Matchday Thread: Charlton v Rams

[Andy_Faber]

Great win, should have been a bigger margin but it?ll do. Nice to see BBD coming into a bit of form, some nice touches inc the second goal

[Ramshank72]

Yep, that's a top win in the circumstances. I like BBD, his flashes of brilliance will win us points.

[macstheman]

Another excellent away performance despite going down to 10 for the nerve wracking end!
Onwards and upwards.

[Ram Pant]

Here's a thought on BBD. Hasn't been the most successful player this season so far. Now has 2 goals and 2 assists in the last 4 games. IMO, he didn't become a bad player overnight nor has he greatly improved of late. He's doing the same things. Just maybe, it's taken his teammates this long to get on his wavelength...

Reminds me of something that happened at my local club. A first team regular got picked up by AZ Alkmaar. Played there for several seasons until he retired. he then had a year off playing before coming back to play in our 5th team, the majority of whom had been in our 1st XI with him. First game back he put 4 brilliant [asses in in the opening 10 minutes. Into plenty of space but nobody reacted. I said to him (I was reffing) they need it into feet. He started doing that and they won easily. End of the season he retired again. His footballing brain was way ahead of his old mates.

Charlton? Right result. Made hard work of it. Ought to have been 3 up at HT. Clarke had the good fortune that Langas covered or the 1st card would have been red. CBT showed why he's a bench sitting impact sub at best. Having said that, he hardly got any ball in space. Good cameo from Lars again. Can't blame the keeper for their goal. 5 defenders could/should have put a challenge in. As it was there was only a half hearted nudge in the back from BBD. Held on well when down to 10.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I wonder if the loss of Morris has triggered an uptick in BBD form, as our amended style of play without Morris as a target man may suit him better? I guess we will know if his form tails back off on Morris' return, if and when

[Ram Pant]

I wonder if the loss of Morris has triggered an uptick in BBD form, as our amended style of play without Morris as a target man may suit him better? I guess we will know if his form tails back off on Morris' return, if and when

His 4 game better streak have all been in January 2026. IIRC, Morris got injured on 23/11/25. It was almost 6 weeks later that BBD started to look the player we know is in there. I don't think the 2 (Morris injury and BBD's improved form) are related.