1. Portsmouth : 2pts
2. Bolton, Wigan, Burton, Fleetwood : 4pts
6. Blackpool, Cambridge, Carlisle : 5pts
9. Northampton, Bristol R, Shrewsbury : 6pts
12. Exeter : 7pts
13. Derby, Leyton Orient, Wycombe : 8pts
16. Peterborough, Barnsley, Reading, Cheltenham : 9pts
20. Lincoln : 10pts
21. Oxford, Stevenage, Port Vale : 11pts
24. Charlton : 14pts
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Derby, Barnsley, Leyton Orient and Charlton all +13.
Appleton: -7 from 22 games
Jones: -4 from 14 games
For the points gained:
Holden: 0 from 5 games
Appleton: +7 from 22 games
Jones: +6 from 14 games
Taking the differences… Holden -3 from 5, Appleton 0 from 22 and Jones +2 from 14.
You can break Appleton’s +7 and -7 into two very distinct sections: +7 from his first 12 games & -7 from his last 10 games. The period in between those two sections were the Gillingham FA Cup & Reading EFL Trophy debacles.
https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/97291/any-stattos-out-there-have-a-bit-of-time
In short, Appleton historically bad when it came to dropping points due to late goals.
But that was really driven home again Cambridge when we were 2-0 and conceded in 87' and 96'. But moreso, it was when Apples took off Fraser and brought on TC. We had the ball, we were playing in their half, and we didn't look concerned. When Fraser went off, Watson dropped deeper, the whole team dropped deeper, and they came at us for the last 20 minutes and ended up scoring twice.
I don't believe that seasons are changed entirely on one subsitition, but that was about as close as it gets. I don't think we'd be in the playoff hunt if it weren't for that, but after that we never looked defensively solid under Apples again (not that we were great to begin with).
V Wycombe - went 3-1 up in 94th minute
V Exeter (with 10 men) went 3-1 up in 79th minute went on to win 4-1 - 11 minutes + Ij time
V Reading - 2 up on 68 went on to win 4-0 - 22 minutes +Ij
V Wigan - 2 up on 31 mins - was 3-2 on 90 - so about 60 minutes
V Cambridge - 61-87 mins so 26 minutes
V Cheltenham - 3-1 in 90th minute
allowing for injury time we have only had a clear 2 or more goal lead for about 140 ish minutes all season across 44 games. Almost half of that time was in 1 game. 5 of them we went on to win (which you would expect with a 2 goal lead to be fair)
I think this has something to do with the stats above - we have given far too many teams we should have already put away hope to push on with only a 1 goal difference/level score going into the last 15. It's also got to have had an effect longer term that we haven't been allowed much opportunity to coast a little and just play keep ball in many games and we have (supposedly) had to keep the work rate up over the full 90++ every single game with no let up.
The leaky defense and lack of clean sheets is one hell of an issue for certain, but the inability to turn a 1 goal lead into 2 when on top has been another one.