Burnished by Burnley

During the week Chris Powell said he wanted a reaction for the game against Burnley and was considering all sorts of ways to achieve this.  Well he certainly meant it as yesterday's team news revealed an attacking front three, and with Button replacing Hamer in goal, no Stephens or Solly due to injury.


Bad picture of Button



I hope those of you who went to the match also brought your sun glasses as that was the brightest collection of football boots that I have ever seen!  Did you also notice that the Gaffer was wearing a tracksuit and woolly hat rather than his normal home attire of sharp suit and flat cap?



While I am a big fan of Ben Hamer I was pleased to see Button being given a chance to play and I thought he acquitted himself quite well.  The Charlie Austin goal that lead to the 1-0 defeat was a magnificent effort by all accounts and we can't blame Button for that one.  Its good to know we have a capable second pair of hands in the net. 

I wasn't pleased about the crowd reaction at half time when certain sections of the North Stand booed the team off.  There's nothing worse for the team's moral at half time and its no way to achieve the motivation that they require.  The statistics speak for themselves and I felt we were unfortunate not to get anything out of the game, especially after Danny Green came on to replace John Obika (who I felt had a quiet game) and dominated the right wing.



Season Ticket will be renewed shortly!



The talk of relegation by the Charlton Twitterati is premature.  We are mid table and only 8 or 9 points off securing our place in the Championship next year with 11 games to go.  We have a better goal difference than all but one of the teams below us.  We should also bear in mind that we are only just behind Blackburn who were relegated last year and the other two former Premiership clubs are below us.

So as a consolation the home brew was cracked open yesterday evening with a side of home made salt and pepper squid.  I'm still a novice at this and was quite pleased with my quaffable effort but like the game it started with a decent bit of froth but ended up flat towards the end.

Tomorrow's blog will have a run down on Tuesday night's opposition who beat Blackburn 3-2 away yesterday, with Dwight Gayle scoring a hatrick.