Preston North End v Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 23 February 2016 … 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: James Adcock (Nottinghamshire)
HeadlinesIn a week which has seen very little news (good or bad) in terms of Charlton Athletic, there has been good to come out of Sparrows Lane this week… I’m sure the 3-0 defeat against Fulham won’t be in his top 10 yet hats off to
Chris Solly making his 200th appearance for the Addicks.
IntroductionWe’ve entered an era at Charlton where history and achievement don’t seem to matter to some, in Football alone it’s rare for a single player to remain at a club for so long… When Chris Solly made his debut against Norwich City in 2009 it would be as a Left-Back rather than in his preferred position and it was evident that the Addicks had produced another gem from their Academy
In the beginning he would struggle to keep hold of his First Team spot, playing understudy to Simon Francis and Carl Jenkinson yet with Jenkinson’s future in doubt, Chris would make the Right-Back slot his own twice winning the Player of the Year award, his greatest achievement surely has to be winning League One yet his goal against Blackpool the following season must come close, the saddest part of his 200-games is that we’ve not seen him score at the Valley.
We play
Preston North End tonight… A win and we may survive; a defeat and we probably won’t… Regardless of what happens, thanks to problematic knees we may well see Chris Solly in a Charlton shirt next season, on behalf of all Addicks fans, here’s to the next 200-games for us… For this preview I finish the Introduction by handing the final words over to Chris…
Certainly not the performance or result we need in our position right now, but a real honour today for me personally reaching 200 games for the club, been an extremely difficult season but I love playing for this club and will continue to give 100%!The OppositionName: Preston North End |
Manager: Simon Grayson
Ground: Deepdale |
Nickname: The Lilywhites
This preview has been posted slightly later than usual because I didn’t know what to write (defeats do make the next preview harder) , in the end I decided to forget the usual spiel and dedicate it to a Charlton Player who reached a landmark, because of a longer Introduction, this section will be a bit shorter.
Simon Grayson will be proud of his squad of players this season… In a season where the promoted sides struggled from the off, you’d have thought that the three League One teams from last season were going back down… Preston began the season struggling for goals yet a 3-0 win at the Valley has slowly propelled them up the league, proof that you should stick by your Manager through thick and thin
We need three points ourselves this season yet tonight we play a side who suddenly find themselves just eight points from the Play-Offs…
In the Championship, there no easy matches!!
Charlton Team NewsOne fan usually in the know is Ketts and the rumours tonight suggest that Chris Solly won’t be making his 201st appearance for the club… Should he indeed be rested you’d expect
Marco Motta to start in his place… Of course, Solly could be played in Midfield, it’ll all depend on whether Jordan Cousins is fit enough to return from injury… Whoever starts there should play alongside a rejuvenated;
El-Hadji Ba whose substitution left many baffled on Saturday... Goals are what we most urgently need yet with rumours that Igor Vetokele is still out, where will they be coming from?
Henderson
Motta … Teixeira … Lennon … Fox
Gudmundsson … Solly … Ba … Bergdich
Harriott … Makienok
Substitutes Bench: Pope … Young … Fanni … Poyet … Lookman … Ghoochanniejad … Sanogo
Prediction
Preston North End 1-2 Charlton Athletic 
Comments
Seriously?
If Jordan Cousins isnt fit then I see Chris Solly starting in Midfield yes
Ultimately, we need a clean sheet to have much of a chance, as we don't look like scoring (m)any...
COYA!
To play him in midfield would be utter madness. To play him in midfield ahead of Poyet - even not at his best - would be whatever is crazier than madness...
dalesh!t" free travel offer? Have we filled a coach yet?Never thought I would see the day when I was jealous of a club for having Peter Risdale as their chairman. Anyway, they'll get no less than three but no more than eight, we'll get no less than nought but no more than zero.
Have a safe journey, Katrien, I would hate to wake up tomorrow morning to find out that you'd been tragically run over by a laundry van, which had then reversed back to see if you were ok and accidentally ran you over again, and then the driver got out to help you but he forget to put the handbrake on and the van rolled towards you and your huge lying nose got trapped under the wheel. That would be a terrible story which I really wouldn't want to happen, so please do be careful.
Back to back 3-0 defeats for us and Preston's 3-0 double over us.
Personally I'd move Harriott LM drop Bergditch and play Lookman up top. Let's hope we get the same positive start we did at Fulham but this time turn that into goals and a Rotherham style away win is secured. COYRs ffs give us hardy souls in attendance tonight just a glimmer of hope for once!
3-1 loss, and that's being bold as we are evens to just score tonight!
I'm 50 mins drive from Preston. I know it will be absolutely freezing, I know we'll lose, I know it'll be a shit evening and I'll get royally pissed off.
I'm considering going. I think it's a mixture of masochism and some sort of weird OCD (and knowing the current CAFC won't get any of my money)
Whenever we've lost a match there have been calls for whole sale changes with a lot of those being within the Defence.
If it were me I'd leave Henderson .. Solly .. Teixeira .. Lennon .. Fox there at the back regardless least it would create some stability
They can't get anything right these days .......... .
But where Preston were 4 years ago when we destroyed them 5-2 at The Valley should be a reminder that football can change fast
Preston North End 4-0 Charlton Athletic
Or else, the ball will be passed back by Roger into an empty net....
We are dreadful
Having said that, as if we needed more evidence, it really does highlight the problems at our club that come 24 hours before kick off we don't have a scooby who is available and who could or could not be in the lineup. My 86 year old Nan before her hip replacement had more stability. Whilst Ketts is undoubtedly a good source, the information we get is piss poor from the club.
Heart says 2-1 win, head says 3-0 loss.
It's increasing looking like three from four at the bottom, Bristol City and Blackburn nine points ahead with far better GD's, and people see us catching MKD but in my opinion even if we do I don't think we will overhaul Bolton who are about to get a massive boost off the field and maybe a big boost on it too when the take-over goes through.
There just seems to be no plan surrounding the first team squad, its all hit and hope, on and off the pitch.
I will go 2 0 Preston, routine easy home win.