Here’s how our U21s line up against AFC Bournemouth U21s in this afternoon’s Premier League Cup tie: Adegoke; Hobden, Toure, Bakrin, Dench; Gough (c), Santos, Hand; Rylah, Mbick, Ladapo
Subs: Batt, Adigun, Mwamba, Enslin.
Very young side.
Asiimwe and Anderson not with the U21s, unlike Tuesday, so presumably have travelled with the first team.
No Ward either but may not be able to play overage players in these cup games
Charlton's U21s return to Professional Development League 2 - South action on Tuesday when Swansea City visit Sparrows Lane (KO 1pm GMT). Fans can watch all of Tuesday's action live on CharltonTV as part of their monthly or annual subscription, or you can purchase a one-off match pass for £4 by clicking here.
Supporters can follow live updates of the game via @CharltonAcademy on X - formerly known as Twitter.
Valley Gold members can attend Tuesday's match at Sparrows Lane, as authorised by Training Ground security.
Am sure Man City are delighted to see Fiorini playing for our U21s lol!
More minutes for Taylor and Isted too
Good to see we are actually out first teamers to get minutes.. about time we did this!!
Yeah especially those coming back from injury - At least Taylor wont be quite so rusty from match sharpness if he gets thrown back in going forward for example.
Taylor bossing midfield. Fiorini making no impact so far. Which is a shame as we have Coventry and Dobbo in Taylor's position, but no proper 10 in Fiorini's
Loads have been tried out, I wonder what is on the horizon for Jason Adigun who has been consistently good whenever I’ve seen him play. At the very least on a par with Karoy Anderson.
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Very young side.
Asiimwe and Anderson not with the U21s, unlike Tuesday, so presumably have travelled with the first team.
No Ward either but may not be able to play overage players in these cup games
Losing 1 - 0
A strange day to schedule an U21 game. Fine for Bournemouth as they don't have a first team game, but we do.
Fans can watch all of Tuesday's action live on CharltonTV as part of their monthly or annual subscription, or you can purchase a one-off match pass for £4 by clicking here.
Supporters can follow live updates of the game via @CharltonAcademy on X - formerly known as Twitter.
Valley Gold members can attend Tuesday's match at Sparrows Lane, as authorised by Training Ground security.
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/u21-preview-charlton-v-swansea
There are no trains serving New Eltham due to strike by ASLEF members today.
More minutes for Taylor and Isted too
He's here to get '90 minutes-fit' and sharp.
And ultimately to prove his match fitness.
Only one way to do that - play games.
Any competitive games, as many as his broken body can cope with.
Assume that they have OKed it with Man City over Fiorini. Should be low pressure game for him to get 30 or 45 minutes.
Hope Campbell gets his mojo back too. That's a speedy front three for Fiorini to pick a pass or two too.
Isted in goal is also an interesting one. Again he needs minutes but where is Ward?
Looking forward to watching this one.
McGrandles not involved so starting on Saturday : - )
1 - 0 Taylor 2 mins
And TC misses a very good chance make it two
Swans had a couple of corners but nothing else.
Taylor and Fiorini looking very comfortable and controlling game
Which is a shame as we have Coventry and Dobbo in Taylor's position, but no proper 10 in Fiorini's
Still one nil.
Isted made one comfortable save.
We're pressing well and the better side.
Taylor winning the ball in midfield and passing well.
Game been a bit flat last 15 minutes