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Lovely interception and defence splitting ball from bird puts NML in and he smashes it into the corner. Lovely stuff!

NML booom

That ball from Nelson on the edge of the area😍 Have we found our new target man?

Yep you need a couple of these types of players in this division.

20 mins in Charlton are in the ascendency playing some decent stuff but not quite clicked in the final third. We seem be looking to play direct to the channels but not having too much success yet

Yep clear as day stamp on Adams leg Red all day long

Was Adams stamped on there?

I think the success of this window actually lies with Wags and/or Wash getting fit. If either, or both can be fit in the next few weeks, then people will probably look back at it differently and call it a success. We’ve strengthened a few areas that needed it, but left ourselves with only one for striker. If Wash or wags aren’t back in the next week or so, then we’re ultimately up poo creek without a paddle. For me: Pros - Cash signing a new deal - Nyambe signing a new deal - CBT signing - Adams signing Negatives - Bird leaving (not a fan of this loan back should have just parted company) - No striker, now we wait for injured players.

How long till Waggy or Wash are back? Surely they are better options when fit.

31Vickers 6 2Wilson 5.5 35Nelson 6.5 6Cashin 6 17Sibley 6 7Barkhuizen 4.5 4Hourihane 4 22Fornah 6 8Bird 7 5Bradley 6 27Blackett-Taylor 4 16Thompson 6 11Méndez-Laing 6.5 9Collins 6

To be fair, if Warne goes for the same line up/tactics as the reading game and yesterdays first half, I would fully understand our fans being puce with rage.

Warne deserve plenty of criticism today, but also some praise. Criticism for the dreadful tactics for the first 65 mins, praise for changing it around, putting 3 in midfield and those changes leading to 3 points. Personally, I would prefer us to deploy a 4-3-3 as I think its the formation that suits what we have best. However the 5-3-2 got us the points, so cant complain too much.

As soon as he moved into that 3 man midfield he looked like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Suddenly he was able to be in the right place at right time, instead of chasing around after players on his own. He also started finding players with passes much more consistently, as he had options around him instead of having to force a ball wide asap.

Nowt wrong with putting crosses in as the goal proved…..but it can’t be your only tactic. Once we started mixing our play we became less predictable and it meant Chelts couldn’t keep doubling up as they needed those players to cover central areas which helped NML get the space he needed for that peach of a cross.

Decent win……..but my it was difficult! The manager completely hamstrung us with another poor starting line up/tactics. That said the players were as dreadful as the tactics! You have to give Warne credit for changing, but we also should never have been in that position, so he’s heavily in deficit despite the win. A very well taken goal from Collins (and decent strike from Bird) masks a poor afternoon and lessons need relearning again! The obsession with getting it wide as quick as possible and bypassing midfield is clearly a busted flush. Teams have worked it out and are doubling up on us in the wide areas, knowing we offer nothing through the centre. To compound matters we’ve just gone and used a chunk of the transfer kitty to bring in a player for a system that we need to ditch, or at best drastically alter. Over the last few weeks a lot of things haven’t made much sense and it feels like the Stevenage period all over againd. Also nice to see Curtis Davies have a good game and get a good reception. Top man!

Ruddy hell! Their player looked like he cleared that off the line for us there!

The change in Max Birds performance since the subs has been dramatic

Yeah we’ve looked a lot better since the subs and formation change

The change to a three man midfield has really helped him. Playing well and not struggling to marshal the midfield on his own

Really nice finish from Collins

Starting to look better now we’re mixing up our play instead of obsessing over getting it wide, also addressing the dysfunctional midfield has helped. Only took 65 mins 😂

Hopefully this sub addresses our non existent midfield

Get in! Nice strike from Bird

Have we tried getting it wide?