Players Marks: Charlton v Fulham

Pope - 6
Solly - 7
Fox - 7 (Got forward often, offered good width put in some decent balls first half)
Diarra - 7
Bauer - 7
Berg Gudmundsson - 6.5 (Bit of a quiet game for him like to see him further forward)
Ba - 6.5 (Some excellent tackles, but gave the ball away too much)
Cousins - 7.5 (Proper box to to box all-round midfielder, used the ball well, switched the play drove forward couple of times)
McAleny - 6.5 (Lively in short spells, can see he has some ability, fitness a issue)
Watt - 6 (Looked a bit lost, not sure he knew what his role was number 10, target man very little link up play with KAG need a partnership)
Ahearne Grant - 6.5 (He has pace hassled and worked the back 4 on occasions, attacked the channels ok and got in behind, he will improve the more he plays and be a player)

Bergdich - 6

Moussa n/a
Jackson n/a

Pope - 4.5. Good saves but minus 2 for the costly error.
Solly - 6 Fooled by an excellent McCormack shimmy for their second. Not a captain.
Fox - 5.5 OK
Diarra - 6.5 100% commitment. Should be captain in JJ's absence
Bauer - 6.5 I like Bauer. Real team man and solid as well.
Berg Gudmundsson - 6.5 Great corner for JJ's goal
Ba - 6 Involved in the game a lot but too many wayward passes.
Cousins - 7 Edged MOM for Charlton by scoring.
McAleny - 6 Shame about the first minute miss. I thought he played OK.
Watt - 6.5 Caused the defence some problems. Needs a goal.
Ahearne Grant - 6 Quiet first half but improved second.
Bergdich - 5 Not sure about him defensively.

lancashire lad said:

for those at the Valley or the comfort of their armchair or sofa, your marks please:

Pope - 6
Solly - 6
Fox - 6
Diarra - 7
Bauer - 7
Berg Gudmundsson - 6
Ba - 5.5
Cousins - 8
McAleny - 5.5
Watt - 6.5
Ahearne Grant - 7
Bergdich - 6

Moussa n/a
Jackson n/a

Pope - 5
Solly - 6
Fox - 6
Diarra - 7
Bauer - 7
Berg Gudmundsson - 5
Ba - 6
Cousins - 7
McAleny - 5
Watt - 5
Ahearne Grant - 6
Bergdich - 6

Pope - 6
Solly - 7
Fox - 6
Diarra - 7
Bauer - 6
Berg Gudmundsson - 6
Ba - 6
Cousins - 7
McAleny - 5
Watt - 6
Ahearne Grant - 5
Bergdich - 5

Pope - 6 Solid barring the one error. Yes, there is a fault in his game, which I'm sure we are working on. Great to see Patrick put his arm around his shoulder after his error. It's a pity our supporters, 99.9%; of which have never been anywhere near a professional football team can't do the same thing. My mate now sees errors from Pope where there aren't any...

Solly - 5.5 Made a right pig's ear of Fulham's 2nd. Has shown a slow and steady decline in performance this season. (Sorry Solly fans, time to wake up and smell the coffee!) If he is as keen to give up the armband as he showed after Jacko came on, perhaps he shouldn't wear it in the first place. If I was stand in (or vice) captain, I'm pretty sure you would have to shoot me to remove the armband from my cold corpse. Nothing more indicative to me that he is NOT captain material.

Fox - 6.5 Solid defensively, and linked up well with McAleny in the first half. Taken off, not because of any drop in performance, but because if the greater attacking threat caused by the pace of Bergdich. We were 2-0 down at the time. After conceding the first, went totally postal. Screaming and ranting at everybody and their dog. Except at Pope. Which, to me, shows a degree of maturity not shown by older, and supposedly wiser, heads in the crowd.

Diarra - 7.5 His usual no-nonsense display. Caught out a couple of times by the pace of the Fulham side, but more than made up for it with some intelligent passing.

Bauer - 7 This man is "nails". First ever we had the dislocated finger, and now claret from his nut. Never shirked, and his attitude after the first goal was first class.

Berg Gudmundsson - 6 Sorry, but there is still something lacking from his performances of last season. Did not play badly, but he hasn't yet hit the peaks of last season. Still our most creative player, until Watt dropped deeper.

Ba - 6.5 Some of his passing went astray, but tackled like 2 men. Looked strong. I don't think we will see many goals from him, but I don't think that is the part of his game he is in the team for.

Cousins - 8 MOTM Another all action display by Jordan, culminating in a cracking equaliser. There are 2 obvious captains in this squad, both of whom are 33. In the absence of these, Jordan is the obvious next in line. Watch him when we don't have the ball. Demanding, ordering, pointing to where he wants players to go/cover. See my comments about Solly. I'm fairly certain he would not have given up the captaincy so readily.

McAleny - 6 Looked our biggest threat in the first half. Again, some supporters seem incapable of giving a young player, far from home, and playing for the first time since breaking his leg, any leeway at all. Fitness is an issue, not surprisingly, but worked hard, and made more than his fair share of good tackles. I think he could be a real asset as his fitness, both physical and mental, improves. Looked very quick.

Watt - 6 Somewhere between 4 and 8. 4 for his first half performance, which was, unfortunately, classic TWWW. Driving runs into cul-de-sacs of swarming Fulham defenders. No communication between himself and KAG. And everybody's fault but his own. Then, after Jacko came on, a transformation. He dropped deeper, committing Fulham players, before spraying intelligent passes out to the wings. Got close to scoring an unlikely winner. More of that player, and less of the sulky teenager, please...

Ahearne Grant - 6 To me, evidence of problems between him and TW in the first half. They did not communicate, (unless expletive riven sulky rants count as comminication) nor any effort to support each others efforts. KAG needs to sort this out, as there will only be one winner when our strikers become fit. Extra half point for a delicious cross that sat up and begged to be hammered home for the equaliser. A willing runner for the full 90 minutes.

Bergdich - 5.5 Added a little more threat with his pace when he came on. And that pace got him out of a hole on a couple of occasions.

Moussa n/a I don't usually comment on late substitutions, but this was the absolute best I've seen Franck in a Charlton shirt. Tricky, incisive and threatening.

Jackson n/a Legend. End of.

Pope 6 - Couple of good saves but is always prone to spilling one.
Solly 6 - Not his usual standard.
Fox 6 - Passing and decision making not good.
Diarra 7 - Dominant in the air all game.
Bauer 7.5 - He is just a solid Centre Half. Does his job so well.
Berg Gudmundsson 7 - Has got such a good touch. Did not influence the game as much as we needed.
Ba 6 - 100% effort but did come off for him, Another who gave the ball away too much.
Cousins 7 - Great winner but sat very deep all game. Must learn that every ball does not need to be 50 yard pass.
McAleny 6 - busy but no output. Bad miss early on.
Watt 6.5 - In and out all game. When hes in the game unbelievable player. When not just a waste.
Ahearne Grant 7 - Didnt come off for him in front of goal today but his work rate is immense. Makes so may runs into channels and can drop off as well. If he keeps developing will be one hell of a player.
Bergdich 6 - Defensive positioning on occasions was off. Look better going forward than defending.

Pope - 4
Solly - 7
Fox - 4
Diarra - 7
Bauer - 7
Berg Gudmundsson - 6
Ba - 5
Cousins - 6
McAleny - 7
Watt - 6
Ahearne Grant - 6
Bergdich - 4

MOM O'Hara

Pope - 5
Solly - 6
Fox - 5
Diarra - 7
Bauer - 6
Berg Gudmundsson - 6
Ba - 5
Cousins - 7
McAleny - 6
Watt - 6
Ahearne Grant - 7
Bergdich - 6

Pope - 4
Solly - 6
Fox - 5
Diarra - 4
Bauer - 6
Berg Gudmundsson - 6.5
Ba - 5
Cousins - 7
McAleny - 6
Watt - 5
Ahearne Grant - 5
Bergdich -6

Pope - 4
Solly - 6
Fox - 6
Diarra - 6
Bauer - 7
Berg Gudmundsson - 6
Ba - 5
Cousins - 7
McAleny - 5
Watt - 6
Ahearne Grant - 7
Bergdich - 6



Jackson -

Pope - 4 - too many costly errors to justify his place. Has to be replaced
Solly - 6 - Some great stuff going forward. Not clever for their second.
Fox - 6 - Some good crosses and generally decent
Diarra - 7.5 Excellent again
Bauer - 7 - Solid as
Berg Gudmundsson - 7 - Got frustrated but always looking to make things happen
Ba - 6 - Missed a good chance, never more than OK.
Cousins - 8 - Fantastic. Great range of passing, great energy and excellent goal
McAleny - 5 - Missed a sitter and gave the ball away, dribbling in our pen area, though looked a threat.
Watt - 6.5 - Great dribbler, needs to be more ruthless and get in the box more. Should have connected with that header in front of goal.
Ahearne Grant - 7 - Great cross for the goal, good movement, lots to learn but great promise.
Bergdich - 6 - Did OK. Improving.

Pope - 5 Enough said about the goal, generally ok, but the mistake was enough to dent his mark
Solly - 7 Work hard all match
Fox - 6 Slowly getting better, but was not that great yesterday.
Diarra - 7 Some good, some bad
Bauer - 7 Solid
Berg Gudmundsson - 7 Another day when it didn't really happen. Until Late on, but as they say better late than never
Ba - 7 Strong in the tackle, especially in the first half. Won the ball on numerous occasions. Shame he doesn't seem to realise that his team mates are the ones in the Red shirts.
Cousins - 8 Never stopped trying
McAleny - 6 Sorry don't like him, I feel he is way to slight and will always be bullied
Watt - 6 One minute he looks like he couldn't give a shit, next he is like a raging bull. I saw him pass to a team mate at least 3 times!!!
Ahearne Grant - 6 Didn't come off for him today, but I think he is beginning to get better, may be wishful thinking
Bergdich - 6 Did ok. I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of him at Left back. Probably regret saying this.