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POST-MATCH THREAD: Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 30th August 2025: KO 12:30pm

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Charlton’s visit this afternoon across town to Queen Park Rangers’ Loftus Road comes on the back of the host’s 7-1 battering to Coventry last week. As such, it was important that Nathan Jones’ side got off to a quick start in order to capitalise on the obvious fragility. 

But it was QPR that struck first. Paul Smyth found himself bursting into the box on the counter with the Charlton backline uncharacteristically all at sea.

It was mostly Charlton for the remainder of the half, but the away side failed to capitalise on their dominance. With 58% of the possession and some 16 crosses being swung in, Charlton should have done better to put the fragile QPR backline under more pressure. At times they looked like cracking but, to their credit, they held firm.

On 26 minutes, Miles Leaburn canonned a half volley off the crossbar from a Josh Edwards cross. Then followed a QPR attempt on the stroke of half time that came off the post.

The equaliser finally came on 53 minutes, when Tyreece Campbell beat his man and crossed the ball in for Rob Apter to drive it into the ground, looping over everyone, and bouncing through the box and into the back of the net.

Charlton looked to go on and grab a winner. Unfortunately, the away side found it hard to capitalise on their good play. On 83 minutes, the substitute Saito carried the ball forward from the halfway line and bumbled one in off of Kayne Ramsay.

QPR made a few aggressive changes in the second half that looked misguided but paid dividends. Conversely, our changes were largely ineffective.

Where the loss to Leicester was a frustratingly positive performance, this was frustratingly negative, with QPR there for the taking. Back-to-back league losses and a real failure to take our chances when they come makes for a bleak outlook in the near term.

A Richard Kone third goal added insult to injury. Lloyd Jones had completely marked him out of it yet again but was chasing an equaliser up the pitch that gave Kone the space to score on the break.

QPR 3 Charlton 1
Over to you.





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Comments

  • sam3110sam3110
    Hope Jones goes over some of "the basics" in the next 2 weeks with them all, like how to take a set piece, and when to stay on your feet and when to throw yourself to the floor....

    Expect to see a different side against the scum, and hopefully our own reaction to a loss that we saw from QPR today 
  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    No need to panic but maybe we should have played a few first teamers on Tuesday. We didn't look our usual self although a draw was probably the fair result.
  • JamesU2002JamesU2002
    Very concerning. We can be as solid as you like at the back, and while that might work in League One, you need an attacking threat. Otherwise you’ll get punished by more talented players like Saito. 

    Transfer window shuts next week, we’re not in for an attacker, but we should have been. 
  • Stu_of_KunmingStu_of_Kunming
    edited August 30
    We should have had a pen and them a red card.

    But our resident gooner thinks referees only impact results against his team. 
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  • SELR_addicksSELR_addicks
    It's funny. We got promoted because our defense were excellent and kept a lot of clean sheets. 

    So we change up the defense with new recruitment and largely keep the midfield and attack the same (in the starting line-up). 

    We don't have enough quality in the final third and, whilst that remains, we will struggle this year. 
  • welling1986welling1986
    That little bit of quality was the difference 
  • TheHerminatorTheHerminator
    Lots of positives to take from a game we were the better team in. 
    Finishing isn’t one of them. Is Godden the answer?
    are we allowed to be worried about Kelman yet? 
  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    We should have had a pen and them a red card.

    But our resident gooner thinks referees only impact results against his team. 
    They as in QPR? When? And a red card for who?
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    edited August 30
    JamesU2002 said:
    Very concerning. We can be as solid as you like at the back, and while that might work in League One, you need an attacking threat. Otherwise you’ll get punished by more talented players like Saito. 

    Transfer window shuts next week, we’re not in for an attacker, but we should have been. 
    We weren't solid at the back today though, that's the problem today, and is why we've not come away with at least a point, aside the three goals conceded, neither Ramsay or Edwards were on song today.

    Its not pretty but at the very least we need to go back to grinding out a couple of 0-0s, like last season, where we're absolutely confident that the Defence can be relied upon, and then work on the attack.

    Agree with Fen, we need a backup RWB option for Apter
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    welling1986 said:
    That little bit of quality was the difference 
    Particularly at set pieces. If our delivery had been better I think we would have won 
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    edited August 30
    Kamakazi attacking substitutions at the end made the scoreline look far worse than it should have . 
    Absolutely no shape to the team by the end . 
    Again our finishing is letting us down and the set pieces today didn’t help . 
    I know it sounds like he’s being used as a scapegoat but TC just isn’t up to it . 
    If he doesn’t fall to the floor for the umpteenth time we don’t lose that game yet he’s still on the pitch at the end. 
    NJ had a mare today and he probably knows it 

  • smsm
    oh well back to the usual frustration. So many set pieces wasted and the side looking as they are not used to playing with each other.
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  • AberystwythAddickAberystwythAddick
    Last week I said I had concerns over the lack of ability to score. I was told not to worry because we were playing well and the goals will come. Well I saw nothing in that game that leads me to believe we will be able to adapt to this league in the way we need to. Poor offensively, poor defensively. Poor decision to start/keep tc on. Poor all around 
  • SELR_addicksSELR_addicks
    fenaddick said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    It's funny. We got promoted because our defense were excellent and kept a lot of clean sheets. 

    So we change up the defense with new recruitment and largely keep the midfield and attack the same (in the starting line-up). 

    We don't have enough quality in the final third and, whilst that remains, we will struggle this year. 
    We’ve changed one defender in the lineup and two attackers? 
    Keeper as well. 

    Wing-backs could be considered both. But unsure why the core Doc, Coventry, Leaburn, TC are still the first choices when they weren't our strength last season. 
  • DDOUBLEEDDOUBLEE
    TheHerminator said:
    Lots of positives to take from a game we were the better team in. 
    Finishing isn’t one of them. Is Godden the answer?
    are we allowed to be worried about Kelman yet? 
    I’m worried about every striker, not one of them has looked good.
  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    We should have had a pen and them a red card.

    But our resident gooner thinks referees only impact results against his team. 
    True. The ref was crap. I thought the quality might go up with the level but I haven't seen much of it yet.
  • CrispywoodCrispywood
    Draw was fair the subs both managers made was where the game was won and lost 
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