MATCH THREAD: Northampton Town vs Charlton Athletic | Saturday 2nd March 2024 - 3pm Kick-Off

killerandflash said:

Garrymanilow said:

Hmm, shows how quickly the squad can go from looking really dangerous to looking a little bit thin on game-changers. No Camara and Chuks worries me, I appreciate resting Chuks (assuming he's not hurt) but that bench looks pretty static if we need some inspiration. Ladapo and Campbell the only attacking options and I've no idea where Campbell fits in in Jones' system. I'm also a bit leery of Coventry and Dobson together but we'll see. People would probably take a draw after midweek but I'd really like a win here so I hope we go for it from the start, put a few goals away and then see the game out without panicking. We don't really do that so fingers crossed, either way we need to show we can get results without relying on Chuks so today is the day.

Camara was poor on Tuesday, so no loss 

I think he's a real threat from the bench. I wasn't massively surprised he wasn't good from the start on Tuesday given how long he's been out but he's a very irritating player to defend against as the game wears on. He drives with the ball, he's difficult to tackle and he's very strong. You've been battered all over the place for 60-odd minutes by Anderson, Dobson and Coventry and now you've got this massive galoot who's incredibly difficult to tackle to contend with. Gaps open up with players like that and he creates space for himself and others. He offers something different in an attacking sense in keeping with our strategy which we're sorely lacking off the bench today now, hopefully we don't need it