Sounds like you were spot on with that description 9's. For my one and only visit to the Valley to see the R's in the early 1970's, my dad prepped me on the routing to get there. I was 15, alone on the huge terrace, it was a freezing November day, Dad had supplied me with a Whisky hip flask and at half-time I bought hot chestnuts in a brown paper bag.
Charlton vs QPR
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Jury still out with that mate. Summerville goal, went down to early, however did make some decent saves, Wrexham goals were a joke especially 2nd and 3rd. One save tonight was awesome, rest routine. To be fair his distribution has improved, but until he commands his area Nardi is still a better goalie. POM tonight just because game was ****, not because he made some worldie saves
I will say though Steels I think he has come back from Injury as a better goalie, just still don't think it's at a brilliant standard
Spot on and JS basically admits this as well, stating moved team up 10m in the 2nd half
How does Ben Hamer stack up compared to that pair? Good 3rd matchday keeper, or better?
Interesting to read the whole thread this morning, having watched from the comfort of home last night.
If JS admitted the formation was not correct for their back five, why didn't he, and the whole team in the dugout, change it earlier?
We focus on JS but he has a team behind him. I know hindsight is a wonderful tool but...
I'm relieved Kelman and Dykes didn't score though, perhaps, Dykes had the last laugh with that goal line clearance.
Nevertheless, an away point and a clean sheet. Not to be sniffed at but to lower opposition yet again. That needs to change.
If JS admitted the formation was not correct for their back five, why didn't he, and the whole team in the dugout, change it earlier?
We focus on JS but he has a team behind him. I know hindsight is a wonderful tool but...
I'm relieved Kelman and Dykes didn't score though, perhaps, Dykes had the last laugh with that goal line clearance.
Nevertheless, an away point and a clean sheet. Not to be sniffed at but to lower opposition yet again. That needs to change.
Still don’t get the visceral hatred of Kelman but you put enough kids up to their eyeballs in Haribo in an away end anything can happen. One on the train from London Bridge lighted up an actual cigarette to mix in with the cloud of strawberry bubblegum which was a nice touch. The driver had to remind passengers not to piss on the floor. Felt a bit sorry for the non-football commuters but they really ought to have checked the fixture list.
Carnage getting in of the like I’ve not seen for years. Stewards and police loved it. Tried to slip the hordes of neon for the very necessary full cavity searches as the game had started and got caught but only really missed Vale getting booked. Carnage getting out and ended up in a cab narrowly making it back to London Bridge for the 23:15. Cherish the multiple public transport options of W12.
Play Smyth on the right. Play Kolli on the left over ****ing Saito especially away from home.
Carnage getting in of the like I’ve not seen for years. Stewards and police loved it. Tried to slip the hordes of neon for the very necessary full cavity searches as the game had started and got caught but only really missed Vale getting booked. Carnage getting out and ended up in a cab narrowly making it back to London Bridge for the 23:15. Cherish the multiple public transport options of W12.
Play Smyth on the right. Play Kolli on the left over ****ing Saito especially away from home.
Unlike some on here I actually thought the Charlton commentary was good a bit bias, as you would expect, but fair to our team.
On the Saito question, they thought he was wasted on the wing playing out wide and with his back to goal, whereas as a No.10 he could be in the middle running at the defence and more effective, it looks like they were correct. They also mentioned a few other positive changes where we could cause their defence problems which I thought was refreshing.
On the Saito question, they thought he was wasted on the wing playing out wide and with his back to goal, whereas as a No.10 he could be in the middle running at the defence and more effective, it looks like they were correct. They also mentioned a few other positive changes where we could cause their defence problems which I thought was refreshing.
If l had known you were going to be in an enclosed, overcrowded, cigarette smoked space with a cavity search thrown in, l would’ve flown over. I miss all those fun type things.
I don’t even hate him then. He’s a poor Championship/high L1 striker who we were fortunate to get a good fee for because he had a purple patch playing for someone else. Admittedly the away end was half crèche and half blokes who had between them consumed the annual exports of Colombia but still was odd.
I didn't mind listening to them either
J's could have done with listening to them
Born in Medway which is probably more Charlton than anyone else so it checks out.
Can't blame Walsh for wanting to get away from the Medway towns....
The baristas of Greenwich were overwhelmed by the sudden demand for flat whites.
He talked about it in his.post-match interview, said he's trying to convert his brother to the Hoops! The rest of his family were there in the Charlton end too
I personally think no one was bad aside from Saito yesterday. I just think Stephan got the tactics wrong. There were mistakes here and there in almost each player but more decent than bad. Oh, actually, I thought Hayden was a bit off it too, was often a bit slow to get a pass away.
I saw good things from Vale. Some have slagged him off for yesterday but he did some decent work.
But I just felt all our players efforts were a bit in vain because we couldn't get closer to their box with 1 striker against 5 in defence. It was so blindingly obvious we needed two strikers. Anyway, I've made that point several times now so it is what it is.
I find the goalkeeper situation perplexing. So, the transfer window has closed and Nardi (our best shot stopper by far) has not been sold but is also not even on the bench? Is he that bad of a character that he's been written off? Did he have a punch up with Nourry or something?
Walsh has obviously improved since coming back from injury. Before that, he was being forced into the starting lineup by someone at the club but he was shocking. To the point where he looked a non-league keeper at times.
But he has definitely stepped up somehow. Yet, I still worry he's got some bad mistakes in him. Hamer is a seasoned pro but, to me, has a slightly slow reaction time. Nardi has really quick reaction, which is why he stops so many shots in open play.
Oh, and a quick word on Madsen's passing ability. I've been watching him closely. I haven't seen a better passer of the ball in a long time at QPR. He has a really good kicking technique which allows him to make really controlled but fast passes accurately to players' feet. And he times the passes brilliantly, often passing the ball quite close to opposition players, knowing that they're on the wrong foot to be able to intercept. This allows him to try incisive passes through crowded areas to get the ball past a line of opposition players, onto the feet of an attacker. And he's got the balls to actually try those kinds of passes, too.