Post-match Thread: Charlton Athletic vs Blackpool: Saturday 7th October 2023 | KO 3:00 PM
In the early stages, Charlton looked good as they played it around patiently looking for openings, but with little actual attacking threat. Blackpool scored first on the counter, against the run of play. Poor defending left Blackpool enough space in the box to thread together numerous passes and finish past keeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer.
Early in the second half the Addicks were on top again, that is, until Blackpool scored again through an individual error from Michael Hector after George Dobson put him under pressure and he was caught on the ball. Although it looked unlikely, Michael Appleton made changes and Charlton found themselves hunting their first goal. Substitute Chuks Aneke powered away on the break and found a chasing Alfie May with a lovely ball lifted over the defender and on to May for the finish. Not long after, the attacking Addicks broke through again, finding Corey Blackett-Taylor coming in from the left and superbly blasting the ball into the back of the net from the corner of the eighteen yard box. The Addicks had a couple more chances and all the momentum, and there was the sense that all three points were there, but the winner proved elusive.
Charlton 2 Blackpool 2
Over to you.
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Aaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh!
F**k off Charlton!
That is all.18 -
Appletons in game management has been flawless so far. The subs and their timing have been spot on.32
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Leaburn shown up by Chuks. Tedic shown up by Tyreese. But I can rarely remember a substitution improving us as dramatically as Asiimwe for Twatson. From watching an uninterested sieve to a machine of intent and menace. Awful from several members of the starting eleven. Won't hold too much against Hector and Thomas who, while flawed, gave it their all34
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WDWDWD no... I didn't accidentally lean on my laptop keyboard that's our last 6 results
We should have won that as well. That man Chuks again changed everything.
Dare I say it but we have started becoming a little bit hard to beat haven't we
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We deserved at least a point out of that.
We’re really close to being an excellent side. Show the same defensive solidity that Blackpool did for the first 80 minutes and we’d be top two.9 -
Hard to know how to feel. Chuks is unreal. Shame his finishing wasn’t a bit more composed.0
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Crap for an hour. Good for 10 minutes. Give a goal away. Good for last 25.
Not good enough for promotion with this defensive lineup. Best bet is we bump our way to January still in the top half then bring in some good reliable defenders and sneak in the playoffs4 -
Throwing away a 2+ goal lead within a few mins is the kind of thing I remember happening to us so many times in recent years (I think it even happened earlier this season?). Feels good to be on the right side of it for once.
So unlucky to not get the third, and I feel especially for Chuks, who deserves a goal more than anyone at the minute6 -
If we get to January anywhere near the top 6 all we need a couple of solid defenders who don't enjoy giving the ball away then we might have a real chance of the top 6, the fear is of course Oxford and Pompey will be up and away1
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A lot feels similar to last season, in that you know we have goals in us, but so many times when we concede it seems like it’s a product of our own mistakes.
However something that does feel a little different this time around is that we have a little more strength and depth, and thus more fight when we are chasing games.
Appleton has mentioned our defensive frailties plenty of times already and how our profile of player lends to it being our weakness. If we can really work on it then I really do feel like we can push top 6 this year.4 - Sponsored links:
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His game management is starting to look poor. He could have sorted out the problem during the first half, the same issue as the other night was happening again and we had no width and were making it easy to defend against.Addick_8 said:Appletons in game management has been flawless so far. The subs and their timing have been spot on.4 -
We would have lost that last season
all the subs made a difference.
Asiimwe has to start after that performance13 -
Up till about the 70 minute mark i thought Blackpool looked like the best side we'd played this season. We never got a sniff until the big man Chucks came on and in the end i was a little disappointed we didn't go on and win.
Tedic out wide doesn't work and Leaburn had a bit of a stinker but give Blackpool their due they defended really well.
I like Hector but he can't keep making these stupid mistakes and it's going to cost him his place if he keeps doing it.
Enjoyable game and i backed the 2-2 at 16-1 !16 -
Such a shame our defence is so poor as I think we'd have a genuine shot at the play offs if they were half decent. Was an obvious mistake having no recognised left back cover, centre backs clearly aren't up to it and I'm unconvinced by T Watson so far. Going forward we've got more than enough.2
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Tactics going foward should be quite easy keep it 0-0 for 70 minutes then bring on Chuks.
You would average more than 2 points a game doing that.4 -
Feel sorry for Hector as I think he was having a good game but that mistake is going to be honed on.9
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Charlton 0-2 Blackpool
then on comes albie morgan, gives the ball away and 10 seconds later it's 1-2 and we score again
you can take the boy out of Charlton..........
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Draw was fair. We were no worse than Tuesday and at times were better but Blackpool set up very well for an away win. I thought Hector was having his best game of the season before that mistake, so frustrating. The less said about Thomas and Watson the better though. Defence will cost us too many points this season.
Without Aneke we get nothing today so seeing him go straight down the tunnel and holding something beforehand is extremely worrying.0 -
Great to get a point out of it but should never have been in that position to start with. Defence is bad enough without the mistakes so Hector fucking up under no pressure again is inexcusable.
Chuks made so much difference. Need him to bag a goal as he should have converted one of those at the end.
Atmosphere towards the end was electric.8 - Sponsored links:
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Very entertaining second half. So many contrasts. Couldn’t have complained if we lost but frustrated we didn’t win. Did ever so well to get a point which makes a change. Dreadful defending again. Serious doubts about at least a couple of the squad but enough promise to make us think we could do something. Chuks a cheat code but how long will he last? Miles not living up to his billing. CBT was cack and then scored the goal of the season. Alfy is becoming as important to this side as Yann was back in the day. Funny old game Brian.6
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Think that’s very harsh. Was a fairly even game and they scored a goal which I don’t think we defended the best. Then 2nd half he made the changes, we looked much better and saved a point and should have been three points. Hectors mistake for example, nothing a manager can do about that.letthegoodtimesroll said:
His game management is starting to look poor. He could have sorted out the problem during the first half, the same issue as the other night was happening again and we had no width and were making it easy to defend against.Addick_8 said:Appletons in game management has been flawless so far. The subs and their timing have been spot on.17 -
His passing in particular I think is a big strength, he often manages to find someone in a pocket in the middle of the park which really lets us push up the pitch.Addick_8 said:Feel sorry for Hector as I think he was having a good game but that mistake is going to be honed on.
Problem is that mistake he made today, he has made before. Id keep with him and Jones because don’t see the point in changing it - especially as we are on a decent run - but I really hope we can work on cutting out the silly mistakes.6 -
Happy to retrieve a point, and good character shown, but a frustrating performance and a perfect example of how the defence is holding us back.
Blackpool came to frustrate and did so. We did struggle a bit to break them down but fair enough they defended well and that will happen sometimes.
But Blackpool didn’t create much either. If you keep it tight and 0-0 then you would say we’ve been patient, worn them down, and then looked to have the momentum to go on and win it with the subs.
Instead, we’ve given away two soft goals, one of them inexcusable, and then we’re chasing the game. Fortunately our attack has rescued it for us, but they should have been winning us 3 points, not rescuing 1.
It is a huge positive, though, that we seem to have moved past the old problem of always losing if we concede first.
We still look like a mid table side but at least now we look like one that could become a promotion contender.
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I'm not quite sure how Dobson passing the ball to Hector in loads of space put him under pressure.10
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That was a poor performance but nearly all players and the coach who gotten ser up wrong.
But at least they show fightwright to the last Whistle these days.1 -
Have to say I think those two goals have masked a major problem with intensity and desire.A home game on the run we’re on and we should be bossing the game. Bullying opponents.We’re way too powderpuff.Well played Chuks, May and CBT for dragging us back into it.2
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Leaburn is not a back to goal central striker. He is more of a Lyle Taylor type and needs to roam so he can get the ball to feet in a position to beat the defender.14
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People talking about similar feelings to last year - I feel like we got have way more points from going behind this season than all of last year put together already. The problem we seemed to have a lot of the time last year was going in front and getting pegged back or even losing from winning positions (or just going behind and nheads dropping straight away) but this year seems to be the opposite9
