Tuesday 25 March 2008

This has to be the most frustrating season ever

The league nobody wants to win and the top teams losing to the bottom teams on a regular basis has made this seasons Championship either the most competitive in its history or the poorest and I'm going for the latter. West Brom and Bristol City are the best footballing sides I have seen at the Valley this season but I don't think any team in this division could live with the Charlton team who won the play-offs and the team that won the Championship -both of those statements pretty obvious I suppose. What is missing from the Charlton team has been written many a time on a Charlton Blog so one more time wont hurt- Ouch! it does bloody well hurt when you witness it on a cold Friday afternoon. Kinsella, Hunt, Mendonca and Robinson where are those type of players when we desperately need them. Pardew is the right man for the job but I think there has been far too much pressure on him, which has caused him to tinker with the team too often . Even after victories he has changed the team to counter the big physical teams which has never worked. The best performances I have seen this season was against Blackpool, Palarce and especially Stoke, who are proving to be a very difficult team to beat. I'm a great believer in keeping faith with a small squad of players maybe 16 or 17 barring a horrendous injury list so they can bond. Here is my team to start every match if possible

Weaver-- Not a fantastic season but certainly good enough to hold on to the GK jersey
Moutoukil-- Young and enthusiastic
Bougharra-- Injured Unfortunately but has started to show what he is capable of doing
McCarthy-- Could be player of the year
Youga-- Young and enthusiastic -bound to make mistakes
Holland-- Really shines in this Division
Zhi-- Great player but needs protection
Semondo-- Given a chance he could be a good player who could protect Zhi
Thomas-- The most gifted player we have if only he had the heart
Varney --Pace and needs time
Iwelumo-- We don't have any real strikers but I feel if we play Varney and Thomas wide and not pump the ball up to Iwelumo he could score more goals from crosses and he always gives 100%.

Who would be a manager eh! - I would with a Salary of more than a million.

Come on you Reds

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

your team is pretty much spot on ( although I do think Mou2 is too lightweight for the division )
and would have got us promoted if he had stuck to it .
Its his obsession with useless Ambrose that drives me mad

Burgundy Addick said...

Team looks good to me. But don't you find it easier to do the defence and midfield but when it gets to the forward options it gets all confused. Heaven only knows how we sort it out next season, whichever division we're in.

charlton north-downs said...

Blackheath and anon., the forward line is the hardest to choose because quite frankly we haven't got a bloody striker. Iwelumo would be great with a Hunt, Mendonca, Williams or Melrose
Those were the days.