The slide continued tonight at former play-off rivals, MK Dons. A poor match was settled ten minutes into the second half when the ball was slid through the legs of Little Ross. An unambitious 4-5-1 formation looked selected to avoid defeat with Bradley Wright-Phillips picked to watch Benson from the bench. Bizarre. At least it won't happen in the next couple of games as Benson earned himself a well deserved red card at the death just before MK netted a salt-running second.
I listened to most of the match and it sounded just as poor as the last five games. Chris Powell will come under more pressure and he really needs to pick his post-match words carefully and he needs to sound convincing or he will run the risk of looking distinctly out-of-his-depth. Mid-table beckons this month which will represent an amazing fall-from-grace.
Results elsewhere went against us and we have suffered the indignity of dropping two points below Leyton Orient who also have a game in hand. Interestingly, Brentford could get within two point of us on Saturday (despite losing at home to Brighton this evening) which raises the prospect in my mind of us becoming the worst side in London (by virtue of our league position) for the first time in my life and most probably ever! Barnet will save us that embarrassment this season but they look set to drop out of the league which would leave the possibility that an opening day loss in August could see us achieve the feat of bottom London club.
My Uncle and his son are rocking up on Saturday morning from Aberdeen ahead of the Calcutta Cup and I will be taking them to the Valley. I think their last game here was a Manchester United home game in front of a full house. The comparison will be stark. I wouldn't mind so much if I felt there was any realistic proposition of a confident, winning display but I can see another poor performance and another poor result.
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I really can't see us winning another game at this rate.
ReplyDeleteThe appointment of Chris Powell looks like one BIG mistake.
If we were playing well and losing you could perhaps suggest "luck" would come our way, but not for the Addicks this time
We are entering a very dark period of our history and need to pull something out of the hat to escape.
Any suggestions?
Looking at the table we are 13 points off both 2nd place and 21st place with everyone behind us very close.
ReplyDeleteI must apologise for watching the Barca v Arsenal game, but it doesn't get much better than that. 19 shots on target against none, and had Bentner got his shaot away, Arsenal could have stolen it. It just shows the diffference compared to Charlton.
I think Scotland on Sunday will run England closer than anyone else, so enjoy.
I just hope we can say the same about watching Charlton soon!
Crowborough Addfick
Kim - no quick fixes as far as I can see. Any rash decision at the moment would be just that, a rash decision. Like I said the other day, we've just got to grin and bear it it.
ReplyDeleteCA - the eternal optimist in me can see Scotland running England close but the realist has just seen three successive Scotland defeats, two of them to nations England have already dealt with. Complacency could be our friend.
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