Charlton Vs QPR

1-0 11 mins Prately from a corner, climbing on defenders back to head in... Deja Vu?

There are signs of a lack of match-fitness for sure, and I am looking at BOS in particular who seems to have regressed more than most. Add to that the poor passing from Barbet, Ball and Manning and Hugill's poor holding means you have to work harder to get anything out of this match.

As with last week, in my opinion we should be pushing them back further to allow more time in midfield to make things happen. The difference is that we are playing out better.

Does not look promising. Charlton are quite prepared to play the ball around (and let us do that too) but look a lot better when they do break. I wonder if there will be changes - and who goes off and who comes on? Shodipo? Amos? I would be tempted to take off Ball and move BOS up alongside Hugill with Shodipo on the wing again. 

We seem to have started the second half well, just need to turn this pressure in to goalscoring chances!

I stand by this. We may somehow, out of nowhere, turn it around but we were just so bad last week that first half was inevitable.

The players look half hearted and lethargic.

They are not playing like a team who could have made a late surge for the play offs with a few wins. They are playing like a team who picked up a vibe from the club that the season was over.

It doesn't help when players who were well under par last week, like Manning and Chair, keep their places. They can just keep phoning in performances.

If you didn't agree that the season was over after last week's defeat you can't really disagree now!

2 pretty pathetic performances in a row. There can be no excuses this week, all teams in the same boat, we've been training for 4 weeks and knew what to improve on after last week. Shocking.