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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic vs Cambridge United | Saturday 11th December 2021
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The first half could be termed scrappy, but I think we limited their chances and were worth a one nil advantage going into half time. In cold and wet conditions throughout, we weathered Cambridge’s advances, but we lacked rhythm in possession and that allowed Cambridge to break up play and prod forward. Our attacking play wasn’t as fluid as it has been under Jacko, until well into the second half.
In the second half, Cambridge had their chances, but they didn’t impress me much. They put in a grinding performance that ultimately fell short. Perhaps if they spent less energy on trying to draw fouls and cards from a referee open to their suggestions, they’d have capitalised on their opportunities to better effect.
For me, Washington put in a man-of-the-match performance last week to power us to a 2-0 win over Ipswich. But he was unable to score himself. This week, he bagged two for his efforts. He’s playing with confidence and that’s lifting the whole team.
To win when you’re a little out of rhythm is crucial if we’re going to sustain our challenge to finish in the playoff positions.
Taking three points, we climb the league again and a clean sheet should inspire continued confidence.
Charlton Athletic 2 Cambridge United 0
In the second half, Cambridge had their chances, but they didn’t impress me much. They put in a grinding performance that ultimately fell short. Perhaps if they spent less energy on trying to draw fouls and cards from a referee open to their suggestions, they’d have capitalised on their opportunities to better effect.
For me, Washington put in a man-of-the-match performance last week to power us to a 2-0 win over Ipswich. But he was unable to score himself. This week, he bagged two for his efforts. He’s playing with confidence and that’s lifting the whole team.
To win when you’re a little out of rhythm is crucial if we’re going to sustain our challenge to finish in the playoff positions.
Taking three points, we climb the league again and a clean sheet should inspire continued confidence.
Charlton Athletic 2 Cambridge United 0
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Big Mac kept us in it with a great performance and at least a couple of saves that could have changed the result.21
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Awful game.
Shit ref.
Scummy oppo.
One more clean sheet.
Two goals.
Three points.
Jacko Party Bus rolls ever onward.35 -
Washington actually becoming an all time favourite for me.
Give Jacko the job ffs. Starting to edge into disrespectful now.35 -
Scrappy but take that win.
Washington ran himself into the ground and the keeper made some crucial saves.
not pretty and we looked tired - few days off now for the lads with no midweek game, they’ve certainly earned it
expect Jacko to be confirmed asap10 -
Really poor game of football but we had the difference in Connor Washington. What a player.18
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Bit of a stripey jumper job. Funny to think that the scoreline tonight is the same as the scoreline from Tuesday. Where we showed immense quality on Tuesday, we just battled and hung on and relied on Macca and won again. Excellent three points.
Now appoint Jacko.0 -
& clean sheetBriston_Addick said:Awful game.
Shit ref.
Scummy oppo.
Two goals.
Three points.
Jacko Party Bus rolls ever onward.
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Needed that with Doncaster getting three points. Safety first. Not far to go. Like Dad used to say to me, "if you can't be good, be careful". Were today. End of January, time for hopeful dreaming?An aside, why are we paying licence fees to BBC when there are zero updates on BBC Sport? BBC...... Boris Bungled Crap?0
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Hard fought win, Cambridge weren't that bad a side to be fair and should've scored when Souare let his man get goal side.
Stockley lucky not to get a red i felt for the head butt just before half time. No need to get involved so it was so stupid of him.
Washington MOTM, 2 great finishes and well played to the defence for another clean sheet. Our charge up the table continues. EIEIEIO.......5 -
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I gave high marks for this game not because we played superb passing football but because it was a scrappy game and our players dug in worked hard with a few moments of great skill - well done the team10
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Cambridge reminded me of their John Beck team from all those years ago - horrible to play against, and the diving and play acting, don’t get me started on that…
We ground out a win in a match that was never going to be an epic
MoM Washington - put a shift in, with honourable mention for Pearce17 -
Washington is trying bloody well at being a striker. and there was me saying he wasn't up to it. Hope he continues to prove me wrong.
Also Mac in goal is really starting to become the keeper that Portsmouth fans raved about.18 -
Watched on the stream due to childcare issues.
Jesus, what a scummy team they were. They actually managed to rifle me up. The play-acting (going down grabbing their faces), the crowding of the ref over simple tackles, the BLATANT dive in the box that went unpunished... It was ridiculous.
At 85 mins I felt we were lucky not to be losing, so I'm not sure what to make of it as a game. Scumbridge had the better chances and created two clear one-on-one among others. I thought it was a poor performance from us, to be honest, but we did win 2-0 at the end so it's a weird one. On another day we're 3-1 down going into the final 5 minutes.
It was a really crappy game of football and we carried a lot of players today. Under another manager we'd have crumbled.
Side note, Jackson clearly does not rate some of these players on the bench because we had some tired bodies out there and the replacements were not coming on.
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HMS Piss the League - Captain Jackson must be appointed.3
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First half was like both teams had been on their Christmas dos this week. Second half much better game.
Jacko has turned this team into winners. Sign him up. Whatever he is doing is working.
Brilliant result and up the league we go. No one is going to look forward to playing us. If we beat Plymouth we're potentially 5 points off 6th and well in the mix.
Unbelievable turnaround in 2 months.
Well done Charlton.10 -
Apart from a couple of moments, Lee and Gilbey were pretty poor.Washington got the reward his efforts deserved.
Pearce still obviously has an ageing portrait in his loft.11 -
Not a great watch
But a great result
I'll settle for that.
Keeper is getting better and better as the season goes on.
And the man who cannot finish gets another brace.
We are now top half,win our next couple and keel the dream alive.5 -
Both these games I’ve had to watch on Valley Pass because of illness, so thank you to the lads for 2 wins and 2 clean sheets. Today very different to Tuesday, but we still have to win them and we stood firm. Thought the win was down to MacGivillary, Clare and Washington if I had to name stand out performers. Clare had that Brophy to deal with and was treading the tight rope with the booking. MacGivillary with a great save in the second half after their guy got in behind Souare.
We can’t perform like we did on Tuesday every game unfortunately, but if you can’t you do the professional thing and we see out the game (just).Washington was superb and has been very consistently decent since he arrived. Again, look at him starting regularly alongside Dobson since Jackson’s taken over, you wonder what the hell was going on under Adkins.Quieter game from Elliott Lee today and I think the challenge for us is that we have such a settled midfield and attack now, it makes you wonder what we do if we don’t have control of the game or it isn’t working. However, why worry about that too much given how well we’ve done under Jackson.
another big test next sat. The other challenge we have is very little margin for error now to keep up given the shocking start we had. It’s a big ask of the lads every week to keep up the 2pts a game (maybe more) to challenge for the play offs8 -
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To be fair most of us fans don't rate them either.Chunes said:Jesus, what a scummy team they were. They actually managed to rifle me up. The play-acting (going down grabbing their faces), the crowding of the ref over simple tackles, the BLATANT dive in the box that went unpunished... It was ridiculous.
At 85 mins I felt we were lucky not to be losing, so I'm not sure what to make of it as a game. Scumbridge had the better chances and created two clear one-on-one among others. I thought it was a poor performance from us, to be honest, but we did win 2-0 at the end so it's a weird one. On another day we're 3-1 down going into the final 5 minutes.
It was a really crappy game of football and we carried a lot of players today. Under another manager we'd have crumbled and lost so give him the job.
Side note, Jackson clearly does not rate some of these players on the bench because we had some tired bodies out there and the replacements were not coming on.
But on a serious note i'd say that's my only gripe against Jackson so far, as he does seem to take ages over his subs. Cost us at Morecambe i felt when we looked tired and he should've made changes 5-10 minutes before their equaliser.1 -
Massively rode our luck at times in that second half and a draw probably would have been fair overall, but the ref gave them absolutely everything so it all works itself out doesn’t it. Also genuinely impressed at the amount of life threatening injuries their players were able to recover from in such a short period of time. Fair play.5
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Since they played us Plymouth have nosedived - very strange what’s gone on there2
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Yeah as good as Gilbey was Tuesday he looked well off the boil today. Consistency is what holds players back at this level and it was fairly visible today. Anyway, role on next week.1
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Lost their manager now as wellLordflashheart said:Since they played us Plymouth have nosedived - very strange what’s gone on there0 -
What a horrid game. Thought we looked a bit tired but that’s understandable, CM made a couple of very good saves to keep us ahead.0
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These are games that need winning if you want playoffs. Bump and grind the results and points. Not too long before window opens. Some good business in January and who knows.0
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Every point a prisoner. Up to 11th. Important to win these shitty scruffy games after the big wins like Ipswich. Onwards and upwards.
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