Young side to play at Orient

Mason Burstow, highly rated by Johnnie Jackson, and Charles Clayden are likely to feature in the Charlton line up for the pizza trophy game at Leyton Orient tomorrow.   With the priority being Saturday's fixture at Burton, and both teams having already qualified for their free supply of pizza, it will be a young team making the journey through the Blackwall Tunnel: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-striker-prospect-set-to-get-more-minutes-in-efl-trophy-tie-at-leyton-orient/

Stockley rebuts head butt allegations

Jayden Stockley has responded to claims by Sunderland supremo Lee Johnson that he head butted one of his players.  Stockley stated: 'I sometimes think that comments like that can be used to cover up a result.  I don't think it's right that it gets put out there in the media: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-forward-jayden-stockley-hits-out-at-sunderland-boss-lee-johnson-over-headbutt-claims/

Stockley says that Johnnie Jackson has transformed the atmosphere at Charlton and allowed the quality of the squad to be displayed: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/johnnie-jackson-has-transformed-the-atmosphere-at-charlton-and-were-all-behind-him-jayden-stockley/

Stockley says that he was desperate to play in Saturday's FA Cup game and score more goals: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/jayden-stockley-i-told-pape-souare-you-had-a-whole-goal-to-aim-for-and-youve-hit-it-towards-me/

Happy 64th birthday to Alan Curbishley and happy 40th birthday to Yann Kermorgant.

Gilbey backs Jacko as manager

In an interview published in the Football League Paper today Alex Gilbey says that he believes that he and his teammates let Nigel Adkins down but that self-reflection has led to a determination to climb the table.

He said: 'As a unit, both team and staff, I feel we let the previous manager down.  We were in a really bad rut.  We had some really bad results and poor performances.   I feel that we needed to look at ourselves in the mirror as you can't always blame previous managers or other factors.'

'We have started to press as a team.  We were also really low on confidence, which is changing.'  Gilbey said that he had to see a specialist in London to sort his breathing out after he returned to training from Covid.

Gilbey said that he wanted Johnnie Jackson to be made permanent manager: 'The lads want, and are doing everything they can, to get Johnnie the job.  Everyone here thinks the world of him.  Obviously the fans do as well.  Since he came in, I feel we have gone back to basics, which is really good for the group.

Questions about Morgan

Louis Mendez offers four takeaways from the FA Cup win against Havant and Waterlooville and one of his themes is the failure of Albie Morgan's season to take off.   He hasn't delivered the consistent performances that might have been expected: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/four-takeaways-from-charltons-fa-cup-win-over-havant-waterlooville-floodgates-finally-opened-and-paul-doswells-crowd-control/

It is also a question that has been raised on the Addicks International Facebook page with one suggestion being that he would benefit from a loan spell in which he got game time every week.

One international fan commented: 'We’re still waiting for Albie Morgan’s season to really kick off. I hoped that today’s cup tie would be the catalyst for that but it didn’t really happen for the young midfielder. It feels like he’s been around forever as he first joined the squad so young but other than flashes here and there, we’re not getting a consistent performance level that he should be capable of. '

Another said: 'Before the season began I felt it was a make or break one for him and it looks as though it may be the latter. As others have said, he has ‘bags of potential’ but perhaps his football brain doesn’t quite match.'

Burstow scores in 4-0 win

The Hawks were tight and compact at the back in the early exchanges.  Charlton's efforts were off target. The Addicks were dominating possession.   Clare blocked a shot from Roberts.

Charlton started to be more direct with the centre halves bringing the ball forward.   Charlton's balls forward were often too heavy or too long.

Just after the half hour mark the Hawks were up front for a change and were perhaps growing in confidence.

Clare put in the first shot on target but it was straight down the keeper's throat.   In general Charlton were struggling to create opportunities, players unfamiliar with one another were not on the same wavelength.

Kirk won the first corner of the game after good work by Elerewe.   Jacko was unhappy with the set piece.

A shot by Kirk was comfortable for the keeper.  

Elerewe got a yellow card for a necessary challenge.   Henderson parried the free kick and then caught the ball.   The Hawks were looking better on the counter attack.   Charlton's front two were struggling to get into the game.

In time added on, the Hawks got a free kick and had bodies forward.   It was punched away by Henderson.

Charlton had not created chances of note.   The visitors were stifling the Addicks.   Charlton had most of the possession with 73 per cent of the ball, but hadn't done anything with it.  Soare and Blackett-Taylor hadn't been in it enough.  In so far as anything was created, it was by Clare, Famewo and Elerewe.

HT: Addicks 0, Hawks 0

A shot from Chambers was dealt with by Henderson.  A Blackett-Taylor cross was too high and too far in front of everybody.  Blackett-Taylor put in a good delivery, but the keeper did well.  A Blackett-Taylor shot was over the bar.

Havant and Waterlooville had to make a substitution after an injury which saw their player stretchered off.  Paul Rooney came on.

From a Charlton corner the ball went over the bar for a second corner.  

Famewo conceded a corner.   Henderson had to palm the ball away from a header probably by the player-coach Collins and Clare completed the clearance.

Kirk put the ball over the bar from a tough chance.   Morgan and Arter came off and Watson and Lee came on.  Lee hopefully would be able to provide a better connection between defence and attack.

Davison scored with a firm header on 71 minutes.   Lee had supplied a ball to Kirk in a great position for a good cross.   The Hawks had been tiring a bit in midfield with spaces opening up.

Davison was taken down inside the area and the referee awarded a penalty.   This followed more good work by Lee.   Stockley drilled it into the top corner in front of the Covered End.

Charlton won a corner after good defending.   Blackett-Taylor should perhaps have passed to Davison. 

A shot from Lee came off the bar but Soare and Stockley combined and Stockley made it 3-0.

After an injury the Hawks had to bring on a keeper, Searle, as a substitute as they had used up the bench.  He had to play up top.

Mason Burstow came on in place of Stockley.   Clayden came on as well in place of Soare who was a bit upset at coming off.

A shot by Blackett-Taylor cannoned off Rooney for a corner.   A shot from Lee took a deflection for another corner.

After a great block by Davison, Burstow shot superbly to make it 4-0.

Six minutes were added on.  Green made a good recovery tackle on Blackett-Taylor at the expense of a corner which was headed clear.   A shot by Clare was comfortably over.   Washington came on in place of Davison.   An attempt from Burstow just missed Washington and went wide of the post.

Lee made a real difference, but credit also for Elerewe who had an excellent game.

Hawks boss Paul Doswell was disappointed with the crowd at The Valley, although as Louis Mendez has pointed out, Truro brought more fans from a longer distance.  Doswell also thought that the referee had it in for his side, complaining about the six minutes added on (which is actually pretty standard at Charlton - our matches are often the last to finish): https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/havant-waterlooville-boss-paul-doswell-slams-stay-away-charlton-fans-after-terrible-attendance-fa-cup-turnout-at-the-valley/

 

'The Jackson drive'

Things are at last moving in the right direction, even if the play offs seem a distinct prospect.   SLP journo Richard Cawley has dubbed it 'the Jackson drive': https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/the-jackson-drive-charlton-athletic-caretaker-boss-has-sparked-a-major-transformation-in-se7/

Hawks ready to swoop on Valley prey

Louis Mendez of the SLP reports: 'We're all wary of Havant & Waterlooville's cup pedigree after that game they had at Liverpool in 2008, but shocked to see they've got a player in their squad now who played for them in that game! Jamie Collins played the full 90 at Anfield and re-joined the Hawks this year.

They've also got former Addicks goalkeeper Ross Warner amongst their ranks but believe he might be injured. In Jake McCarthy they've got a midfielder who has scored nine in his last 10.

Jamie Collins, mentioned above, also captained Sutton during their run that saw them beat Leeds and lose to Arsenal during pie-gate, under now Hawks boss Paul Doswell.   As Jacko says, let's avoid becoming the story.'

The Hawks are looking for a South London and North Kent treble: https://www.castrust.org/2021/11/hawks-looking-for-treble/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawks-looking-for-treble

Hawks supremo Paul Doswell is aiming for a replay.   Doswell also says that Havant & Waterlooville have only brought a squad of 14 so sounds like they’ll only have three subs. We’ll have nine on the bench and can use five.

Charlton make nine changes. Stephen Henderson starts in goal. Stockley and Famewo keep their places from Tuesday. Elerewe starts after signing his new deal.