Conor Coady celebrates his winning goal at Middlesbrough/Picture: Alamy
Low block. Defending deep. Parking the bus. There are a whole number of ways you can describe Charlton’s approach at The Riverside on Wednesday night.
One thing is not in doubt - that it was about as satisfying a defensive display as the Addicks will produce this season.
Let’s rewind to when the teamsheet came out at 6.30pm.
How many supporters would have been confident of a positive result for the Addicks when they saw that starting line-up? Not many, judging by the reaction on social media.
Let’s just pick out a few responses when the club posted their team on X.
“Eleven-hour round-trip for this, sweet mate.”
“Come all this way and you play that? F*** right off.”
“Yep, so take the loss and go for it Saturday, probably the smartest thing to do.”
“We are getting spanked tonight but I get the line-up.”
“We’re going to get absolutely slaughtered.”
