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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers: Tuesday 28th January 2025: KO 19:45
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I’m with Golfie on this one.Oggy Red said:
Come on, Golfie.... You know better than that! 🫣golfaddick said:
Opposite the South Stand.....Oggy Red said:
North Stand?Sheepie1985 said:That was such a relaxed and comfortable game that the North Stand decided to start singing songs I haven’t heard in years
Where's that? 🤔0 -
Is that all? I thought Babylon was mentioned in the Old Testament.guinnessaddick said:
Amazing when you think they’re 30 odd years older than us. So they keep trying to tell people that.Oggy Red said:0 -
Just noticed that last night's referee Farai Hallam was once a Stevenage apprentice. Looked to have a decent future in the game.0
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Didn’t the last time we did a changing room video we got beat the following game?4
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Feels that way. Wasn't it a Dean Holden one?ValleyGary said:Didn’t the last time we did a changing room video we got beat the following game?
Least Jones has not had the whole team coming over to the covered end hand in hand after a scrappy win over a bottom half team.3 -
Think it was Jacko, we had won the first 2-3 games and he said “we’ll go to Shrewsbury and we’ll win, we’ll go to X and we’ll win”.FishCostaFortune said:
Feels that way. Wasn't it a Dean Holden one?ValleyGary said:Didn’t the last time we did a changing room video we got beat the following game?
Least Jones has not had the whole team coming over to the covered end hand in hand after a scrappy win over a bottom half team.Following weekend we lost 1-0 at Shrewsbury and they reposted the video of him saying that side by side with their winning goal.2 -
Yep, just tweeted about it.Callumcafc said:
Think it was Jacko, we had won the first 2-3 games and he said “we’ll go to Shrewsbury and we’ll win, we’ll go to X and we’ll win”.FishCostaFortune said:
Feels that way. Wasn't it a Dean Holden one?ValleyGary said:Didn’t the last time we did a changing room video we got beat the following game?
Least Jones has not had the whole team coming over to the covered end hand in hand after a scrappy win over a bottom half team.Following weekend we lost 1-0 at Shrewsbury and they reposted the video of him saying that side by side with their winning goal.
https://x.com/CAFCofficial/status/1462390586170875905?t=dI7zv-xAns6RPyAfqG9WyA&s=19
We like to shoot ourselves in the foot with stuff like this.
Thankfully Jones didn't say we would beat Blackpool, Jacko actually said we would beat Morecambe and Shrewsbury0 -
On that note as well, our team is so much better than that 20/21 squad when you reflect.
I'd only have Famewo, Dobson and prime Stockers from that team.3 -
Be positive everyone, we're gonna stuff Blackpool...right,🙄0
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Haha, that’s amazing, must be confusing for new players coming into the squad:fenaddick said:
Yea, quite funny watching other players/staff correct themselves whenever they say subs in any interviewse9addick said:
Does he always refer to subs as “game changers”? That’s brilliant if so!Callumcafc said:Go inside our dressing room following last night's win 🙌https://x.com/cafcofficial/status/1884609956994793677?s=46&t=ynww82GMl7VKBjthBflU0g
Jones: “right Davo, you’re one of our game changers today”
Docherty, whispering in Davo’s ear: “that means your on the bench mate”7 -
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Delighted we got the 3 points.
A friend of mine, he passed away in 2019, was a big Bristol Rovers fan and ever since he died we've done terribly against the Gas so glad to change it for once.
We used to play rugby together and I well remember when we went into the clubhouse after one match to discover that our teams had drawn 5-5. More than 50 years ago now but we both supped a few pints that night.
RIP Pete.27 -
As comfortable as we’ve looked all season and a game to give even the more pessimistic amongst us a flicker down below , can we continue to rise and stay firm for a spectacular finish .1
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It was one of the most straightforward wins I’ve seen from Charlton in recent years, not including Northampton away.KingKinsella said:
totally agree about possession being meaningless stat.MuttleyCAFC said:
Couldn't disagree more. We created good chance after good chance and it was a logical conclusion we would get a couple at least. Possession is a meaningless stat. It is what you do with the possession that matters. We are pretty good at winning when we take the lead and this shows a team that has a defensive strength. Having that will mean we fall back on it like we did a bit in the second half as there is a good chance we win doing that. The season stats show that.KingKinsella said:CHM said:Keep Climbing Charlton! Keep climbing!!! 💪🏻💪🏻
Last night 11 individuals without much coordination or team work but with much effort and determination overcame a team with weaker attack and defence but were better organised and had better passing skills and midfield passing.
1st goal- scored on pinball method.Totally fortuitous. (I agree you've got to shoot to score)
2nd goal- skilful strike.
Whilst it's great to win, the shortcomings of our team will be found out. There's only so many bare knuckle fights you can win.
Or we could be the worst " team" in EFL history to be promoted.
11 individuals yet to be a team.
But look at the " effortless "( = well coordinated/planned/understanding of colleagues) way they played out from defence into midfield and to attack (where they were let down)
-overrall smooth/accurate/well weighted passes between team mates
whereas
In CAFC individuals battled hard to get the ball-either lost it or managed 2-3 passes going nowhere- before it was hoofed upfield.
Yes individuals like Small are talented and managed to battle their way through. Thats not team work. That individual skill and determination. And where were the options for him when he got there ? well they didn't come into the equation
(also Aneke who battled but gave up 2-3 passing options in one move as he was desperate to score).
Thats individuals not team work.We could, and possibly should, have been 4 up at half time, and BR had one shot on target, was it?Yes, Chuks had a couple of shots where he should have passed, but that was probably because he knew we were in a position of absolute safety, so why the hell not! He did also play in Kanu superbly.I think you’re over analysing, and expecting us to be playing at the level of a Championship side. We’re not, we’re a League One side, one that’s found a way to get good results at the moment.Where I’m with you is that we may not have what it takes to win the playoffs, if we actually get there; although that’s based on what happened in 2018/19, and I think this year the standard in League One is slightly lower. I’ve said that, signing a really good attacking midfielder might make all the difference.0 -
The first half was for me the best we played all season. Then we sat back on our lead which should be expected given defence is now a strength of ours. We still created some great chances though. I felt comfortable throughout although 2 nil can be a dodgy lead.1
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Especially if it’s us with the 2.MuttleyCAFC said:The first half was for me the best we played all season. Then we sat back on our lead which should be expected given defence is now a strength of ours. We still created some great chances though. I felt comfortable throughout although 2 nil can be a dodgy lead.0 -
It did feel like we could have turned the intensity back up if we needed to to be fair - if there had been a goal scored by Rovers I would have expected us to go on and put a few more past them to recover the lead.MuttleyCAFC said:The first half was for me the best we played all season. Then we sat back on our lead which should be expected given defence is now a strength of ours. We still created some great chances though. I felt comfortable throughout although 2 nil can be a dodgy lead.0 -
That's a bit too close for comfort matese9addick said:
Haha, that’s amazing, must be confusing for new players coming into the squad:fenaddick said:
Yea, quite funny watching other players/staff correct themselves whenever they say subs in any interviewse9addick said:
Does he always refer to subs as “game changers”? That’s brilliant if so!Callumcafc said:Go inside our dressing room following last night's win 🙌https://x.com/cafcofficial/status/1884609956994793677?s=46&t=ynww82GMl7VKBjthBflU0g
Jones: “right Davo, you’re one of our game changers today”
Docherty, whispering in Davo’s ear: “that means your on the bench mate”
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Ian Maatsen, Ben Amos & Pratley too for meBraziliance said:On that note as well, our team is so much better than that 20/21 squad when you reflect.
I'd only have Famewo, Dobson and prime Stockers from that team.0 -
oohaahmortimer said:As comfortable as we’ve looked all season and a game to give even the more pessimistic amongst us a flicker down below , can we continue to rise and stay firm for a spectacular finish .

Bit of bait there oohaah, which I have taken...🤦♂️2 -
Prime Stockers was the one who scored four or five outrageous headers, but I always thought he’d struggle to maintain that streak, as they were all low percentage chances.Braziliance said:On that note as well, our team is so much better than that 20/21 squad when you reflect.
I'd only have Famewo, Dobson and prime Stockers from that team.Chuks had a good season (15 goals) and I’d probably also keep Pratley.Of course we also had Alfie Doughty. We’d all want to keep him. 👍0 -
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I would have too but I checked as thought someone would have beaten me to iteastterrace6168 said:oohaahmortimer said:As comfortable as we’ve looked all season and a game to give even the more pessimistic amongst us a flicker down below , can we continue to rise and stay firm for a spectacular finish .
Bit of bait there oohaah, which I have taken...🤦♂️
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Is it possible that Luke Berry is making a vital contribution to the "balance" in the team in an intangible way that we as mere mortals /supporters find difficult to see?1
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And the technical side to his game was severely lacking.JamesSeed said:
Prime Stockers was the one who scored four or five outrageous headers, but I always thought he’d struggle to maintain that streak, as they were all low percentage chances.Braziliance said:On that note as well, our team is so much better than that 20/21 squad when you reflect.
I'd only have Famewo, Dobson and prime Stockers from that team.Chuks had a good season (15 goals) and I’d probably also keep Pratley.Of course we also had Alfie Doughty. We’d all want to keep him. 👍0 -
..not to say our midfield...🤦♂️Leuth said:
By only running twice a game he creates confusion amongst opposition defenderstimken said:Is it possible that Luke Berry is making a vital contribution to the "balance" in the team in an intangible way that we as mere mortals /supporters find difficult to see?0













