by Snowflake Royal »
31 Aug 2019 17:13
Very much saw the good and bad with that formation today.
First half felt like we controlled the game, though Charlton did look like they had a goal in them. Swift and Ejaria causing all sorts of problems but Charlton well organised and our front two looked like strangers. Joao in particular looked like he constantly had a strop on and he was blowing after 20 minutes. Great feet, but just too often tried to be too intricate.
Really should have gone in at HT with a goal.
Second half Charlton obviously had instructions to force us to play through our CBs. Ejaria, Swift and Pele stopped moving and we had nothing on. And at that point they just overloaded our defence again and again. Lost count of how many times Moore and McIntyre got totally isolated.
First goal, McIntyre gets caught in two minds and doesn't close down properly because he's exposed outside him yet again. Unlucky deflection takes it away from Cabral but inside the post.
Second goal Moore caught exposed one one one yet again and tbh Charlton could have had a penalty for Moore's wrestling or the actual foul. Charlton could have had a hateful once they got their dander up.
Game was crying out for Meite to replace Joao IMO. Thought Barrett looked better than Boye, again, too intricate.
Lots to be positive about. Shame about the goal, C1871 weren't up to usual form but that sucked the life out and from there couldn't really get anything going with Charlton suddenly realising they had a voice.