Boxing Day fixtures are always a welcome occurrence over the holidays, particularly this season on the back of Charlton’s emphatic 5-0 victory over Northampton Town. An unchanged Charlton starting eleven picked up exactly where they left off against Northampton, pressing and pressuring from the off. It was Tyreece Campbell bursting down the right side and battling against the defender to poke home the opening goal on just thirty seconds! And the Addicks home faithful didn’t have to wait too much longer for the second. On twenty minutes, Tyreece Campbell pressured the keeper who failed to get a hand on a corner that swung into the box. Miles Leaburn kept above everyone to nod it home. Cambridge weren’t effective at all and were lucky to not concede more.
Cambridge made changes to start the second half to good effect and were soon back in it. On 51 minutes, Kachunga prodded home from close range from a Cambridge counterattack that the Addicks should have done much better to blunt when it started back up the pitch. However, that moment of complacency provided Cambridge with a foothold and for the next ten minutes they threatened to equalise. Charlton were able to see off the pressure and were soon back in the ascendancy. Two goals were enough in the end to see all three points staying in SE 7.
Unfortunate not to keep another clean sheet but the points are what counts the most. Charlton are playing much more effective football that’s much easier on the eye.
Charlton 2 Cambridge 1
Over to you.
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Should have freshened it up much much earlier. I know we have another game in 3 days time but so do all the other teams.
3 points but didnt go anywhere in the table & still 4 points off the play offs. 6th is a pipe dream tbh.
Thought Small had a good game but no one else really stood out for me. Reyes the worst keeper I've seen in a long time
Wycombe going to offer a very different challenge, but one that historically we seem to have stepped up to.
Hopefully we can keep the momentum going.
Thought TC and Leaburn showed real potential as a front pair and Small was excellent for someone playing on the wrong side. Will be a nice problem for NJ to have with Ramsay back to compete with Small and Edwards for the 2 fullback slots.
And last couple of years we'd have lost.
Seven and eighteen points behind our promotion seasons in 18/19 and 11/12 respectively.
Defence was very solid I thought, with Jones yet again a stand out performer.
We have 30 points from 21 games this season.
@TheHerminator Well said. You must have got the half full glass..!
A baffling inability to remain solid for the entire 90 minutes remains a flaw, there's an argument that the Cambridge subs did us a favour too, but we did hold out and two goals and three points gives optimism to at least an extent.
But that is ‘unacceptable’.
I can see why Jones says the expectations of Charlton fans takes big characters to deal with. I’d bloody hate it personally if that’s the sort of feedback I was getting after today.