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Post by reamsofverse on Feb 16, 2024 9:06:16 GMT
It's a real possibility in my opinion. I think we are in big trouble and will be in quicksand after the next three games. I honestly can't see us getting out of it.
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Post by aaronaldo on Feb 16, 2024 9:15:39 GMT
I think March is more key than the next 3 games. We play so many teams around us.
We could really do with an unlikely win in the next 3 though. As the longer that goes on the harder it is, no matter who the opponents are.
Appleton should've gone at the beginning of January.
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Post by se7sm on Feb 16, 2024 9:25:14 GMT
Sorry to say you’re probably right reams What with injuries and poor recruitment and letting players go we’re just not good enough .. what little money we have had to spend has been spent unwisely
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Post by Mundell on Feb 16, 2024 9:54:12 GMT
The players are good enough to get us out of this mess. The question is whether Jones can find a playing system and combination (or combinations) that works. When we escaped relegation from the Championship under Jose Riga in the 2013-14 season we got the breaks when it really mattered. We might need some of that this season too.
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Post by ExeterAddick on Feb 16, 2024 10:14:04 GMT
I feel like we're doomed too.
A run of 14 winless games is extremely difficult to turn around.
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Post by aaronaldo on Feb 16, 2024 10:37:25 GMT
Saturday 17th February - Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic
Saturday 24th February - Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth
Tuesday 27th February - Derby County v Charlton Athletic
It's definitely a tough 3 games. Points predictions for these? I'd be happy with 4 points personally.
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Post by lewisham on Feb 16, 2024 10:54:36 GMT
I reckon we can still make the play offs!
Sorry, went into Bexleyboy mode for a minute there. Don't worry, I'm OK now 👍
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Post by wellingaddick on Feb 16, 2024 11:09:29 GMT
I feel like we're doomed too. A run of 14 winless games is extremely difficult to turn around. Teams that have the type of run that we are presently on, especially during midseason where the January window has passed without any notable improvements, tend to find the trapdoor. I hope I'm wrong, but I can't see these players turning the club's fortunes around. |
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Post by earlpurple on Feb 16, 2024 11:14:54 GMT
Before we looked like a team that was freely scoring goals but gave too many away.
Now we struggle to score goals too. We may give fewer away but we still don't keep clean sheets.
The defensive problems were clear to me in pre-season and certainly in some of the early games this season when the transfer window was still open.
The turning point of the season was when we were leading 2-0 against Cambridge late on and conceded 2 goals, one a dubious penalty, to draw 2-2. We didn't win that game and we haven't won one since either.
Barnet away on a midweek fixture would be good for me, I live only a couple of miles from their stadium. Probably wouldn't be midweek though and will probably sell out quickly. I also don't think they will get promoted.
I guess Bromley is closer to more of the other fans here. Will that be our local derby?
We'll also get to play against Johnnie Jackson's AFC Wimbledon (the team I am generally looking out for most in that league).
None of last season's 4 relegated teams look like they're coming straight back up, and Forest Green look like they're heading down another. It used to be that teams that went down there frequently came straight back up, but not this season. Carlisle are the only one of last season's promoted teams that look like going back down.
So maybe the gulf between League One and League Two is not that big anymore? We did get beaten by Newport, Crawley and Gillingham this season in cup competitions, and none of those are in the promotion or playoff places right now. We beat Sutton but they're bottom of that league.
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Post by discocafc on Feb 16, 2024 11:15:28 GMT
It's a real possibility in my opinion. I think we are in big trouble and will be in quicksand after the next three games. I honestly can't see us getting out of it. Judging by the effort and performance on Tuesday and what Jones said I can see us getting out of it but we’ll see |
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Post by earlpurple on Feb 16, 2024 11:21:45 GMT
It's a real possibility in my opinion. I think we are in big trouble and will be in quicksand after the next three games. I honestly can't see us getting out of it. Judging by the effort and performance on Tuesday and what Jones said I can see us getting out of it but we’ll see I was there, and we can't rely on Chuks to save the game in the last 30 minutes for us every game. But he's probably the one who can win the ball high up the pitch and create a goal from it. We need to be creative the whole game and we were not. Defensively we were a lot better on Tuesday night. Their goal, which came from a header out by George Dobson who was otherwise good, was their only shot on target, although they did also hit the post from a free kick, and had a couple of others chances that were hit off-target. |
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Post by bexleyboy on Feb 16, 2024 11:32:13 GMT
More like Charlton v Millwall ..
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Post by reamsofverse on Feb 16, 2024 13:11:54 GMT
The players are good enough to get us out of this mess. The question is whether Jones can find a playing system and combination (or combinations) that works. When we escaped relegation from the Championship under Jose Riga in the 2013-14 season we got the breaks when it really mattered. We might need some of that this season too. Disagree Chris. I think it's one of the poorest squads we have had in the last 10 years. No goals in our midfielders, very few up front either. I think our league table position is 22nd given the games in hand other sides have. We'll finish in the bottom three I have no doubt. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Feb 16, 2024 13:12:23 GMT
More like Charlton v Millwall .. You do talk some absolute shite BB. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Feb 16, 2024 13:14:08 GMT
Saturday 17th February - Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic Saturday 24th February - Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth Tuesday 27th February - Derby County v Charlton Athletic It's definitely a tough 3 games. Points predictions for these? I'd be happy with 4 points personally. Lose at Bolton 2-0. Lose v Pompey 0-2. Lose at Dwrby 3-0. |
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Post by valley on Feb 16, 2024 13:46:41 GMT
2-0
1-2
0-3
Still no clean sheet.
No points.
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Post by Tom1982 on Feb 16, 2024 15:15:31 GMT
CAFC doing the unexpected is probably what drew me to them in the first place, that and being frog-marched down there by my dad! I think/hope despite the obvious weaknesses in our squad we’ll do the unexpected tomorrow and kick start our season. Lloyd Jones 1-0!
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Post by watameires on Feb 16, 2024 16:16:01 GMT
Saturday 17th February - Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic Saturday 24th February - Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth Tuesday 27th February - Derby County v Charlton Athletic It's definitely a tough 3 games. Points predictions for these? I'd be happy with 4 points personally. I’d take three points now from these |
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Post by seriouslyred on Feb 17, 2024 21:59:57 GMT
Saturday 17th February - Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic Saturday 24th February - Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth Tuesday 27th February - Derby County v Charlton Athletic It's definitely a tough 3 games. Points predictions for these? I'd be happy with 4 points personally. I’d take three points now from these Unclear why we'd limit ourselves to looking at just three results, whilst not discussing how Jones shapes the side with the playing resources he has available. Let's look at how we play vs Portsmouth compared to a decent performance today. See how settled the first XI becomes throughout February AND March. As posted elsewhere or next win will change everything as that opens up the possibility of a second win etc. But it looks impossible to call right now given Jones has only just started. And Aneke only just back, Small making a decent debut... and so on. Nothing against discussing things as obviously a very real threat. But can't see any certainty myself either way tonight. |
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Post by watameires on Feb 17, 2024 22:25:41 GMT
I’d take three points now from these Unclear why we'd limit ourselves to looking at just three results, whilst not discussing how Jones shapes the side with the playing resources he has available. Let's look at how we play vs Portsmouth compared to a decent performance today. See how settled the first XI becomes throughout February AND March. As posted elsewhere or next win will change everything as that opens up the possibility of a second win etc. But it looks impossible to call right now given Jones has only just started. And Aneke only just back, Small making a decent debut... and so on. Nothing against discussing things as obviously a very real threat. But can't see any certainty myself either way tonight. Weird response - a complete tangent from the initial post |
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Post by seriouslyred on Feb 18, 2024 13:56:56 GMT
Unclear why we'd limit ourselves to looking at just three results, whilst not discussing how Jones shapes the side with the playing resources he has available. Let's look at how we play vs Portsmouth compared to a decent performance today. See how settled the first XI becomes throughout February AND March. As posted elsewhere or next win will change everything as that opens up the possibility of a second win etc. But it looks impossible to call right now given Jones has only just started. And Aneke only just back, Small making a decent debut... and so on. Nothing against discussing things as obviously a very real threat. But can't see any certainty myself either way tonight. Weird response - a complete tangent from the initial post We've just played one of those three games and that showed we aren't doomed. Neither are we out of the woods. It appears that there's a mini league of five clubs, if which two go down with the bottom two. My point is that it may well take more than three games to bring clarity. Note that Nathan Jones last three games at Southampton were Liverpool, Brighton and Villa! So he's up for it. |
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Post by Occam’s Razor on Feb 18, 2024 17:04:28 GMT
Weird response - a complete tangent from the initial post We've just played one of those three games and that showed we aren't doomed. Neither are we out of the woods. It appears that there's a mini league of five clubs, if which two go down with the bottom two. My point is that it may well take more than three games to bring clarity. Note that Nathan Jones last three games at Southampton were Liverpool, Brighton and Villa! So he's up for it. I can’t see how Nathan Jones last 3 games as a Premier league manager are relevant to anything ? 🤦♂️ What we do know is that Nathan Jones has taken 2 points from his opening 3 games as OUR manager, and that while the third performance was a big improvement on the Appleton era, we need points not prizes, and the pretext behind the original post on this thread remains very possible. You must be great fun at a dinner party, BTW. “Are you enjoying your starter Mr seriouslyred ? “ “Lets see where we are when we get to the cheese board at 11pm” |
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Post by discocafc on Feb 18, 2024 18:10:12 GMT
More like Charlton v Millwall .. You do talk some absolute shite BB. To be fair Millwall are in trouble |
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