Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:44 pm
In spells we looked a tidy side, but we only threatened Charltons goalkeeper three times all game.
Lets face it we weren't that bad on the ball, but fudge me our defence is appalling. We wont win anything with Matt Preston and O Connor in defence. The fullbacks completely over expose themselves bombing forwards (there is a time to do it and a time not too) and not having a left foot at LB killed 50 percent of our attacks yesterday.
I hope Oztumer shakes off his knocks soon because he did more in 10 mins than anybody else. The midfielders were very good too, Osbourne was class, Dobson was tidy. Jackson fed off scraps but he put a shift in and can create things just with his pace, you can tell he is a good player who has lost his way a bit.
Morris disappointed again despite scoring, he was poor, Moussa tired very quickly and Makris might as well not have played.
Yet the most disappointing thing yesterday is that Charlton are a bang average team, Ajose and Magennis will not have easier afternoons all season, and Charlton won without breaking sweat. Our substitutions were thrown on, rather than with any plan, and completely killed any momentum we might have been building. Cuvelier on the wing? for god sake
No need to panic but there is some worrying trends. However, if we can just sort that pathetic defence out......