'This time next year if we were in this position then I would feel we had gone backwards' - Nathan Jones on Charlton Athletic's 1-1 draw at Watford and what he wants to add to squad in summer window

Pretty much every word the Addicks boss had to say to written media after entertaining clash at Vicarage Road

Nathan Jones applauds the travelling support/Picture: Kyle Andrews

Charlton Athletic extended their unbeaten away run to six matches as they drew 1-1 at Watford in an incident-packed Easter Monday fixture at Watford.

There was plenty for Addicks boss Nathan Jones to talk about in his post-match press conference.

Conor Coady was stretchered off in added time at the end of the second half after taking a ferocious Tom Ince shot clean in the face. The on-loan Wrexham player lay prone on the turf for nine minutes receiving treatment before being taken to hospital.

Charlton released an update this evening saying Coady had been discharged and given the all-clear after undergoing a series of scans. It was the England international’s 500th first-team career appearance.

Matty Godden scored his first goal of the Championship to put Charlton ahead in the 62nd minute, finishing smartly after Kayne Ramsay had flicked on Harry Clarke’s long throw. The forward had been on the pitch less than 60 seconds and his first two touches were to chest the ball down and then dispatch it past Egil Selvik.

Will Mannion was undoubtedly the busier of the two goalkeepers in an open game in which the woodwork was struck multiple times. Greg Docherty headed against the left post with Imran Louza and Nestory Irankunda also seeing efforts come back off the bar, although in the case of the former it looked to be a curled crossing attempt.

Watford had 31 efforts in the match. There are four times a team has faced 30-plus shots in a Championship match this season and three of those have been Charlton. The Addicks have not lost any of them, winning at Middlesbrough (34) and Ipswich Town (31).

There was also a notable absence from the bench for the Addicks - Thomas Kaminski.

A question about the Belgium goalkeeper, actually two as there was a follow-up one, was met with a very succinct answer by Jones, who named winter transfer window signing Tiernan Brooks as Mannion’s back-up in Hertfordshire.