A Bridge too Far- Charlton 1 Bristol City 1

There are certain comments made by pundits and Managers of which there is one that I totally disagree with " we scored too early" meaning what exactly! take it back we don't want it. Last night for the first eight minutes we played some great football which resulted in a well taken goal by Ambrose . The faces on the Bristol players looked visibly shocked and if only we had kept the momentum going, who knows we could have gone in at half-time 3-0 up , unfortunately instead of going for the jugular we sat back and let Bristol back into the game and its a game they could and should have won. Certainly in the first half Charlton deserved to be in front as Weaver was a virtual spectator and if Thomas who had a great first half had not wasted a glorious chance on 45 minutes who knows how Bristol would have reacted in the second half. After the break and based on last nights performance City deserve their lofty position, with the sort of crisp short passing that is a pleasure to watch, although at times it was painful for Charlton fans . City pressed and troubled McCarthy and Sodji and an equaliser seemed inevitable and deservedly came after sustained pressure and from a great corner McCombe headed the ball into the net on 62 minutes. After the goal there was only one team who looked like winning the game unfortunately it wasn't Charlton. An enjoyable game which kept the fans on the edge of their seats .
We have to be realistic now and make sure we make the play-offs. Unless -Unless we can create a run similar to the last promotion crusade when we won 12 games on the trot

Come on you Reds.

Player ratings

Weaver 7 Safe and no chance with the goal
Halford 6 Funny game really didn't get going
McCarthy 8 Good game
Sodji 6 Struggled in the air
Youga 6 Below his high standard
Zhi 6 Anonymous
Holland 8 Best player for Charlton again
Ambrose 7 Reasonable game
Thomas 7.5 Great first half-Marked out of the game second half
Varney 6 Ran everywhere but didn't produce
Iwelumo 7 Lot of fans don't like him but he gives 100%
Gray 5 Really struggling but hopefully he will come good
Cook/Sinclair5 Do we need these type of players especially for the Play-Offs