Jan 10
That was never a 5-1 game. I thought the boys did well tonight, showed good organization, discipline and courage. They even gave us a goal to cheer.
Yet, the second and third goals were poor to concede and the timing a killer.
Please click for moreJust a few lines on today’s game as I’m laid up trying to fight the flu, and losing badly.
Very disappointing to be 2-0 up, and not bring back the three points today. Their first goal was the killer I thought, and both goals conceded were really poor from our point of view.
Please click for moreA huge win.
It was at times a draining game to watch, but there was also plenty to enjoy. Lot’s of positive performances and we showed all the aggression and defensive bravery that heralded our start to the season.
Please click for moreI think that was a warning call today. We didn’t deserve to lose that match, from 60 mins on we looked the most likely to win, but we left Loftus Road with our tail between our legs.
I think us fans need to remember the ultimate goal here. Possibly our surprise element has been exhausted, we have to be better, and we have to learn quicker but for long periods as the away side we still had the upper hand.
Please click for moreGassan Ahadme scored twice and could’ve had a third in the final run out of the season today, but he did do it against his favourite opposition.
Still it was a nice surprise and will do him no harm. Sonny Carey was the other scorer in the 3-0 win at Southend.
Please click for more“We feel we have real unfinished business with myself and Miles together.” – Nathan Jones.
A little bit out of the blue this, but today Charlton locked Miles Leaburn down to a new 3-year contract. His old one was due to expire next summer.
Please click for moreA blow for Miles, the club and it’s supporters with him ruled out for the rest of this season.
The academy graduate missed pre-season and didn’t feature in the first team squad until October.
Please click for moreWycombe lost their first two games of the season 2-3 to both Wrexham and Birmingham but had not lost since in the league and are easily the division’s top scorers.
That is what the Addicks faced today, but I think we even surpised ourselves with what we saw this lunchtime.
Please click for moreAnother defeat, that is one league win in nine. Less points than we had at this point last season which was before Appleton sent us hurtling towards a relegation battle.
Jones asked us to judge him on performances and after he had made us much stronger following the summer transfer window. As a reminder, his last three signings were A Campbell, Potts and Hylton.
Please click for moreI’ll try not to be too negative but that was another disappointing and alarming display.
Yet, I have spent five decades watching us find way’s to lose these games and despite the players’ best efforts, they actually won and most importantly of all are in the hat for the next round.
Please click for moreAs the club continue to negotiate a long-term contract renewal for Miles Leaburn they today triggered the extra year to take his current deal to the summer of 2026.
Please click for moreI dipped in and out of feed of the U21 action today against Leeds United in the Premier League Cup.
Miles Leaburn started his first match since the end of November last year.
Please click for moreGood to read that Miles Leaburn is back in training. He has clearly worked hard, whilst the club under the careful watch of Will Abbott have monitored his progress back to full fitness.
Leaburn last played at the end of November 2023 when he was injured in a home match against Cheltenham. He had also missed the start of last season after getting hurt in the Welling pre-season game.
Please click for moreThere’s a nice article here on AFC Wimbledon’s website in preparation for tomorrow’s pre-season friendly between us. Kick off is 3pm with tickets still available.
Carl Leaburn was at Charlton for eleven years and at Wimbledon for three. He did a season at QPR and finished off at Grays Athletic playing until he was 36.
Please click for moreThis is good news. Daniel Kanu’s contract was due to expire in June, but he has today signed a new one until 2027.
If our young academy players are any good, then other teams will want to buy them. Just like, imagine, we ever had a manager that higher placed teams wanted to poach. Because he was good!
Please click for moreWell, or at best he’ll be back for the play-off’s. Okay, I’ll put the wine 🍷 down.
The news that the club cancelled Daniel Kanu’s loan at Southend this morning was only the prelude to the news that Miles Leaburn had surgery on his hamstring this morning and will be out for five months.
Please click for moreNews today that Miles Leaburn will miss the start of the new season following an ankle injury received last week at Welling.
Word was it could have been a longer, but it will be weeks not months. Nonetheless the biggest loss will be a full pre-season for Miles. He had just a week, and recovery and match fitness when he returns will take longer as others will be strides ahead of him.
Please click for moreIt looks as if all is not lost in the chase for Alfie May. Ever reliable Rich Cawley wrote today that the Addicks are moving closer to a deal for the Cheltenham man.
A fee in the range of £250-300,000 has been agreed but it sounds as if the structure of how that will be paid is still to be ironed out. That presumably due to the takeover.
Please click for moreThe Addicks kicked off pre-season with a 4-0 win at Welling. First half goals from Sam Lavelle, Karoy Anderson and Zach Mitchell gave us a 3-0 lead at the break. A complete new team played the 2nd half with Charlie Kirk adding a 4th.
Sadly Miles Leaburn went off early in the first half with an ankle injury after a poor tackle from a Welling defender. The seriousness is not yet known.
Please click for moreLet’s be honest the best, most consistent, game-changing player won the Addicks’ Player of the Year last night.
The Palace lad was a joy to watch and a credit to himself and his parent club. I’ll be content if those lot from Croydon lend us their next rising star next season.
Please click for moreJes Rak-Sakyi was today nominated for the EFL League One Young Player of the Season, and deservedly so. Ipswich’s Cameron Humphreys and Plymouth’s Bali Mumba round out the list.
I should also acknowledge Zach Mitchell who was nominated for the L1 Apprentice of the Year. Great achievement.
Please click for moreThe team that never draws draws against a team that does it a lot.
A very dull first half, a much better 2nd half and a draw probably a fair result. We missed a couple of gilt-edged chances but they hit the bar twice and Maynard-Brewer made a very good double save in the first half.
Please click for moreThomas Sandgaard’s summer recruitment policy was shown up for it’s stupidity again today when we were told that Miles Leaburn will be missing with injury for some time.
Manager Ben Garner said: “he’s got some ligament damage to his ankle. He’ll see the specialist next week. But he’s in a protective boot at the moment. He’s certainly going to be out for a period of time.”
Please click for moreA frustration of Swindon fans last season was that they had too many draws, when they should have won. Yesterday’s draw on the Lancashire coast was the Addicks’ 5th of the season. Our 4th 1-1 in five league outings.
The first half we were terrible. No better than Nigel Adkins’ period last season. The 2nd half we were better and may have even won it at the end.
Please click for moreWouldn’t we just love to have that echoing around The Valley. We’d all like nothing more than seeing Miles Leaburn make it big (no pun intended), but although physically he is strong, there have been too many examples over the years of young players being thrown in too early, despite what both Thomas Sandgaard and Ben Garner says.
Ben Garner will know what is needed and has inherited a physical aerial striker in Jayden Stockley, who does not suit Garner’s system, and in Garner’s words “a deconditioned” striker in Chuks Aneke, who already has injury concerns a week before the real business starts.
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