tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post1400178936766333157..comments2023-09-03T16:22:22.284+01:00Comments on Addick's Championship Diary: Job done: Charlton throughWyn Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-19400769041367158532010-11-17T14:45:41.484+00:002010-11-17T14:45:41.484+00:00Anon - our recruiting has been good. Benson has be...Anon - our recruiting has been good. Benson has been a good signing, the likes of Sodje, McCormack and Llera are the type of quality you get as squad players in this league. Anyone better expects regular football and bigger wages.<br /><br />The wage budget was halved for the second year in a row. I think Parky and his staff have generally done a good job building a squad on half the wage budget they had last season.<br /><br />We are second after all with this squad. It's from perfect and could clearly be improved, but it's also one of the better squads in this league.<br /><br />Plan B - if you mean switching formation well that was simply down to the players available. Wagstaff wasn't 100% fit, Martin, Anyinsah, Semedo weren't available. We had limited options up front and in midfield.<br /><br />Just seems a strange time to talk about a lack of consistency and switching to plan B too quickly. We've just won 6 out of 7, scored several goals and kept 5 clean sheets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-63958086850131620822010-11-17T13:00:39.296+00:002010-11-17T13:00:39.296+00:00I agree Wyn. Not a great performance last night bu...I agree Wyn. Not a great performance last night but we won. This season it will be tought to go up but we are in with a shout. Staying up if we go up would depend on new additions to the squad.<br /><br />Abbot really is a nothing player though. I have no idea what he was playing like when we scouted him (assuming we did) but from what I've seen of him, I'm surprised he's a professional footballer.<br /><br />Anyway it is win and roll on the league.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-8298739610269091702010-11-17T11:21:45.362+00:002010-11-17T11:21:45.362+00:00What has to be remembered is that the other sides ...What has to be remembered is that the other sides in this division are not special either. The real challenge would be staying up if we went up.Wyn Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-62923877150342182332010-11-17T10:24:34.108+00:002010-11-17T10:24:34.108+00:00Like many it seems, I didn't go yesterday. In ...Like many it seems, I didn't go yesterday. In some ways rather reminiscent of one of the recent championship seasons when someone (Pedro?) wrote about the fact that only Andy Reid turned up, under the heading "target 11".<br />The way it is going I can see us drawing a premiership team and asking to switch the venue.<br /><br />Abbott appears to have become the latest target, but really, we are deluded if we think this side has the self belief to get into the championship. Ability, well there are some very decent players in the team, but the level of consistency and the speed with which we resort to "plan" B is just as much of a concern as under Reed and Pardew.<br />Wyn, the very fact that you are 'hoping' that Joe will be fit by Saturday only serves to illustrate how poor our recruiting has been - Burton, Mooney and Bailey go, we bring in Benson, Sodje and Abbott. It sounds as though we might as well have played half our reserves. It works for Arsenal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-18568833816166923082010-11-17T09:07:47.220+00:002010-11-17T09:07:47.220+00:00It's evident that Abbott was very disappointin...It's evident that Abbott was very disappointing and this is a concern. Hopefully, Anyinsah will be fit by Saturday. I think that what we needed to do last night was to win without over exerting ourselves which is what we did (and I think that was the message to the team). We have two important league matches coming up from which we need six points.Wyn Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-71017793689308502442010-11-17T08:40:52.938+00:002010-11-17T08:40:52.938+00:00I would say 'job done badly'
Players like ...I would say 'job done badly'<br />Players like Abbot, Cormack are given the opportunity and they failed miserably. That was a very poor performance save for Rob E in goal. Four fantastic saves and MoM. How he smothered the ball from their No9 (15mins from end) is beyond me.<br />Barnet were much the better team and at least played Football. We just didn't participate. On that viewing Luton (or Corby) have nothing to fear. The fact is a Non league team at home must be winable and a plum 3rd draw awaits.<br />I just wish the management would get that message across to the team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com