Saints 1-1 Charlton - Match Thread

[captainchris]

19 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Certainly a disappointing performance from Saints but Jones team had done their homework, sat deep and frustrated all our efforts to penetrate their front line. Kudos to them but it highlighted the lack of creativity in our team and to a certain extent a lack of leadership when the going gets tough. 

Scant pickings for Sienza and Fellows today as they were well marshalled by their fullbacks. Fellows had another poor game irrespectively of the close marking and seems to have lost confidence. IMO it was a mistake to start him over Matsuki who has been performing dynamically in recent matches. The high spot for us was undoubtedly Stewart's well taken header, really classy stuff from the big man.

Their goal was disappointing; awful defending by Stephens and Manning allowed Carey far too much space to pick his spot but Peretz could have and should have done better and will have nightmares after his howler.

Charlton did not deserve a point but Saints showed that they still have much to do to convince that they really are serious candidates for promotion. On this showing they are not.

We can expect a similar pattern of play on Tuesday evening and if we can't come uo with some clever tactics to overcome visitors sitting back in a low block at SMS in the meantime, one fears our season will start to peter out.

Fellows, Azaz and Jander to be fair. I couldn’t believe we brought on Jander rather than Bragg … 

We are playing players who are not affecting games, Fellows in particular is not producing enough all round and needs resting… 

[captainchris]

4 hours ago, saintant said:

Controversial view but I think Cam Bragg is the guy who makes us tick in midfield and should be starting more games. He's good now but would benefit from a run of games. IMO he's the crucial link and the brightest midfielder we have but we're wasting his talents.

100% correct and he should have come on first, not Jander who is not as good as Bragg.