Marbella match report

Addick J P Mooney has written a good report on the Marbella game which he attended. He posted it on the Charlton list run by Glynne Jones but it is reproduced here for non-listers:

Ambrose and Reid were head and shoulders the best players in terms of going forward and when Diawara came on things looked better at the back. Of the new players, Christensen looked busy but struggled to make an impact. Moutaouakil looked like he fitted in well but had a lot of communication problems. Sinclair tried hard but was lacking in his first touch. He got through so much work and broke things down. Semedo played the holding role and did it with no fuss. Weaver looked solid but is not a footballer, struggled with the back pass. Iwelumo was strong and good in the air but is obviouslylacking in talent on the floor. He missed a sitter in the second half. I think the crowd will have to expect him to miss a few! [Let's hope he's not the new Lisbie!]Todorov came on and put a great ball through to Dickson. Dickson looked the part I must say. he took his goal really well although he had to cut back onto his right foot after taking the ball around the keeper. He still had the time in all honesty. Interesting that all the players not involved(McCarthy,Elliot,Randolph,Thatcher) all sat on the bench with the coaching staff. Jerome Thomas did not get changed and was sitting the other side of the stadium. Maybe he was injured. No sign of Marcus Bent. [He is at the training ground]

I thought the interesting bit was the crowds reaction to Dickson's goal. There were monkey chants and some choice language from the Marbella fans. You did not have to be fluent to understand what they were saying. Dickson ran straight over to the section and pointed to himself as they were doing it. The other bit was the amount of beer the Charlton fans consumed at the game. I think they drunk the ground dry!!
Anyway a good night and beautiful weather.