MATCH THREAD (+POST p23): Charlton Athl v Cray Valley PM: FA Cup 🏆1st Rd: Sun 5 Nov 2023 | KO 17:30

Talal

If Chem Campbell isn't involved ahead of Kirk from now on I call shenanigans. 

Dazzler21

I'm not digging out Appleton for our starting 11 not playing well. That 11 needs a severe bollocking. 

They all looked second best to non league players that looked non league. That's unacceptable.

SELR_addicks

Embarrassing. 

Nothing else to really say about it. 

carly burn

Is it time for Andy Scott to give them another roasting?
Seemed to work last time

NabySarr

I can see why Hector doesn’t get dropped now. Need a centre back in January 

Hovi's Biscuit

Can’t help thinking if we’d have had 11 in the first half, rather than 10 and Kirk, we’d have been away 

charlton_hero

carly burn said:

Is it time for Andy Scott to give them another roasting?
Seemed to work last time

He'll be too busy cultivating an elite culture at the club.

limeygent

cafc_4life said:

limeygent said:

This one's down to Appleton.

Have a day off. Did you want him to go full strength against a pub team? 

Team he selected should have been enough to be comfortable. They were shit. End of. 

He selected Kirk.

Laddick01

NabySarr said:

I can see why Hector doesn’t get dropped now. Need a centre back in January 

CB, LB and a couple of wingers minimum.

Bedsaddick

I've been saying it all week . If Appleton plays a second string side we could come a cropper. 
He said in the interview on Friday that he want's to go as far in the cup as we can -   Bullshit

That was embarrassing .

Two good things to come out of the game are that we've got more TV money coming because the replay will deffo be live and secondly that proves that our squad is not good enough. Nowhere near good enough.

Kirk was a disgrace . He should never wear the shirt again. 

I hope Appleton Apologises to the fans because what he did today was unforgivable . 

Well done Cray 

Fumbluff

Had apples picked anyone other than Kirk we’d likely have gone in 3-0 up and would have gone on to overwhelm Cray. 

That’s down to apples, no one else, everybody knew the performance we were all going to see from Shirk. A classic. 

Exiled_Addick

blackpool72 said:

This performance and result shows our strength in depth is fucking shit 

It says more about our mentality than ability and the mentality is fragile at all levels of the first team squad.

It’s the same issue as saw us clinging on mid week and always losing after conceding first. 

AndyG

Dreadful performance all round. The only thing made clear to me tonight is that Kirk doesn’t want to be a Charlton player as much as we don’t want him to be one

wmcf123

Laddick01 said:

NabySarr said:

I can see why Hector doesn’t get dropped now. Need a centre back in January 

CB, LB and a couple of wingers minimum.

We don’t need wingers .  We need defenders , someone influential in midfield and a striker .

Elthamaddick

Gotta suffer watching another 90 mins of that

will they be allowed to stage the game at Badgers? (serious question)?….it’s only got 2 turnstiles 

Croydon

Abankwah, Ness, Thomas, Anderson, Fraser, Kirk, T Watson, Edun, and Tedic all utterly utterly pathetic. 117 league places below us and we never made a mark on the game.

I'd genuinely be looking at fines and transfer listings after that. Unacceptable. 

sam3110

Can I just point out that despite the woeful finishing early on in the second half, at least we were creating chances. 

Once May and Leaburn were on, we barely created anything

Callumcafc

limeygent said:

cafc_4life said:

limeygent said:

This one's down to Appleton.

Have a day off. Did you want him to go full strength against a pub team? 

Team he selected should have been enough to be comfortable. They were shit. End of. 

He selected Kirk.

Team he selected, Kirk included, should have been enough to be comfortable.

CL_Phantom

Cheer up.

Charlie Kirk's contract runs until 2025


🥲

seth plum

Appleton changed all 11. We have been humiliated and it is because of that. Top marks to Cray Valley Paper Mills,
I said pre match they would be no mugs and would maximise what they had. Our fans digging out their keeper look like mugs too, he made three or four good saves.

IAgree

Fumbluff said:

Had apples picked anyone other than Kirk we’d likely have gone in 3-0 up and would have gone on to overwhelm Cray. 

That’s down to apples, no one else, everybody knew the performance we were all going to see from Shirk. A classic. 

Might as well start the Apples out thread then 

charlton_hero

Croydon said:

Abankwah, Ness, Thomas, Anderson, Fraser, Kirk, T Watson, Edun, and Tedic all utterly utterly pathetic. 117 league places below us and we never made a mark on the game.

I'd genuinely be looking at fines and transfer listings after that. Unacceptable. 

The keeper looks crap too

Bod

MillwallFan said:

Wow. All pisstaking aside that was a great watch for a neutral. Shows the FA cup is still the best knock out cup competition going. Unlucky lads but well done cray valley. They was superb. You’ll probably beat them comfortably in the replay though 

I totally agree- and to be fair Cray Valley were excellent and their hard work nullified any vague threat Charlton had. 

Suffice to say Kirk should never play for this club again- I’d take any of the Cray guys above him for their sheer graft and effort. 

cabbles

For those of you watching at home, if you turn over to channel 4, they’re showing the World’s Greatest Train Journeys.  This will reinstate your equilibrium 

clb74

Happy with that ,new ground.

SELR_addicks

Tedic is a bust. Looked awful in every single appearance I've seen him in. 

ct_addick

Shows what level even our younger players are at……not good enough to beat 10th tier team from the football pyramid……

msomerton

For me that showed that the players in that bit and pieces first 11 tonight are no where good enough to get into the first team. Unfortunately due to the smallest of the squad some of them actually do. 
We are nor going to get near the top 6 in  the league.

North Lower Neil

Lordflashheart said:

North Lower Neil said:

Don't really mind the result that much - a replay gets them some money and gives our fringe players minutes.  That's as long as we win the replay, of course.

But the performance was poor. 

‘Poor’ - fuck me - what were you watching - that was fucking appalling 

Didn't say it was good, did I?

Jayajosh

Think I might be the only Charlton fan wishing that we do not score in those final seconds as CV deserve a reply after that performance.