Said it before, I’ll say it again, why a gentille spa town on the edge of the Cotswolds is represented by the emblem of a minor Axis power from WWII is beyond me. A graphic robin? More like an eagles claw flickin’ the V’s
Yes, me. We rotated heavily at the weekend so should return to a stronger team today and it’s a good test against a side in improved form. Potts will be back in the team and we’re so much more effective when he plays.
Of course it's an important game, if players shy away from games like tonight's because of how they can define our season rather than use that as motivation then it will be a very nervy end to the season. And if you're struggling for positives, at least Cheltenham are without that annoyingly good rat-faced bastard our defence seemed to have a life-threatening allergy to.
His career has been extraordinary. He is 30 now and until a couple of years ago he hardly scored at all. At Cheltenham he found his feet with a vengeance, scoring on average every other game. This season he has maintained that consistency, scoring 16 goals in 31 league games. Without those goals Charlton would surely be in even deeper do do.
My brother was a lifelong Charlton fan and one of my mates from working times (in London) keeps me posted occasionally about events in the Valley. He recently mentioned the possibility that our last game of the season could decide which of us goes down!!
I’m sure we’ll survive and I’d be very surprised if a club of Charlton’s stature were relegated. But you never can tell.
Alfie May is a good lad. I remember him being on the bench for Doncaster prior to his move to Cheltenham. He came over to warm up in front of us and had a little chat. He mentioned he would like to come to Wycombe and I said to have a word with Ainsworth.
Nothing ever came of it, so I suspect he didn’t have that word with GA, what a shame.
If you’d told me 13 months ago that, following our second defeat of the season to Stevenage, I’d be less than confident about beating Cheltenham at home, I’d have spat in your eye.
I would have thought we would either have appealed against Max red or got a keeper in on a seven day loan, especially given no other keeper other than Ravazolli available. Guess we will see in the next hour.
Lee Harrison (52) is probably to old to being doing a Barry Richardson, though we may just see him as the sub keeper if Matt does not get anyone else in.
That’s not the issue. If Franco Ravizzoli plays tonight we will not be able to sign another goalkeeper on an emergency loan for the rest of the season, should God Forbid, Max Stryjek suffer an injury.
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Said it before, I’ll say it again, why a gentille spa town on the edge of the Cotswolds is represented by the emblem of a minor Axis power from WWII is beyond me. A graphic robin? More like an eagles claw flickin’ the V’s
Something of a sliding doors game tonight.
A victory creates a cushion between us and those scrapping it out in the bottom five.
Defeat and we’ll be deeply embroiled in that relegation scrap ourselves.
Anyone actually looking forward to this evening’s encounter?
Yes, me. We rotated heavily at the weekend so should return to a stronger team today and it’s a good test against a side in improved form. Potts will be back in the team and we’re so much more effective when he plays.
If we win: Babycham
If we lose: Popcorn
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I look forward to watching football, either by going or being somewhere exotic.
Of course it's an important game, if players shy away from games like tonight's because of how they can define our season rather than use that as motivation then it will be a very nervy end to the season. And if you're struggling for positives, at least Cheltenham are without that annoyingly good rat-faced bastard our defence seemed to have a life-threatening allergy to.
Would that perchance be one Alfred May ?
His career has been extraordinary. He is 30 now and until a couple of years ago he hardly scored at all. At Cheltenham he found his feet with a vengeance, scoring on average every other game. This season he has maintained that consistency, scoring 16 goals in 31 league games. Without those goals Charlton would surely be in even deeper do do.
My brother was a lifelong Charlton fan and one of my mates from working times (in London) keeps me posted occasionally about events in the Valley. He recently mentioned the possibility that our last game of the season could decide which of us goes down!!
I’m sure we’ll survive and I’d be very surprised if a club of Charlton’s stature were relegated. But you never can tell.
Charlton in big trouble @micra , more likely to go down than stay up from what I've heard.
Alfie May is a good lad. I remember him being on the bench for Doncaster prior to his move to Cheltenham. He came over to warm up in front of us and had a little chat. He mentioned he would like to come to Wycombe and I said to have a word with Ainsworth.
Nothing ever came of it, so I suspect he didn’t have that word with GA, what a shame.
Interesting @peterparrotface. Thanks for that.
Prefer your username to @ReadingMarginalista ’s rather unkind description of Alfie May !!
Massive game tonight, a win would get us to 41 points with 12 games remaining to get to circa 54 points at least.
If you’d told me 13 months ago that, following our second defeat of the season to Stevenage, I’d be less than confident about beating Cheltenham at home, I’d have spat in your eye.
My team would be ;-
Ravazolli
Grimmer, Low, Taf, Leahy
McCleary, Potts, Scowen, Sadlier
Taylor, Vokes.
Taking into account Max suspended and Vincent-Young assumed injured.
This is not a ‘must win’ game.
That said, it is a ‘very useful if we do win’ game.
Yes, very useful indeed.
I assume Laurie Shala is still injured so we won't have a keeper on the bench?
I would have thought we would either have appealed against Max red or got a keeper in on a seven day loan, especially given no other keeper other than Ravazolli available. Guess we will see in the next hour.
Don't start all this debate up again for goodness sake.
I’m really surprised we haven’t appealed. Or maybe we have.
Paging Yves Ma-Kalambay!
I’d imagine we are deliberately keeping cards close to chest
Brings back memories of him taking about 3mins positioning a hairband in the middle of a penalty shoot out.
And the ref allowing it, presumably scared about daring to suggest it was time wasting.
It was only 3 weeks ago Shala broke his collarbone, so no way he'll be fit yet. Maybe a return for Lee Harrison on the bench?
Matt Ingram is not doing much at Hull.
Lee Harrison (52) is probably to old to being doing a Barry Richardson, though we may just see him as the sub keeper if Matt does not get anyone else in.
For 1 game we can probably risk not having a keeper on the bench.
David Wheeler is probably a decent back up keeper
That’s not the issue. If Franco Ravizzoli plays tonight we will not be able to sign another goalkeeper on an emergency loan for the rest of the season, should God Forbid, Max Stryjek suffer an injury.
But if you bring someone else in when the poor lad Ravizzoli has a rare chance of a game you wonder what the point of having him around is.
oh oh.....