Talking points as Charlton Athletic extend unbeaten Championship run with 1-1 draw at Derby County
Lloyd Jones' stats show he is a defensive monster, Kaminski makes his most impressive save yet and Bree with a strong Goal of the Season contender
James Bree fires Charlton Athletic ahead at Derby County
Picture: Kyle Andrews
IT’S FOUR UNBEATEN
I tweeted straight after full-time at Pride Park that this felt like a decent point. And after sleeping on it, at least briefly as it was a 2.30am arrival back home, that opinion has not changed.
If you can’t win, then don’t lose. Twelve points from the opening eight matches, is a respectable return.
There will always be that tinge of frustration when your team leads in a match going into the closing quarter of the contest that they are unable to get that result over the line.
But Charlton were forced to absorb a lot of pressure in the second period with only sporadic counters towards Jacob Widell Zetterstrom’s goal.
The momentum graph below (from FotMob) underlines that fact.
There have been post-game press conferences where Nathan Jones has been left frustrated by his side not getting their just rewards - Leicester City and Millwall - but this time the Welshman seemed perfectly happy to pocket a point on the road.
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