Match Thread: Doncaster v Charlton | Good Friday | April 2nd: 12:30pm

Oggy Red

Off to Bonny Donny today.

Notice we have a lady lino this afternoon, the highly rated Lisa Rashid. Is she the first female official at a Charlton match - and therefore a bit of history being made today?
Also, Jason Euell makes his debut in the dugout as Charlton's new 1st team coach. Love to see continuity at Charlton.

Nads has had a fortnight to look things over, form his impressions and put his own fingerprint on the squad.
Liked his comment:  “What have we got to lose? Let’s try and be as positive as we can" .

Bang on. That's what I like to see from our manager.

Team lineup: No idea if Ryan is fit enough or no, but Washo out hamstrung.
Chance for Rocket Ronnie perhaps?

Ryan's back!

Charlton: Amos; Inniss, Pearce (C), Purrington; Matthews, Pratley, Forster-Caskey, Gilbey, Maatsen; Jaiyesimi, Stockley

Substitutes: Maynard-Brewer, Gunter, Oshilaja, Shinnie, Watson, Millar, Aneke

Live on Sky.

No Valley Pass live stream, except some foreign countries (not including Cornwall, unfortunately   )
No Scott Minto Show today, either. That's a big miss, I always enjoy the pre-match bants with Scotty & Curbs plus legendary Addick.


Come on you REDS!

Taxi_Lad

Be interesting to see his first line up 

Chunes

Interesting quote from Nadkins I've just seen: "“Maybe I’ve got in my mind the way I want us to play. But maybe just at this moment in time, where our squad of players are collectively and individually, maybe they don’t fit into that."

He goes on to say it's about using whatever shape or style we can to keep the season going. 

So expect we're not going to see a typical 'Adkins' transformation in style of play. Squad aren't up to it. Be interesting to see how we set out today. 

ForeverAddickted

https://twitter.com/CAFCofficial/status/1377930683646099458

clive

https://twitter.com/CAFCofficial/status/1377931060600692736/photo/1

ForeverAddickted

No Famewo or Schwartz even in the eighteen...

Not sure what he's going with, Jaiyesimi as our sole wide man potentially up front with Stockley?

MattF

Well, it's different

golfaddick

Maatsen on the wing or as part as a wing back set up  ?

Scoham

What formation is that? 5-3-2/-3-5-2 with DJ up front?

Inniss and Pearce as overlapping centre backs? 😉

Millar and Gunter rested after international duty.

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https://twitter.com/LouisMend/status/1377931561220378624

ParkinsonOut

Gawd knows what formation we’ll play 🤔

ValleyGary

I thought Nigel liked attacking football?

Looks very defensive to me.

bristoladdick

Looks like 4-2-3-1

fat man on a moped

I like the look of that team, exactly what formation that means I don't know

LargeAddick

Going to be interesting to see how that team sets up. 

wmcf123

That looks grim to me 

FishCostaFortune

Well that's not even close to a line up I would have imagined. Excited to see how it plays out. 

Covered_End_Lad

Looks to me like he is keen to have a good look at players who may still be around next season.

Scoham

Chunes said:

Interesting quote from Nadkins I've just seen: "“Maybe I’ve got in my mind the way I want us to play. But maybe just at this moment in time, where our squad of players are collectively and individually, maybe they don’t fit into that."

He goes on to say it's about using whatever shape or style we can to keep the season going. 

So expect we're not going to see a typical 'Adkins' transformation in style of play. Squad aren't up to it. Be interesting to see how we set out today. 

Where was this?

Obvious thing is our lack of wingers. Can’t move to a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 with only two wingers/wide forwards.

Southbank

Famewo injured? Looks like my January  bet of never seeing Inniss and Famewo together again still looking good

golfaddick

No Schwartz at all , which is surprising seeing as Washington is injured.

Just 2 strikers on the squad of 18.   Boooooo


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clive

https://twitter.com/drfc_official/status/1377931313768845312/photo/1

Addickhead86

Interesting times. Surprised that Morgan's not around, unless he's got a knock. Looking forward to seeing how this pans out...

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https://twitter.com/LouisMend/status/1377931931929690114

Scoham

Unless Maatsen is playing further forward?

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clive said:

https://twitter.com/drfc_official/status/1377931313768845312/photo/1

Bostock in Midfield will be interesting, going to be curious to see what Matt Smith is like at this level

clive

Addickhead86 said:

Interesting times. Surprised that Morgan's not around, unless he's got a knock. Looking forward to seeing how this pans out...

Matt Smith, Albie Morgan and Ronnie Schwartz travelled with the side but haven't been included in the squad. 
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/6066ec314859e/team-news-ryan-innis-returns-to-starting-lineup-for-doncaster-rovers-clash

thenewbie

ValleyGary said:

I thought Nigel liked attacking football?

Looks very defensive to me.

Hence his quote about the players and where he'd like to be, presumably. He might WANT to play more attacking stuff but pragmatism says results over ideology. Wins build confidence etc.

ValleyGary

I think that’s the end of Ronnie.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Wow! Interesting

AndyG

Interesting that Gilbey starts he must be training well and we know he has been out on early morning runs before training. Maybe we are going to see his box to box play ?