They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
Quite a surreal day for me today. I would have been at The Valley today as always (with my sons) but here I am reading the post match views from my apartment on a 'compound' in Riyadh after arriving late last night!
Glad it was a positive result though of course, and I have already started to fly the Addicks flag from afar!! Going to be hard to get my head around not going regularly, home and away.
They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
Hat trick last week...
3 goals in 13 games, where was the hat trick, they must have been shocking?
They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
Hat trick last week...
Bloody hell, he was awful today. Really awful.
I do think part of that was Bauer though. His positioning for high balls was spot on and their 33 never got near it. As soon as he shifted over to Dasilva Robinson brought on Sarr as well which must have been demoralising
They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
Hat trick last week...
Bloody hell, he was awful today. Really awful.
I do think part of that was Bauer though. His positioning for high balls was spot on and their 33 never got near it. As soon as he shifted over to Dasilva Robinson brought on Sarr as well which must have been demoralising
Agreed, thought Bauer was great today. Just thought he (AFC33) was really poor on the deck, in the air, when he dropped deep on 50 mins when they were playing for 0-0, he may as well not have been playing.
They were a very poor footballing side, made it difficult for us. Good ugly 3 points. Their 33 was up there with the worst footballers I have ever seen, including Mike Small.
Hat trick last week...
Bloody hell, he was awful today. Really awful.
I do think part of that was Bauer though. His positioning for high balls was spot on and their 33 never got near it. As soon as he shifted over to Dasilva Robinson brought on Sarr as well which must have been demoralising
Agreed, thought Bauer was great today. Just thought he (AFC33) was really poor on the deck, in the air, when he dropped deep on 50 mins when they were playing for 0-0, he may as well not have been playing.
Bauer doesn't get enough credit IMO. Some dodgy matches in the past have tarnished his reputation but he's a really good player at this level
That's encouraging, especially as we haven't played particularly well for the majority of those games
Perhaps the best attacking performance in that was Oxford away 1-1.
Sorry just realized that includes Fleetwood I believe, so second best attacking performance.
That first draw came against Bury didnt it...?
Other than a sloppy 30mins against them we absolutely bossed that game and it was only Murphy the 'keeper that stopped us winning about 3-1
I *think* so. See earlier post re: fever dream.
But yes, I agree, had a poor 30 minutes against Bury where we started slowly and they scored a worldy (Beckford curler), and then we battered them. And the other draw was Oxford. Two performanes where we were good going forward and didn't take our chances.
Wanted to pick up on a couple things: @Clem_Snide pointed out rightly that Wimbledon are very good at those little "tactical" fouls where they break up play and momentum. Bury did that as well and we struggled to break them down. Here, we found a way, AND never really looked like conceding and both of those should be seen as huge positives.
@seth plum makes the really good point that we're just entering a part of the season where grinding out wins will be hugely important. It's that weird period where we don't play in the league for a couple weeks due to international breaks or cups, then play 3 times in a week. So getting wins by any measure is key. Keeping it tight at the back will be huge for us, as we have the players who have the ability to produce that moment of quality it takes to score.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Kashi can miss Truro and not Fulham but I wonder why the checkatrade game doesn't count for league 1 teams in terms of suspensions. I imagine if you get sent on in one, you miss league games
Oh mate, I don't know how to tell you this, but the CheckaTrade trophy isn't a real competition.
First "live" match of the season for this Scotland resident. Normally would have been about the third by now but the once a month trips have drifted somewhat under this regime (not helped by international postponement of Peterboro).
Managed to watch Bradford on stream too. I am struggling therefore to see what all the fuss re "Robbo has us playing brilliant, fast-flowing football" is all about. These last two performances reminded me more of the Mike Bailey promotion winners of the early 80s grinding out results. In both cases, after scoring a late goal, I felt confident we would win. Unusual feeling as a nervous Addick. (Though hitting the bar for them today did have me doubting for a few moments...)
On the player front: Solly tries as hard as ever but pace has gone. Why did Kashi play SO deep? He was behind the centre halves most of the time and rarely passed forward. Dasilva is a wee treasure but I was one of the few who thought that even on his debut v Millwall. Fosu looked a handful to me, though not everything came off for him. Impressed by Marshall - great ball control but very short shorts - a throw back to the 80s! Josh got little service and seemed to lack confidence when he finally got a chance. Ricky - just love him. Sure it was a pen but he made it irrelevant. Why does he not take all our attacking free kicks ?!
Have a few Dons mates and heard from them that away end was chaos pre match - there was a big walk up but we ran out of printed tickets. That's why so many seemed to arrive late. Embarrassing.
Robbo should just keep his gob shut re them too. I'll give credit for his managerial ability but just wish he'd show a bit more class and rise above any abuse from them.
Finally, just go Roland, go. And take that ridiculous Kat with you.
Wimbledon were clearly set up to frustrate, timewaste and try and nick a goal from a set piece. They were poor, but without Holmes' magic they'd have succeeded; we have to be putting a number on a team like this sooner rather than later.
Fosu was poor. His style is perfect for away games (running off pressure, drawing free kicks etc) but he had little space to work with today and suffered as a result. When Marshall came on he rectified this immediately, releasing the ball earlier to unmarked men.
Ricky Holmes wasn't great but he still ran his socks off and scored a beauty to win us the game. A real gem.
Bauer is really maturing this season. Offers a goal threat, go forward, passing ability and excellent defensive play. To shut out Bradford away and then completely nullify Wimbledon today is a credit to him and the rest of the defence.
Kashi is intelligent. Chap.
Poor old Josh Magennis. Not a moments rest all season and then expected to battle against three dirty Wimbledon defenders for ninety minutes. Could do with that backup striker to send on for the final twenty.
Ben Amos has proved he's an excellent shot stopper but his distribution is not on the same level, and the game Robinson wants to play it's a problem. Hopefully that improves over the season.
On Robinson, I do like him. I think he quietly enjoyed the fact all the attention from the terraces was on him today. Wimbledon fans lacked class. Meh.
All in all a good win and three points is three points. Some excellent opportunities in the next three games for the fringe players to impress and cause some headaches before Scunthorpe.
Thought Wimbledon were dirty and anti football, although their number 4 looked decent.
Holmes my MOTM. Never stopped running and chasing. Felt Clarke was unlucky to go off. Disliked some of Fosu's play. Should've fed Magennis in the first half. Felt like "play ground" decisions from him at times. But then at other times he was very good and looked a cut above.
Solly seemed a bit cautious. Dasilva good, but not electric. JFC steady. Kashi decent. Felt for Magennis - needs more chances creating for him. Centre backs ok. Amos ok, but some wayward kicking, but not always his fault due to pressure put on him.
Cracking goal.
Overall-thought the lads battled hard against a rough team, so can't complain.
Poor game, only the three points made the 260-mile, 6-hour round trip worth it.
Charlton's attacking moves appeared to fall down for one of four reasons:
- player with ball taking too many touches and running up a blind alley; - over-hit pass or cross; - cynical fouling by the oppo; - CockWombles player going down "injured".
Throw in some awful timewasting from the visitors prior to the goal and you have one of the worst matches of the season so far.
Great goal by Holmes who seems intent on having his own Goal Of The Season competition.
Marshall chipped in with a very promising 20-minute appearance at the end, maybe his emergence can allow Clarko to have a rest.
I've been ill for the past few days so not entirely sure if that match and all of you are a fever dream. But I like writing lengthy football-related things in my dreams anyway so sod it.
Good win. We controlled the game a lot more in the second half, and when you chip away at teams you're going to cause them to make mistakes. Like fouling you inside the box. Twice.
Unfortunately we didn't get either of those but still had a real moment of magic from Ricky.
Earlier this season, especially with Pearce in the side, we struggled against teams that pressed us high up the pitch, which surprised me. Since he's dropped out, and I don't think it's just down to him, fewer teams have done that to us. Wimbledon, sitting deep and defending and then trying to go direct, are the type of team I thought we'd struggle against. Every time we looked like we were building up momentum they'd give us a kick. That's how they play. They weren't afraid to give away free kicks because they're such a massive side.
Today it was that little bit of quality that got us over the line. And after going 1-0 up, I don't think we conceded a chance.
Really hope those Premier League scouts haven't been watching Konsa the last two games. He has been absolutely brilliant.
Hope it was nothing too serious and that you're right as rain again.
Poor game, only the three points made the 260-mile, 6-hour round trip worth it.
Charlton's attacking moves appeared to fall down for one of four reasons:
- player with ball taking too many touches and running up a blind alley; - over-hit pass or cross; - cynical fouling by the oppo; - CockWombles player going down "injured".
Throw in some awful timewasting from the visitors prior to the goal and you have one of the worst matches of the season so far.
Great goal by Holmes who seems intent on having his own Goal Of The Season competition.
Marshall chipped in with a very promising 20-minute appearance at the end, maybe his emergence can allow Clarko to have a rest.
Not sure Marshall's been brought in to provide cover. He'll be a starter as soon as he's fit.
Dull game , as Wimbledon , with I’m sure a budget of less than half of ours , came and did what these type of teams will do in this pub league and tried to grind out a result . I think some of our fans would like them to try and play attractive expansive football and lay down and die for us , weirdos .
Oh Ricky, you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky, Hey Ricky Oh Ricky, you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky, Hey Ricky Oh Ricky , you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky, Hey Ricky Oh Ricky, you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky, Hey Ricky!
Love his attitude, he just wants it soooo much .
What are the lyrics to the something wonderful song we were whispering singing , I was sat in the family stand and could hardly hear it ! What were the wombles fan singing about Karl ?
20% Automatic promotion ........55% Play offs ........... 25% 7th-12th
Only the 3rd game I've seen this season and have a one hundred percent win record, but was not impressed with yesterday. Both keepers hardly had anything to do, lot of hard endeavor, but not much ruthlessness in front of goal bar a bit of magic from Holmes.
However 30 points from 15 games is top 2 form, and keep that up then automatic promotion will be achieved. If we don't go up then Robinson will be looking for new employment
Spoke to Richard Murray after the game by the ticket office, we agreed it was going to take a bit of magic to win it, we disagreed about the penalty (Ricky Holmes) I thought it was just outside as I was directly inline with it in the covered end, he said it reminded him of CP’s promotion season, not playing well but still winning.
More importantly @DA9 did you ask Muzza who the new owners are and if they'll be in charge by the turn of the year
Lol, my pal asked me that back in the lib club, got the feeling he thought that was the next question and disappeared quickly into the players entrance doors, got to say, after hearing he was ill recently, he looked well
More importantly @DA9 did you ask Muzza who the new owners are and if they'll be in charge by the turn of the year
Lol, my pal asked me that back in the lib club, got the feeling he thought that was the next question and disappeared quickly into the players entrance doors, got to say, after hearing he was ill recently, he looked well
That's good to hear wouldn't wish his health issues on my worst enemy, not that I have any mind. Perhaps he's also in a good place with the future of his £2m+ loan and a continuing seat at the top table .
More importantly @DA9 did you ask Muzza who the new owners are and if they'll be in charge by the turn of the year
Lol, my pal asked me that back in the lib club, got the feeling he thought that was the next question and disappeared quickly into the players entrance doors, got to say, after hearing he was ill recently, he looked well
That's good to hear wouldn't wish his health issues on my worst enemy, not that I have any mind. Perhaps he's also in a good place with the future of his £2m+ loan and a continuing seat at the top table .
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Loved the support from all sides of the ground.
Big Mag looks tired.
Glad it was a positive result though of course, and I have already started to fly the Addicks flag from afar!! Going to be hard to get my head around not going regularly, home and away.
Fine with me - I just want out of this league.
But yes, I agree, had a poor 30 minutes against Bury where we started slowly and they scored a worldy (Beckford curler), and then we battered them. And the other draw was Oxford. Two performanes where we were good going forward and didn't take our chances.
Wanted to pick up on a couple things:
@Clem_Snide pointed out rightly that Wimbledon are very good at those little "tactical" fouls where they break up play and momentum. Bury did that as well and we struggled to break them down. Here, we found a way, AND never really looked like conceding and both of those should be seen as huge positives.
@seth plum makes the really good point that we're just entering a part of the season where grinding out wins will be hugely important. It's that weird period where we don't play in the league for a couple weeks due to international breaks or cups, then play 3 times in a week. So getting wins by any measure is key. Keeping it tight at the back will be huge for us, as we have the players who have the ability to produce that moment of quality it takes to score.
I'm with @Henry Irving, I believe.
Managed to watch Bradford on stream too. I am struggling therefore to see what all the fuss re "Robbo has us playing brilliant, fast-flowing football" is all about. These last two performances reminded me more of the Mike Bailey promotion winners of the early 80s grinding out results. In both cases, after scoring a late goal, I felt confident we would win. Unusual feeling as a nervous Addick. (Though hitting the bar for them today did have me doubting for a few moments...)
On the player front: Solly tries as hard as ever but pace has gone. Why did Kashi play SO deep? He was behind the centre halves most of the time and rarely passed forward. Dasilva is a wee treasure but I was one of the few who thought that even on his debut v Millwall. Fosu looked a handful to me, though not everything came off for him. Impressed by Marshall - great ball control but very short shorts - a throw back to the 80s! Josh got little service and seemed to lack confidence when he finally got a chance. Ricky - just love him. Sure it was a pen but he made it irrelevant. Why does he not take all our attacking free kicks ?!
Great to see @SE7toSG3 and @JamesSeed before and @rikofold briefly after.
Have a few Dons mates and heard from them that away end was chaos pre match - there was a big walk up but we ran out of printed tickets. That's why so many seemed to arrive late. Embarrassing.
Robbo should just keep his gob shut re them too. I'll give credit for his managerial ability but just wish he'd show a bit more class and rise above any abuse from them.
Finally, just go Roland, go. And take that ridiculous Kat with you.
Fosu was poor. His style is perfect for away games (running off pressure, drawing free kicks etc) but he had little space to work with today and suffered as a result. When Marshall came on he rectified this immediately, releasing the ball earlier to unmarked men.
Ricky Holmes wasn't great but he still ran his socks off and scored a beauty to win us the game. A real gem.
Bauer is really maturing this season. Offers a goal threat, go forward, passing ability and excellent defensive play. To shut out Bradford away and then completely nullify Wimbledon today is a credit to him and the rest of the defence.
Kashi is intelligent. Chap.
Poor old Josh Magennis. Not a moments rest all season and then expected to battle against three dirty Wimbledon defenders for ninety minutes. Could do with that backup striker to send on for the final twenty.
Ben Amos has proved he's an excellent shot stopper but his distribution is not on the same level, and the game Robinson wants to play it's a problem. Hopefully that improves over the season.
On Robinson, I do like him. I think he quietly enjoyed the fact all the attention from the terraces was on him today. Wimbledon fans lacked class. Meh.
All in all a good win and three points is three points. Some excellent opportunities in the next three games for the fringe players to impress and cause some headaches before Scunthorpe.
Holmes my MOTM. Never stopped running and chasing. Felt Clarke was unlucky to go off. Disliked some of Fosu's play. Should've fed Magennis in the first half. Felt like "play ground" decisions from him at times. But then at other times he was very good and looked a cut above.
Solly seemed a bit cautious. Dasilva good, but not electric. JFC steady. Kashi decent. Felt for Magennis - needs more chances creating for him. Centre backs ok. Amos ok, but some wayward kicking, but not always his fault due to pressure put on him.
Cracking goal.
Overall-thought the lads battled hard against a rough team, so can't complain.
Charlton's attacking moves appeared to fall down for one of four reasons:
- player with ball taking too many touches and running up a blind alley;
- over-hit pass or cross;
- cynical fouling by the oppo;
- CockWombles player going down "injured".
Throw in some awful timewasting from the visitors prior to the goal and you have one of the worst matches of the season so far.
Great goal by Holmes who seems intent on having his own Goal Of The Season competition.
Marshall chipped in with a very promising 20-minute appearance at the end, maybe his emergence can allow Clarko to have a rest.
I think some of our fans would like them to try and play attractive expansive football and lay down and die for us , weirdos .
Oh Ricky, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky,
Hey Ricky
Oh Ricky, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky,
Hey Ricky
Oh Ricky , you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky,
Hey Ricky
Oh Ricky, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Ricky,
Hey Ricky!
Love his attitude, he just wants it soooo much .
What are the lyrics to the something wonderful song we were
whisperingsinging , I was sat in the family stand and could hardly hear it !What were the wombles fan singing about Karl ?
20% Automatic promotion ........55% Play offs ........... 25% 7th-12th
100% Roland Out
However 30 points from 15 games is top 2 form, and keep that up then automatic promotion will be achieved. If we don't go up then Robinson will be looking for new employment