After the midweek Championship results and news of Neil Harris' resignation, I would have banked on both Charlton and Millwall being on the wrong end of heavy defeats this weekend. The fact that Charlton performed so brightly at Fulham and lead twice was again testimony to Lee Bowyer's ability to get the tactics right and fire his players up. Millwall's win over Leeds at the New Den probably told us more about Harris' resignation than any Chairman statement or fan conjecture.
Charlton won the midfield battle with the Cottagers in the opening forty-five and were able to play deep in the opposition half. The opening goal was coming and it was a finely worked goal from a deep cross which picked out Chris Solly at the back post and his cushioned header for the advancing Gallagher left young Conor with an opportunity to drill home. Fulham managed an equaliser but within 90 seconds Bowyer's boys re-took the lead when Macauley Bonne touched a cross on under heavy pressure and it sneaked in under the bar. It was great to see the Addicks continue the fight and for Bonne to net a goal of his own from open play. The fact that Fulham levelled up and had us hanging on at the end won't prevent the feel-good factor around the squad after taking what was an excellent away point.
That set me up for the F A Cup encounter at Park View Road at 3pm when Welling entertained tier nine Tavistock. The travelling fans brought a "silenced by the lambs" flag but at the death, "massacre of the Lambs" would have been more appropriate. The Wings were a cut above and it showed, particularly in the first half when they raced into a three goal lead courtesy of a hat-trick from Bradley Goldberg. He was too quick for the Lambs back-line and scored from the left, the centre and the right of goal with three excellent low shots. He had a fourth ruled out for offside and Tavistock did manage to make the scoreline more respectable before the break.
In the second-half the visitors lost two players to red cards, both of which looked harsh to me, especially the second one which was nothing more than a robust 50-50. Strangely, Tavistock never looked like being men short despite Welling having a barrage of chances. Josh Oyinson put the result beyond any doubt but Goldberg, Jebb, Cook and Coombes all had fine efforts stopped by Josh Oak in the visitors goal. Goldberg might have had six by the finish but the game was won and that maybe affected the way Welling played. Let's hope for another home draw in the next round.
Charlton won the midfield battle with the Cottagers in the opening forty-five and were able to play deep in the opposition half. The opening goal was coming and it was a finely worked goal from a deep cross which picked out Chris Solly at the back post and his cushioned header for the advancing Gallagher left young Conor with an opportunity to drill home. Fulham managed an equaliser but within 90 seconds Bowyer's boys re-took the lead when Macauley Bonne touched a cross on under heavy pressure and it sneaked in under the bar. It was great to see the Addicks continue the fight and for Bonne to net a goal of his own from open play. The fact that Fulham levelled up and had us hanging on at the end won't prevent the feel-good factor around the squad after taking what was an excellent away point.
That set me up for the F A Cup encounter at Park View Road at 3pm when Welling entertained tier nine Tavistock. The travelling fans brought a "silenced by the lambs" flag but at the death, "massacre of the Lambs" would have been more appropriate. The Wings were a cut above and it showed, particularly in the first half when they raced into a three goal lead courtesy of a hat-trick from Bradley Goldberg. He was too quick for the Lambs back-line and scored from the left, the centre and the right of goal with three excellent low shots. He had a fourth ruled out for offside and Tavistock did manage to make the scoreline more respectable before the break.
In the second-half the visitors lost two players to red cards, both of which looked harsh to me, especially the second one which was nothing more than a robust 50-50. Strangely, Tavistock never looked like being men short despite Welling having a barrage of chances. Josh Oyinson put the result beyond any doubt but Goldberg, Jebb, Cook and Coombes all had fine efforts stopped by Josh Oak in the visitors goal. Goldberg might have had six by the finish but the game was won and that maybe affected the way Welling played. Let's hope for another home draw in the next round.
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