The suffering of Charlton supporters continued today with another totally inept and embarrassing performance. After two losses on the road, we came home and collapsed 0-4 in front of our supporters to Oxford United. The players collectively let the side down and there are now glaring questions about Johnnie Jackson's authority as manager.
We were without our three first-choice strikers but that's little excuse for losing the game in midfield and defence. Jackson went with a 4-5-1 but we looked all at sea whenever Oxford came forward. They had so much time on the ball and space to move into that they simply swept us aside. Taylor provided a superb finish to open the scoring after 21 minutes and Oxford should have gone two-up minutes later after MacGillivray was beaten with a shot which came back off the bar for a diving header which he managed to turn away. Oxford could smell blood though and Taylor pounced again on 28 minutes with a low shot after evading Purrington in the box. MacGillivray should have saved it.
After that it was really only a matter of how many and just how bad. Baldock netted a third early in the second-half with a fine curling shot after Matthews allowed him to come inside and onto his right foot. I gave up at that point and watched a flood of fans streaming out of the ground with thirty minutes still to play.
There was still plenty of time for more bad news and they didn't let us down - Clare got his marching orders and Branaghan applied salt to the wounds with a fourth goal on 83 minutes.
Something is very wrong at Charlton Athletic Football Club at the moment.
Totally agree with all of that. Jacko spent most of the match sat beside the dugout and no animation from him throughout. I'm beginning to realise why TS only gave him a results based contract and I guess it'll be all change again soon. This side is really little more than just a mediocre League One team on a good day!!
ReplyDeleteJust like the Wigan game.
ReplyDeleteIt was an alarmingly Bowyeresque team selection!