Karoy Anderson - new contract until 2028 (p23)

Over 50 appearances for the first team but still playing like a youngster playing in his first few games for the club. He needs to be loaned out to learn his trade and work out what type of  midfielder he wants to be, unfortunately I can’t see that happening as jones loves him too much 

The Red Robin said:

killerandflash said:

Swisdom said:

The Red Robin said:

Jones has to work out that midfield in the summer. All too similar and zero creativity.

He’s got the workmanlike bit sorted.  Now we need to add a touch of sparkle

Midfielders who can dominate physically AND create are like gold dust though. Unless you have some money to spend, you end up with lightweight flair players, or water carriers.

The point is, you can have two different types of player in midfield, rather than three of the same.

Hopefully we can find someone with a bit of both who alap improves us. I don’t see Jones settling for a flair player who doesn’t work hard, help win second balls etc. It’s a big reason he rates Berry so highly, he presses, won’t pull out of a tackle or aerial challenge but has those moments of quality with a good pass or shot - we could have just done with a little more, double figures for goals and that bit more pace and creativity.

Croydon said:

Athletico Charlton said:

Some of the abuse Anderson gets makes me cringe.  The bloke behind me yesterday was venting and booting chairs each time Anderson made an error. 

Anderson is a long way from the finished article but he gives 100% for our club, clearly gets and likes the club and never, ever hides.  I hope.he comes good and think he will, his guts and bravery have probably counted against him so far as they have meant NJ gets him to fill in our if position so often.

Was that the fella in the Charlton shirt right next to the Wrexham fans by the dug outs? 

No, middle of upper tier.

The midfield looks disjointed whenever Karoy starts. I just don't think that he knows yet how to play as part of a midfield, as he just does his own thing. Hopefully, it will come to him with experience but he isn't what we need now in the starting eleven.

Captain invisible to blame for much of the flack Anderson receives. Anderson has been a calming influence in the past few games when he came on. Barry's absence forced NJs hand yesterday.

RonnieMoore said:

se9addick said:

The Red Robin said:

Agree. Berry was a big loss yesterday.

It just shows the absolute lack of depth in the squad. I don’t expect us to have 25 star players, that’s not realistic at this level, but the drop off in quality for this squad when we have just one or two injuries/suspensions in the first XI is ridiculous. 

All he had to do was start Gilbert in the Berry role …. There no lack of depth just pick the right player 

That and starting Mitchell. 

RonnieMoore said:

Weegie Addick said:

The more experienced pros in Doc and Coventry went AWOL yesterday leaving Karoy too much to do. He kept trying nevertheless. 

What Coventry was by far our best player .. Anderson having such a bad game meant Doc and Coventry got outnumbered 

What crap, both of them were anonymous for the first 30 mins……but it’s Anderson fault!!!!

Scoham said:

Not saying Anderson was good but I’m not sure Gilbert would offer much in a physical game like we saw yesterday. He wouldn’t have had a lot of space and time on the ball.

He didn't look out of place when he came on. Anderson might be stronger than him, but lost possession endless times because his control wasn't good enough.

I thought it was damaged limitation after we went 2 down in no time and I'm just pleased our players didn't lose their heads and pick up Red cards.
We were beaten by the better team all over the pitch and the 100% effort in attempting to do the impossible finally caught up with CAFC against a strong team who should be grateful to us for smashing their nearest rival just 5 days before.

Anderson had an excellent game when he replaced Berry after 28 minutes against Wycombe as every single player did with our 2nd best performance after the Huddersfield home match. Karoy would need to find a better 1st touch but he's a young player with a great engine who like every CAFC players got steamrolled in the first 20 minutes against promoted Wrexham who got their crap performances out the way against two struggling teams recently.

Too close too call with the 4 teams going into the play offs whether it's Reading or Orient who join Stockport, Wycombe and Charlton.

We need the obvious Charlton 11 to be fit and Dr Will Abbott and his 'hands on team' need to play a blinder from now to the end of this mentality exhausting season for manager, coaches, medical staff, fan/critics !

fenaddick said:

Coventry created the joint most chances of any player on the pitch (4), completed the most passes (54), won the joint most tackles (3) and had the second most touches (86). He didn’t go missing, he just didn’t have the support around him 

Exactly! Seems a few watches Dobbo on Saturday and then immediately went back to criticising Coventry