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

There were some nice moments in that, but sadly once again, my favourite bits of the evening have been the pre and post match stuff, rather than the match itself. But I have other things to be getting on with rather than post-mortems tonight.

cafcfan1990 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

What concerns me the most is something that Matt Holland said in the build up.

He talked about winning promotion with Ipswich and how they didnt care if they went behind as they knew they could bring it back - On that showing tonight, and by the sound of things from Saturday... We go behind and we're scared shitless

Did you not feel the same though? When MK went 2-1 up I would have bet my house we couldn't win the game. We couldn't pass, we just lump it up to Stockley. I bet many few on here felt confident we'd score again let alone win the game. 

Thats what I mean and we barely looked like going 2-1 up ourselves when it was 1-1 - We cant have another season of shipping two goals a game, but if we do the players need to be bloody well prepared to fight to get themselves back into the game

I hated that 2nd half. Once again, so fucking one dimensional.

Made even worse by the start which shows the players are capable. But then zero resilience, zero fight, zero composure, zero game plan and zero adaptation.

We are fucking shit.

Firstly, MK Dons are a great team to watch, really play some lovely football.  Much like Oxford before them.  We just can't keep up with teams of this quality as gutting as it is to say as a Charlton fan when talking about two minnows of the game.

Our midfield is poor, Dobson, Clare and Morgan ok squad fillers but none of them should be starting.

Should have gone all out for Fraser or even Twine who is a very good player.

I thought Parrott was strong and expect him to do well this season too.

MKDons and Oxford will be right up there at the end of the season.

Watson should do the honourable thing and retire like the Crewe lad has, his heart is clearly not in it.  I wouldn't have him anywhere near the bench, rather have one less sub.  Gunters foul throws utterly unforgivable with his experience and the new keeper looks like a rabbit in the headlights.

As for Innis, it's just laughable.  Can't string any games together.  He started the season unfit as we were scared to play him pre-season.  You simply cannot have the guy as a first choice CB no matter how good he may be in the 10-15 games you may get out of him each season.

cafcfan1990 said:

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. 

Yes I'm the bell end for saying how bad it was and would be.

I'm the bell end for knowing a decent footballer when I see one  

Keep attacking.   Unlike Charlton.....

ElliotCAFC said:

ForeverAddickted said:

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. 

Their front 3 were all available to buy or loan during the summer. But we didnt bother & think Davison is better than Eisa. 

I dont blame the players. I blame the management ream. 

Dobson brainless tonight, Gunter a defensive liability and going forward takes all the momentum out of any break we need at least one dynamic full back. Matthews earns his corn defensively but we cannot have him and Gunter in the same starting eleven. I'm also keeping my powder dry about the keeper 

I still think we have to take a breath until the transfer window is closed, but we have made things really hard for ourselves


What does concern me is after watching 3 league games we have no discernable way of playing. We are whacking it long to a guy who thrives off service from width expecting him to frankly perform miracles. At least in the first half players from midfield were running on but that stopped dead on conceding the equaliser. 

Kirk got no service at all but looked positive when he got on the ball 

Bright spark is how good Deji looks 

Unfortunately the game plan without Gilbey is very much to just play long ball to stockley. 

SouthWest_Addicks said:

Worst league 1 performance since Swindon 3-0 when Slade got sacked?

Still fed up of being patient! 

So now just two weeks before we can’t sign anybody we wake up to the fact that we’re actually crap and need better players. What a remarkably sensible recruiting strategy. 8 points adrift and up shit creek with no one seemingly able to authorise the purchase of a paddle.

I thought Saturday was poor, but that second half was a new level of shittiness.  Feels so much like a couple of seasons ago when after the covid restart we just sleepwalked into oblivion.  It’s like a slow motion car crash

AddickUpNorth said:

Not sure why we’re worried. I mean, look at Blackpool last season, started shit and stormed the play offs. Just got to have a bit of faith............

When you can't create chances and score goals you rely on your keeper and defence too much. The first goal conceded is the goal that denies you victory. Our keeper has to take a fair bit of responsibility for the first goal conceded in the last two games. 

It was why I didn't buy a season ticket. I saw this shite coming. I can wack myself over the head with a cricket bat for free and it is more fun than watching us as it stands.