Morgan was out of his depth first half, Pratley was awful. Aribo was off and Page was making wrong decisions. Bauer couldn't time a jump all eve and Phillips didn't command his box. Add that to one of the worst refereeing performances you're likely to see and you'll struggle to get anything out of a game.
Thought the lad from Arsenal looked tidy, very composed. Ajose changed the game when he came on, lots of clever little interplay.
Overall our poor decision making in the final third will cost us, did their keeper have to make a save? We're in the final third and because no one will put the ball into the box, Taylor comes out to do it himself and then we lose our best attacking header of the ball. Best cross all game was when they nearly put it in their own net late on.
Set pieces need some work too. Just clear the first man for fuck sake. The only real positive is how we kept trying right til the end. 8 points off the pace already.
Hate to say it but I thought Phillips dealt with everything tonight, made any ball into the box look easy pretty much...
Catching was brilliant and punched when it was too risky to catch the ball
Broke my exile tonight. I Just decided I wanted to spend some quality time with my son at football like we did a few years ago. Sit with him and talk about the game and the situation the club is in. Deliberately chose seats behind the dugout as I wanted to see and hear how Bowyer and Jackson managed the game.
First half was more entertaining for the behaviour of the two management teams than anything on the pitch. Evans and his assistant managed to drag Bowyer and one of our coaches (not sure who he is to be honest) into some verbals. Bowyer felt Evans was getting to the ref. I must say when it takes over 20 minutes to get a free kick then it was a worry.
I thought in the second half we were a lot better. The change to bring on Ajose and drop Karlen deeper paid off and we had a good spell of around 25 minutes.
Then a counter attack and a penalty. It looked soft and came not long after Taylor had a chance and appeared to be challenged from behind in the area.
In my opinion the quality of the officials was wel below what is acceptable. The red and dugout side linesman were ropey. I’m sure Bowyer has a word or two when he confronted the ref at the final whistle.
If Peterborough are the best side in L1 then it just shows how poor this division is.
We didn't really turn up until the last 25 minutes and despite a lot of pressure we couldn't score and inevitably conceded late on. Can't really comment on the penalty as I was too far away.
The ref and linesman on the East side were pretty abysmal throughout the game.
Morgan looked a bit lost to me and we improved once Ajose came on. We couldn't put a decent cross in and seem intent on trying to pass the ball into the goal.
What I felt was a joke was the fact that Pratley got a straight yellow for a shirt pull, their player went and did it moments later and got away with it!!
Can someone actually explain to me why the Linesman in front of the West Stand is solely alongside the opposition dugout in games and why there is never a game them running the line towards the North Stand? - Surely we should get priority in that respect as we're the home side or is there some rule as to how they the Linesmen setup? - It'll certainly stop little fat c**ts like Evans from being able to intimidate them!!
I thought we were going to get hammered tonight, to look for a positive. The whole club is stuck in a rut of shit and bad luck. It's just so hard to even care these days, which is sad.
The early bookings of Pratley and Morgan made them pretty ineffective in terms of putting strong tackles in for the rest of the game. Could see the wariness.
Evans’ comments re red cards and targeting Dembele are ludicrous. A nasty man.
Can’t fault the team or management at all. Felt when we brought Ajose on and went front 3 we actually played some decent stuff. One very good block stopping an Aribo shot and the one their defender did well to put out for a corner.
For me the most infuriating thing was every single time we started to get some momentum the ref would give one of the softest free kicks to them, they’d take 30 seconds out the game and kill momentum.
Think most people on here have judged it correctly. Actually a decent game which wasn't helped by the ref. Can't really comment on the penalty award because it happened too quick for me.
I liked the three at the back and thought Bielik looked very promising. He looked well balanced and won lots of headers. Very impressive.
Liked the way we tried to play and on another day we'd win a game like that 1-0. I'm disappointed but quite encouraged.
The early bookings of Pratley and Morgan made them pretty ineffective in terms of putting strong tackles in for the rest of the game. Could see the wariness.
Evans’ comments re red cards and targeting Dembele are ludicrous. A nasty man.
Bloke shouldnt even be allowed in Football after his Boston United days, anything dodgy like that should be a lifetime ban from the game!!
we are not shit....that was a brave solid performance where the players gave their all and fans have gone home galvanised and more committed to the team after that performance....tonight it was not about the result.
Can someone actually explain to me why the Linesman in front of the West Stand is solely alongside the opposition dugout in games and why there is never a game them running the line towards the North Stand? - Surely we should get priority in that respect as we're the home side or is there some rule as to how they the Linesmen setup? - It'll certainly stop little fat c**ts like Evans from being able to intimidate them!!
That's our fault for trying to be clever. Next time at the valley look at the position of the away dugout.
Harsh some of the comments, we definitely deserved a point and every single player put in a decent shift, more of that please. We just lost to a dubious penalty in the last couple of minutes against a side top of the table with 100% record. They all deserve a pat on the back.
I thought the three centre halfs looked very good, just need to talk to each other more as numerous times two went for the same ball (I think because nether are used to playing in a three).
From my own playing days I would have hated playing against Taylor, he's one awkward bugger.
We lack real attacking creativity in the middle and Peterborough knew it, they set up to stop us down the wings, it was only when Ajose came on and Grant dropped to play behind that we started not just going wide from the back, should have done that much earlier, even if just pushing Albie up. Thats our achilles heal right now.
v Peterborough 1 shot on target no goals v Shrewsbuy 2 shots on target 2 goals v Acrington 5 shots on target 1 goal v Sunderland 5 shots on target 1 goal
4 League games, 13 shots on target, 4 goals. If we can sort out a creative centre mid we'll do Ok.
Can someone actually explain to me why the Linesman in front of the West Stand is solely alongside the opposition dugout in games and why there is never a game them running the line towards the North Stand? - Surely we should get priority in that respect as we're the home side or is there some rule as to how they the Linesmen setup? - It'll certainly stop little fat c**ts like Evans from being able to intimidate them!!
That's our fault for trying to be clever. Next time at the valley look at the position of the away dugout.
Yeh I've always noticed ours is closer to the Halfway line
Just find it strange how the West Stand lino is always running towards the Jimmy Seed Stand, the East Stand Lino always runs towards the North Stand
What I felt was a joke was the fact that Pratley got a straight yellow for a shirt pull, their player went and did it moments later and got away with it!!
Fuck me what a proper old-fashioned unrepentant **** that man is
Anyone with any knowledge of football who was at that game tonight would agree that we were hard done by,we were not shit we played some good stuff without reward,and were undone by a really crap referee.
Entertaining game and very unlucky. Arsenal lad was really good. And it was amusing at the end when 10 of them wanted to just lump the ball "league one style" into the box, but he was ready for the short pass as Wenger would've taught him.
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Catching was brilliant and punched when it was too risky to catch the ball
First half was more entertaining for the behaviour of the two management teams than anything on the pitch. Evans and his assistant managed to drag Bowyer and one of our coaches (not sure who he is to be honest) into some verbals. Bowyer felt Evans was getting to the ref. I must say when it takes over 20 minutes to get a free kick then it was a worry.
I thought in the second half we were a lot better. The change to bring on Ajose and drop Karlen deeper paid off and we had a good spell of around 25 minutes.
Then a counter attack and a penalty. It looked soft and came not long after Taylor had a chance and appeared to be challenged from behind in the area.
In my opinion the quality of the officials was wel below what is acceptable. The red and dugout side linesman were ropey. I’m sure Bowyer has a word or two when he confronted the ref at the final whistle.
We didn't really turn up until the last 25 minutes and despite a lot of pressure we couldn't score and inevitably conceded late on. Can't really comment on the penalty as I was too far away.
The ref and linesman on the East side were pretty abysmal throughout the game.
Morgan looked a bit lost to me and we improved once Ajose came on. We couldn't put a decent cross in and seem intent on trying to pass the ball into the goal.
First time I've 'watched' a match on the Match Thread. Most stressful way to follow a game. Thanks due to all the contributors though.
Its about time that our luck changed.
Peterborough have joined the increasingly long list of clubs that I hate.
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-should-have-had-men-sent-off-during-posh-win-at-the-valley-peterborough-boss-steve-evans/
What I felt was a joke was the fact that Pratley got a straight yellow for a shirt pull, their player went and did it moments later and got away with it!!
I am proud of what sounds like a very spirited performance and for that reason “I don’t even care” about the result.
Tough for the lads yes but my expectations are so low for this season that even the news of a decent performance is enough for me to feel satisfied.
What more could we realistically expect?
Evans’ comments re red cards and targeting Dembele are ludicrous. A nasty man.
For me the most infuriating thing was every single time we started to get some momentum the ref would give one of the softest free kicks to them, they’d take 30 seconds out the game and kill momentum.
I liked the three at the back and thought Bielik looked very promising. He looked well balanced and won lots of headers. Very impressive.
Liked the way we tried to play and on another day we'd win a game like that 1-0. I'm disappointed but quite encouraged.
Thought it could have gone either way. Great save from Phillips to deny the impressive Dembele.
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That's because we are now bartering at the pound shop instead of buying at Harrods .
I thought the three centre halfs looked very good, just need to talk to each other more as numerous times two went for the same ball (I think because nether are used to playing in a three).
From my own playing days I would have hated playing against Taylor, he's one awkward bugger.
We lack real attacking creativity in the middle and Peterborough knew it, they set up to stop us down the wings, it was only when Ajose came on and Grant dropped to play behind that we started not just going wide from the back, should have done that much earlier, even if just pushing Albie up. Thats our achilles heal right now.
v Peterborough 1 shot on target no goals
v Shrewsbuy 2 shots on target 2 goals
v Acrington 5 shots on target 1 goal
v Sunderland 5 shots on target 1 goal
4 League games, 13 shots on target, 4 goals. If we can sort out a creative centre mid we'll do Ok.
Just find it strange how the West Stand lino is always running towards the Jimmy Seed Stand, the East Stand Lino always runs towards the North Stand