Charlton vs. Bury Match Thread

cafc4ever · Aug 29, 2011

Good call forest, does also have shades of hunt.

Addick4Life · Aug 29, 2011

Little bit of a smaller version of Hunt as like you say Forest he's a terrific worker

tbh Hayes is the one player who I dont mind scoring the least amount of goals this season as for me its his job to link Midfield with Attack and get other players up supporting BWP

Ponders Revisited · Aug 29, 2011

cafc4ever said: ↑

My long awaited match report!!

In the first half Bury hurried and harassed our midfield superbly, biting at ankles and closing down space. Their 2 wingers and Lowe ran their socks off. Jackson and Hayes were hardly involved at all! Sodje was lucky to stay on the pitch, some how the ref played play on when he chopped someone in half, then minutes later was rightfully booked for a tackle from behind.

Some one mentioned Steve Brown’s comments that the centre halves played to deep inviting pressure, my take in this was that the reason we struggled in the first half was more down to the runs that Waggy was making. He didn’t run the channels, pull out wide or arc his runs, this basically ment the 2 lumps at the back didn’t get turned, or have to really move from their preferred positions and allowed them to head or kick every thing away. In the second half Jackson and Green often made runs in the space Waggy had made by pulling the defenders out wide. I think this was the single biggest difference, in my opinion between the 2 halves.

On thing that really impressed me, and I witnessed similar at Millwall, was that as soon as we went behind we went down the other end and pushed for a goal. From the time we went 1 down, until we were leading, there was only one team in it.

Player ratings and comments

Hamer: Poor, really poor! His distribution was awful both from hand and the ground, most of his kicks went straight out of play of throw ins. Solly headed one out of his hands, he flapped at crosses, didn’t come when he should of. I blame him for the goal, but will let him off as it’s the sort of thing that can happen to anyone. 4

Solly: Head went down for a while after the cock between him and Hamer, was ok over all. Had a couple of good wingers against him that kept switching flanks. Nothing special either way, if we are going to challenge this season it is a position I would like to strengthen in quality, not quantity. 6

Wiggins: Like Solly marshalled the wingers ok, some good touches on the ball and a good engine. Only gets one higher mark because no obvious cock ups (apart from treading on the ball!). 7

Morrison and Taylor: I have grouped them together because the comments and rating would be the same! Much improved partnership from what I witnessed at the Den. Both look really committed, no nonsense centre halves. Put their bodies on the line and good communication between the 2. Good enough for this league, but have doubts about Taylor’s ability to move up a level. 7

Green: You can see that this boy has bags of talent, but only showed brief glimpses of it yesterday. Disappointed on expectation, not on performance really. A few good crosses, his life wasn’t made any easier by Waggy’s poor movement in the first half. Also does track back as well as Scott, but much better crossing and making space to cross. 7

Hollands: Poor passing, poor first touch and looked generally off the pace. Just looked like he was having a bad game and getting frustrated with it. A few reckless tackles didn’t help, another reason why CAFC didn’t “click” in the first half. When Alonso is fit I can see him missing out. 5

Stephens: This guy oozes class, obviously not his best game yesterday, but he looked like a good player not at his best where Hollands looked like an average player having a mare! Some sublime passing, good vision and the through ball for Jackson (which I thought was a miss hit cross live, until I saw it on TV later) was glorious. In a frenetic largely passed him byapart form a couple of long shots, but in our golden 20 minute spell his was very influential. 7

Jackson: A game of 2 halves from the skipper, no existent in the first half, one goal, one assist in the second! Loved his pose after he scored as well! He is not the sort of player that will grab a game by the scruff of the neck, but will change games if fed the ball. Great cross for Hayes and well-taken goal. Needs to get more involved in the middle third. 8 only because goals win matches.

Hayes: Looks like Dean Ashton, both in physic, but also in a lot of his play. Suffered from the inexperience of Waggy in the first half and dropped to deep in search of the ball, leaving the 2 centre halves unoccupied and allowed to defend from where they wanted to. Pushed forward more in the second half and the result was obvious. The 20/20 comments about him may well come true this season and a player I don’t think we can afford to be with out for any period of time.

Waggy: Well where do I start! I stated at half time that he was poor in the first half and have already stated why. None of this is do to lack of effort or application, but in my opinion, due to him not being a striker! Should have had a penalty and looked really fired up after getting a forearm smash from Sodje, which again the ref missed.
As mentioned in previous threads he has pace and can finish, BUT is not a striker! With time this could come, but that time could be to late in his development, can you teach a player how and when to time runs? If so he will come good, but will be a long term project, not an overnight fix, as some people have suggested. 6, gets an extra one for effort!

Ref, awful!! 2 1 for turning up and 1 more not finding a stupid reason to disallow either of our goals!

My first league game of the season and some promise. Would love the feed back generally and on my player ratings.

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Great post. Thank you for the insight.

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