POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic vs Northampton Town: Tuesday 23rd January 2024 | KO 19:45
The first half went back and forth with both sides trading blows at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, within seven minutes Charlton gifted Northampton a goal when Lloyd Jones tried to play offside, leaving Northampton’s Simpson through on goal to put his side ahead. Heads dropped, but Charlton regrouped and found an equaliser some fifteen minutes later, even if it was an own goal. Northampton then pushed ahead when given too much space, Hoskins rifled one in from near the penalty spot, with Lloyd Jones a veritable spectator. Moments before half time, a combination down the right saw Tennai Watson blast on in at an acute angle to level things up. Charlton’s defending had let them down once again, but they battled back to keep themselves in it for the second half.
Changes were made, with Lloyd Jones being replaced by Terell Thomas. We looked more solid in the second half and worked Northampton around to fashion decent opportunities. Charlton were largely in the ascendancy when Edun found himself lunging into a challenge—a challenge in which he won the ball and was himself the recipient of a high and reckless tackle—the referee brandished a second yellow card that saw him off and Charlton down to ten men.
Down to ten men, Charlton nevertheless pushed on. But controversy continued to follow the referee as the Northampton striker pushed into the box on the counter and was seemingly brought down by Ashley Maynard-Brewer. Curiously, the referee awarded a free kick and booked the player for diving. On replay, perhaps that was actually right, in the sense that the player left his feet to drag into Maynard-Brewer, but it did look a clear penalty and would probably have been given nine times out of ten. Maynard-Brewer made a couple of quality saves throughout the game, including after the near penalty to keep us in it. Having survived the late pressure and the potential penalty, don’t fear; true to form under Appleton, Charlton still found a way to concede in the final minutes of added time and throw away all the points.
Charlton 2 Northampton 3
Boos rang out at the final whistle, with the defeat—and the manner of the defeat—piling pressure on the hands-in-pockets manager. A run of tough fixtures ahead as we teeter above the relegation zone only adds to the dire situation. Something has to give!
Over to you.
Stop the presses: Charlton TV reports Appleton has been relieved of his duties.
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We are well and truly through the looking glass these days.0
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New players are good4
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How do you start a game with 3 centre backs, 2 full backs, 2 maybe even arguably 3 defensive midfielders and 1 forward who tracks back all the time and STILL get opened up like a tin of beans every time an opposition of any calibre attacks?
I said it many times on here, Andy Scott is spot on with his diagnosis that we have a real loser mentality at this club, how do we stop it? When does it end? What’s to say after we sack MA (which I’m okay with btw) we don’t still carry on like this?
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We need full transparancy about whatever the hell took place between Saturday and today's game.
Appleton was hung out to dry and we threw away a game for what?
Now 3 points closer to the drop.20 -
why is that fuckwit not sacked yet?1
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Feel a bit bad for Appleton as he should never have been given the job in the first place. It's clear that he has to go tonight before it's too late, we're in a relegation battle. Even the fans still backing him must see that it needs to end now.
Andy Scott has a lot to answer for and I have no faith he'll be able to sort this out.
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I’ve never hated someone so much in the history of our club. Fraeye etc was a circus this bloke meant to be an experienced respected manager.
FUCK OFF11 -
I'm going to show as much effort in my post match review as Appleton does during the game.
Review over.6 -
Andy Scott can go with him5
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Incredible to think we sacked Jackson and replaced him with:
Garner
Holden
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What a waste.Has to go tonight, you are probably all bored of me saying it but ring Bowyer and get him out of that fishing lake. This team would do well in a diamond and Barkinson is a proper Bowyer type player.That was awful in there tonight and it always was going to be and I blame the board for that, not Appleton. Should never have been hung out to dry like that.I miss the Powell, Bowyer and Jackson days. We need that connection back as we are truly fucked. I know there could be options out there like Duff, Jones etc (which I don’t think are that realistic) but right now this team and club needs a Charlton connection, and for that.. I’m going for Bowyer.14 -
Late goals. It happens every fucking week.
I'd be shocked & disgusted in equal measure if he's still in charge at the weekend2 -
I bet that other nobends pink trousers don’t look so flash now2
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Bye bye you useless prick of a manager.
Sorry I can't say that to your ugly fucking face but trust me given the chance I would.
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Readings points deduction keeping us from only being out the relegation zone on GD. Embarrassing1
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Fans deserve better from owners, directors, management, and players. It is gutting how we struggle year on year these days and not get better.2
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What's the incentive for Bowyer? It's a shit jobAddick_8 said:Incredible we sacked Jackson and replaced him with
Garner
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What a waste.Has to go tonight, you are probably all bored of me saying it but ring Bowyer and get him out of that fishing lake. This team would do well in a diamond and Barkinson is a proper Bowyer type player.0 -
Words just fail me !!!0
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Reckon that once he has been sacked, there needs to be a bit of an amnesty and clean sheet regarding the new manager (regardless of who it is), the owners, the SMT, and the players.Pretty sure the idea will get laughed at, but also think the constant vitriol ain't doing the club any good either14
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Watching Curbs and Brown in the studio I'm so incredibly grateful that I started supporting Charlton in the early 90's and had so many great memories.
Can't fathom the absolute misery I would have endured watching this bollocks (years of it!) as a kid.22 -
Not actually sure what to say. No wins in 10 and things are looking very bleak. We aren’t going to get any points if we concede three goals every game.Have to hope we will get enough points during that short period when Aneke is back on the pitch.0
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Thoroughly enjoyable evening
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Why should the SMT, who hired Appleton in the first place, get a clean sheet?Gribbo said:Reckon that once he has been sacked, there needs to be a bit of an amnesty and clean sheet regarding the new manager (regardless of who it is), the owners, the SMT, and the players.Pretty sure the idea will get laughed at, but also think the constant vitriol ain't doing the club any good either
They're most of the reason we're in the mess that we're in.4 -
To have 5 new signings in the team and still concede in the 96th min says everything.
Dressing room is rotten.Pay the prick off.6 -
Campbell is not a wingback. Wingers like him do not fit into a 352.1
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Went to Burton but not tonight. I am actually numb in shock. League 2 is very real now. I just hope they give a caretaker role to Pearce and shore up the defence and pick up some points asap. Sooo fed up.
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The defence is still not sorted out. It has been bloody months and we have tried different faces. Is it really that hard?
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Football ought to be about passion, excitement, tension, joy and hope.
Supporting Charlton in recent times has been all frustration, anger and despair.
We have the defensive capability of a non-league side. Individually, they cant be that bad but collectively they are all over the place.
The three in midfield, again individually decent players, were all too similar. We were crying out all game for a creative attacking midfielder and then Appleton eventually brought Fiorini on, only for him to demonstrate that he lacked any kind of creative spark or energy. I don’t know what Appleton has against Louie Watson but it’s a huge waste of attacking talent.
Ladapo must be a good player but he was another who looked totally off the pace, failing to get on the end of decent passes on multiple occasions and then running out of steam completely at least 20 minutes from the end. And with a raw yet energetic option available in Daniel Kanu, Appleton just let’s things drift and slide.
Another injury time goal conceded. Another game lost. We are simply appallingly bad and anyone saying we cant go down are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Appleton just has to go, now. He and his team are an embarrassment. We can’t change all the players so we just have to change the guy who is training, coaching and supposedly motivating them. He is managing to make the sum of the whole less than the individual components, a negative overall impact that we can put up with no longer.
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You was at Stamford Bridge wasn't yaiamdan said:Thoroughly enjoyable evening0
