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Post by everard on Mar 10, 2019 17:32:34 GMT
Let's hope they're sitting relaxed on their laurels after their Saturday win over Pompey
I've never been to the Valley and would've gone had it been a Saturday game but I can't do a Tuesday night trip to the Smoke I'm afraid.....assuming this one is on iplayer for a tenner....?
Did you know: Charlton Athletic has the eighth-highest home attendance record (75,031) of English football clubs........ Ah! the good old days.....
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Post by trevor1946 on Mar 11, 2019 14:03:15 GMT
Another big challenge,a pacey team tight at the back,put to bed a powerful pompey on a big pitch.with a energetic team,
They have a lot of the old leeds, feigning injury==blocking the goalkeepers path at corners==playing the player== obstruction being the norm.and sharing yellow cards to take out certain players==,also get at the ref with a home crowd make his life uncomfortable. I see a physical game and our flair players will be targeted.
a long 90 minutes any points from here will come at a cost, ifollow for me,.then waiting for Blackpool,this run of games showing us what is needed in this division.
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Post by sinfinbovril on Mar 11, 2019 20:52:20 GMT
We've got as much chance of winning this as we did of beating Coventry.
COYB!!!
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Post by everard on Mar 12, 2019 19:23:15 GMT
Same team and bench as Saturday...
Let's hope for same result...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 7:20:09 GMT
Not a bad performance by The Brewers by any stretch but we struggled yet again to turn attacking opportunities into genuine goal attempts and were often let down by poor passing. Charlton are a very good team with good goal scorers and deserved their win, so no shame in the result. Thought that their penalty was clear (under the rules at least) and our penalty was a bit soft (perhaps a tendency for refs to try and be fair) Akins took it well. Harness had another good game, but had opportunities to shoot and took the option to try the pass. He wasn’t alone with that though and we were undone by poor passing which left us exposed to the break - Charlton’s second goal is a case in point - Fraser gave the ball away and then sat on the floor and allowed Charlton to find space on the right to get behind the defence and an excellent (although unmarked) flying header into the goal. Not many teams have come away from Charlton this season with even a point and we matched them for much of the game and somewhat frustrated them when they perhaps thought they could have got a third. Great to watch on iFollow (with the sound turned off).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 9:48:32 GMT
Dreadful passing. Awful in the final third. More patience required.
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Post by insideleft on Mar 13, 2019 10:46:29 GMT
Charlton started brightly, looked a decent side with a lot of pace up front but slowly the game became very evenly fought.
They didn’t create anything really clear cut, we defended well. If there were clear chances they probably fell to Boyce late on and Harness early doors.
We had our share of the position and approach play but as Trent59(Royston) says predictably critically the final pass, the final decision, the final touch was not good enough.
One of those games where the team that scored most goals won and Charlton probably deserved it.
No real complaints.
iFollow would benefit from having it's own commentary.
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Post by mikeyboy on Mar 13, 2019 10:49:52 GMT
Has Royston gone then?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 11:00:11 GMT
Charlton started brightly, looked a decent side with a lot of pace up front but slowly the game became very evenly fought. They didn’t create anything really clear cut, we defended well. If there were clear chances they probably fell to Boyce late on and Harness early doors. We had our share of the position and approach play but as Trent59(Royston) says predictably critically the final pass, the final decision, the final touch was not good enough. One of those games where the team that scored most goals won and Charlton probably deserved it. No real complaints. iFollow would benefit from having it's own commentary. Why do you think I am Royston ? |
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Post by trevor1946 on Mar 13, 2019 12:10:04 GMT
So frustrated 2 main players out with calf injuries for Charlton, bowyer said 2nd half the players were tired after the Portsmouth game, we came full of confidence and
were sloppy, Collins had no chance with both goals the back 5 worked hard, Both penalties were dubious .Midfield for me is more creative than defensive,
Example--Wallace--Fox--Quinn===So we play on the front foot with Allen --Frazier supporting our wingers and striker.
This plan fails when fear and inexperience totalled with lack of ability,means the final third becomes a pressure cooker and the ball a hot potato.
Harness--Miller-Akins all had good opportunities for that vital second goal,despite the woeful passing and decision making.Charlton had less opportunities than us and scored 2 goals and hit the bar,oh and took 3 points Again.--Frazier had a bad game and looks tired. Boyce needs a good final pass to give him opportunities to score.
Clough shows his experience and knows with over 10 players experiencing league 1 for the first time.and things could have been different if the 5 players offered contracts had signed, he says it is what it is, Still in the top half and having a go,some top teams to play yet,so could could tense.
one thing this season will be a good learning curve for our young guns
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Post by bennyboy on Mar 13, 2019 15:41:58 GMT
The penalty for them looked soft to me, he jumped up to go down, he dived with minimal contact from Brayford. More clear cut for our penalty but again soft, some refs wouldn't have given that, ball to hand rather than hand to ball on that one. Their second goal, well it was easy enough for them wasn't it!
Only listening to the radio commentary, it just seemed we got better as they tired, on to Sat.
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Post by surreybrewer on Mar 13, 2019 16:53:15 GMT
Was one of the 156 at the away end last night. Unusually quiet for an away Burton following - perhaps because we were all freezing cold in the exposed away end! Charlton fans were great for their team, solidly encouraging throughout the game. Was amazed to hear the attendance was 9.500 - that makes the ground more than a third full but it looked a quarter full at most. One of the problems of having a ground way too big for the level of support currently attracted.
Brewers were superficially pretty impressive in the second half, dominating possession but as others, including Nigel have implied, flattered to deceive. Far too much giving away of the ball, ill-thought final passes, but then there was collectively not enough making of space for the player in possession to make a telling pass. Harness and Frazer the worst offenders. A goal would do Harness the world of good, seems to be lacking self-belief at the moment. Buxton again excellent apart from a couple of misplaced passes and MacFadzean as well as defending well was often moving forward and starting attacks. But we clearly lack clinical ruthlessness in attack at present.
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