Most noticeable for me is level on points with Peterborough. They were cruising ahead of us at one point and Steve Evans seems to have had his usual mid season quadruple helping of apple and blackberry crumble with two gallons of custard
Trevor Kettle's decision to send Sarr off after less than a minute taking into account the horrid weather conditions and slippery pitch was crazy and bonkers. But I am glad he had the bollocks to even it up. But to be fair I am calm about it now because we won. But hopefully we can keep Sols, Pat, Pearcey and Anfernee fit in the next three games if we lose any appeal or don't appeal the red card. Tall order I know and tall order (possibly being overtuning the red card) but more in keeping ALL those players fit with our horrid injury luck this season.
Dreadful weather - freezing cold and pouring rain. Thought Sarr being sent off on 38 seconds for his first touch of the ball was silly. Should have been booked. We looked comfortable with 10 men and AFC Wimbledon offered little. Honour was restored on 32 minutes when Barcham got his marching orders and the game improved in the second half.
Thought we looked good TBH. Had we had 11 on the pitch throughout we would have won this by a wider margin.
Dreadful weather - freezing cold and pouring rain. Thought Sarr being sent off on 38 seconds for his first touch of the ball was silly. Should have been booked. We looked comfortable with 10 men and AFC Wimbledon offered little. Honour was restored on 32 minutes when Barcham got his marching orders and the game improved in the second half.
Thought we looked good TBH. Had we had 11 on the pitch throughout we would have won this by a wider margin.
Beginning to feel pleasingly optimistic.
Pinnock was sent off. Ref did him a favor as he looked knackered after about 10 mins.
For those of you who didn't go to Blackpool but were here today who saw the rain today and thought it was bad (and it was bad) I can tell you last week rain was twice as bad.
Still don’t see that the Sarr challenge was a red card, watched the sky footage about 5 times.
Wasn’t kettle’s call though he asked the Lino and Lino was sure. Can’t do much more as a ref in that situation.
The conversation could have been along the lines that crickeet umpires use, " I thought that was a red card challenge, did you have a view that would make me change my mind? In that situation the lino would probably say I have no conclusive evidence to overturn your decision" or something along those lines. So it doesn't have to be a what do you think sort of conversation.
I can never remember the red card rules now - Is Sarr banned for three games or just the one?
I doubt very much he will be allowed time off, he just wont play matches. When Danny Mills got himself sent off to avoid playing at christmas, but he was on loan and his loan period was over during his ban.
I can never remember the red card rules now - Is Sarr banned for three games or just the one?
I doubt very much he will be allowed time off, he just wont play match3s. When Danny Mills got himself sent off to avoid playing at christmas, but he was on loan and bis loan period was over during his ban.
No he of course wont get any time off due to keeping up training / match sharpness - I purely meant in terms of having to actually play in matched
Taylor is the most I’ve loved a Charlton player since Andy Reid. Proper class.
Last player off, ran round all sides of the ground and clapped everyone and all with a big toe about to fall off. Class.
Follow him on social media and he just seems like a really good egg. He’s a credit to the club and just happens to be a quality player. His movement for the goal was different class.
Shocking first half performance by Wimbledon, the way we dominated possession during that period, you would have thought we had the one man advantage. Quite surreal seeing Pearce running up the left wing!
Fortunately once parity was restored, we rejigged things and got the deserved win. His first in the league, but now Ajose has 7 assists, which shows his all round play is better than he is often given credit for.
Didn't see Ajose first half but thought he had a good second, running into intelligent position and provided the final ball that no-one else could. Should have got something on the ball when the keeper came out though.
In terrible conditions and playing with 10 men for 93 minutes we were very professional and our game management was superb. I thought we dominated the 1st half even for the 30 minutes they had the extra player. We kept our cool despite not creating a chance 1st half.
Taylor is so important to cafc. Reeves, Fosu and Ajose weren't on their A game but their B game was good enough for a poor Wimbledon side. Pearce relished being a wing back ! and Bauer and bielik were immense. Aribo is playing decent and Solly was nice and steady. Sarr was playing well until his red card.
Did anyone else notice we did 40 + passes without the Dons touching the ball late in the 2nd half ?
In the meantime, congratulations to Lee Bowyer and Jacko for getting us to 40 points after 22 games in the teeth of multiple injuries and the second worst owner in the division. Just imagine what could be achieved with a bit of meaningful backing.
I'm very impressed with what Lord Bowyer and his butler, Jackson, have done so far. One of the best things about him is that he doesn't get carried away in his interviews regardless of the result - he always sounds the same ... apart from the Posh game!
If the good Lord continues his excellent work and gets us promoted he'd have have earned the right to be spoken of in the same manner as Archbishop Lawrence of Croydon (the "Miracle Worker"), Lord Llewellyn of Wembley, and Saint Christopher.
It’s shows the lottery that league 1 is, last seasons promotion contenders Bradford, Scunthorpe, Plymouth & Shrewsbury are in relegation trouble, I’m stunned that Luton are doing as well as they are, watched them a few times in league 2 and thought they were very average
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Wasn’t kettle’s call though he asked the Lino and Lino was sure. Can’t do much more as a ref in that situation.
Thought we looked good TBH. Had we had 11 on the pitch throughout we would have won this by a wider margin.
Beginning to feel pleasingly optimistic.
I can never remember the red card rules now - Is Sarr banned for three games or just the one?
1 game for 2 yellows
1 game for a professional foul
Fortunately once parity was restored, we rejigged things and got the deserved win. His first in the league, but now Ajose has 7 assists, which shows his all round play is better than he is often given credit for.
Didn't see Ajose first half but thought he had a good second, running into intelligent position and provided the final ball that no-one else could. Should have got something on the ball when the keeper came out though.
I thought we dominated the 1st half even for the 30 minutes they had the extra player.
We kept our cool despite not creating a chance 1st half.
Taylor is so important to cafc.
Reeves, Fosu and Ajose weren't on their A game but their B game was good enough for a poor Wimbledon side.
Pearce relished being a wing back ! and Bauer and bielik were immense.
Aribo is playing decent and Solly was nice and steady.
Sarr was playing well until his red card.
Did anyone else notice we did 40 + passes without the Dons touching the ball late in the 2nd half ?
If the good Lord continues his excellent work and gets us promoted he'd have have earned the right to be spoken of in the same manner as Archbishop Lawrence of Croydon (the "Miracle Worker"), Lord Llewellyn of Wembley, and Saint Christopher.