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Post-match thread: Milton Keynes v Charlton Athletic | Tuesday 17th August, 2021

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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,037
    edited August 2021
    We need to fuck Adkins off before we are too far out of it.

    should never have given the job to someone called Nigel 

    remind me of his record when he came in for the end of last season.

  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,487
    edited August 2021
    Can't believe I'm saying this after only three league games but with the squad as it is currently we have to be relegation candidates. 
  • cafc_harry
    cafc_harry Posts: 3,360
    Disgraceful, Thomas needs to put the money where his mouth is or he’ll be trying to flog a league 2 team next season. Adkins tactics need a touch up too. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,560
    Where to start? That was in general pretty awful. Not impressed with Dobson, Clare or Morgan. Midfield needs an overhaul. None of those three should be starting regularly. Full backs not good enough either. Stockley too isolated, we need to get someone up alongside him. DJ the one bright spark really. Thought Deji did well when he came on.

    We are a long way from a top six side, mid table is best I can see. Very depressing.
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,514
    It's only taken 3 1/2 games for what now appears to be the majority to see how woefully short in squad size and quality we are.

    I don't want apologies from anybody who attacked me or anybody else who dare question what the fuck is going on.

    I want the club to take this shit seriously.   We are in very bad trouble.  If Stockley gets injured we are royally fucked.

    This is as bad as I've known it playing wise.  Please CAFC listen to us.  We need reinforcements.   And quickly.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    edited August 2021

    1 point in 9 and out the league cup with a whimper. Worst start to a season in 6 or 7 years.

    Was obvious when we are starting a campaign with a threadbare squad, a right back at left back, resigning Ben Watson who once a great player has been mediocre for Charlton and not replacing Aneke that we have completely wasted a preseason and are entirely unprepared for this campaign.

    This current set of players is more likely to be near a relegation battle than a promotion push as there is not enough depth of quality and a couple of injuries will decimate us. 

    Not sure whether the recruitment strategy was by design or just complete miscalculation but 4 games into the season and we look so far away from a top 6 push and squad seems even weaker than last year. 

    Season started over 2 weeks ago yet we seem to be banking on doing some transfer business in the next 2 weeks to magically turn the fortunes around.  When you factor in inevitable injuries and drops in performance then we are at least 5 players short from a serious promotion push.

    If we are only a handful of players short then they must be bloody big hands.  Either the task at hand is not understood or there is acceptance that promotion talk/ challenge is just pie in the sky.

    Something feels off and surely Adkins cannot think he has assembled/ been permitted to assemble a competitive squad. 

    Lots resting on the next 14 days of bringing some quality in numbers in otherwise yet another season of drab, turgid 3rd division football ahead I fear.

  • esseffect
    esseffect Posts: 493
    What a surprise the same people from last year are back moaning again. No it wasn’t great, give it time.

    My frustration comes from how pedestrian the team looks with such a small amount of recruitment. 

    But the midfield is all completely different. Matthews and Gunter have always been bad. 

    Glad to see people blaming the players this time and not the manager.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    Utter dogshit
  • Pavoren007
    Pavoren007 Posts: 2,525
    Feeling for NA. Recruitment team whoever you are, please pull your f*****g fingers out!
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  • Crap….
  • Will Thomas be playing some blues guitar on Saturday, asking for a friend.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Had TS already opted out after we failed to get promoted.  You have to wonder.
  • come back Purrington all is forgiven, also our goalie is not a patch on Amos
    So agree with that.

    I asked on the match thread - has he come for a cross all season?

    He looks a huge downgrade at the moment.
  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,552
    Just speechless after that second half

    Didnt come out for it in the slightest, would love to know why Inniss got taken off - Elewere did well but a bit like Joe Pigott when we played Millwall, he's just not ready for this level of Football - I'm all for using youngsters, as they'll raise transfer fees, but its suicidal throwing them in far too early like that.

    We just didnt get going

    Kirk I feel really sorry for, probably wasnt ready if he's not trained enough with this team but get him into the game, you hear commentators saying that players should be given a feel for the ball as soon as they get on the pitch, but the poor lad was bloody ignored.

    Still refuse to panic as other teams have finished top six after a bad start, but god do we need an improvement.

    Trouble is; Sheff Wed and Oxford, they're the teams you can expect to struggle against.

    Milton Keynes, no disrespect but they're the standard team at this level - If we're struggling agains them its a concern.
    You’ll be shocked how high they finish this year. They keep the ball better than anyone and their front 3 can rival any in the division. 
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,473
    We signed better players when Thomas Driesen was at the club. Disagree all you want but you know it's true.
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,186
    I dont get the hype about famewo, didn't last year. Looks like a calamity waiting to happen every time. 

    We need to completely revamp the midfield. 
  • I was in the minority that did not think Adkins was a good appointment but I can’t blame him for this debacle.

    This lies solely at the feet of the “Rockstar Owner” who seems to love the limelight and adulation from the fans - but doesn’t seem to realise that the love will run out pretty sharpish unless he invests.

    Sorry, I just don’t get it, what is the point of buying a loss making League One team and then not actually trying to improve their squad and get promoted? Why waste everyone’s time like this? 
    To be honest was there anyone overly excited when Adkins' name first got mentioned?

    He helped himself by having a very strong end to the season, but that wasnt his squad was it...
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  • I blame Brentford
  • GenevaCharlton
    GenevaCharlton Posts: 163
    edited August 2021
    There'll be

    1  TS has let us down.

    2  The LB fan club, scenting blood, will make a resurgence.

    3  Wait til the loans come in

    4  Wait til the Jan window.

    5  It's Ben Watson's fault.
    Haha very good wheresemeticket

    i haven’t posted for a while, I was defo point 2 in the LB fan club, but I’ve moved on.

    Not what anyone wants to hear but we are stable as a club off the pitch which is the most important thing. Obviously it may take some time and patience before we get it right on the pitch. Just happy that we don’t have to worry about not having a club.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,265
    Like I said in the match thread, we could have brought on Neymar when Washington got injured and it wouldn't have made a difference. The only play we have is lump it to Stockley and pray. 

    The midfield 3 are no better than when we had Foley and Crofts in midfield, it's completely devoid of guile, drive and technical proficiency.

    Morgan lovers cling on to one or two passes every game that he manages to pull off, but the other 95% of his play is not good enough, he also got booked for a petulant challenge after getting frustrated at himself, not what we need. 

    Dobson is a non entity, a destroyer who can't break play up very well

    Clare is an athlete, and that's it, may as well be a cross country runner.

    DJ is a waste of space, I'd sooner play a left back on loan at right wing than him, and that's saying something
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    Stuck in the car park at Milton Keynes, fuck me I’ve seen some shite Charlton performances and teams, but that midfield 3 are something else… 
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    esseffect said:
    What a surprise the same people from last year are back moaning again. No it wasn’t great, give it time.

    My frustration comes from how pedestrian the team looks with such a small amount of recruitment. 

    But the midfield is all completely different. Matthews and Gunter have always been bad. 

    Glad to see people blaming the players this time and not the manager.
    Matthews was my POTY in the Championship. He has some limitations, but he's not bad. Gunter looks past it and awkward at Left Back. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    supaclive said:
    It's only taken 3 1/2 games for what now appears to be the majority to see how woefully short in squad size and quality we are.

    I don't want apologies from anybody who attacked me or anybody else who dare question what the fuck is going on.

    I want the club to take this shit seriously.   We are in very bad trouble.  If Stockley gets injured we are royally fucked.

    This is as bad as I've known it playing wise.  Please CAFC listen to us.  We need reinforcements.   And quickly.
    Don't be a bellend all your life, 99% of this forum knew we were short, both in quality and quantity. Sure, a few (including myself) might have overestimated the quality of the first XI we've been able to put out but we all knew we needed depth. 
  • RedRobin
    RedRobin Posts: 1,377
    Shocking! Three games in and we look below average, we’re so far behind and if we’re including Wimbledon, that is three defeats in a row. Doesn’t breed confidence and we look a shambles. 
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,985
    edited August 2021
    Three defeats and one draw. Only two goals scored. One a penalty. And five conceded. No wins. 
    If an American can’t understand those stats and buy some players then we’re screwed. 
  • DDOUBLEE said:
    We signed better players when Thomas Driesen was at the club. Disagree all you want but you know it's true.
    Had far better players under RD but his guitar playing was s***.
  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,134
    Nicholas said:
    Adkins, Sansgaard the squad are an absolute crock of shit. Absolute sick of this shit now 
    It’s only been three games!!