It's been a strange week weather wise for late November. My non-league club's first live televised match was snowed off on Tuesday. There was much annoyance from Spanish fans who had already paid €10 in ignorance of British weather.
What the Star is calling 'Dirty Bertie' this morning could pose problems for tomorrow's game at Huddersfield. I don't think it will be called off, but travel from the south could be difficult.
High winds could be an issue on the motorway. The journey from the motorway to Bruddersfield is on a poor A road across high ground and snow is still possible.
These games are important to the band of loyal Addicks who live 'oop North.
Moaners are fond of calling League One a 'pub' league, but I have not seen any pub teams with the resources of the Blues and Wrexham. Huddersfield and Bolton are one time Premier League clubs.
At home Huddersfield have won five and lost just two. They are second in the form table whereas Charlton are lower mid-table. A defeat looks likely and may bring out the first calls of 'this is relegation form' and 'we will be playing in League 2 next season.'
Huddersfield do have some injury problems, but they are probably exaggerating them for alibi reasons: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/really-really-frustrating-untimely-injury-blow-for-huddersfield-town-midfielder-4877955
CAS Trust take heart from our record in cold weather against Huddersfield: https://www.castrust.org/2024/11/raising-our-game-by-a-couple-of-degrees/
I have seen a couple of good away wins there, but those were when Curbs was in charge.
Dunno what commentary you've been reading Wyn but the "this is relegation form and we're on our way down" talk is attracting an ever widening cohort
ReplyDeleteThing is they're dead right. 1 league win in 8 games over 7 weeks is dead cert relegation form. Averaging barely a point per match guarantees a bottom 4 finish.
I'm not yet overcome with doom and gloom cos there's an enormous amount of dross below us. The January window demands massive improvement of our utterly awful defence before we dare consider the goal shy front line. The horse hasn't bolted yet but the stable door to 4th division oblivion is well and truly open. If the stable lad has the nous and resilience to remedy things and whether he'll be given adequate tools remain to be seen.
We have this kind of comment every season and every season we stay up. The team is not good, but all one needs is four teams that are worse. It's usually dross available in January - unless we change tack and get a few really good loan players.
DeleteWow! So Wyn you're happy with surviving in League one. I think you're on your own there. League one is dross. Sadly our team under the Messiah is dross. Call me naive if you will. But i think most of us out here actually hoped/expected a genuine promotion charge this season.
ReplyDeleteI may be on my own, but I may be more realistic than most Charlton supporters. An interview with the former Burnley owner said that you need to be a multi-billionaire these days to survive in the Premier League. Before long almost all the clubs will be American owned and these financial effects will extend into the Championship which, as was forecast by Murray Mints, is effectively a Premier League 2. Charlton loses money heavily and doesn't own its stadium or training ground. Perhaps one day Charlton fans will smell the geopolitical coffee.
ReplyDeleteI suppose those of us of a certain age hark back to the glory days of Lennie and Curbs when little old Charlton took on the big boys and sometimes won, even got promoted. Of course it's all about money now and despite all the fanfare at Charlton about new investment etc. we seem to have the only American owners who either haven't got the cash or don't want to spend it. Mid table League One survival is a pretty low bar to aim for but realistically that's it. As always with Charlton, its the hope that kills you..
ReplyDelete" Mid table League One survival is a pretty low bar to aim for but realistically that's it "
DeleteMaybe for you CR, not for me. Charlton Athletic's natural position in the English football pyramid is the second tier and that's where we need to be pronto. Every season in the third tier is a step further to the withering of the club. Less and less fans attending, it's a downward spiral.