The Addicks started brightly and didn’t relent throughout the first half, taking the lead in the fourth minute. The pressurising was effective and Charlton hardly allowed the home side out of their own half.
It wasn’t until the 80th minute that Northampton were allowed back in it when Isted was caught in possession and gifted them an equaliser. We had our chances to put the match out of sight but failed to take them. No doubt, weather conditions in the second half affected us in possession as much as they did Northampton in the first.
Failing to take all three points is massively disappointing given the position we had Northampton in. And that hurts us in the table. We were as high as fifteenth, before setting back down to eighteenth.
Disappointing to throw a win away and the opportunity for consecutive wins and clean sheets.
Northampton 1 Charlton 1
Over to you.
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But it’s another point closer to safety and I’d probably have taken a draw before the game.
Particularly after one win all season.
The only way they were ever going to score was if we done a Sunday League level mistake….and we delivered on that in style (as we have done so many times this season).
Funny game. We saw both evidence of the improvements NJ has made but also evidence of why we’re in a relegation scrap and why we’re far from out of the woods yet. Yet again, a terrible individual error undermines what was otherwise a pretty comfortable afternoon defensively. The forwards fed on scraps for a lot of the game but Alfie May also had two guilt edge chances and Ladapo somehow failed to connect with a cross in the six yard box with the goal gapping so I think overall more responsibility for the dropped points lies with the strikers than the defence, for a change.
Overall a point isn’t bad but a win would’ve probably made a point in midweek ok, but now there’s a bit more pressure to win. Pity. Hopefully this at least focuses a few minds again and discourages anyone to let the levels drop.
4 wins and 2 draws to go. Maybe 2 and 2 if we win on Tuesday.
As it turned out today was going better than some of us could have hoped so, in the end, the result was a bit of a disappointment but looking at the bigger picture it's a good point and another small step to safety.
For those that haven't seen it, a back pass to Isted, he side tapped it 5 yards to his right central and close to the edge of the box. Unfortunately a Cobbler was right there. As Isted scrambled to block the shot the ball is scuffed sideways by the player and another Cobbler can just roll the ball into an empty net with no defenders in sight.
Also shout out for REG, had a quality game.
Don’t get the insistence to play out from the back, be it a goal kick or recycling a passage of play- it inevitably puts us under unwanted pressure and we seem to always fumble it and give away easy goals, we’ve been going it all season!!
we played alright, no real spark or magic but we didn’t seem to need it - but when you give away goals like that then it’s desperate to have it.
may did well to chase around and was unlucky not to score, kanu similar- but what the fuck does Ladapo bring to this side, because it’s certainly not physicality, nor is it Arial prescience and not even good feet - no real difference to having tedic up front!
really disappointing result and a deflating one too, but a point is a positive (albeit a small one) and we go into some 6pointers being unbeaten.
really missed Aneke today, Jones back in the fold will be great too!
Loved the return of the “he fu**ing hates Millwall” chant for Theiry Small
Dobson was very tidy and him and Coventry put hard work in and put their foot in when needed with Coventry playing two or three very cutting passes.
Lapado is a lump, but the ball doesn't stick with him up front like it does with Kanu.
Chuks coming on instead of him would probably have meant 3 points.
Win Tuesday and Isted's mistake won't have been costly, but come on lad, just put your foot through the ball.
Back 3 was very very solid all day.
Just toe punt it away. Even had time to clip it out of play.
That was a clean sheet performance 100%. Such a shame it was ruined by a moment of lunacy
An absolute monumental effort to take points off the teams we have in the last few games or so.
I think that effort and graft finally caught up with us 30 mins into this game. At least we didn't lose.
We go again
The other results really did us well and there's more clubs now in the sticky stuff than before.
With Jones back Tuesday and hopefully Chucky on the bench what changes would you go for?
Cheltenham today didn't even have a shot on target....Tuesday, no question, has to be a win.
Yes, like most of us I'm a bit miffed but I never seriously thought we'd get 6 points from the last few games so we're in a better place but we must push on now.