Chef Wendy v Charlton Athletic
Saturday 19 March 2016 … 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
StatementBefore I commence with this week’s Preview I’d just like to say the following:
Dear Fans, over the past few weeks, some individuals have come on to CharltonLife (hic), they have not posted fairly but instead came to create disorder and interfere with how the Match Preview is written. Disorder which was to try and drive a change in ownership of this thread and the management of this forum {…} I have written the majority of previews this season missing just the single one (hic), I have met with several different types of fan (from heating to halogen) and continue to believe that I can do this job.
IntroductionAfter the events of last night I thought I’d start this preview on a slightly light note but there was one bit of truth to come from yesterday’s Statement… At present the Addicks have picked up seven points from just three games, we sit just five points (two victories) from safety and from the prospect of dragging a further side into the fight for Championship survival (Fulham)… This is the last match before the final International Break of the season; let’s go into it with our rivals sweating.
This Saturday also sees us travel to Yorkshire (thankfully we only have to visit this county one more time), this weekend we play the should be League One Champions (yet you weren’t so shush!!) in
Sheffield Wednesday.
The OppositionName: Sheffield Wednesday |
Manager: Carlos Carvalhal
Ground: Hillsborough |
Nickname: The Owls
When Charlton Athletic won League One, a strange rivalry was created between ourselves and our Yorkshire opponents… Many sides are seen as sleeping giants yet in truth it can’t be denied that Sheffield Wednesday are one of those sides… Ever since the Owls were relegated from the Premier League at the turn of the millennium, they’ve struggled, with various owners and managers they’ve drifted between the Championship and League One.
This season though and Sheffield Wednesday have spent big (by bringing in the cheating diver:
Fernando Forrestieri), they currently sit in the final Play-Off spot and have the potential to return to the top flight this season, the potential for another Charlton three points is strong though… Little Chef have only won a single match in the last six and failure to be promoted this season could ensure an FFP fine, either way, both sides will need the points this Saturday which could fall nicely into our hands.
Charlton Team NewsIt’s tough to guess on the team at present, with so many fit players to choose from its hard to guess which direction Jose Riga will go in (whilst at the same time we still have plenty of injuries)… Having made two clean sheets in the space of a week it would be extremely harsh to drop
Nick Pope, even after three points against Middlesbrough on Saturday prove its going to be hard to make any changes yet seeing Sheffield Wednesday are more physical than our last opponents (and with Yaya Sanogo still serving his suspension), we could see
Simon Makienok come into the side with Ademola Lookman being dropped to the bench.
Pope
Motta … Fanni … Teixeira … Fox
Gudmundsson … Cousins … Diarra … Young
Makienok … Harriott
Substitutes Bench: Mitov … Lennon … Johnson … Bergdich … Poyet … Lookman … Ghoochannejhad
Prediction
Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Charlton AthleticI’m off to rest my sore head, bit tender this morning as god do people know how to party!!
Comments
We win 1-0
The goal a long awaited penalty after Lookman is brought down in the box
Think we'll scrape it.
The crowd will scream 'Motta Goal!'
Because of that I tend to go by who was fit for the previous game when producing my line-up (Unless of course its obvious that someone hobbled off in that match and is mentioned by Riga post match).
If its mentioned that Jackson / Solly are fit for Saturday then I will be amending my line-up
How come your going to avoid the FFP fines etc.?
Lewis McGugan / Fernando Forestieri / Jack Hunt / Gary Hooper were all undisclosed but they must have demanded a decent fee (Wasnt the diving Italian about £3m) whilst your outgoing was Stevie May to Preston and Rhoys Wiggins for £200k
Player acquisitions and sales are done over the life of the agreement, ie we won't pay £3m for FF straight off, rather structured over say 3 years so that would be worth £1m per season.
Despite crowds not rising as much as expected our turnover is up as is commercial activities and TV monies.
Losses for FFP are to be £39m maximum over 3 seasons per the rule changes.
(Has that tempted Operation Pig out yet?)