Lightning Bolt.on Saturday required to brighten home form

With apologies for the poor pun in the title.....

I hope you enjoyed the beer related blogs in over the International break but now we must return back to Charlton and our game against Bolton at the Valley this weekend.  Everyone is aware of the poor form we have suffered at home this season despite some good play.  For those of you still sore at the loss to Millwall take another look at the Football league show highlights where I think you will find that, apart from the final ball we played a reasonable game.

I saw Bolton earlier in the season, at their 5-4 loss to Peterborough.  From what I remember they were pretty much a one trick pony, playing the long ball to Kevin Davies each time who insisted on grabbing hold of his opposition players rather than concentrating on the ball (maybe he just wanted to swap shirts a little earlier?).  As fans we need to be extremely vocal each time he does this as many referees will let him get away with it.  We also need someone fairly stout to stand up against him.  The introduction of the Bulgarian, Martin Petrov, as a late sub added further danger to the Wanderer's attacking line up but thankfully he has gone to Espanyol for the rest of the season so we don't need to worry about him.

At the time Dougie Freeman must have been wondering why he left Crystal Palace as they struggled in a competitive Championship but has now pulled them to within spitting distance of the playoffs, having not lost eight games in a row, prior Ipswich beating them 1-0 in their last game.

In terms of team formation I believe that if we are going to play him, we have to start out with Fuller and see what sort of game he has, rather than introducing him later in the hope that he will be a game changer.  I'd also like to see Danny Green get a bit of a run out.  He has his critics but it might just add something to the mix that has been missing in recent games and I believe we have little to lose.

Given the rain and the cold I don't expect the pitch to be in any better state than a fortnight ago but there should be no advantage to either side as the Bolton pitch appears to be just as bad.

One thing we must not do is turn on the team.  Although it's all very tight in the Championship a few more points will see us safely over the line (the consensus is 54/55 points for absolute safety) and not backing the team is not going to help them win and could end up in us watching league one football next season.   We've not had a decent crowd rally behind the team since our epic comeback over Cardiff and I see that @cafcreddivision have not tweeted a rallying call for over a month now.

Regardless of the result I have a nice selection of beers from the Kernal Brewery in Bermondsey to look forward to after the game.

COYR.....!!