It'll take an incredible turnaround to stay up now. The supposedly transformational January signings aren't offering an upgrade. We are poor in every area and 2/3 of the players making a real contribution have been let go.
The lack of quality is everywhere but no worse than out wide - a few times today we worked the ball well to Edun who had time in the area to deliver a final ball, and four times in a row he hit the first man. Tennai on the opposite wing was hopeless and cost us the second goal. These are two really poor players and yet our main outlet in this formation. Do they have any real competition for their places?
No real bright lights in that game other than Camara, who I thought in just 15 mins shone a spotlight on how shite the rest of them really are.
Why play 3-5-2 when you don't have the players to play it? Seems particularly stupid to me.
Although I don't disagree with your point, what formation do we have the players for?
Buggered if I can work it out. It just sums up how poor recruitment decisions have been.
442 Campbell on the left plus three CMs. Bakinson could be a Graham Stuart type as a narrow RM. Kanu and May up top....plenty of movement. Let the full-backs concentrate on defending. It's that bad at present, the whole thing needs to be kept simple for this lot. We need to walk before we can run and a 0-0 or a 1-0 wouldn't go amiss.
Campbell should be nowhere near a relegation battle….not what we need right now…..not fair on him as he is learning…..
Selling or not fighting hard enough to keep Dobson, the club captain and battler supreme when you’re in a relegation scrap, sums it up for me All points to relegation
Grim. Not all down to them, but T Watson and Edun were terrible today, not solid Ben Purrington types defensively, but also providing zero attacking flair.
Desperate lack of quality until Camara came on. Couldn't see very well from the away end, so who was at fault for the first goal?
Long throw Thomas and Bakinson attempted to attack the ball but neither with conviction it came off Bakinson who I thought was being wrestled fell to their unmarked man, who got away from L Watson and volleyed it home.
At this point, staying up is a miracle. We have four games coming up where I can't see us getting a single point. If we do stay up Nathan Jones has performed a miracle. We were so bad today it angers me how little some of these players seem to care.
I think jones will shake it up and we will pick up points when where we aren't expected to, it's the Charlton way!
Why play 3-5-2 when you don't have the players to play it? Seems particularly stupid to me.
Although I don't disagree with your point, what formation do we have the players for?
Buggered if I can work it out. It just sums up how poor recruitment decisions have been.
442 Campbell on the left plus three CMs. Bakinson could be a Graham Stuart type as a narrow RM. Kanu and May up top....plenty of movement. Let the full-backs concentrate on defending. It's that bad at present, the whole thing needs to be kept simple for this lot. We need to walk before we can run and a 0-0 or a 1-0 wouldn't go amiss.
Campbell should be nowhere near a relegation battle….not what we need right now…..not fair on him as he is learning…..
Part of learning....a big part....is getting involved when the going is tough. Part of management...a big part....is helping players understand that.
Yes … the performance was not bad by a long way I liked the quicker passing and the harder press ,, we was in the game but Reading have good players and lost 1 in 12 .. they got the bit of luck with the first that not happening for us the second you can’t do much about them .. but few months ago May would have hit that chance bottom corner not even thinking about it , today takes a touch and loses it … confidence that’s all it is these are the sane player that was scoring for fun few months and lost 3 in 16 … Jones will have learnt a lot today good and bad and you see a few changes on Tuesday …Isted was excellent and Camara what a diff he made that’s the missing link that’s been missing .. but the only players who disappointed was L Wilson have to say Alfie May and Thomas had a strange game today but the others tired and played well in large parts of the game
I hope all the fans that said they were happy with the window are still happy. Now that you have actually seen these losers play, instead of reading about them on wiki how do you feel now? Scott must absolutely go. A lot of players today were not trying. They are a gutless bunch who have no love for Charlton. Supporters please dont indulge this team. I urge you to boo them. Dont fawn around them , like you fawned around Taylor and the previous owners. It will be embarrassing if any of you attend the poty. Oblivion is just around the corner.
I feel sorry for Nathan Jones by hanging on to Appleton for too long he has an almost impossible task. Appleton should have gone 4 games before he did but the clowns upstairs didn’t have the guts and we have virtually wasted a transfer window. Lapado is an imposter. We won’t be able to keep the players on the wages they are on in League 2. It simply will cost the club financially too much.
Over the last two decades my god we've had some dross squads - so much shite that I can't really say if this is the worst squad or not.
But I've never seen such a disjointed rag-tag bunch of specimens - not only are the majority of them gutless and appalling - but they just seem thrown together with absolutely no idea.
And it's always a worry when a striker is made captain - a lot of the time it means there's no forthright player in defence or midfield that can take charge.
Pack of overpaid wankers - cant see a run of wins in them at all.
But they just seem thrown together with absolutely no idea.
Seeing some people having doubts about Jones already after having our fanbase calling him the messiah twenty four hours ago.
We are truly damaged as a fanbase.
It’s not even close to being his fault.
But he was never the messiah. The problems we have you could bring in Pep and it wouldn’t work.
Think back to the times when Charlton had success in your lifetime. Thats a pretty decent sample size of seasons. And look at the ingredients we had in place at the time.
This is simply not the way from top to bottom to getting this football club on the right path.
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The lack of quality is everywhere but no worse than out wide - a few times today we worked the ball well to Edun who had time in the area to deliver a final ball, and four times in a row he hit the first man. Tennai on the opposite wing was hopeless and cost us the second goal. These are two really poor players and yet our main outlet in this formation. Do they have any real competition for their places?
No real bright lights in that game other than Camara, who I thought in just 15 mins shone a spotlight on how shite the rest of them really are.
All points to relegation
1 away win in the league all season (it’s February!
Havent had back to back wins in the league all season.
Bring back the ‘heady days’ of midtable!
Midtable even!
no one gave a bollocks today so sad
going down down down
But we seem to have this thing when people come in, they look better, until they actually have to string some games together.
Thomas being proof of that today.
I would say Camara genuinely looks quality though.
pick up points when where we aren't expected to, it's the Charlton way!
Hopefully camara back will be massive for us.
Jones will have learnt a lot today good and bad and you see a few changes on Tuesday …Isted was excellent and Camara what a diff he made that’s the missing link that’s been missing .. but the only players who disappointed was L Wilson have to say Alfie May and Thomas had a strange game today but the others tired and played well in large parts of the game
We are truly damaged as a fanbase.
A lot of players today were not trying. They are a gutless bunch who have no love for Charlton.
Supporters please dont indulge this team. I urge you to boo them. Dont fawn around them , like you fawned around Taylor and the previous owners. It will be embarrassing if any of you attend the poty.
Oblivion is just around the corner.
You have heard of the SMT think that says it all.
In fairness, Camara did show flashes today in a way none of the new signings have so far managed.
Think back to the times when Charlton had success in your lifetime. Thats a pretty decent sample size of seasons. And look at the ingredients we had in place at the time.
This is simply not the way from top to bottom to getting this football club on the right path.