A great effort from The Addicks yesterday saw them come close to progressing th the 4th round of the cup but ultimately the loss of both Stockley and Washington did for them.
Sadly, the vagaries of the Covid rules did for yours truly and I was limited to following the game via Twitter and Radio London commentary.
Clearly we had our chances whilst restricting the Premier league oppo to very few but our failure to take them meant we went out of the cup whilst they took their one and that was the difference.
The summer transfer window was haphazard with the most obvious error being our failure to recruit a striker to replace Chuks. That has cost us dear in the league as well as the cup.
Burstow is a good prospect but isn’t quite the finished article just yet even given his undoubted promise.
Our squad is now quite heavily laden with bit part players who are on the periphery of the action but realistically can’t be relied upon to make the size of contribution needed to get us to where we need to be.
Since Jackson took over as caretaker and then permanent manger he has completely turned around the team. A previously tired team lacking focus and subject to constant change now battles in the majority of games thanks to a more settled side allied to a greater intent.
One had to feel for the gaffer as since he was made permanent events have somewhat conspired against him. Covid seems to have target the best players and even the luck of the draw quite literally robbed him of Akin!
The team will no doubt give it their all still and if us fans continue to see that plus some decent football then well be happy enough and see where we end up. Hopefully, at the very least we’ll have something of a platform upon which to build for next season.
We face quite an intense period of fixtures as we play catch in respect of games missed over Christmas plus the cup game we were due to play on Saturday. In addition, there the Pizza Trophy trip up to Hartlepool.
The squad will be fully tested that’s for sure.
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