Charlton were beaten 2-1 by Plymouth at The Valley this evening to suffer their first home defeat of the season. Ten players in total were booked, four from Charlton, by referee Rob Styles. I had been feeling pessimistic about the match and made the right decision in going to my CEO's farmhouse to be invited to join a small planning group for a key project.
The Pilgrims went ahead within five minutes, but Charlton equalised after 12 when a Danny Mills effort rolled off the keeper. Charlton suffered a blow after 31 minutes when Todorov, part of a three man attacking formation including Varney on the wing, was taken off with an apparently serious injury and replaced by McLeod. Seven minutes later Plymouth went ahead with Hales.
Charlton piled on the pressure in the second half with Semedo and Zheng Zhi looking lively. However, Iwelumo and Reid missed chances to score, the former putting his effort just wide. Thomas was brought on after 71 minutes and managed to put in some good crosses. However, the Pilgrims were camped out in their own half and were able to withtstand Charlton pressure.
No doubt excessive Charlton expectations will now give way to an outbreak of gloomsterism. But we are still in the play off places and I think we can be there at the end of the season.
Watford surged ahead with a 3-0 win over troubled Coventry, West Brom managed to beat an impressive Blackpool at home 2-1 and Palace celebrated the arrival of Neil Warnock with a 1-3 home defeat to Stoke.
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