out of Rotherham last week!
Roland out!
CAFC 2 v Bristol City 0
Agree that this feels like it could be a banana skin and could bring things crashing down to earth. If we don't score early, I worry that the crowd could get impatient. Head says 0-0, heart says 3-1.
We'll see what we're made of after Saturday
A real scrappy 1-0 win
prediction-draw.
think we'll sneak it 2-1 Igor and Jacko
And they have an interim manager... we know how well that worked out for us...
Easier said than done as they will be right up for this, away win against team lower in table etc.
I think we might just shade this 1-0 or 2-1 Strangely I don't see a draw which would be the most predictable result.
It won't be pretty and in a way I hope we don't win easily, the players need to get into the mind set of scrapping for everything.
we only have 6 points to show for it !
Would want to know how the boys have trained this week
and whose's fit before diving in.
where were you when we were shit ? Two weeks ago.
0-1 defeat