Match Day Thread Sunderland v Charlton Athletic – Saturday 10th April - KO 15:00

We'll grind them down, the same as we've done to all the others these past few months

 

For some reason i am expecting a similar game to Fleetwood at home

 

Any win would do me. Would love to see us get an early goal and build from there.

 

Tough game but fingers crossed we get the 3 points. It’s getting nervy now but more with anticipation that worry. Home win just. Brilliant thread again. A pleasure to read and the content gets better and better. Thanks.

 

Friday night bravado post. We will thrash them
Saturday morning post. Nerves kicking in a 1-0 ugly win will do.

 

You're such a negative bastard, Gil

 

Great again @RTB. I'm feeling a 2-1 win with McGeady and Wyke.

 

Lee Johnson has insisted Charlton Athletic’s experience will serve as a considerable challenge on Saturday, as Nigel Adkins brings his team to the Stadium of Light. Recently appointed boss Adkins has yet to suffer defeat at the helm of the Addicks, and Johnson claimed the pedigree of the South Londoners is a strong element of their armoury.
“The aim is of course to get the game won. We’re respectful of a very good Charlton side,” the Head Coach said.
“They have a lot of players in the twilight of their careers but who are still agile, mobile and very experienced. Players like Darren Pratley, Chris Gunter and Adam Matthews bring that to the table for them.
“We’ll have to be at our best, that’s for sure, to make sure we have that chance of claiming maximum points.”
Johnson briefly further assessed Monday’s last outing at Peterborough United, explaining that his squad emerged from the 1-1 draw with plenty of positives to take further into the run-in.
“Character was very important. We didn’t go into the Peterborough game with the mentality to get a draw, but it’s obviously the next best thing if you can’t win it.
“I thought the players showed a good attitude, and they were happy which is important as well. I probably couldn’t quite match their mood, but they felt it was a positive point, and I think my job is to consider their mood and build on those positives.
“If the fans were in, we’d be able to move with their momentum, but at the moment we have to build our own atmosphere going into the game, knowing its importance.”
With some challenging fixtures approaching in the final month of the campaign, Johnson complimented the competitive nature of the English leagues, and noted that facing in-form sides can help magnify focus – Charlton are unbeaten in seven.
“The table doesn’t lie – it’s a 46-game season, and that defines a lot of home truths.
"We have some tough fixtures, and right now our full focus is on Charlton. After that, we’ll consider the next game – that’s how we have to look at it. When an opponent is in form, I think it sharpens the mind for our players and for us as staff.
“Just like in the Championship, there are no gimmes in this league. A lot of foreign leagues might not be the same, but here it is so competitive. Kyril [Louis-Dreyfus] is a really good example – I think he has been really pleasantly surprised by the quality of the third tier of the English game. That’s part of what we know and love about English football.”

 

He’s ****e.

 

Given that it is about 25 games since we failed to score, clean sheet is number 1 priority. Up by 2 at half time would be canny though.
I think the only time I ever predicted the correct score was at school when I said we will beat City 3 1 in the replay

 

With a team which has so much talent it's only a matter of time before we beat someone 5 or 6 nil ...

... reading between the lines that's what you're predicting.

Hope you're right mate.

 

Wolfy..hes not...otherwise he'd be playing for Newcastle.
He does his best. He tries his hardest. He can and does make mistakes. But he plays for us, runs his socks off and is one of ours. If you don't like that, and can't support him doing his best please **** off.

FTM

 

You're talking to a poster who used to say the same things about Burge and wanted Matthews in ...

... he latches onto players, for good or bad, and posts the same shyte no matter how they play.

He wants Maguire to start every game despite the player proving he's not up to it.

 

What does everyone think the team will be?
Will Hume come in?
Gooch was unlucky to be dropped v Peterborough after a goal and an assist v Oxford and looked good when he came on last week and is pushing for a start.

 

https://forum.charltonlife.com/disc...-apr-3pm-match-preview-predictions-news-views

I have found another fans forum site for Charlton, this one seems to have a more detailed analysis of how they are setting up and playing just now.

 

Nail on head.."you're talking to a poster who..." Fact is I dislike negative people, even though they give Im a realist thing. I get realism. I get evidence. I also get effort. I get enthusiasm. I get people making mistakes. le doing their best. I get people ie any people in any profession making mistakes, and most importantly sometimes having to be moved on. I DONT get criticism for people who play at the best of their ability, work hard, but don't match the fantasies of onlookers, as all it does is destroy their confidence and destroy their performance. Their critics are Ars*****. Love you Wolfy

 

Obviously not as good as RTB's but a decent little write up with sensible comments.

 

"Its no doubt easy for Charlton fans to have a positive feeling towards our opponents this weekend, having defeated them twice in the Play-Off Finals they're naturally held in the same asteem as the likes of Carlisle United where we can almost guarantee ourselves promotion if we're facing them in the right setting."

They can spell 'esteem', live in the past and are lying if they feel positive about tomorrow ....

.... fairly accurate apart from that but Charlton won't be promoted imo.

 

Always the numptys but there were also the ones who praised us.