Jason Pearce says that Lee Bowyer expects a lot from players and if you don't meet those expectations, you don't play: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/jason-pearce-charlton-boss-lee-bowyer-demands-a-lot-from-players-if-you-dont-meet-expectations-you-wont-play/
Pearce was delighted to be back in action after being out injured: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-skipper-jason-pearce-delighted-to-be-back-in-league-action-after-long-term-injury/
A formal notification to Companies House states that Roland Duchatelet no longer has 'significant control' over Charlton Athletic Holdings Ltd.: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02689249/filing-history
Shrewsbury manager Steve Cotterill was full of praise for Ben Amos after yesterday's match: 'There were some great saves from their goalkeeper. The one from Ollie Norburn from the edge of the box, was I thought a brilliant save.'
'I think he's a top-class keeper, one of the best in the league. I think that would go past quite a few other goalkeepers, but it was a brilliant save from Amos.'
Shrewsbury Town equalised through a penalty in the last minute of time added on to deny Charlton victory in a 1-1 draw at Montgomery Waters today. Charlton have slipped back to 6th in the table and are 9th in the form table.
Such a result should not come as a surprise given that Shrewsbury Town are home draw specialists. However, Shrewsbury usually concede in time added on.
In the last quarter of an hour Charlton looked nervy after going ahead on 71 minutes through Ben Watson. The home side piled on the pressure and Charlton lacked composure. It was an individual mistake by Albie Morgan who created the scenario for the penalty conceded by Gunter after he had sliced his clearance.
The first half was scrappy. There was a lot of long ball and no real chances of note for either side, although attempted shots by the Shrews lacked accuracy. The pace was fast.
Maatsen put in an early cross, but there was no one there to connect. An Aneke shot was blocked. Gilbey put in a good ball to Aneke, but he was just wide of the post.
Gilbey got a harsh yellow card for what was an unnecessary challenge. Pugh was the second home player to get a yellow card and walked away moaning.
Aneke shot straight at the keeper. He then got a yellow card, the bearded referee having been urged on by the 2,000 crowd and the home management team.
HT: 0-0
Charlton tried to be positive as the second half got under way, but there wasn't much creativity and Aneke lacked service.
The home crowd maintained some ragged clapping.
On 60 minutes Gilbey and the utilitarian Forster-Caskey were replaced by Morgan and Williams.
Bogle replaced Aneke on 68 minutes and soon showed his worth. Good work by him on the right set up Williams who released Gunter. The ball fell to Watson and his shot took a slight deflection to put Charlton ahead.
Sloppy work by Charlton saw Amos tip the ball on to the crossbar and Pratley had to clear.
Matthews replaced Williams. One could see the case for bringing Matthews on as Charlton needed additional protection on their right but it was harsh on Williams who admittedly had lost his man a couple of times. Gunter, who was tiring, should have been withdrawn.
Bowyer told Louis Mendez afterwards that he was 'fuming that Charlton didn’t manage the game at the end there. Says he hauled Jonny Williams off just 22 minutes after he came on because he pulled out of a challenge and you don’t do that in one of his teams.'
Maatsen received a yellow card. Amos got a touch on the ball when he saw a shot late.
In the four minutes added on, Amos made a great save and then caught the corner. However, there was nothing he could do to save the powerfully struck penalty. We had made Shrewsbury look good.
Moaners are saying that Bowyer will lose the dressing room and the fanbase, but that is an over reaction to disappointment. However, I think that criticisms of players are better made in private.
Seething supremo Lee Bowyer gave his reaction to the result to the SLP: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-boss-lee-bowyer-fumes-over-two-points-dropped-after-shrewsbury-bag-late-leveller-at-the-new-meadow/
The Financial Times publishes some data today on how much clubs are reliant on match day income. The average figure for the Premier League is 14 per cent, for the Championship 17 per cent and for League One/Two 32 per cent. The latter figure is incomplete as some clubs at this level take advantage of a loophole in company law to publish shortened accounts.
The Pink Un's figures show that only two clubs in League One and Two rely on match day for over 50 per cent of their income: Charlton and Portsmouth.
The lesson to be drawn is that the club needs to boost commercial income as Thomas Sandgaard is intending. Many potential sponsors were, of course, put off by the Duchatelet regime and subsequent 'owners'.
On a very special day for Charlton, the team heads to Montgomery Waters Meadow today to play Shrewsbury Town. Remembering the play off semi-final defeat, they could be seen as something of a bogey team for us.
Manager Steve Cotterill comments: 'Charlton have predominantly been playing out from the back and have been very good this season. Charlton will be strong for sure in this league. They’ve kept a lot of players that have played in the Championship for them. They are one of the top clubs and top teams in the division.
“Having the fans back is huge. Having them the other night encouraged the lads. That definitely helped them but we have to build on that. It’s a two-way thing. We need to do things to get them off their seats.'
The new supremo who replaced Sam Ricketts after being out of management for two years is taking things one game at a time as he tries to get the team used to his style of play: https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2020/12/04/steve-cotterill-focused-on-small-steps-for-shrewsbury-town/
Second from bottom Shrewsbury have not won any games at home, but have drawn four and lost three, scoring 8 and conceding 11.
In three of their last four games, the Shrews conceded in injury time which used to be a Charlton problem: https://www.castrust.org/2020/12/shrewsbury-in-front-of-fans-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shrewsbury-in-front-of-fans-again
After our solid performance against Ipswich last Saturday, I was mistakenly confident about the MK Dons game. Surprisingly, MK turned out to be better than Ipswich while we were much worse. I hesitate to make a prediction about today, but against home draw specialists that could be the outcome.
Paul Smyth is out for a month and the fact that he is a loan player appears to be an additional constraint: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-striker-ruled-out-for-up-to-a-month-with-midfielder-a-doubt-for-shrewsbury-match/
Andrew Shinnie also looks unlikely to be available for Shrewsbury.
