We welcome Charlton to the SOL today, this time 3 weeks ago we were at Portsmouth and we were absolutely shocking, we’ve won the 4 games since then, this is hugely encouraging. We aren’t going to win every game, bizarrely I’m more worried about a raft of cautious draws than I am the odd defeat, losing heavily isn’t ideal, but as and when it happens, if it serves as the proverbial kick up the arse, it’s definitely not the end of the world. Winning 6 out of 6 home league games is tremendous, it obviously means every home game now is a potential banana skin, but that’s a product of winning, so that’s fine. It’s a long old season and it’s an exact science in terms of points = rewards, but a win today would be huge for momentum, it then means not getting beat at Rotherham or Wednesday become acceptable results and we go into back to back home games looking at 6 points, sounds simple – but that’s what teams who win leagues do?
New Manager Bounce?
They’ve sacked their manager…… that’s of zero relevance to us, I just don’t buy into that shite, like the Manager of the Month Curse, it should have absolutely no bearing on today’s game. For me it’s like companies that have been shite for years citing COVID 19 as a reason for them being shite, we might not win today, but them having a Caretaker Manager shouldn’t be even considered as a factor, (game of opinions etc)
Predictions via the Science of Graphs…..
Anyone who read, (*), my match preview will recall my prediction of a 2-2 draw, to be honest I surprised myself with this – just a gut feeling I had. Ultimately gut feelings do not benefit from the appliance of highly advanced scientific data, it seems only right to explore a more accurate prediction via a graph? It’s windy, so excuse the props, I’m also away from home so don’t have any graph paper or my, (special), pens…..
SAFC (7 / 100 X 26.1) 1.827 vs CAFC (1.5 / 100 X 28.3)0.43
Simplified this means the score will be SAFC 2 vs CAFC 0 ⚽️⚽️
The Match…
SAFCBlog watching from afar today, I’ll be back on duty for Shepherds Bush Away on Tuesday night, I’ve passed my tickets on to a pal who has assured me he’ll send some pictures, (can’t be any worse than the recent standard of photographs?)
Computers……
I don’t really have any great need or desire to use a computer in my everyday life, I figured it would be simple to purchase the stream today?
The Match…..
NB: The lack of being able to watch the game could have a negative bearing on the quality, (*), of the match report…..
3pm……. Kick off
3.30pm….. 0-0, “frustrating” is the view thus far
3.45pm…… 0-0
Must do better 2nd half??
60 minutes….. sounds average thus far, sounds like McGeady flagging, Dakuju Time?? Subs imminent?
66 minutes…… 0-1 FFS, Can’t be arsed to change my graph / prediction, hugely disappointing, but…., plenty of time left Lads
It would be great to get something from this game, Rotherham are hitting some serious form and it’s a tough game next week, it shouldn’t make any difference,….. but, it’s a tougher game if we head there on the back of a home loss?
Full time…… 0-1, that’s a terrible result, hard for me to comment any further, but I can almost feel the all too familiar feeling of frustration? We go again Tuesday, see you at QPR…..