IanABS94
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We'll probably concede shortly as Cooper will no doubt not give instructions to the squad so we'll be all over the fucking place.
A lot of missed chances to bring the goal difference up. The 2nd half was dreadful. 3 points and they're back in the playoffs, just barely.Decent second half but holy hell that second half was brutal. Let's remember that Charlton have 14 injured first team players. We barely scrapped by their reserves and U21's. Not even close to good enough.
And Cooper sticks around ... he's got more lives than a cat.... and they're back in the playoffs, just barely.
100% agreed about everything, especially Mike. That was a shambles of a decision to give him the start given he was clearly questionable before kickoff.What a load of rubbish. We scrape a win against a team of reserves and Darren Pratley. Routs was awful . Mike was walking gingerley BEFORE the kick off...should not have been on the field! Celina was terrible when he came on. Borja was great though. Ran the channels and held up and linked play well.We won't mention him missing an open goal . Dhanda had his first good game for us . His running forward with the ball was a complete surprise! ( No wonder he got subbed!). We played well first half by not giving the ball to Grimes. Second half was appalling. 45 mins of retreating and defending against a team of nobodies. What is the matter with Andy Pandy? Why did we not score 5 in the second half???.?
Muhaha...We played well first half by not giving the ball to Grimes.
For me too it was a pleasure to be in the company of these guys once again, especially as I will be departing for Turkey in the coming week,also nice to finish my visit with a win, albeit not the best of performances. Will probably be back over for a shorter visit some time in June,and look forward meeting up again.Watched the game with and courtesy of @Jackflash and many thanks for that, JF. Before the game, in Rossi's, we had MONSTER portions of steak pie, mushy peas, chips and gravy, which neither of us managed to eat more than half. TIP: If you do the same, ask for the smaller/senior portion which we had the time before and it's an ample enough graze. After coffees we met up with Bos and Blobs in Frankie and Bennies and it was a pleasure as always to see them. But who was the other guy who joined us? JF said it was BTG and I didn't know as I'd never met him! PM on its way, BTG.
As for the game, it was interesting to see how once again we almost contrived to throw away some more points on our home turf as Charlton pounded us with long balls at the end. After a decent first half, we again fell away with sloppy passing, little movement and heads down football. If Leon thinks for a nano-second that that is acceptable then, as much as I like the little guy, he can go out the door with Cooperman. THIS SHIT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, LEON!!
Cooper claimed that the players were tired in the second period because of the fixture load but it was the same for Charlton who, in addition, were missing 14 players from their squad and having to play a number of youngsters. Good job for us their first team wasn't playing!! As always, I suggest that our fitness levels are severely lacking and I reckon that Bielsa would piss himself laughing at the level we are at. Btw, have to agree with Blobs that young Cabango had a very sound game and looks every inch a star in the making. Some stats:
POSSESSION: 55-45 SHOTS: 14-7 OT: 3-5 CORNERS: 7-5 FOULS: 8-9 GOALS: 1-0
Look at the shots on target. We got 21.4% and they managed 71.4% which accounts for the fact that we scored only one goal and weren't out of sight by half time. Mind you, that disgrace of a midfield of ours simply ran out of gas and everything else in the second half and if I'd had to play as a striker in front of them, I'd have been having a 'gentle' word in their ears after the game that would've been heard in the Mumbles!