One midfielder who is expected to come straight back into the starting line-up for tomorrow’s visit of Swansea City is Conor Coventry. The former Republic of Ireland U21 international was benched for the 1-1 draw at Hull City.
“He (Coventry) had a big fall-off in his energy for the
Preston game, which was his third match in a week,” Nathan Jones told Conor Coventry.
“We don’t want him to get injured or suspended. So we wanted to mix it up (at Hull City, when
Charlton again played three games in eight days), try something with two
attacking midfielders rather than two sixes.”
“Conor is a six and Doc is more of a six/eight while the
other two are eight/tens. We were very, very bold in trying that. I was pleased
with how we came through that because it shows we have other things we can do.
“Plus we have Karoy, Joe (Rankin-Costello), Ibby and Bez
(Luke Berry) to come in. It is important to freshen everything up. This
Championship is relentless. I could easily have changed the whole midfield [at Hull],
but I wanted to have a little bit of continuity and try to evolve stuff.
“We need Conor to be the best version of himself. He has
been outstanding for me. Will that be the case (that he comes back out of the
team when Charlton head to Wrexham) next Saturday? I don’t know.”
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