Not too bad a result last night. We remain unbeaten and got to see another wonder goal, this time courtesy of BWP.
The first half an hour we were rampant, passing fluidly and bypassing the physical presence and loaded midfield that Megson had opted with. Seeing his 4-5-1 tactic was not working he made decisive changes and went 4-4-2, which was where the game changed.
Wednesday looked much more comfortable with this shape and worked their way back into the game. Eventually having the better of possession in the second half via their physical approach.
Finally we succumbed to bloody Clinton Morrison of all people (I'm not a massive fan). Wednesday looking well drilled at their set pieces.
It will be interesting to see, over the course of the season, how and if Sir Chris tactically adapts our formation and game plan to accommodate the opposition. I think last night showed that playing 4-4-2 game in game out is not always going to work, despite our quality (which we have in abundance), not every other side will roll over for us.
Sadly our inexperienced manager was mugged by a more experienced one. CP needs to wise up to making game changing decisions.
ReplyDeleteWe should be going out to win games at home and 2nd half CP seemed to accept a point from the touchline
I agree, in the second half we desperately needed a change of some description, bringing on Euell wasn't going to work.
ReplyDeletePersonally I thought Dale Stephens had his first poor game in a Charlton shirt and maybe bringing a hungry Pritchard on could have breathed some life back into the midfield.
I don't know what the answer is to be fair, our bench wasn't exactly full of game changing players.
I agree. Megson like him and his style of football or not showed his experience by making the change early enough to change the game. Not a 'tactical' substitution which was anything to do with running the clock down or bringing on fresh legs, but a direct change in the shape of the team having realised early on that his starting game plan was simply not going to work.
ReplyDeleteLike you say this was down to his years of experience and having the front to sort things out before it was too late and we had scored again.
I am a Chris Powell fan, and really hope he is a success. But I think he really would benefit whilst he is still on his learning curve from someone with experience on the bench with him giving a bit of wisdom where needed.