We can concentrate on the league after last night's 3-2 league cup defeat at Huddersfield. And it's only August. There is, of course, the FA Cup which is the more significant competition, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope.
The real concern is that our leaky defence has conceded three more goals, with Hamer thought to be at fault for one of them. Apparently, for the first Town goal a long short rolled under his near post dive. He did, however, deny the home side a fourth with a good save in stoppage time.
Adam Hammill's late goal put Huddersfield into the third round of the Capital One Cup for the first time in 10 years. Dale Stephens, enjoying the northern air, put Charlton ahead with a free-kick. Huddersfield were hardly in it for the first half-hour and it took a soft opening goal from Stephens to wake them up. Huddersfield's Oliver Norwood fouled Evina on the left edge of the box on 32 minutes and Stephens struck the resulting free-kick.It was hit low, went through the wall and then a crowd of players around the six-yard area before creeping in at the far post.
Joel Lynch equalised from Oliver Norwood's pass. Marvin Sordell put Charlton back in front with his first Addicks goal to overcome the nickname 'sodall'. Sordell swept the ball in from close range after 59 minutes after Joe Piggott nodded down Cedric Evina's cross. Sordell was arguably lucky to be still on the field having only been booked for a bad lunge on Town skipper Peter Clarke minutes earlier. Jonathan Hogg netted for the hosts from 25 yards with a deflected shot, his first goal for the club. Hammill slammed in the winner when the ball fell kindly when James Vaughan jostled for Jon Stead's through ball.
One fan has tried to draw up a list of positives:
- 1.We appeared to be the better side, especially in the first half, creating numerous chances.
- 2. Piggott was certainly involved and it sounds like he had a good game.
- 3. Pritchard played well
- 4. Good run outs for the squad players, especially Wilson, Evina and Wood
- 5. We scored 2 goals!
Attendance was 6,150. The 159 Charlton fans who went deserve a medal.
3 comments:
Concentrate on staying up, the current owners must be worried sick,losing £6mn a year or more ,not investing and seeing their investment go up in smoke.
Whoever is advising Owners needs shooting ,asking too high a price and not maintaining their investment by improving team will drive everyone away.
Smart money will sit back and wait for them to panic when we are in bottom three,or even wait for us to get close to the brink, as right now their equity value is worthless with £12mn of secured debt ahead of their £16mn of unsecured debt.
Their are at least 3 buyers of the Club put off by price and playing waiting game.
A medal for the travelling fans. Sure. And another for ex-Addick Waggy who on the same night nailed down the League Cup coffin of the denizens of Smellhurst Park
Millwall are also out.
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