Predictable and deserved defeat

Charlton went down to a predictable but deserved 4-0 defeat at The New Den this afternoon.   The Addicks were comprehensively outplayed.

The defence was not up to the job although the players in front did not help very much.  There was very little creativity going forward.

The home support chanted 'You're getting sacked in the morning' but no quality manager is going to want to come to a relegation threatened club.  It's difficult for a club the size of Charlton to survive in the modern Championship.

Usual talk from fans about 'losing the dressing room'.  How do they know?

By the time of the final whistle the away end had emptied out.  The 3,300 Addicks had had enough.

Stoppage-time goals from Luke Cundle and Aidomo Emakhu wrapped up a big Championship win for Millwall against London rivals Charlton Athletic at The Den.

An early own goal from Addicks defender Kayne Ramsay had put the Lions in front, with Femi Azeez and Josh Coburn missing golden chances to add to their lead before the break.

Azeez then had a headed finish ruled out for offside before defender Caleb Taylor nodded in a well-deserved second with nine minutes remaining.

The hosts won a penalty kick in the final minute of the game, with Thomas Kaminski saving from Camiel Neghli but Cundle converted the rebound, before Emakhu finished neatly in the corner one minute later to put extra gloss on the scoreline.

Nathan Jones has apologised to the fans, admitting 'Today we showed every deficiency we possibly could and even some we didn't know we had.  Every Millwall player was more aggressive than us.  We were out fought and out run.   We have gone backwards in recent weeks.'

BTW, for those of us who have to listen on audio Steve Brown does have a bit of an agenda, i.e. that no defence is as good as in his day.  The jaunty but banal music that was played at half time reminded me of the music that would be used by emergency broadcasting in the event of war.