After two wins on the road, we returned to the Valley this afternoon but couldn't make it three-in-a-row. An early Leaburn tap-in at the back stick after Albie Morgan forced his way past two defenders but skewed his shot wide gave Charlton the start they wanted but they couldn't capitalise. The story of the season in many ways.
Wanderers had already seen two efforts flash across our goal. After the break they stuck at it and although we had chances ourselves, most notably from Rak-Sakyi and Leaburn, they looked more likely to score. On 82 minutes Maynard-Brewer saved a certain goal with a finger-tip deflection that move the ball six inches away from the inside of the far post where it was headed. From the resulting corner however, Forino-Jospeh outjumped Ryan Inniss at the back post and there was nothing Maynard-Brewer could do this time. Both teams went for it after that but Rak-Sakyi was wasteful, Fraser fluffed a shot from the edge of the box and Leaburn was unlucky to see a finely won header miss the far post. Maynard-Brewer pulled off another fine save but that was it.
It wasn't a particularly dirty match but there were a few mis-timed tackles as well as several professional fouls which saw eight players carded - five from Charlton and three from Wycombe.
Dean Holden will be pleased we got a point and that kept this mini-run going but it was another home performance that fell short of the mark. We couldn't put the visitors under any sustained pressure. Partly because we were only playing one upfront again and because there was too little from Campbell on the left or Fraser in midfield. Albie Morgan had another marmite game. Every decent thing he did was matched by an error and he missed the target early in the first half when the ball was pulled back to him in space on the edge of the box.
Can't wait until this season is over.
Dave, I would like thank you for your regular match reports and posts - it takes dedication and time. I would just like to comment concerning Tyreece Campbell. I was sitting in the wheelchair area up in the corner of the North-West stand, directly above where Campbell was operating in the first half. I can assure you most of the promising attacks in the first half were courtesy of Campbell's play - he gave the Wycombe full-back a torrid time with his trickery - it was he who put te ball on a plate for Albie Morgan, who really ought to have scored as you mention in your report. I cannot comment on Campbell's second half performance as he was obviously patrolling the area farthest from where I was sitting. But in the first half he was our "man of the half".
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