Solid rather than spectacular which is fine. Quality counted when it mattered. I was quite impressed with Crewe and they might do ok this year. I think that today was a potential banana skin that we didn't go anywhere near thankfully.
Bit scruffy,under some pressure late on,two good goals,perfect away performance.There will be plenty like this to come.Good bench,delighted with the new lads who played,3-4 additions and no reason why we cannot piss this league.Special word for Amos,superb claiming of the ball,apart from one dodgy goal kick,excellent performance,wont miss Phillips.
Only saw the second half . We were lucky not to concede at least one against a limited Crewe side . Positives Barker Gilbey and Doughty . Negatives JFC and Lapslie . Think we still need 6 players in for chance of promotion .
Pretty even until the first goal. We took our chances being the main difference. Crewe maybe need a bit of quality up top but certainly stretched us at times. Thought the back 4 did very well. A clean sheet and 3 points. Also, my 2-0 bet at 12/1 came in.
Got to be pleased with a win away from home whatever league you are in.
Crewe started better than us but once we produced the one true piece of quality in a largely forgettable match we were never seriously troubled despite making mistakes that better teams would have exploited probably.
Gilbey, Alfie and the young lad Barker playing out of position impressed. Amos made one outstanding save to keep it at 2-0 and Pratley did what Pratley does.
Tougher tests to come without a doubt but job done today.
Only saw the second half . We were lucky not to concede at least one against a limited Crewe side . Positives Barker Gilbey and Doughty . Negatives JFC and Lapslie . Think we still need 6 players in for chance of promotion .
Can imagine that tainting your view somewhat as in isolation that must have looked a bit rubbish. I think it was a professional performance by a makeshift team over 90 minutes. It’s clear we’ll need reinforcements but they did what they had to in the first half and then played more in second gear in the second. Thought Purrington had his best game for a long time. Gilbey was very good as well.
A good day, only ruined by EFfeL taking the piss making Barnsley and Luton an opening fixture, whilst EFfeLs love-child won their fantasy league match at Cardiff...... A "Massive" injustice. A message sung loudly for good old "Aunty EFfel" :
"You gotta play around But soon you'll find there comes a time For making your mind up.
Don't let your indecision Take you from behind Trust your inner vision Don't let others change your mind"
EFL.... A restriction to existence. Bucks Fizz becomes the F*cks Bizz?
Time to let Charlton free and watch them fly!!!!!!!!!!
Fine start, but neither hugely entertaining nor flowing. A workmanlike job, Doughty’s finish being the match’s highlight for me. We will come up against stronger teams, but all things being well, we will be stronger too over the course of the next week or two. COYR!
the win was good but the stats were worrying. didn't watch the game and you have to keep in mind this is early days still.
9 times out of 10 we’re going to let teams have more possession when 1-0 up. Crewe had a couple of chances but stats can be deceptive. I’d rather create 2 one on ones in 90mins then have 40 shots from outside the box. We wasn’t fantastic today by any means but we did what we had to.
Crewe can count themselves very unlucky as they were slightly the better team but it's all about putting the ball in the net and we did that.
Gilbey looks the nuts.
I don’t agree they were better. We played an excellent away game. Scrappy start to stop them flying out the blocks. Got an excellent first and then the second at just the right time meaning that in the second Crewe had to come out and go for it. Amos only had one good safe to make. We weren’t brilliant but we were professional enough to get the job done.
Very happy with the win. Clean sheet for Amos that hasn't started a league game since ??. Two goal lead kept for an entire half, first time since ?? No injuries despite the ref being lenient. Saturday night with three points in the bag. All is good in Camp Charlton.
After all we fans have been through over the past couple of years it's nice to have something to smile about. If Sandgaard gets the takeover done and gives Bowyer a bit of support we will smash Barcelona in the CL final
Fixed it for you mate
Yeah, like Barcelona are going to make it to another Chanpions League final before we win it 😂😂😂
Take that on the opening day, solid away win and attacking players off the mark, clean sheet as well, very optimistic after a win today and I am confident, with confirmation in the coming days that we are on-wards and upwards LLL&BH
Didnt watch it so can only go by what I read on the match thread & the goals via Sky.
Seeing as we went into the game with just 1 recognised centre half (that has played senior football) then winning & keeping a clean sheet is nothing short of amazing.
Great goal by Doughty & great to see Washington get off the mark in his first game for us. I hear Gilbey had a good game & surprised to read that Barker played at right back.....any reason why ? I would have thought him in the middle with Pratley & Oshilaja at right back would have been better.......but I'm not complaining 😄.
I'm pretty sure the takeover will go through early next week & then LB can bring in the 5 or 6 players that we need. Certainly need a couple of centre halves & an experienced No 9 would be good too. Bonne might do a lot of running but sadly he wont get enough to get us out of this league. Would prefer a smaller, nippy striker....like a BWP or Kevin Phillips that can run off Washington & Bonne.
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Thank you, of course, to all the thread contributors.
Got to be pleased with a win away from home whatever league you are in.
Crewe started better than us but once we produced the one true piece of quality in a largely forgettable match we were never seriously troubled despite making mistakes that better teams would have exploited probably.
Gilbey, Alfie and the young lad Barker playing out of position impressed. Amos made one outstanding save to keep it at 2-0 and Pratley did what Pratley does.
Tougher tests to come without a doubt but job done today.
"You gotta play around
But soon you'll find there comes a time
For making your mind up.
Don't let your indecision
Take you from behind
Trust your inner vision
Don't let others change your mind"
EFL.... A restriction to existence. Bucks Fizz becomes the F*cks Bizz?
Time to let Charlton free and watch them fly!!!!!!!!!!
Gilbey looks the nuts.
Considering the current state of the club and the team a good result.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/lee-bowyer-says-theres-still-room-for-improvement-after-charlton-claim-opening-day-win-at-crewe/
Seeing as we went into the game with just 1 recognised centre half (that has played senior football) then winning & keeping a clean sheet is nothing short of amazing.
Great goal by Doughty & great to see Washington get off the mark in his first game for us. I hear Gilbey had a good game & surprised to read that Barker played at right back.....any reason why ? I would have thought him in the middle with Pratley & Oshilaja at right back would have been better.......but I'm not complaining 😄.
I'm pretty sure the takeover will go through early next week & then LB can bring in the 5 or 6 players that we need. Certainly need a couple of centre halves & an experienced No 9 would be good too. Bonne might do a lot of running but sadly he wont get enough to get us out of this league. Would prefer a smaller, nippy striker....like a BWP or Kevin Phillips that can run off Washington & Bonne.
Now to give West Ham a fright......
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-boss-lee-bowyer-praises-goalscorer-connor-washingtons-hard-work-at-crewe-and-reveals-why-charlie-barker-was-played-at-right-back/