If Harriott and Fox are both to start it cannot be as a left winger/left back combo. That is a disaster waiting to happen. Fox is third least bad centre half available. Suk-Young at left back please. Harriott in either wide or central position.
Apart from Rotherham we have not won a game against the teams around us, I cannot see a reason for this to change.
A defeat tonight with Rotherham winning will put us all out of our misery........apart from SeriouslyRed.
And me.......
To be completely put out of my misery they need to be mathematically unable to avoid the drop. Serious question - how soon could this be? The smallest tad of hope is making it unbearable
No side has scored fewer headed goals in the Championship this season than MK Dons (3).
Just you wait until they start getting corners tonight - watch that number of headed goals rise!
Nah they're going to improvise... Watch for the low corner to the edge of the penalty area and then bam, straight in... Our defenders wont have a scooby whats going on with the change of tactic
My tactic would be to brick up the goal line so we can't concede any corners, play eight at the back, pray to Allah and hope Arsenal have some more decent players they are looking to offload on loan.
My tactic would be to brick up the goal line so we can't concede any corners, play eight at the back, pray to Allah and hope Arsenal have some more decent players they are looking to offload on loan.
I don't think they will park the bus, play for a draw, and try to nick a goal. They know that winning will almost make them safe. Hope they don't as I think we will have a better chance against a team that wants to play. We always have trouble breaking down those that just want to defend. I'm going for a 2-1 win. Having said that nothing would surprise me less than to see us lose this game and then beat Middlesbrough on Saturday as that is the Charlton way...
Expect this to be the polar opposite of the end to end open and exciting game we saw against Reading. Franchise are as bad as us. Biter cold night with about 8000 actually in the ground. Can't wait.
I don't think they will park the bus, play for a draw, and try to nick a goal. They know that winning will almost make them safe. Hope they don't as I think we will have a better chance against a team that wants to play. We always have trouble breaking down those that just want to defend. I'm going for a 2-1 win. Having said that nothing would surprise me less than to see us lose this game and then beat Middlesbrough on Saturday as that is the Charlton way...
if I were them I'd go at us from the off and get a goal ahead as our heads will drop, the crowd will get anxious etc and things will only go from bad to worse for us.
as for the highlighted bit, can guarantee that won't happen
Using the official FA definition of a walloping (We score at least four goals and win by a margin of at least three: 4-1, 5-2, 5-0, 6-0, etc), and putting aside FA Cup games against inferior opposition, we haven't given anyone a walloping since we beat Barnsley 6-0 in April 2013.
What about 4-1 at Rotherham a few weeks ago?
I apologise. Overlooked that one and Bristol City 4-1 a couple of years ago. The main point still stands though, and the fact that we walloped Rotherham a few weeks ago means we're not due to dish out another one until some point in 2018.
It needs the crowd to be the same as they were against Cardiff last season getting right behind them from the off, make the atmosphere as hostile for MK Dons as we can. Maybe a bit of momentum and winning two games on the spin will help our cause.....who knows but at least lets give it a try. Easy for me to say I know as I cant attend, but I'll try and replicate in the match thread so others unable to get there can experience the atmosphere, if that's possible. I think we have to win this game, and whilst if we lose it we are not mathematically down, we will only be waiting for Boro and maybe Shef Wed to beat us and I think that'll be it. I hope I'm wrong but for me tonight is a 6 pointer and defeat will put the final nail in the coffin. So COYR's!!!!
It needs the crowd to be the same as they were against Cardiff last season getting right behind them from the off, make the atmosphere as hostile for MK Dons as we can. Maybe a bit of momentum and winning two games on the spin will help our cause.....who knows but at least lets give it a try. Easy for me to say I know as I cant attend, but I'll try and replicate in the match thread so others unable to get there can experience the atmosphere, if that's possible. I think we have to win this game, and whilst if we lose it we are not mathematically down, we will only be waiting for Boro and maybe Shef Wed to beat us and I think that'll be it. I hope I'm wrong but for me tonight is a 6 pointer and defeat will put the final nail in the coffin. So COYR's!!!!
Plus MK Dons arent going to come at us leaving lovely gaps for the likes of Harriott to exploit, they're going to be wary of our pace so will try and pass around us when they have the ball and when they dont they'll have every white shirt will be back in their own half...
The fans need to stay patient if we're not going forward quickly enough, if we have the ball then it means that MK Dons dont have it, which means they cannot score... Getting on the players backs because they're patiently passing it around will only highlight what a good job MK Dons are doing defensively and will give them the lift our players could do with.
I take it you're inferring a fee has been agreed for him somewhere, and that he won't be played to protect his value? But surely, if a fee has been agreed, wouldn't we want to play him since there is little for us to lose...?
I don't think they will park the bus, play for a draw, and try to nick a goal. They know that winning will almost make them safe. Hope they don't as I think we will have a better chance against a team that wants to play. We always have trouble breaking down those that just want to defend. I'm going for a 2-1 win. Having said that nothing would surprise me less than to see us lose this game and then beat Middlesbrough on Saturday as that is the Charlton way...
If they win it finishes us, but doesn't make them almost safe. I think you're forgetting Rotherham.
It needs the crowd to be the same as they were against Cardiff last season getting right behind them from the off, make the atmosphere as hostile for MK Dons as we can. Maybe a bit of momentum and winning two games on the spin will help our cause.....who knows but at least lets give it a try. Easy for me to say I know as I cant attend, but I'll try and replicate in the match thread so others unable to get there can experience the atmosphere, if that's possible. I think we have to win this game, and whilst if we lose it we are not mathematically down, we will only be waiting for Boro and maybe Shef Wed to beat us and I think that'll be it. I hope I'm wrong but for me tonight is a 6 pointer and defeat will put the final nail in the coffin. So COYR's!!!!
Can we get the match thread up on the big screen? That will really intimidate the franchise's players.
10mins into second half, after a hefty challenge on the wing by Motta, Karl Robinson jumps up and shouts at the ref to get the Italian sent off. Motta doesn't appreciate Karl's input, so he throws himself head first like a torpedo into Robinsons mid rift knocking the Milton Keynes manger to the floor. the Charlton bench are slow to react (no surprise there) so Motta is able to get a few kicks in before the Charlton coaching staff can pull the Italian defender away.
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To be completely put out of my misery they need to be mathematically unable to avoid the drop. Serious question - how soon could this be? The smallest tad of hope is making it unbearable
Nah they're going to improvise... Watch for the low corner to the edge of the penalty area and then bam, straight in... Our defenders wont have a scooby whats going on with the change of tactic
as for the highlighted bit, can guarantee that won't happen
I think we have to win this game, and whilst if we lose it we are not mathematically down, we will only be waiting for Boro and maybe Shef Wed to beat us and I think that'll be it. I hope I'm wrong but for me tonight is a 6 pointer and defeat will put the final nail in the coffin. So COYR's!!!!
The fans need to stay patient if we're not going forward quickly enough, if we have the ball then it means that MK Dons dont have it, which means they cannot score... Getting on the players backs because they're patiently passing it around will only highlight what a good job MK Dons are doing defensively and will give them the lift our players could do with.
Motta Fanni Teixeira Fox
JBG Cousins Poyet Young
Sanogo Harriott
Can also line up as
Pope
Fanni Teixeria Fox
Motta Cousins Poyet Young
JBG
Sanogo Harriott
One of the new guys gets a goal, I'm going for a Teixeria header, and Big Mak comes on late and scores the winner, 2-1 win
Win and make a Millwall fan happy. What a conundrum.
10mins into second half, after a hefty challenge on the wing by Motta, Karl Robinson jumps up and shouts at the ref to get the Italian sent off. Motta doesn't appreciate Karl's input, so he throws himself head first like a torpedo into Robinsons mid rift knocking the Milton Keynes manger to the floor. the Charlton bench are slow to react (no surprise there) so Motta is able to get a few kicks in before the Charlton coaching staff can pull the Italian defender away.
we go on to lose 2-1.
FACT