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Charlton v Luton Sat 22 Feb | 3pm KO | Post-match Thread

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  • Much better 2nd half, huge 3 points. Had my Arsenal supporting FIL with us today, first time he’d been to the Valley since 1960.
    Bring him again, Mehmet ....... he must have worn his lucky pants.


  • Sage said:
    Told you guys it was too defensive with Oshilaja playing too. Lapslie made a huge difference and changed the game in our favour. I also called the 3-1 win the preview.

    Huge 3 points. Moves us nicely forward and only around 8-10 points and that should be enough. Repeat our form from last 5 or 6 and we will be safe by April. More twists and turns to come but we will be fine.

    Love it.
    So how did we setup? I couldn't get to today's game.
  • Pretty dreadful first half. Usual defensive frailties, really struggled to clear our lines, poor decision making on the ball, and no clear link between midfield and attack. Thought we looked very poor and a moment of magic from Taylor saved us going in a goal behind. Thank goodness Luton are such a poor side otherwise it would’ve been another Blackburn or Stoke. 

    Two big let offs early in the second half - free header from a corner and then, probably, a wrongly disallowed goal after more ponderous possession in midfield. 

    Finally, though, Bowyer made the much needed change to the midfield and everything changed. Lapslie changed everything. Suddenly we had energy in midfield, everyone looked comfortable with their roles, and we had links between all the lines. Our early season balance was back. The fact he won the  penalty and scored the clincher were just icing on the cake.

    Strong showing from Dills, dealt with everything he could reasonably be expected to. Matthews was good and best of the defenders. Doughty looks to have lost his early fearlessness and looks a bit tentative to me, but was far from dreadful. Lockyer was ropey as in the first half, better second (no coincidence that the midfield was providing better protection), Sarr very unlucky not to score and generally decent otherwise. Cullen played well, very busy and getting his touch and sharpness of turn and passing back, more to come from him as he finds that last 5% of fitness. Deji, he’s a trier but absolutely no need to have in that midfield with two other defensive minded players. Davis looked lost on the right of the diamond, but much better at the base in the second half. Ozzy, in and out of the game but nearly unlocked them a few times, overdue a goal now. Green tried but didn’t really affect the game that much and missed an absolute sitter, his pace is an outlet though.  Taylor, only one to put on a full 90 minutes of good quality, and a magic goal. Without him we’d already be down. Bonne looked decent when he came on, another assist and a physical handful for their defence - he’s learning more and more tricks from Taylor. 
    What Exiled has said sums it up for me.

    Just got in and going out for dinner tonight so I am being lazy.

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  • A fully fit Taylor keeps us up comfortably. Also really happy for lapslie - changed the game when he came on.
  • Twist and shout 
  • Twist and shout 
  • Great shithousery by Lyle to the Luton fans, who I honestly thought wound him up enough to be sharp and take that goal.
  • Poor first half in testing conditions.

    Much better second.

    Taylor exceptional, George coming on made a big difference, Bonne looked very good and thought Green looked better when he dropped into midfield.

    come on you reds.
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  • Oggy Red said:
      Taylor, only one to put on a full 90 minutes of good quality, and a magic goal. Without him we’d already be down.

    Or alternatively, if Taylor hadn't missed 3 months of the season, Charlton wouldn't even have been drawn into the relegation struggle ...... ?



    No, wed be aiming for the playoffs 
  • Not a great performance but the result was all that mattered and is all that will matter for the next couple of months. 

    We looked so much better with the ball on the deck, those hopeless long balls in the channels were a waste. Luton struggled when Taylor, Green, Oztumer and Bonne started running at them. Still not convinced by Davies though he looked slightly better when Oshilaja went off. Great energy from Lapslie, delighted he scored. Thought we were gonna throw away the points after the terrible Green miss and the more difficult Oztumer one, from my position the pass to him was slightly behind him.

    Next few are key, get the ball on the deck and keep the pressure on please. 
  • 1StevieG said:
    Oggy Red said:
    1StevieG said:
    The less said about Oshilaja the better. 
    It's not all his fault though. All he's done is show he's not a midfielder.

    Square pegs in round holes.
    Play a player in his own specialist position. That's what he was developed to do - and where he will play best.
    No not all but but he was treating the ball like a hot potato and passing it to the opposition whenever possible ( he was not the only one guilty of misplaced passes ). 
    Not going to dig Deji out as not necessarily his natural position. But for me he is one of these players who gets better when he is not in the team. Our defence has been prone to a bad mistake for most of the season, and it's natural to think he is the solution and we should get him in. 

    When he played CB in a back 3 I thought he got bullied, though that view was very much against what most people saw.

     I actually thought the best I have seen him play was at right back.
    Yep, first time I saw him play was against Forest at home, as RB ...... and I thought he had a storming game, strong in the tackle and positionally sound, and worked up and down the line supporting the play and adding width.

    Then he got injured, of course.


  • Looked off the the pace at times but worked out way into the game and deservedly took the lead only for a defensive lapse to peg us back. The turning point was their offside goal. Graeme Jones is convinced it was onside but that is the luck you get. After that there was only one winner, Clear penalty and a lovely third. All in all very happy indeed!
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  • edited February 2020
    First half wasn't that bad, we hit the bar and scored a good goal then fell asleep immediately after. Turning point was their disallowed goal - it was close and had their player left it would it have crept in anyway? After that with Lapslie on we did well. Davis looked good changing position and we did look a threat. Luton looked like a team which had won its last two but I think it was the sort of performance from us that was needed. Massive three points and now we have brought a number of teams into it. Boro look to be in freefall at the moment. I could see them going!
  • Just watched the goals back... Goal is even better when you watch Lapslie's movement along with flicking the ball to Taylor
  • 2785 travelling Luton today. Fair play to them for a bottom of the table clash. 
    They thought it was our 'Football for a Fiver' game.


  • Lapslie superb when he cane on. 
    A proper impact sub. 
  • Oggy Red said:


    George Lapslie, who revealed after the game that his partner is pregnant, celebrates his first ever league goal.


    It looks like it's Lapslie who's pregnant.




    Dunno if this is a whoosh, but he stuck the ball up his top after he scored. 
    Yeah, he's sucking his thumb like a baby ...... and he's not really pregnant himself, you know? :smile:


  • Funniest thing happened from Sky Sports. Just before we were awarded the penalty they alerted me that George Lapslie had missed a penalty! Just glad it wasn't an omen. Not sure if anyone else got this?
  • On holiday in Tangier and just caught up with the match thread. Many thanks to all who posted and to those rip-roaring, free scoring boys in red and white. 
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