An ultimately disappointing result having taken a first half lead from a Gray penalty after a trip on Varney a la the Reading match. I couldn't find any commentary of the game so had to contend with updates from Radio 5 as I spent a dripping couple of hours on my exercise bike. When you get the "Preston have equalised" update with fully 20-odd minutes left, you know, as a Charlton fan, pretty much what to expect and that is precisely what we got - nothing.
The brief summary sounded like Preston got the win their play deserved although it was decsribed as a "good game." Barry Nicholson's winner beat "a hesitant Nicky Weaver, " so I will be interested to hear more if we get any reports in tomorrow's papers. Pards has been quoted as saying we "deserved to lose," and I take that to mean he thinks we should have done better.
The win moves Preston into second place on level points with Wolves so the result might not look so bad in the weeks to come although I can't see Preston maintaining this form for any length of time. Six points from twelve is not a bad start and many Addicks would have settled for this before the season kicked off. We might have picked up another point at Watford, so all-in-all we need to keep things in perspective. Our next home again against top-of-table Wolves promises to be a belter and a third successive Valley league win might herald a long-awaited change of prolonged home form which would go a long way this season to making Charlton more watchable again.
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