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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers: Tuesday 28th January 2025: KO 19:45
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This match was over in the first half. Bristol Rovers, who’ve had the best of us for a little while now, started well but soon fizzled once the in-from Addicks found their feet. Charlton opened the scoring through Matty Godden on thirteen minutes. Godden poked the ball past the Rovers keeper from close distance through Tyreece Campbell.
Thierry Small continued his fine run of form, beating his man, whoever they threw at him, consistently and putting in crosses and shots almost at will. It was his counterpart on the left, Josh Edwards scored Charlton’s second on thirty-nine minutes when he found himself at the edge of the left hand side of the Bristol box, dropped the shoulder to shoot with his favoured left, then moved to unleash a beautiful, well-placed rocket with is right that found the back of the net. Charlton were comfortably in control from then on out.
Three or four good chances in the second half could have seen a rout but still the two goal advantage was more than enough to come away with the three points and another clean sheet. Rovers had much more of their share of the possession in the second half but Charlton remained largely untroubled nonetheless.
Up the table we go.
Charlton 2 Bristol Rovers 0
Over to you.
Thierry Small continued his fine run of form, beating his man, whoever they threw at him, consistently and putting in crosses and shots almost at will. It was his counterpart on the left, Josh Edwards scored Charlton’s second on thirty-nine minutes when he found himself at the edge of the left hand side of the Bristol box, dropped the shoulder to shoot with his favoured left, then moved to unleash a beautiful, well-placed rocket with is right that found the back of the net. Charlton were comfortably in control from then on out.
Three or four good chances in the second half could have seen a rout but still the two goal advantage was more than enough to come away with the three points and another clean sheet. Rovers had much more of their share of the possession in the second half but Charlton remained largely untroubled nonetheless.
Up the table we go.
Charlton 2 Bristol Rovers 0
Over to you.
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That is a huge win tonight to keep our run going. Makes this weekend a massive one with Orient playing Stockport and Reading playing Bolton. A real chance to right in and amongst it come 5pm Saturday. So happy to see Ramsay back and it was like he never left. Quality player.28
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Top 6 here we come...13 -
That’s the easiest, most drama free win I can remember in a long time!57
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Great to have some momentum and to be able to kill the game for the second half. Godden played well, Leaburn got a rest and Ramsay looked imperious. Basically all I hoped for.13
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Who was it that said Nathan Jones teams tend to start a season slow and then come on strong after Christmas?
Give them a gold star. They called it.
Hopefully this doesn’t fizzle out. But the momentum we have built should frighten teams. Genuinely believe we could go to St. Andrews and pull out a one nil win at the moment.33 -
Should have had a couple more goals. Some poor decision making up front in second half.
Ramsay very impressive tonight. Small looking very dangerous.8 -
Easy tonight some very good performances but Chucks looked awful.2
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Ain't football a lovely game when it's not all going to shit9
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Professional... Thats what that performance was.
Got the job done in the First Half, should by all accounts have made it even more comfortable
But instead the second half was just solid, and did all that was required
Plenty of Football still to be played this season, and three points is three points regardless of the winning margin.
Was good to see the players just tone it down a Gear, even when we could have made it about 5-0 early in the second half, as there is no point wasting energy, what with another 19-games still to be played - Said on the Match Thread but would like the scouting team to take a look at Griffiths (their Goalkeeper) between now and the summer... One game isn't enough to sign a player, but he looked very decent in goal this evening, he was the sole reason the scoreline wasnt higher.6 -
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Have I told everyone yet what a fan i am of Nathan Jones?9
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I know you won’t believe us… but the reds are going up.1
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Buzzing. Coyr0
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Comfortable. Never once threatened by a poor side. Job done4
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Luton fans also said that Jones tends to persist with a formation (3-5-2, or whatever you want to call it in this case), and that the players do eventually come round to his way of thinking - I do think he's still stumbled into the winning formula a bit, but dont think that does him or the team enough credit... and we're potentially seeing now what the Luton fans were talking about.Callumcafc said:Who was it that said Nathan Jones teams tend to start a season slow and then come on strong after Christmas?
Give them a gold star. They called it.
Hopefully this doesn’t fizzle out. But the momentum we have built should frighten teams. Genuinely believe we could go to St. Andrews and pull out a one nil win at the moment.0 -
Job done, the consensus was that if we didn't get maximum points against Shrewsbury and Bristol then forget the play offs, we got those points and that should take a little bit of the weight of expectation off the players. Now for Blackpool, we need to take revenge for the way they behaved in the game at the Valley, so our players dropping to the floor with supposed head injuries every two minutes is called for and three points would be an absolute bonus.8
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Not to blow my own horn but I said something similar to that. Luton were 17th at Christmas the year he took them up from league one I believe.Callumcafc said:Who was it that said Nathan Jones teams tend to start a season slow and then come on strong after Christmas?
Give them a gold star. They called it.
Hopefully this doesn’t fizzle out. But the momentum we have built should frighten teams. Genuinely believe we could go to St. Andrews and pull out a one nil win at the moment.
can I have my gold star?5 -
Thing is they weren't a poor side, we just made 'em look poor, and should have been 3 or 4 up by the final whistle...TheHerminator said:Comfortable. Never once threatened by a poor side. Job done
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Should have had a couple more in first but their keeper made a few great saves.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:Should have had a couple more goals. Some poor decision making up front in second half.
Ramsay very impressive tonight. Small looking very dangerous.
2nd half too many players looked knackered - subs were the right ones but could have come a bit earlier.
Comfortable win and first half one of the best in ages.1 -
Not a single below par performance today. First half was close to league one perfection, rovers were terrible but we made them that way with our pressing and positive attacking play.
The much maligned Gillesphey and Berry were outstanding in the first half, as was Matty Godden. Godden and Berry tired in the second half, understandably. Probably Gillesphey's best game for us, solid and I can't remember a single mistake.
Small and Campbell were great going forward and Docherty and Edwards were quality.
Special shout out to Ramsay. First start in months, in an unfamiliar position and a genuine mom contender. His anticipation and handling of 1 on 1s is Wan Bissaka-esque.
So happy to go home after a convincing win. Play-offs really looking possible now.18 -
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I don’t think they were very good to be honest. But I also take your point. We didn’t let them do anythingeastterrace6168 said:
Thing is they weren't a poor side, we just made 'em look poor, and should have been 3 or 4 up by the final whistle...COYRRFSRTheHerminator said:Comfortable. Never once threatened by a poor side. Job done1 -
Early goal probably helped us... But its easy to forget how much they pressed us to begin with... Barely gave us any time on the ball - But then we were no doubt smart enough for once to move the ball quickly when we could, and exploit the space they left with that presseastterrace6168 said:
Thing is they weren't a poor side, we just made 'em look poor, and should have been 3 or 4 up by the final whistle...TheHerminator said:Comfortable. Never once threatened by a poor side. Job done
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Credit to Gillesphey, he was very solid.25
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Perhaps I mis-phrased it. It was "comfortable" but I felt if they had got one back it could have gone pear shaped when really we should have been out of sight.DDOUBLEE said:
It was hard work apparentlyse9addick said:That’s the easiest, most drama free win I can remember in a long time!
We don't put teams to bed & had too many draws when an extra goal here & there would now have us comfortably in the play offs.
We have only once this season scored more than twice in a game....the 5-0 thrashing at Northampton. Today would have been the ideal time to have got 3 or 4.
Yes....I'm a sour puss. I'm a negative Nancy. Just dont want us losing out on 6th place on GD.
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Keep Climbing Charlton! Keep climbing!!! 💪🏻💪🏻3
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Pretty shit 2nd half but we still had the far better chances in it. Edwards, Ramsey, Jones & Gillesphey all quality tonight. Good shift from Berry considering he’s only here to steal a living too..6
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The most comfortable win of the season. Our defence had their pipe and Slippers on.
Good performances from Ramsey , Edwards and Docherty. It's going to be a struggle for Mitchell to get back in the side. I expect Leaburn to start at Blackpool though.5 -
2 things I observed from the west stand tonight..... That was a very, very comfortable win, and Nathan Jones is a fukin lunatic.
Up the addicks!!!16 -
But to be positive......
Ramsey had a great game and was my MOTM. Followed closely behind by Small & Edwards. Godden had a good first 45 & showed what a finisher can do.
Some big games coming up next month. Lets see where we are in early March. Hopefully still there or thereabouts.5 -
At one point NJ was punching himself in the head!!25
