After the recent Comedy of Errors, our promotion charge has turned out to be Much Ado About Nothing. A trip to Wembley increasingly looks like little more than A Midsummers Nights Dream. I suspect The Winters Tale for Addicks fans next season is an away trip to Accrington for a league game. While the virus Duchatelet remains in charge, it will remain a case of Loves Labour’s Lost for all but the Apologists.
Continuing the analogy with Scotland's attempts to qualify for a major tournament, I expect Charlton to get something from tonight's game, to tease us one more time.
Yes...it would be very “Charlton like” to unexpectedly beat Shrewsbury...teeing up the hopes of the huge travelling support prior to bottling it in the Tempest at Fratton Park.
Bowyer correctly identified the two worst offenders by subbing them early, so there will be changes to our attack. Hopefully Kashi will come back, giving the CB'S someone to pass the ball to, Konsa at RB, Marshall at least on the bench.
Without ignoring this result, the more important one to win is on Saturday. I'd settle for a draw tomorrow night.
There's no shortage of candidates for the role of King Liar... I mean Lear. Could Gelan be one of the Merry Wives of Wrexham?
"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound." The Valley on matchdays. "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." Charlton's current boardroom. "For I can raise no money by vile means." Roland looking at his CAFC spreadsheets.