Exeter City v Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 8th August 2017 … 7:45pm Kick-Off
League Cup First Round
IntroductionWriting this match preview straight after our victory over Bristol Rovers makes my life a lot easier for our next fixture… After securing three points on the opening day of the season after playing almost the whole match with 10-men proves that we’ll be no pushovers this term. Yet already it’s time to take a break from league action, as we make the trip down to the West Country for a Devon double header, beginning with Exeter City in the League Cup.
The OppositionName: Exeter City |
Manager: Paul Tisdale
Manager Record: (
P)-570 | (
W)-215 | (
D)-148 | (
L)-207 | (
W%)-37.7
You hear in the press all the time that no Manager’s job is safe and apart from a handful club you can expect a change in the hot seat at least once a season. Quite obviously at Arsenal that doesn’t happen and in Paul Tisdale; Exeter are another example of sticking by their man. No more was that shown early last season when early in November it looked as though Exeter would exit the Football League, yet loyalty runs deep within the Grecians and a brilliant turn around saw Tisdale and his squad just missing out on promotion after losing in the Play-Off Final.
Defeat in a Play-Off Final must be the hardest prospect for any Manager ahead of the new season and with Exeter losing impressive youngsters: Ollie Waktins (Brentford) and Ethan Ampadu (Chelsea) you’d expect the task even harder for Tisdale, especially as only three players were brought in over the summer. Yet at present there appear to very few ill effects from the Wembley defeat with Exeter recording an opening home win against Cambridge United, Reuben Reid (14-goals last term) scoring from the penalty spot to open his account for the year.
Charlton Team NewsBeing the League Cup you’d expect this to be nothing more than a distraction for Karl Robinson and his players with the Charlton boss stating that he’ll happily take a fine for fielding a weaker squad tomorrow night…
Straight away you’d expect to see Dillon Phillips going between the sticks as per our sole outing in this competition last term whilst it’ll also be an opportunity for Naby Sarr and Karlan Ahearne-Grant to put the first-team players under pressure in their respective positions, Ben Reeves could also earn his first Charlton appearance having been an unpicked substitute on Saturday… One interesting aspect we could see from the squad will be whether Ezri Konsa is included as could hinder potential sale this August with any appearance of course leaving him cup-tied for any prospective buyer.
Phillips
Barnes | Sarr | Bauer | Dasilva
Dijksteel | Crofts
Ahearne-Grant | Reeves | Fosu
Watt
Substitutes Bench: Amos | Jackson | Pearce | Forster-Caskey | Holmes | Clarke | Aribo
PredictionBookmark this preview people as you won’t often hear me unbothered about a Charlton result… A good cup run would be entertaining for the fans yet seeing we never get favourable draws even that is debatable – I say let’s give some match experience to the fringe players and if we get through then great yet ultimately with questions over the squad depth we should be concentrating on the League
Comments
KR said he'd rest the entire team, so no idea what 11 we could put out? Jackson at LB, Konsa at CB?
I would not ask DeSilva to play either.
Philips
Barnes Sarr Konsa Dijksteel
Crofts Aribo
Reeves Watt KAG
Hackett-fairchild
I hope Karl sticks by what he said and makes eleven changes.
If we then get three points Saturday he can claim all the credit.
COYR
As far as Konsa being rested in case of a move, I can't see him going anywhere where him being cup tied in the League Cup will play a major impact. Yes, maybe a team like Everton might want to play him in the third or fourth round if they get a favorable draw, but I'd be very surprised if that impacts his ability to get a move.
Phillips
Dijksteel Konsa Sarr Barnes
.....Crofts(C)...Aribo
KAG.........Reeves.....Charles-Cook
..............Watt
Bench: Amos, Bowry, Doughty, Jackson, Lapslie, Kennedy, Hackett-Fairchild
There will be a lot of players playing for their chance to be involved in the senior team this season. Dijksteel, Sarr, Barnes, and Charles-Cook all had good pre-seasons and Watt will be looking to make amends. Think we might see a performance.
Phillips
Djikisteel, Konsa, Sarr, Jackson
Crofts Aribo,
Reeves, KAG
Watt.
He said they needed a number ten.
http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/897059056?-11197:833:0
Bound to be the usual defeat to a lower league team (as posted by parkinsonout above - and PP had his fair share of those games !!)
I will be there with Golfie Jnr as we are currently holidaying in Devon. I don't think I've seen us beat a lower league side away in recent times - went to Hereford, Northwich & Shrewsbury (4-3) - so don't expect us to win
2-0 to the Grecians
2-1
Dijksteel Konsa Sarr Barnes
Crofts Charles-Cook
Reeves Aribo Ahearne-Grant
Watt