great preview as ever .. iron grey skies over Shropshire this a.m. .. heavy rain is forecast and it will be pretty cold .. nothing new there then @ForeverAddickted did not name Bauer in his chosen few, is he injured or has he jumped ship ? ...
Subbed early with concussion on Saturday may have to sit it out.
Onus is on the home team to take the game to us which will be in our favour as we sure as eggs struggle to break teams down and score from open play. Depends if there is a positive reaction to the last two home results.
I'm predicting a draw to keep my unbeaten away run going, having said that all 'good things' must come to an end at some time .
great preview as ever .. iron grey skies over Shropshire this a.m. .. heavy rain is forecast and it will be pretty cold .. nothing new there then @ForeverAddickted did not name Bauer in his chosen few, is he injured or has he jumped ship ? ...
Difficult to know just what to think .. Robinson has come nowhere near an acceptable level as our manager, hopeless tactics and confused team selections .. like Bury and Oldham the Shrews are putting up a frantic fight against relegation and will likely be more motivated than our increasingly motley crew .. however, never write off the hurt pride factor .. our players are surely hurting after recent performances and I am simply hoping that they (whoever 'they' are tonight) can get stuck in and show willing ... errrrrr .. YET another draw
Shrewsbury Town 2 v CAFC 2
Subbed early with concussion on Saturday may have to sit it out.
I'll be at the game but @InspectorSands might like to work his broadcasting magic for those, who really want to listen in, living outside the London area .
I bet Karl's missus has been frantically searching the Thomas Cook website for holidays departing in early April which cost the equivalent of 2 and a half year's wages. Said when he joined that MK Dons at home at the end of March would be his last game in charge, but he'll do well to last that long on current form.
Despite the usual face-caressing and weird hand gestures, Karl's post match bullshits on Saturday lacked the flare, creativity and arrogance that he'd delivered in his post-Oxford bullshits, and all he could come up with was a load of boring drivel about hard work, which always sounds unnatural coming from a Scouser.
Anyway, here's a list of our 5 lowest ever finishes since we joined the Football League in 1921 (most of which were registered immediately after we joined the league):
Wouldn't it be funny if, after promising to put together a side capable of challenging for promotion and repeatedly claiming to have learned from previous mistakes, they then managed to deliver the worst season in our entire history and achieved another relegation?
No it wouldn't be at all funny, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
2 - 0 to Shrewsbury. Boredom starts to become unease.
After a disappointing result tonight (2-1 loss), Karl opens up to the media, explaining how:
1) nothing is really his fault 2) that the team was unlucky because a) they were all over the opposition and b) the official would give us nothing 3) that he knows what is needed 4) he will be having serious conversations with players 5) that the players need to take responsibility (because it's nothing to do with the formation or the manager) 6) that he could not be better supported by the "Shareholder" and "CEO" 7) that every game until the end of the season is like a cup final 8) that the preparations for next season start now, like they had started in January 9) that the callow youths being thrown in at the deep end and having their confidence destroyed will be the mainstay of our team next year 10) if only we could score more goals we might win...
At the end of January I was really looking forward to February, where we'd be playing twice a week thereby filling the whole in my life! Now that it's here, I've started to dread it.
That said, in traditional Charlton fashion, I expect a good result away from home on a Tuesday night when few will be there to see it.
The guy who sits next to me at work is an armchair Shrewsbury fan. (It could be worse, he was brought up in Norwood and lives close to the Nigel's lair). I don't believe we'll get anything there and he will have what bragging rights are going (not a lot, admittedly).
While relegation is a mathematical possibility, too many of the bottom teams have to play each other. We would have to pick up no points at all till the end of the season to really be in it. I realise that may be an aspiration for Robinson, but a couple of clean sheets will mean some points. Even if we just draw 5 and win one, we'll be safe and will finish 18th. But this won't be a game we get anything out of. (I can't make Walsall, maybe that one)
Shrewsbury are not doing to bad at all; I think a draw will be a good result to be honest. On current form im not convinced that will happen. We will score but think they will score 3. 3-1 shrewsbury
Our late charge for promotion starts this evening. 39 points to play for. If we win our remaining 13 matches that should be good enough for the play-offs. Of course, we could aim for automatic promotion, but the extra income from a two-legged play-off then a 90,000 crowd at Wembley will come in handy for the extensive team strengthening our CEO is already crafting for next season. No point in hanging around in the Championship. We need to go straight through to the Premiership. RD and his team know what they are doing!
I'll be at the game but @InspectorSands might like to work his broadcasting magic for those, who really want to listen in, living outside the London area .
I'll probably be out but anyone with a smartphone/tablet can download the Mixlr app, tune to 94.9, place the phone/tablet by the radio and fire the app up.
Sweet golden syrop for Charlton, sour, bitter lemon juice for the Shrews... 2 Pancakes to 1 for the Addicks, thus waving goodbye to our honourable push to be this season's draw specialists
The guy who sits next to me at work is an armchair Shrewsbury fan. (It could be worse, he was brought up in Norwood and lives close to the Nigel's lair). I don't believe we'll get anything there and he will have what bragging rights are going (not a lot, admittedly).
While relegation is a mathematical possibility, too many of the bottom teams have to play each other. We would have to pick up no points at all till the end of the season to really be in it. I realise that may be an aspiration for Robinson, but a couple of clean sheets will mean some points. Even if we just draw 5 and win one, we'll be safe and will finish 18th. But this won't be a game we get anything out of. (I can't make Walsall, maybe that one)
The concept of an "armchair Shrewsbury fan" is quite an interesting one to me. Does he tell you stories of watching a 16-year-old Joe Hart when in fact he's never been to Shrewsbury?
Failed to beat: Oldham Rochdale Oxford Bury Wimbledon Fleetwood
Think you can add Shrewsbury to that 1-1, not sure which of our defenders will score.
I know this is a game of "look at the shit we couldn't beat," but Fleetwood are in 4th (3rd? somewhere good). We can talk about the "traditionally small clubs" we can't beat, but then look at Bournemouth or Hull (until recently the largest city in Europe never to have a team in the top flight) or Wigan or etc. and so on. Fleetwood are well run, they have a good, quite young team who, regardless of what you think of Rosler, play to a system and are well drilled.
Just simply hoping whoever plays shows some real desire not to let the season fizzle out, or even worse end with a couple of nervous weeks fighting the unthinkable, hats off to those who have travelled hope you are rewarded. 0-1 own goal.
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Onus is on the home team to take the game to us which will be in our favour as we sure as eggs struggle to break teams down and score from open play. Depends if there is a positive reaction to the last two home results.
I'm predicting a draw to keep my unbeaten away run going, having said that all 'good things' must come to an end at some time
We could do with a bit of luck.
We've no chance otherwise.
Despite the usual face-caressing and weird hand gestures, Karl's post match bullshits on Saturday lacked the flare, creativity and arrogance that he'd delivered in his post-Oxford bullshits, and all he could come up with was a load of boring drivel about hard work, which always sounds unnatural coming from a Scouser.
Anyway, here's a list of our 5 lowest ever finishes since we joined the Football League in 1921 (most of which were registered immediately after we joined the league):
14th 1973/74
21st 1925/26
15th 1924/25
14th 1923/24
16th 1921/22
Wouldn't it be funny if, after promising to put together a side capable of challenging for promotion and repeatedly claiming to have learned from previous mistakes, they then managed to deliver the worst season in our entire history and achieved another relegation?
No it wouldn't be at all funny, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
2 - 0 to Shrewsbury. Boredom starts to become unease.
1) nothing is really his fault
2) that the team was unlucky because a) they were all over the opposition and b) the official would give us nothing
3) that he knows what is needed
4) he will be having serious conversations with players
5) that the players need to take responsibility (because it's nothing to do with the formation or the manager)
6) that he could not be better supported by the "Shareholder" and "CEO"
7) that every game until the end of the season is like a cup final
8) that the preparations for next season start now, like they had started in January
9) that the callow youths being thrown in at the deep end and having their confidence destroyed will be the mainstay of our team next year
10) if only we could score more goals we might win...
That said, in traditional Charlton fashion, I expect a good result away from home on a Tuesday night when few will be there to see it.
While relegation is a mathematical possibility, too many of the bottom teams have to play each other. We would have to pick up no points at all till the end of the season to really be in it. I realise that may be an aspiration for Robinson, but a couple of clean sheets will mean some points. Even if we just draw 5 and win one, we'll be safe and will finish 18th. But this won't be a game we get anything out of. (I can't make Walsall, maybe that one)
Oldham
Rochdale
Oxford
Bury
Wimbledon
Fleetwood
Think you can add Shrewsbury to that 1-1, not sure which of our defenders will score.
Will Charlton be as flat as a pancake or will the win be sweeter than syrup?
Can Charlton go into Lent after a feast of goals?
Feel free to use any of these @Ollywozere