What a win and what a noise at the end. Defence was fucking amazing.
Only grumble was Kelman looked dog shit.
Kelman is gonna need Leaburn or Olaofe with him.
Completely agree. Campbell was wrong partner and kept on making simple errors up top, looked better playing deeper. Kelman will come good but had little to work with today
Thought Jones & Ramsey were solid, Bell wasn’t great when he turned inside onto his right. Better league, but still same 💩 refs, player off the pitch “injured” ref plays on for about 30 secs then blows to stop the game. WTF. We also had 2 good shouts for pens in the second half.
Bell was great and am amazing upgrade!
Bell overplays it in defence - looked a bit casual at times. Need to deal with a high press a bit better.
Fair play to the Watford Manager, doesnt have a bitch and whinge about the penalty they should have had, I know we should have had at least one ourselves, but wouldn't have blamed him, had he brought it up
Fair play to the Watford Manager, doesnt have a bitch and whinge about the penalty they should have had, I know we should have had at least one ourselves, but wouldn't have blamed him, had he brought it up
While Knibbs will make the headlines for his late winner, it was another debutant in Apter that shone for the hosts.
The summer signing from Blackpool was the man who put in the crosses for both of Lloyd Jones' excellent first-half chances.
He also came close with a number of his own efforts and was a constant thorn in the side of Watford down Charlton's right flank.
It was the 22-year-old's first game at Championship level but he did not look out of place - despite only having one full season in League One last term.
While Knibbs will make the headlines for his late winner, it was another debutant in Apter that shone for the hosts.
The summer signing from Blackpool was the man who put in the crosses for both of Lloyd Jones' excellent first-half chances.
He also came close with a number of his own efforts and was a constant thorn in the side of Watford down Charlton's right flank.
It was the 22-year-old's first game at Championship level but he did not look out of place - despite only having one full season in League One last term.
Very unlucky with his 2nd half effort. Must have looked like it was going in from behind that goal.
That was standout fantastic. Back in the Championship against a team who are well established there and with Prem ambitions. The game was a real seesaw, but we looked comfortable there and frankly deserved the win. Big shout out to Apter and Carey who looked a real problem to deal with. Edwards was a rock, as was Jones, Coventry was everywhere, and Leaburn and Knibbs caused real problems. I thought Campbell looked okay first half, but he gradually worsened, with some awful passing and a shot he took when an easy pass would have put Edwards in behind. But I think he'll settle in, as will Kelman who was a bit anonymous, but had little service.
But overall, avoid game of football, worthy winners, and we look as if we have bought well this summer.
Sitting in the upper north, how annoying was the flashing on the led avert boards that faced us?
Without wanting to sound too over the top, that might well cause issues for some people sensitive to seizures, if it happens to occur at the right frequency. They need to sort that. I thought the ground looked good though with the facelift bits and bobs.
Now if they can just sort out the appalling service (shout out to the bar staff in fans bar who tried to charge me ten quid for two halves, offering to "show me" if I wanted, which when I asked him to, magically changed to 6 quid).
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Certainly these days under Nathan Jones.
That noise when Knibbs scored the winner. That noise!
Attendance 21,778
Nathan Jones has prepared this team well.
We will be fine this season.
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Fantastic noise for the goal.
A bit disappointed with the attendance - thought it would be 23k+.
Attendance: 21,778 (3,138 from Charlton)
was the ground full of watford fans today or are is the OS saying only 3k in the home end live in Charlton?
2) Goal difference;
3) Number of goals scored;
4) Head-to-head results;
5) Wins;
6) Away goals;
7) Penalty points (sec 9.5);
8) Number of 12-point sending off offences;
9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)
While Knibbs will make the headlines for his late winner, it was another debutant in Apter that shone for the hosts.
The summer signing from Blackpool was the man who put in the crosses for both of Lloyd Jones' excellent first-half chances.
He also came close with a number of his own efforts and was a constant thorn in the side of Watford down Charlton's right flank.
It was the 22-year-old's first game at Championship level but he did not look out of place - despite only having one full season in League One last term.
Does that include Season ticket holders that are on holiday or decided to watch on TV as it was an early ko, as there looked less than 20k.
But overall, avoid game of football, worthy winners, and we look as if we have bought well this summer.
Now if they can just sort out the appalling service (shout out to the bar staff in fans bar who tried to charge me ten quid for two halves, offering to "show me" if I wanted, which when I asked him to, magically changed to 6 quid).
Transfers in have led to a big increase in quality rather than shopping around hoping for the best and relying on the kids to save us.
I think it was mostly a relief of "we can cut it in this league".
But makes you realise how hard it will be to compete in this League when you see that only 2 teams - Oxford & QPR - had a smaller attendance today.