Wednesday 19 September 2007

Great performance says Mystic CND

Well I predicted the score correctly and was only 8 supporters out on the attendance figure. A good night and its been a long time since I have been able to report, that every Charlton player, played their part, in what proved a harder game to win than it should have been. We more or less dominated from the start and looked solid in all departments. Weaver made one excellent save in the first half, after being virtually redundant for most of it. Bougherra and Fortune looked the perfect partnership in the middle, hardly putting a foot wrong. Powell and Mills kept the game flowing nicely, feeding Sam and Reid continuously. If there was any weakness and this is being harsh, the game should have been over by half-time and on another day playing like we did, 3-0 would not of flattered. Varney who played very well holding the line with Iwelumo, should have scored in the second half, when clean through, but shot straight at the goalkeeper. The longer the game went on, the more I started to think it was going to be a very entertaining 0-0 draw, or Norwich were going snatch one against the run of play. Enter McLeod who I had not seen play before and had my doubts about him, after reading a Bloggers report that said McLeod is not good enough for the Championship. Well he certainly proved that theory wrong, because he virtually won the game for us. His control and pace suddenly scared the pants off a solid Norwich defense and has probably given Pardew a selection headache for the Leicester game. Reid who had a great game, missed a couple of sitters just before the penalties, but thankfully kept his nerve to make the scoreline a justified 2-0. A good night was had by one and all(apart from the Norwich fans of course.)
Weaver 7 Didn't put a foot wrong, although out of the action for long periods
Mills 7 Solid performance and kept his cool for once
Bougherrra 8 Looked very good last night and is looking much more assured.
Fortune 8 Great game
Powell 8 Looks so fit and still as enthusiastic as ever for a 38 year old.
Zheng 7 Ran his socks off
Semedo 8 Looks so comfortable on the ball-a real find
Sam 8 Must be a head of Thomas now
Reid 9 Not everything went right for him but I think he's loving it at Charlton
Iwelumo 8 He looks clumsy but he gets stuck in were it hurts and at the moment he gets my vote as the best player so far this season
Varney 8 looks the bees an eees
McLeod 9 The pressure was on but he delivered and won us the three points.
Ambrose/Sodje 6- 60 seconds on the park.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

when I saw the gate for last night recalled your prediction and wnet "ffing hell" in awestruck homage!

Delighetd to hear the central defence played so well.


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