POST-MATCH THREAD: Blackpool V Charlton Athletic: Saturday 1st February 2025 : KO 15:00

PWR after watching the stream.

Quite a match ! Lots for both sets of fans to enjoy but poor decisions enabled the Seasiders to grab a point at the death IMO.

First off, my positives. 

Overall I thought Thierry frightened them with his pace & aggression, while TC having had a quiet first 45 was more effective after the break. Conor ran his socks off as usual and Josh is growing into a POTY contender with every 90 minutes he plays. And apart from his faux pas that led to their equaliser, Macca was as solid as his defensive team mates.

The poor decisions I mentioned included the error for their 2nd goal & the amount of space we granted the opposition at crucial points of the game. We gave it our all but our lack of height that Greg & Brownie referred to didn't do us any favours.

However, whether other Lifers have mentioned it already, and/or whether the gaffer has, I feel that our subs were brought on too soon, with the fresh legs failing to have the effect NJ required. 

OK - we were 2 nil up but 10 minutes after scoring our 2nd, to make 2 major changes up front seemed somewhat premature, especially with young Daniel having a serious lack of game time of late. Chuks I would agree was worth bringing on but I'd have paired him with Miles ( partly for his height) and added Karoy for his energy at the same time. IF we had been dominating at that point with the Tangerines  looking very unlikely to stage a comeback, then, fine. But they had shown they were not a team to be taken lightly & with the introduction of their subs /fresh legs, it was clear the game was far from over. 

OK, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I am hoping that Nathan's post match interview reflected that he possibly underestimated the opposition once we'd taken that 2 goal lead.

Or perhaps it's just me.

But a crucial point is not to be sneezed at and keeps us in touch with the top 6 following a hard fought contest. Just a pity that Stevenage are currently on a roll....

Am as gutted as anyone.

But.... point away from home. In a better position in league.

I can see the logic in bringing Chuks on. He holds the ball up better than Leaburn and had been winning more headers recently, too. Just didn't work today. 

Am sure the lads will be disappointed. No Tues game to bounce back, but time on the training pitches now. 

COYR 

Plenty of teams from across all the divisions lose from 2 nil up, a draw is not so bad, a fair result in the end. It was exhausting just watching from 75 minutes, let alone playing. 

At the game. Jones lost us the points with the substitutions. Gutted, but we are looking good. Onwards and upwards 

Big mistake taking TC off. Blackpool's right back was causing loads of problems with his forward runs and played big part in both to their goals.

golfaddick said:

up_the_valley said:

TheHerminator said:

Please please please try and be positive lads. Yes it’s disappointing but a point on the road keeps us on track and we haven’t suddenly become shit.
some poor decisions today but onwards and upwards 

To be honest, we've been shit for most of the season, barring a few performances. Being 2 nil up on 74 mins and not winning is pretty poor. I think we're fortunate to have something to play for this season. 

I agree. Lots of ifs & buts but the table would look a lot different if........

• We had conceded in injury time against Shrewsbury when they had a good chance to score. instead they missed and we somehow scored a last minute winner. 

• We had drawn against Bolton instead of grabbing a deflected goal. We could have even lost that one too having gone a goal behind - we usually do in those circumstances. 

I know all teams can say that but it's not like we have been pulling up trees during this little run. Before the last 4 games we lost heavily to Rotherham & draw 0-0 with Reading. We have been poor in patches and average for most of the rest. 

Godspeed mate 

ArmchairAddick said:

Chuks really isn't bringing anything these days.  I love the talisman he's become but he just isn't vfm.  It might be time to say goodbye.  Isn't he out of contract this year?  Why oh why was Leaburn not brought on instead?

I don't agree that he doesn't offer anything but this wasn't the time for him. Really strange subs.

MuttleyCAFC said:

I know a lot of refs give a foul with Chuks on their keeper but for me the ref penalised Chuks for being stronger and cost us a goal. What did he do that their keeper didn't do except stay on his feet?

The keeper deliberately stood on Chucks foot so chucks shoved him to get him off, getting a card as a result.

After the last ref, this one stood out as shite, but tbf he was par for L1 referee's. 

I agree that the subs were an error, I raised an eyebrow (Roger Moore style) when they were made.

Their sub, Ennis  making his debut was a handful and made more of an impact on the game than our forward changes. Just goes to show that January signings can work.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cd7d45zp91eo.amp

Lost our mobility when subs made. They probably had better chances on the counter  throughout the game but was impressed at how confident we seemed pre subs. Shit crowd in a shit ground in a khazi of a town. Blackpool away fixtures really should only be at the very start or very end of a season.
Lots of old and familiar faces knocking about today. Onto the next.

IT_Andy said:

Big mistake taking TC off. Blackpool's right back was causing loads of problems with his forward runs and played big part in both to their goals.

TC was limping when he went off the commentators were saying. Perhaps he couldn't stay on?

Kanu needs a loan, not up to L1 standard yet

MuttleyCAFC said:

Gillesphey was having a great game and has been doing ok recently. No need to start looking for a crisis that isn't there. 

Agreed, silly mistake and he got punished. He played a great through ball that out midfielders couldn’t manage to pick. 

It's a great point and yes it would have been a fantastic three points but I thought we would lose this one, so am happy with a point. Don't agree that the subs lost us the game, Tyreece looked like he was carrying a knock and we all knew that Blackpool's height and physicality would stretch us and that was starting to tell in the 15 mins before half time. We caught them cold on the resumption but they were always going to put pressure on from free kicks and corners so we had to try and get some beef on there. If there is a lesson to be learned, then it's Blackpool's sub, Ennis, on loan from Stoke, he gave them pace up front, which they didn't have with Bloxham, as decent as he is, lets hope we can get a game changer before the window closes. 

NJ - "Pure quality to strengthen the squad" we're his exact words. Let's see tmwhat the next 2 days of transfer dealings bring to the club.