Our season won’t depend on losing 1-0 to teams that will be in and about the top 6 at the end of the season. Yes we lost but that was a 50/50 game and we will strengthen I’m sure. Our seasons success or failure will depend on the amount of points we drop against teams we should beat
Be interesting to see if Peterborough are in the mix for top 6 come the end of the season. It's being spoken about like it's a given but their own fans don't seem to think so
Our season won’t depend on losing 1-0 to teams that will be in and about the top 6 at the end of the season. Yes we lost but that was a 50/50 game and we will strengthen I’m sure. Our seasons success or failure will depend on the amount of points we drop against teams we should beat
Surely if our ambition is to get promoted we’ll need to win some matches against the top six too?
Leaburn got injured against Welling about 6 weeks ago. How fucking long should it take to bring In a replacement. Pisses me off that we are so late every transfer window to do the basics
Asiimwe was the biggest positive today for me, I think he looks a really good player. Composed in possession, drove us forward many times especially in the first half and 1v1 defending he is excellent and barely ever beaten.
Overall the performance was pretty good. If Leaburn is on the pitch then we at least draw, but probably win that game. I expected a worse scoreline tbh so feel reasonably ok despite the defeat
Our season won’t depend on losing 1-0 to teams that will be in and about the top 6 at the end of the season. Yes we lost but that was a 50/50 game and we will strengthen I’m sure. Our seasons success or failure will depend on the amount of points we drop against teams we should beat
Surely if our ambition is to get promoted we’ll need to win some matches against the top six too?
Yes of course and I’m sure we will my point was I think some people are over reacting to a close 1-0 defeat to a club that is always there or thereabouts. Today could easily been 1-0 to us it was a very close game and we had nowhere near what I’m sure our starting lineup will be in a few weeks time
May is lively but he needs service Dobson is quality but he can't do it all himself Payne, and Kirk. If they were just squad players we'd be ok. But they aren't. We need better. Our attacking options are very poor.
Defensively we're average. Therefore we need to improve that but going forward we simply have no invention.
Nobody to play between the lines. Nobody to do something different, something creative.
Taylor will improve set pieces. Leaburn will help the attacking line but if we rely on Fraser and CBT for impetus, we simply won't have enough.
JCH did fuck all today yet still hit the post. Their 22 was different gravy. We are behind Peterborough. By quite away.
At the end of the transfer window we MAY start to catch up but we'll be a couple of months off them.
Let alone Pompey, Bolton, Barnsley.
We've had the same issues for a long time. I don't want to hear the transfer window goes to end of August etc. We want out of this division now. I fear that isn't going to happen.
Our patterns of play are too rigid. Too obvious.
Better than last year? Most likely. Not good enough for promotion? Even more likely.
No way are we miles behind Posh! There was nothing in it today!
But we still lost.
We never seem to be able to turn a game around - why is that?
Dean says that “ one or two from today might not make it for Tuesday” . So that makes 10. TEN! Going into the third game of the season. Dean did hint that one might be back on Tuesday that he didn’t want to tip off Rovers about, but that’s still 10.
It was all Curbs and Brownie could talk about post-match. Jeez, it depresses me more than the performances.
And every season for a while now it’s been like this. There’s not a quick fix but we need to be asking the new ownership if they have a plan. Methven had plenty to say about it off the record, well sod that, give us some indication there’s an upgrade in progress.
Camara is a class act, and his mistake was doubly gutting because for me he was our best player in the first half until that moment. Now we see it was his first 90 ( or rather 102) for 18 months. Will he make another 90 on Tuesday?
What comes from signing people like Taylor who hasn’t had a proper pre season and gets injured again.
DH has gone on record saying he wanted to trim the squad down to a more manageable number. I wonder if now he has witnessed our injury curse he has changed his mind
As most people said, it obvious what’s needed, 2-3 weeks of the window left, don’t think we’re far away from being a fairly good team, providing we do the business in the window, not gonna get to disappointed.
I think people need to lower their expectations - this is a mid table squad
And also we need to have a bit of patience, the new owners have only been in place for a few weeks, theres no quick fix to the last few years of mismanagement. It could take 2-3 transfer windows to right all the wrongs. We need, as a fan base, to give the new lot a chance. Its hard because of everything previous regimes have done and failed to do but until such time as they give us reason not to, we have to trust that everything they do is for the long term good of Charlton Athletic and the ultimate goal of getting us back to where we all want to be.
I enjoyed the game but not the result. We were worth a draw at least. Thought the youngsters fitted in well and will be top players with more experience. May was on a hiding to nothing with long balls in the air. He so needs to play at ground level and desperately needs a wingman. We all know it so hopefully this is going to be sorted soon. Special mention to Dobbo who was immense today. And I liked the look of Camara... until their goal of course!
IF we had sorted our front line i.e. a proper partner for May, we would have won this match - end of - we kept the ball well, were in control - yep, cock up for their goal, but this is Div 3, the standard of players will always produce errors - so frustrating
Our season won’t depend on losing 1-0 to teams that will be in and about the top 6 at the end of the season. Yes we lost but that was a 50/50 game and we will strengthen I’m sure. Our seasons success or failure will depend on the amount of points we drop against teams we should beat
Surely if our ambition is to get promoted we’ll need to win some matches against the top six too?
Yes of course and I’m sure we will my point was I think some people are over reacting to a close 1-0 defeat to a club that is always there or thereabouts. Today could easily been 1-0 to us it was a very close game and we had nowhere near what I’m sure our starting lineup will be in a few weeks time
According to Holden, Fraser is out for 3/4 weeks, Campbell too. No sign of Leaburn or Aneke. etc etc with the other injured. So in 'a few weeks' we will be where we are now unless new, actually match fit, players are brought in.
Our season won’t depend on losing 1-0 to teams that will be in and about the top 6 at the end of the season. Yes we lost but that was a 50/50 game and we will strengthen I’m sure. Our seasons success or failure will depend on the amount of points we drop against teams we should beat
Surely if our ambition is to get promoted we’ll need to win some matches against the top six too?
Yes of course and I’m sure we will my point was I think some people are over reacting to a close 1-0 defeat to a club that is always there or thereabouts. Today could easily been 1-0 to us it was a very close game and we had nowhere near what I’m sure our starting lineup will be in a few weeks time
According to Holden, Fraser is out for 3/4 weeks, Campbell too. No sign of Leaburn or Aneke. etc etc with the other injured. So in 'a few weeks' we will be where we are now unless new, actually match fit, players are brought in.
There was nothing wrong with that performance .. we deserved something from the game , injuries are getting a concern but we have enough time both in the window and the season for them not to affect to much .
Our season won’t depend on losing 1-0 to teams that will be in and about the top 6 at the end of the season. Yes we lost but that was a 50/50 game and we will strengthen I’m sure. Our seasons success or failure will depend on the amount of points we drop against teams we should beat
Surely if our ambition is to get promoted we’ll need to win some matches against the top six too?
Yes of course and I’m sure we will my point was I think some people are over reacting to a close 1-0 defeat to a club that is always there or thereabouts. Today could easily been 1-0 to us it was a very close game and we had nowhere near what I’m sure our starting lineup will be in a few weeks time
But people were over reacting the other way a week ago to a close 1-0 victory over a newly promoted side, one who lost 4-0 at home to Pompey today which puts that result in better perspective...
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How fucking long should it take to bring In a replacement.
Pisses me off that we are so late every transfer window to do the basics
Overall the performance was pretty good. If Leaburn is on the pitch then we at least draw, but probably win that game. I expected a worse scoreline tbh so feel reasonably ok despite the defeat
Holden needs the club to back him NOW with some decent signings, otherwise we we have another poor season.
No chance of going up with the current squad.
We never seem to be able to turn a game around - why is that?
We have no such luxury and that is why we might suffer another poor season. New owners need to support Holden and invest now.
Not over-reacting, because it makes no difference if fans complain.
don’t think we’re far away from being a fairly good team, providing we do the business in the window, not gonna get to disappointed.
Special mention to Dobbo who was immense today. And I liked the look of Camara... until their goal of course!
IF we had sorted our front line i.e. a proper partner for May, we would have won this match - end of - we kept the ball well, were in control - yep, cock up for their goal, but this is Div 3, the standard of players will always produce errors - so frustrating
So in 'a few weeks' we will be where we are now unless new, actually match fit, players are brought in.
I am not holding my breath.
lot of positives today