'We have never relied on anyone else since I came to this football club' - Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones on Sheffield Wednesday fixture and lack of a clinical touch
Addicks chief also discusses left wing-back positioning of Tyreece Campbell and taking academy product to watch Arsenal in Champions League tie this week
Nathan Jones held his press conference previewing Saturday’s Championship fixture at Sheffield Wednesday this afternoon and there were plenty of discussion points.
It has all the ingredients to be a significant weekend in terms of shaping the relegation picture.
By the time that Charlton Athletic kick off at Hillsborough they will know the results of four of the clubs below them in the standings. Blackburn host Coventry at 8pm on Friday night. Then Derby-Oxford and Portsmouth-Leicester are 12.30pm kick offs the following day.
The current Championship standings (Source: FotMob)
There was very positive news on the selection front with Conor Coady cleared to make his return. The former England international had been following concussion protocols since being stretchered off at Watford.
And Collins Sichenje, the popular Kenyan who was snapped up from Vojvodina in the winter transfer window, is back from a hamstring injury. With Reece Burke another right-sided centre-back option - the ex-Luton man was on the bench against Preston - it seems likely that only one of those two players will be make the match-day squad in South Yorkshire.
Jones also confirmed that goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski was back in training after a shoulder issue. There seems no reason for Will Mannion to lose number one status but the Belgium-born stopper is a far more experienced back-up than Tiernan Brooks.
Charlton have sold in the region of 1,800 tickets for the match against Wednesday.
The Owls, in administration for the entire campaign, became the first time in English Football League history to be relegated in February. They are on a 37-match winless streak in all competitions.
Below are the South London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition questions and complete answers from Jones.
You’ve talked about the team needing to be more clinical with chances and that you work relentlessly on attacking play in training. What more can you do to change the end product?
