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A fit Waggy for the rest of the season, would be helpful.

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Wouldn't they be better recalling Rhodes from his loan at Blackpool?

It seems to be a strange time for Charlton to be splashing the cash, teams doing so are usually in the promotion race or facing relegation, they seem to be unlikely to be involved in either and JCH will be available on a free soon.

Me too, I said weeks ago that 'Pompy' weren't that great, but I was impressed with Peterborough on Monday.

That Portsmouth result not only tightens things up, but shows that they're not invincible, with a number of points dropped recently to relegation threatened teams.

Those saying that every time Bradley plays, it's a disaster, need to look at the results. Yes, he's not made the impression we expected but the only 'disaster' defensive wise in the last 11 league games has been on New Year's Day, one of the few games in that run when he stayed on the bench.

Joe Ward played rb in Nyambe's absence in the 3nil victories at Orient and at Home to Fleetwood.

You wouldn't think that Charlton are in a very strong position in this instance. He's 26 years old, so he can go for free at the end of the season and being 14 points off 7th place, they are very unlikely to make the play offs. However, Charlton seem to be throwing money around ATM, so might be able to keep him with a lucrative contract offer.

I think that he wanted a megabucks contract as well.

The top right of the graph would indicate a team getting the ball forward quickly with a lot of accurate passes. This would indicate a high degree of skill, thought and accuracy, usually shown by the likes of Man City.

I know that it's often said that Hourihane often goes missing, this seems to prove it.😁 Seriously though, I imagine that he's in that central forward group consisting of Collins and our wide players, which in itself seems strange, or is it because the 2 wide players spent their time evenly on each side and so resulting averaging in the middle?

Added to this, we have greater depth in the squad this season, our bench looks quite strong atm, even with Rooney, Smith, Waggy and Washington out injured. Hopefully, a couple of attacking signings and no outgoings from the squad in January, will set us up for the run in.🤞

I would expect that Warne and his coaching team do. They can't expect to finish the game with the starting 11, so they must have a number of plans depending on different probable scenerios. Unlikely scenerios, such as injuries, red cards, opposition tactical changes, etc have to be addressed on the hoof.

My problem with some of the anti Warne posters, this is not aimed at you personally, was that their 'statements of fact' that Warne was instructing them to play in this style of play. But when you listened to his after match interviews, he vented the same frustrations as we did. So, we should be criticising his lack of ability to get the players to play the right kind of football and not his style of football. We are gradually starting to play better, so I imagine that he is finally starting to get his message across and/or the players are adapting to what Warne wants. I believe that some fans think that the players have gone 'rogue' recently and are playing well, in spite of Warne rather than because of him. Ironically, some of the pro Warne brigade criticise the anti Warne posters, for making the same critical points as Warne does in the aftermath of a victory. I think both sides, sometimes need to show a little more humility to each other, because sometimes those on the other side might be making a valid point.

They'll be lucky, they paid £3.5m plus add ons for Matt Clarke from lg1 Porstmouth in 2019, a player in a similar position. We also have the option of a further year on his contract, so even if he left then in 2025 he would still command a compensation fee which I believe would be in excess of your figure of £1m. In the club's current position, it wouldn't be worth risking the chance of promotion for such a small fee. Added to that, there is likely to be competition for his signature with Hull and Birmingham plus others reported to be interested.

I remember Leighton James being described as the final piece of the jigsaw......................................then it all went belly up.😔

That's got me thinking, our last game is Carlisle at home 49 years and 1 day after we collected our second title on the pitch before the game against the same opponents, is it an omen?🤞

Wildsmith has received criticism on here for his part in their 2 goals, but it seems to have been forgotten, his great save and hold, to deny two lurking strikers, to stop us going 3 down, a key moment in the match. Regarding the lying down for opposition free kicks, have the opposition ever tried this, this season, never mind actually score from one? The player lying down is probably better used either standing in the wall or marking someone.

Remember, he only joined them in January from Cardiff. I wonder if he'd signed for us in January, it would have made any difference to our campaign?

This statistic is the real 'stupendous' part of our run, not only have we not conceded from open play since October, I am struggling to remember many top drawer saves by Wildsmith during this same period. Could this be the reason for his less than perfect performance last night, although he did really collect well another free kick with two forwards ready to pounce, which would have made it 3 nil? I know from experience how difficult it is to maintain concentration when playing goal for a team with an excellent defence. Wildsmith is playing week in week out, not having anything to do and it's bound to have an effect on his match sharpness.

I was thinking this just before Tommo scored, despite conceding two soft goals away to a top 6 side, we kept our heads and deserved something out of the game, even though we were losing. The team are usually criticised for not being able to perform against other top six sides, their performance tonight, even when losing, destroyed this argument. But, then again, Oxford like Barnsley and Peterborough before them, happened to have an 'off day' against us.😉

Of course, why else could he be there for?

Is tonight's game a 'do or die game' for JJ? We have to make a decision on him and his fitness, he's never played anywhere near a full league game for us. How can we take a risk on his fitness for the rest of the season? Surely, we need to give him some proper game time tonight, unless a decision to return him has already been made.

4 screamers of shots for the goals, fantastic times, but unfortunately soon to end.