Feb 3
You can’t criticize the effort, but you can criticize almost everything else.
Derby are not pretty to watch and I know we all do it, but their time wasting was tragic, nonetheless they walked away with the 3 points mostly due to us once again gift wrapping a goal.
Please click for moreThe old broken toe nail injury the day before a game heralded CBT’s departure last week. He had done his Derby media work so it was just a matter of time before his departure was announced once Derby and Charlton had ironed out the intricacies of the deal.
Please click for moreFreddie Ladapo was flavour of the month in the summer as Addicks’ fans clamoured over his signature. Well, we have finally got our man as he has signed on loan from Ipswich Town.
Ladapo is mobile and strong and although he has found it hard to be a starter in Ipswich’s incredible beginning to the season, he has 22 games under his belt and scored 4 goals.
Please click for moreLots more chatter around the January transfer window yesterday from Andy Scott. I do agree with him that January is a very tough window to trade in, but it will be interesting to see who the club can entice and how much real financial support they get from the new owners.
January will be a tell-tale month in many ways.
Please click for moreFor years now this team has been under-funded and therefore lacking quality in match-winning areas. Youngsters have filled holes, loan players have occasionally taken us up a level, but only temporarily.
This team, not squad, this team needs players. Possibly just 2 or 3 before the end of August, but we really can’t afford to wait one more day to get in a striker to play alongside Alfie May.
Please click for moreAn important win. The Portsmouth result would have meant nothing unless we followed it up today.
We deserved the win, but true to form we somehow almost blew it at the end. As the weather deteriorated so did our confidence and Lincoln came within inches of equalizing as we played an unexplainable 9 minutes of injury time.
Please click for moreIt didn’t mean a lot, and I paid the game cursory attention from Barbados where I was watching my daughter at a swim meet, which had far more importance to me, but you never sniff at a win and a win it was.
Please click for moreWe should have won the game by four or five after a dominant first half display but in the end we were clinging on and after recent criticism Craig MacGillivray made a terrific save at the death to secure the 3 points.
Doncaster were poor, but this was a much better and more confident performance from the Addicks led by a fantastic display from CBT who caused all manor of problems. Donny even changed their right wing back at the break to blunt his threat, but CBT roasted him too.
Please click for moreA deserved win and a vital one at that and in all honesty we couldn’t have asked for much more.
It feels a long time, that’s because it is, that Addicks had that winning feeling. Although there was more relief than anything else.
Please click for moreNot Jacko yet although Thomas Sandgaard has joined yours truly in the UK this week, so watch this space, but today it was Corey Blackett-Taylor who signed a new contract.
The 24-year old was initially signed until January but has had his contract extended until the summer of 2023.
Please click for moreNot really sure how to react to that. The game showed us good, mediocre and bad. There was good character to come back twice from behind, but the 1st half was very poor and Pompey should have been home and hosed by the time we even got going. Yet, even then we had more chances than we’ve had in any home match this season.
Please click for moreSeven more changes from Nigel Adkins tonight, include the dropping of skipper Jayden Stockley, and it really was sh1t or bust for the Addicks manager. By the end what we had was probably our best 45 minutes of the season followed by a reverting to type.
Please click for moreAnother defeat, but it wasn’t just that, it was another game where we weren’t even in it. One shot on target and completely outplayed. Devoid of ideas, identity and confidence.
Don’t let the injury time goal from Lavelle turn your head or the couple of scrambles that followed. This was terrible, we deserved nothing.
Please click for moreThe 23-year old winger has been training with the Addicks, and today signed a short-term contract until January, which if not earth shattering is a sensible decision for both parties.
Blackett-Taylor came through the youth ranks at Aston Villa and spent the last two seasons with Tranmere Rovers but was released in the summer.
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