Perhaps Hard Done-By But All Too Familiar
1 HR AGO - This game was first and foremost about getting three points against a team struggling around the Expand
1 HR AGO - This game was first and foremost about getting three points against a team struggling around the foot of the league, one which has conceded more goals to date than any team other than Burton (which of course did not stop them trouncing us recently). Whether or not we are realistic in our expectations, the goal for this season is promotion, which for now means staying in touch with the top six places in the expectation that as players return and we sort out how to play together we improve, peaking when it matters. The secondary goals included keeping a clean sheet, progress on partnerships in key areas, and perhaps a look at our new striker. What we had was another disappointment in that we failed to win a game that we should have done, mitigated by the fact that we came precious close to losing it.The team saw changes from Peterborough, most notably Pearce dropped to the bench while Bogle and Smyth were out of the team and not among the subs. It looked like a basic 4-4-2 with Gunter Collapse
When Stoke come calling
1 DAY AGO - With a hop, skip and a jump and a dodgy hamstring Alfie Doughty has hot-wheeled it to the Expand
1 DAY AGO - With a hop, skip and a jump and a dodgy hamstring Alfie Doughty has hot-wheeled it to the Potteries. Wrap up warm Alfie. Good luck to him and I hope his injury doesn’t hamper his one real attribute, his pace. It’s a crying shame that young players these days can just about make a season […] Collapse
Lapslie makes the move
3 DAYS AGO - Announced yesterday and not unexpected. George Lapslie played 54 games for the Addicks and joined Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Announced yesterday and not unexpected. George Lapslie played 54 games for the Addicks and joined our academy when he was 11. 23 now, it is the right time for George to move on, although many would argue, me included, that we could have saved the wage cap on Alex Gilbey and had Lapslie in the […] Collapse
Charlton Live: Sunday 17th January 2021
5 DAYS AGO - Join Louis Mendez, Tom Wallin and Benji Cloke as they look back at the 1-0 win at Bristol Rovers. Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Join Louis Mendez, Tom Wallin and Benji Cloke as they look back at the 1-0 win at Bristol Rovers. They hear the highlights of the game and also the post-match reaction from manager Lee Bowyer and goal scorer Jake Forster-Caskey. They discuss the game and share views from the listeners, before looking ahead to Tuesday’s Collapse
Bristol Rovers 0 Charlton Athletic 1
6 DAYS AGO - Much better. It wasn’t just the result, although did we need it, it was more than that. It Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Much better. It wasn’t just the result, although did we need it, it was more than that. It was more like the Lee Bowyer’s Charlton we know. We played an uncomplicated 4-4-2 which allowed us to move up and down the pitch quickly using attractive link play and both wings. A solid back four earned […] Collapse
Bristol Rovers 0 v Charlton Athletic 1
7 DAYS AGO - Lee Bowyer's boys made a meal of this but at least we got the win and are still hanging on to a Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Lee Bowyer's boys made a meal of this but at least we got the win and are still hanging on to a play-off place. A goal that looked direct from a corner just after the hour gave us the lead but we should have been three up at least when the five minutes of extra time were added. By then, we had been reduced to ten men because of a silly first yellow card that Albie Morgan got and the almost inevitable second for a foul. Lee Bowyer should be very unhappy with Morgan given he was booked for pulling someone back on Tuesday when again they represented no immediate threat. For a change I am pleased to say that the defence were pretty solid and our midfield managed to hold the ball and play it up for the strikers. Sadly, it was not a good day for them. Washington, Anneke, Smyth as well as subs Bogle and Schwartz all fluffed their lines. Aneke missed a couple of sitters in the first half. Bogle blew a one-on-one and Schwartz managed to block a couple of other efforts Collapse
Charlton Athletic 4 Rochdale 4
13/01/2021 - That was like watching us in the late 70’s. For those of you old enough to remember. Soul Expand
13/01/2021 - That was like watching us in the late 70’s. For those of you old enough to remember. Soul destroying, uplifting and slapstick in equal measures. In all honesty the first half was pretty abominable. Our five man defence parted like the Red Sea on numerous occasions, and yes Rochdale probably couldn’t believe their luck as […] Collapse
Getting Back On Track
12/01/2021 - The Addicks will want to put the memory of Friday night to bed asap. The re-arranged game v Expand
12/01/2021 - The Addicks will want to put the memory of Friday night to bed asap. The re-arranged game v Rochdale tonight gives them an early opportunity to do just that. It was an improvement from the performance against Hull but we were secondbest for most of the evening. Quite why the wheels have come off the Charlton bus so spectacularly is probably down to a number of factors. Firstly, there are the injuries to Innis and Famewo. Neither is a short term one and their absence is a clear reason to lack of clean sheets of late. Secondly, there has probably been too much rotation within the team. Added to that we have seen players playing out of position. One understands the thinking behind that but the combined effect of it has only served to disrupt the team. It was a telling stat on Friday that we have made more changes in personnel than any other team. I’m yet to be convinced that not starting Aneke is a wise move. Yes, he has scored goals off the bench, that’s obvious. However, when he comes Collapse
North American Addicks
10/01/2021 - There has been various collections of North American Addicks’ supporters’ groups over Expand
10/01/2021 - There has been various collections of North American Addicks’ supporters’ groups over the years, some official some not, but recently supported by CAST, a new group has been formed by Portland, Oregon based fan Clare Rathbone. Clare is a third generation Addick, her son the 4th, and she often wondered, like all of us ‘displaced’ […] Collapse
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Charlton Athletic 2 v Swindon Town 2
1 HR AGO - Another frustrating day for Charlton fans and another two points lost. We cling on to sixth place Expand
1 HR AGO - Another frustrating day for Charlton fans and another two points lost. We cling on to sixth place in the table but the games in hand other sides have over us makes that a flattering position. Realistically, when matches even out, we really sit about 10th and the only hope from here is a play-off finish.I was delighted to see Bowyer revert to the back four which kept a clean sheet at Bristol Rovers by bringing Matthews back to right-back and dropping Jason Pearce. Unfortunately, after only five minutes Matthews was unable to stop Hope from rounding him in the box and firing in an acute shot which Amos failed to hold at the near post. It was a gutting start to the match in which we might have already taken the lead. Ronnie Schwartz had ghosted onto a back-pass and seen Travers in the Swindon goal get enough on his shot to steer it onto the post and Chuks Anneke had seen a snapshot fizz across the face of the goal. We looked like there were goals in us but we laboured Collapse
Big Match Preview – Swindon Town at home 2020-21
2 DAYS AGO - Join Louis Mendez, Lewis Catt and Benji Cloke as they look back at the 2-1 loss at Peterborough Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Join Louis Mendez, Lewis Catt and Benji Cloke as they look back at the 2-1 loss at Peterborough and ahead to the home game with Swindon Town. They hear from boss Lee Bowyer on the defeat at London Road and also discussing the transfer window, George Lapslie’s departure and looking ahead to the clash with Collapse
Peterborough United 2 Charlton Athletic 1
3 DAYS AGO - This team feels so hard to love, or even like a little at the moment. You just cannot make Expand
3 DAYS AGO - This team feels so hard to love, or even like a little at the moment. You just cannot make mistakes like that and get away with it. They are not learning and are not good enough. For 60 minutes if we weren’t good enough, then they were at least battling on a quagmire of a […] Collapse
My 2020 Top Five Bermuda Things
6 DAYS AGO - 🔝5️⃣ I have now been in Bermuda for twelve and a half years. Classic came for four, and you know Expand
6 DAYS AGO - 🔝5️⃣ I have now been in Bermuda for twelve and a half years. Classic came for four, and you know the rest. As idyllic as the 21 sq. mile island is, the fact I split my time between the UK, the USA and if we were lucky some adventurous holidays, then this small little isle […] Collapse
Another Mixed Bag, Including Positives
7 DAYS AGO - On the face of it we went into this one as underdogs, at least on the form guide. No win in five Expand
7 DAYS AGO - On the face of it we went into this one as underdogs, at least on the form guide. No win in five for us, another centre-half down to add to a lengthy list of the injured and unavailable, and with it unclear as yet whether scoring four against Rochdale was a sign of what’s to come, as the two new players bed in. Up against a side that had won three of their last four. What we enjoyed was a direct contrast with Tuesday as today both teams were unable to hit the proverbial barn door and a match we should have won reasonably comfortably ended up being decided by a fluke (read defensive howler, this time not from us). No matter, we took the positives from Rochdale and can do the same again today, even enjoying the funnier side, which today included a cameo from our new Dane which he will want to forget.The side showed three changes from Rochdale, one enforced. According to Lee Bowyer the defence picked itself (which I’m not sure Purrington would agree with), with in front of Amos Gunter Collapse
Big Match Preview – Bristol Rovers away 2020-21
14/01/2021 - Join Louis Mendez, Nathan Muller and Lewis Catt as they look back at the remarkable 4-4 draw with Expand
14/01/2021 - Join Louis Mendez, Nathan Muller and Lewis Catt as they look back at the remarkable 4-4 draw with Rochdale and ahead to the trip to Bristol Rovers. They hear the goals from the eight-goal thriller at The Valley against Dale and also Lee Bowyer’s post-match reaction. They share their views on the game and also Collapse
Might As Well Focus On The Positives
12/01/2021 - Perverse as it might sound, I was looking forward to tonight’s game, after having to sit out the Expand
12/01/2021 - Perverse as it might sound, I was looking forward to tonight’s game, after having to sit out the Accrington Stanley match (just add no longer able to get a one-day Sky Sports pass in France to the never-ending list of adverse consequences of Brexit). Even though it was Rochdale. When we talk of Sunderland we always think Wembley, for Carlisle read promotion; but Rochdale always seems to conjure up desperate periods (in particular for me that freezing January 1973 night when a crowd of just over 5,000 was scattered around The Valley to watch King Arthur notch the only goal of the game).Perhaps many went into tonight’s contest in that sort of mood, but I just wanted to enjoy a game of football, hopefully get a look at the two new players and some notion of how the next churn in personnel and formations might pan out, maybe even get to cheer a goal or two. Perhaps the past four games (and more if we’re being honest) have served to lower expectations as I think everyone knows that we Collapse
Alfie to stay after he goes
12/01/2021 - I have been a bit of an apostle for young players being loaned back to us after we’d flogged Expand
12/01/2021 - I have been a bit of an apostle for young players being loaned back to us after we’d flogged them in the past…. have we ever done that by the way? It seems that Thomas and Steve Gallen have been negotiating hard with clubs over Alfie Doughty to a) get the best instant price b) […] Collapse
Charlton Athletic 0 Accrington Stanley 2
09/01/2021 - Okay, I’ve counted to 1,000. Something that Lee Bowyer should’ve done last night, but Expand
09/01/2021 - Okay, I’ve counted to 1,000. Something that Lee Bowyer should’ve done last night, but I’m still not really in the mood to write something, but here goes. There were actually positives. We were certainly more assertive going forward. Millar added some exuberence and with Maatsen may provide a sprightly left side offering. Smyth wants to […] Collapse
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Stockley in. Bogle out?
17 HRS AGO - The number 9 shirt has finally been filled after Preston’s Jayden Stockley signed on loan Expand
17 HRS AGO - The number 9 shirt has finally been filled after Preston’s Jayden Stockley signed on loan for the rest of the season. Stockley made an impression last year at The Valley, but this season has found starting hard at Preston with Tom Barkhuizen, Scott Sinclair and Sean Maguire ahead of him and recently they added Ched […] Collapse
Peterborough United 2 v Charlton Athletic 1
3 DAYS AGO - Last night's disappointing performance and result against fellow promotion hopefuls, Peterborough Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Last night's disappointing performance and result against fellow promotion hopefuls, Peterborough United, was entirely predictable. We all know we are struggling to put out a side capable of winning more games than we lose at the moment. That's a result of injuries and salary cap regulations which means our ability to improve our squad is limited, so it is going to take time to significantly strengthen what we have. What we should be able to do, however, is manage our players in such a way as to ensure we get the best we can from those we have available and, for me, that is not happening.The side we started with last night wasn't the strongest available to us. Accordingly, our game plan, wasn't as positive as it could be and our substitutions were mismanaged and cost us three points. All of this sits with Lee Bowyer. I will say now that I remain fully behind the manager. His record stands for itself and I believe he can take the club forward. This may all be part of the learning Collapse
Paid For Mistakes
3 DAYS AGO - Merde. At half-time we really didn’t care that this was a dire spectacle being played out in awful Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Merde. At half-time we really didn’t care that this was a dire spectacle being played out in awful conditions on a rutted surface with more mud than grass. Winning 1-0 you just wanted more of the same, ie no chances and little football. Instead we gifted them an equaliser and that really turned things, then compounded the error with a further mistake to go behind. And then it was Peterborough’s turn to run down the clock, which they managed quite comfortably as we were by then unclear how to stop scrapping and start playing football.One look at the conditions was enough to confirm that this game would tell us next to nothing about our development, what combinations to start with etc. Suffice to say this was a night for Pratley and Pearce to be brought straight back, the former replacing the suspended Morgan, the latter enabling Gunter to return to right-back in a basic 4-4-2, with Bogle and Washington starting up front. The surprise on the bench was Harness named as the substitute Collapse
Big Decisions For Tuesday Night
6 DAYS AGO - Now please don’t get me wrong. I’m as delighted as anyone that we won and that we looked more Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Now please don’t get me wrong. I’m as delighted as anyone that we won and that we looked more cohesive as a team with the selections and formation, and agree that we deserved to take the points. But if you were asked to choose the difference between the last two games it was quality of finishing of the opposition (and the contrast in our own). While Rochdale from every decent position they got into in the first half finished with aplomb, Bristol Rovers were lamentable. Their tally of 20 goals in 19 games is only better than that of Northampton (arguably also Blackpool on a goals-per-game basis). That tells its own story. So yes, Oshilaja played well, Gunter did a decent job at centre-back, but let’s not pretend that the defence was solid. Just take a look at the Sky Sports highlights of the game and the first three snippets involved pretty basic long balls simply collected by their guys and taken into dangerous positions. The first two were shot into the side-netting, the third Collapse
New Charlton Athletic Magazine for Fans
7 DAYS AGO - Pleased to see that there is a new Charlton magazine out this week. It's produced by Addicks fan Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Pleased to see that there is a new Charlton magazine out this week. It's produced by Addicks fan Gavin Billenness whose full-time job is in media. Not surprisingly, it's a well put-together, good-looking and colourful addition to all-things-Charlton.As well as an exclusive interview with Speedway enthusiast Graham Stuart and an excellent appreciation piece on the Great Breton, Yann Kermogant, there is also an assessment of Albie Morgan who blotted his copy-book today.It's being launched as a glossy magazine which is no mean feat given there will be no crowds anytime soon to sell it to but subscribers can order copies from www.modmag.co.uk. You can also reach the editor on Twitter @modmag1905. I believe a digital version will also be made available in due course. Get behind it for less than the price of a pint. Collapse
My 2020 Top Five Favourite Restaurants x2
14/01/2021 - 🔝5️⃣ A global pandemic has curtailed a lot of eating out, and it has been the year of the Expand
14/01/2021 - 🔝5️⃣ A global pandemic has curtailed a lot of eating out, and it has been the year of the take-away. Even Bermuda now has a delivery service 25 years after Pizza Hut first started doing it. Like elsewhere for long parts of this year restaurants were shut on the island (fortunately for us they are […] Collapse
Charlton Athletic 4 v Rochdale 4
12/01/2021 - Never has a point at home to Rochdale been better received. A quite astonishing match at the Expand
12/01/2021 - Never has a point at home to Rochdale been better received. A quite astonishing match at the valley this evening which managed not only to encapsulate what's been going wrong for Lee Bowyer and the Addicks these last couple of months but also showed, very clearly to my mind, the way out of our current difficulties.Lee Bowyer looked determine to stare the Angry Brigade down again at the start of the match when he went for a three-at-the-back formation which meant Paul Smyth operating as a right wing-back. His continued experimentation with playing players out-of-position, backfired very quickly. Having fallen behind easily to an all-the-time-in-the-world strike from 20 yards which flew in off a post, Smyth was ruthlessly exposed on the right by 17 year old Baah who skated passed him and smashed a second into the roof of Amos' net. Chuks Anneke gave us a little hope with a determined charge and finish before Smyth was left in thin air again by Baah as Rochdale hit Collapse
Charlton Live: Sunday 10th January 2021
10/01/2021 - Join Louis Mendez, Tom Wallin and Mark Newbury as they discuss Friday’s 2-0 home reverse Expand
10/01/2021 - Join Louis Mendez, Tom Wallin and Mark Newbury as they discuss Friday’s 2-0 home reverse against Accrington Stanley. They hear the highlights of the game […] Collapse
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