Charlton: Our Darkest Hour
Posted by The Addickted in Charlton | 20 December 2006
Charlton Athletic sank to one of the lowest points in their (on the pitch) history yesterday, squandering the club's best chance at reaching the semi-finals of cup competition for over half a century. The 1-0 loss to League 2 side Wycombe Wanderers left fans furious and Les Reed's job under heavy speculation.
Easter's 35th minute winner was enough to condemn the Addicks to a shock cup exit and provoke chants from the frustrated home support of "You're not fit to wear this shirt", "Premiership? We're having a laugh" and "Super Alan Pardew". Wycombe fully deserved their win because they wanted it more and were willing to break into a sweat. They could have easily have been 3 goals up at half time.
Where to go from here... well, despite how unreliable this sounds, my friend's parents spoke to Richard Murray at a party and apparantly the plan is to clear out the vast majority of our midfield and replace them in January. Despite being far too little too late, how realistic really is this? Seeing how hard it is to shift players in the transfer window and also to get better ones in to join a sinking ship, the target is a tad ambitious.
Comments
Name dropper! Think you've got a huge mountain to climb in the new Year!
Do you have the money needed to attract the kind of players you need, to get you out of the bottom three.
West Ham now have the belief, the desire and a new boss!
very sad - Murray now seems to be blaming Dowie for everything that's gone wrong, and whilst he may hold some of the blame, the board put an unexperienced guy in charge as very much a knee jerk reaction. However the board has done enough over the years to keep our trust, just hope they're ready to reap what they sow
Who do you mean name dropper? =) I agree with your point though, i simply don't think that we can attract any players with the quality to rescue us from relegation. However, Richard Murray did say in a press conference yesterday morning that money would be available for Les Reed to spend in the January window. Also agreeing with "exiled", I don't think Dowie should be scapegoated as the board have appeared a bit rash of late, but seing as they're not going to be replaced we might as well continue to back them!
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