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It’s a job to know what to expect anymore, the performance against Pompey last weekend was about the best of the season so far, but of course we came out of that game with nothing to show.

We paid the penalty for not taking our chances, although you must give a respectful nod to the Pompey stopper who had a great game, then in the final ten minutes or so we cut our own throats with bad decision making when defending.

I’ve looked at why the hell George Williams chose to try and head a ball away that was two feet off the ground, and he doubtlessly has as well, and in his mind, he must have kicked the ball 50 yards up the pitch a thousand times since, that would have given us a much-needed point even though we probably deserved all three.

Still its gone now, nothing we can do, just another missed opportunity to get something, and those chances get less and less every week with the stakes increasing with every game.

The game last night was just dreadful, and about the worst I’ve seen this season, and its not the first time I’ve said that, and it will doubtless be the last, as it joins a long list of games that will be quickly forgotten. Why a team with on the face of it a good group of players, bar a few exceptions, can play such rubbish football on a consistent basis is quite frankly beyond me. The pitch was not brilliant last night so you can excuse a few missed passes but being honest we are struggling with even this most basic aspect of the beautiful game and have been all season.

But we should not and cannot give up hope, a month or so ago Plymouth looked a hopeless case and they now find themselves just a few points outside the playoffs.

It will just about go to the last game of the season that’s for sure, and it certainly isn’t going to be a place for the faint hearted, but in honesty the writing is on the wall as far as I’m concerned, if they get out of this they should erect a statue of Dan outside the main entrance.

Moving on ........Let’s look at Charlton and what we can expect.

CHARLTON – THE STORY SO FAR
Charlton are currently sitting in 7th place in the table with a record of PLAYED 30, WON 13, DRAWN 9, LOST 9, GF 41 GA 38 with 48 points to their name.

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Their league record so far in chronological order is as follows.

Charlton 1 Bristol Rovers 0
Plymouth 2 Charlton 0
Charlton 4 Northampton 1
Rotherham 0 Charlton 2
Oldham 3 Charlton 4
Charlton 2 Southend 1
Charlton 0 Wigan 3
Gillingham 1 Charlton 0
Charlton 1 Bury 1
Walsall 2 Charlton 2
Fleetwood 1 Charlton 3
Charlton 1 Doncaster 0
Oxford 1 Charlton 1
Bradford 0 Charlton 1
Charlton 1 KFC Kingston 0
Charlton 2 MK Dons 2
Charlton 2 Rochdale 1
Scunthorpe 2 Charlton 0
Charlton 2 Peterborough 2
Charlton 0 Portsmouth 1
Blackburn 2 Charlton 0
Charlton 1 Blackpool 1
Southend 3 Charlton 1
Wigan 0 Charlton 0
Charlton 1 Gillingham 2
Charlton 1 Oldham 0
Bury 0 Charlton 1
Charlton 3 Walsall 1
Charlton 2 Oxford 3
Doncaster 1 Charlton 1
Charlton 1 Bradford 1

THE MANAGER
Former “King of the Dons”, Karl “Robbo” Edward Robinson, born in Liverpool aged 37.

As a striker, he played for several non-league teams although his youth career was at Everton and Blackpool, but injuries limited his career, making just 48 appearances scoring 5 goals.

As we know he undertook his first manager’s role at the MK Dons, overseeing 346 GAMES, with a record of WON 147, DRAWN 81, LOST 118, that’s a WIN RATIO of 42.50%.

He was relieved of his job on the 23rd of October 2016 after nearly six and a half years in charge, and at the time he was the 3rd longest serving manager in England. Just over a month later he took over at Charlton and he has now been in charge at the Valley for well over a year now, when most were predicting he wouldn’t last 5 minutes in such a volatile atmosphere, but he seems to have calmed the waters and the fans very much have been won over......well for the time being at least.

His record at Charlton is as follows PLAYED 69, WON 26, DRAWN 20, LOST 23, that’s a 38% -win ratio.

FORMER PLAYERS
Sam Bartram (623 games as goalkeeper) which would have been many more but for 6 years lost during WW2, Darren Bent, Billy Bonds, Bob Bolder, Paolo Di Canio, Derek Hales, Harry Gregory, Mark Kinsella, Paul Konchesky, Robert Lee, Stuart Leary, Kevin Lisbie, Scott Minto, Alan Pardew, Scott Parker, Keith Peacock, Chris Powell, John Robinson, Jonjo Shelvey, Bradley Wright-Phillips to name just a few.

OH NO, NOT YOU AGAIN
Ben Reeves who played 131 games for the Dons over 4 seasons scoring 30 goals, and was very unfortunate with injuries spending over half his time at MK injured, something that has plagued his career.

Jake Forster-Caskey who came to us on loan from Brighton in the 2015-16 season, he played just 11 games scoring 1 goal, but he must have made a good impression on Robbo who made him one of his first signings at the Valley.

FORMER MANAGERS
One of the worst conveyor belts for mangers in the modern game, and a few have wondered why Robbo ever took it on with an ownership seemingly hell bent on pissing off the fan base, but despite this he seems to have won the bulk of the faithful over, and for the time being at least the protests have died down as Robbo has got results.

Since 2000 there have been 17 different managers at the Valley.

Previous incumbents include Russell Slade, Kevin Nugent, Bob Stokoe, Alan Mullery, Lennie Lawrence, Alan Curbishley, Steve Gritt, Iain Dowie, Alan Pardew, Phil Parkinson, Keith Peacock and Chris Powell.

FAMOUS FANS
Lee Ryan (Pop Singer with Blue), Jim Davidson (Comedy), Bjorn Borg (Tennis)

MASCOT
Used to be Floyd the dog and Harvey the cat after 17 years’ service, but a few years ago junior fans designed new mascots, a Knight and a Robin.

SHOOTERS BOOTS

Top scorers for Charlton in the league this season are Tarique Fosu-Henry and Josh Magennis with 7 goals each.

CURRENT MATCH ODDS
MK Dons 9/4 (SkyBet) Draw 26/11 (BetFred) Charlton 6/4 (Coral)

LAST TIME ROUND

Saturday November 18th, 2017 - Charlton 2 MK Dons 2
Team – Nicholls, Williams, Wootton, Ebanks-Landell, Golbourne, Aneke, Ariyibi (Nesbitt), Gilbey, Pawlett, Upson (McGrandles), Seager (Agard).
Unused Subs – Sietsma, Walsh, Brittain, Thomas-Asante
Goals – Magennis 6’, Agard 63’, Golbourne (OG) 87’, Agard 90’
Ref – Andy Woolmer (8 Yellows)
Attendance – 10,557 (602 Dons fans)
League Position at time of Fixture – Charlton 5th Dons 13th

HEAD 2 HEAD
2017/18 – Charlton 2 MK Dons 2 (Agard 2)
2016/17 – Charlton 0 MK Dons 2 (O’Keefe, Barnes)
2016/17 – MK Dons 0 Charlton 1
2016/17 - MK Dons 3 Charlton 1 (Extra Time - FA Cup Replay) (Powell, Reeves, Bowditch)
2016/17 – Charlton 0 MK Dons 0 (FA Cup)
2015/16 – Charlton 0 MK Dons 0
2015/16 – MK Dons 1 Charlton 0 (Bowditch)
2011/12 – Charlton 2 MK Dons 1 (Bowditch)
2011/12 – MK Dons 1 Charlton 1 (Williams)
2010/11 – MK Dons 2 Charlton 0 (Powell & S Baldock)
2010/11 – MK Dons 1 Charlton 2 (Chadwick) – (JP Trophy)
2010/11 – Charlton 1 MK Dons 0
2009/10 – MK Dons 0 Charlton 1
2009/10 – Charlton 5 MK Dons 1 (Wilbraham)

YOU’VE GOT NO HISTORY
Charlton was founded in 1905 by a group of teenagers from East Street in Charlton, some 112 years ago, and play in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

The club was the coming together of a number of youth teams in the south east area of London and included East Street Mission FC and Blundell Mission FC.

Charlton turned professional in 1920 and entered the Football League the following season.

The club play at The Valley in Charlton where they have played since 1919, apart from one season in Catford and seven years at Crystal Palace and West Ham between 1985 and 1992.

The Valley was originally called the Swamps until renamed, other early venues include Siemens Meadow, a patch of rough ground by the Thames, Woolwich Common, Pound Park and Angerstein Lane.

The record attendance at The Valley is 75,301 versus Aston Villa in 1938.

Charlton have spent four periods in the top flight of English football, 1936-1957, 1986-1990, 1998-1990 and 2000-2007.

Charlton have reached the FA Cup Final twice, once in 1946 as runners up losing 4-1 to Derby County, and 1947 as the winners beating Burnley 1-0.

During the 1923-24 season Charlton moved to Catford Southend with the hope of merging with the Southenders to hopefully encourage a bigger following, however the move fell through and Charlton returned back to The Valley.

In 1926 Charlton finished 2nd from bottom in the Football League and were forced to apply for re-election which was successful.

Either side of the war years Jimmy Seed was appointed as manager and is still credited as the most successful manager of Charlton’s history; he is also credited with being one of the first managers to use tactical formations. One of his most notable tactics was to play a centre half up front when games were almost lost, incredibly to support a 5-man forward line, Seed is still remembered today as the Away stand at The Valley is named after him.

The first substitute to be used in the English League was Keith Peacock of Charlton in the 1965-66 season, he replaced injured goalkeeper Mike Rose after just 5 minutes, at the time substitutes were only allowed for injured players. On the very same day Bobby Knox became the first substitute to score a goal when he scored for Barrow against Wrexham.

In 1984 financial troubles came to a head and went into administration, to be reformed as Charlton Athletic (1984) Ltd.

In 1985/86 Charlton were forced to move from The Valley in the wake of the Bradford City stadium fire, The Valley being criticised as dangerous. Ground sharing with Crystal Palace and subsequently West Ham followed until funds were sufficient to bring The Valley up to standard, we as Wimbledon FC replaced Charlton as tenants in 1991 at Selhurst Park.

Ever wondered where the nickname Addicks came from, well it is reputed that it came from a local fishmonger who rewarded the team when they won with Haddock and chips, in the early days the club was known as the Haddock’s.

PREDICTION
That’s it for this game, observe all the rules and don’t miss the deadline of 1 hour before kick-off.

Take Care my friends.

8-) WellDon

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