STATBANK: Charlton 1-3 Portsmouth

lancashire lad

thanks to the 86 Lifers who gave marks

ross1

You see what happens when we have too much possession 

killerandflash

We have an awful lot of yellow cards in our midfield, crazy that Watson is 2 away from a 2 match ban and that Gilbey has 5 already, when you consider the number of minutes they've played

Covered End

62% possession, totally outplayed and 1 shot on target.

golfaddick

Covered End said:

62% possession, totally outplayed and 1 shot on target.

Any team that only has 1 shot on target wont be getting promoted. 

Oggy Red

killerandflash said:

We have an awful lot of yellow cards in our midfield, crazy that Watson is 2 away from a 2 match ban and that Gilbey has 5 already, when you consider the number of minutes they've played

That's because they are both too slow.

Watson is 35 and many opponents are just quicker over the first half yard, just a split-second too quick for Watson in the tackle.. Hence the bookings.

Gilbey right now is too slow also ..... after a nasty achilles injury he's yet to recover quick acceleration. It's typically what happens to players after an achilles injury.
He'll unintentionally catch his opponent late in the tackle - and the bookings follow. 

Dazzler21

Oggy Red said:

killerandflash said:

We have an awful lot of yellow cards in our midfield, crazy that Watson is 2 away from a 2 match ban and that Gilbey has 5 already, when you consider the number of minutes they've played

That's because they are both too slow.

Watson is 35 and many opponents are just quicker over the first half yard, just a split-second too quick for Watson in the tackle.. Hence the bookings.

Gilbey right now is too slow also ..... after a nasty achilles injury he's yet to recover quick acceleration. It's typically what happens to players after an achilles injury.
He'll unintentionally catch his opponent late in the tackle - and the bookings follow. 

Get Darren Campbell back in to run another session on sprinting and pace. 

I know that was a Karl Robinson action, but it made complete sense.