<p class="art-p"> <font color="#ff3300">I love the way they never give us any credit whatsoever and barely give us a mention! </font></p><h1 class="art-headline">Football: Valley of near </h1><h2 class="art-standfirst">Coca Cola CHAMPIONSHIP CHARLTON 1 ZHI ZHENG 82 BARNSLEY 1 CHRISTENSEN 90 Addicks are denied late </h2><h2 class="art-byline">Steve Stammers At The Valley 07/10/2007 </h2> <div class="art-rc"> <h2 class="art-head">Related Articles</h2> <ul class="art-rc">[*]More Football[*]Have your say: Football forum[/list] </div> <p class="art-p">Alan Pardew endured the full range of emotions at The Valley yesterday - frustration, joy, disappointment and then relief. </p><p class="art-p">His revamped Charlton outfit held on to second place in the Championship and looked as though they would grab all three points when Chinese captain Zhi Zheng gave them the lead in the 82nd minute. </p><p class="art-p">But substitute Kim Christensen equalised for Barnsley in the last minute to leave Pardew rueing his team's missed chances. </p><p class="art-p">"Without a second goal, something nasty is always likely to happen at the other end," said Pardew. </p> <div style="display: block" id="mpu1" class="ad0 ad-mpu"> <h3 style="display: block" class="ad-mpu-head"> </h3> <div style="display: none"></div><div style="display: none"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/dailymirror.4240/sport_mputwo_centre_300x250;sz=300x250;pos=centre;sect=football;psect=sport;zone=sport;templ=page;tile=5;ord=123456789?" />"I have been encouraged by the way my new team has settled. Are we where I want to be in second place? Not really. I always want to be top but Watford seem to have a bit more solidarity at the moment." </div><p class="art-p">But it could have been worse for the Addicks. Grant McCann had a glorious chance to snatch an unlikely victory for Barnsley in time added-on but contrived to shoot wide from eight yards. </p><p class="art-p">That would have been harsh on Charlton who dominated for long periods, inspired by the intelligent passing of Andy Reid. </p><p class="art-p">Reid's chubby appearance is deceptive. Not for nothing did one previous boss describe him as 'Puskas-like'. </p><p class="art-p">Yesterday, the Puskas of Plumstead was on top form with his deft control, neat turn of pace and a left foot as cultured as most in the Premier League, and the equal of any in the Championship. </p><p class="art-p">Charlton's problem was that they were unable to capitalise on the gilt-edged opportunities that Reid's guile had created. </p><p class="art-p">Pardew had tried to sway the match his way with a half-time change of tactics, but still the breakthrough would not come. </p><p class="art-p">Reid had hit the bar with a superb curling shot from 18 yards and his crosses had both the pace and accuracy to give Barnsley problems throughout the game. </p><p class="art-p">When Darren Ambrose missed a sitter in the 67th minute, it seemed as if Charlton would never score - but full marks to Reid for tenacity. </p><p class="art-p">With eight minutes left, he made full use of the left-wing role he had been assigned following the half-time arrival of Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov. </p><p class="art-p">Over came the cross, Chris Iwelumo headed the ball back and Zheng headed past the impressive Heinz Muller in the Barnsley goal. </p><p class="art-p">Charlton could not force a second and the inevitable happened - Martin Devaney crossed, Christensen equalised. </p><p class="art-p">Barnsley boss Simon Davey, who bought in 14 players during the close season, said: "Apart from the first game of the season when we lost 4-1 to Coventry, we have played well. </p><p class="art-p">"We now have competition for places. </p><p class="art-p">"We have players on the bench who want to be on the pitch - and players in the stand who want to be on the bench." </p><p class="art-p">HOW THEY RATED </p><p class="art-p">CHARLTON </p><p class="art-p">Weaver 6, Mills 6, Fortune 6 (Sodje 6), Bougherra 6, Powell 6, Ambrose 5 (Thomas 5) REID 7, Semedo 5, Iwelumo 5, Varney 5 (Todorov 5), Zheng 6. </p><p class="art-p">Manager Pardew 7 </p><p class="art-p">BARNSLEY </p><p class="art-p">Muller 6, Foster 6, Nyatanga 5, Souza 5, Werling 5, De Silva 5, McCann 5, Howard 6, Mostto 5 (Christensen 5), Odejayoi 5, Campbell-Ryce 5 (Devaney 5). </p><p class="art-p">Manager Davey 7 </p><p class="art-p">Referee P Joslin 8 </p><p class="art-p">MAN OF THE MATCH </p><p class="art-p">ANDY REID </p><p class="art-p">Charlton star was quite simply a class apart </p> //
Souza, Werling, Nyatanga - 5/10????? So after a match report that suggests we took a 90 minute tonking, in which we only conceded 1 goal, 3 of our 4 defenders get marked 5/10? And Silva 5/10 too? Oh and Muller only got a 6, despite keeping a clean sheet for 81 minutes. Pfft!
it sounds pretty fair to........... me from listeneing to commentry and to Charlie Nicholas on sky that seems a fair report.
Those player ratings sound laughable having read the comments of Charlton fans, our fans, pardew and Charlie Nicholas's words. As you say they paint it as a totally one sided, poor game.
RE: The marks they award aren't accurate.... Those who deserve higher marks for yesterday are Da Silva, then Foster, Nyatanga and De Sousa. Muller was also impressive. Their correspondant doesn't know too much about our team or the game itself.
No and that's because it's always stereotypical, biased reporting without any proper thought or reasoned research.
Doesn't matter what the mirror says - the league table doesn't lie. What's the value of being regarded as the better team in a 1-1 draw? At the end of the day we are 34 points from safety - which is fantastic at this stage of the season. The Mirror can say what they like.
Crazy ratings How can they firstly report "impressive Muller" then at the end only give him a 6? Sheer madness.</p> Let them keep it up though. Just hope they stop linking all of our players with moves away from the club. I hope it doesn't have a detrimental effect on the players.</p>
Did someone just forget to fill them in and those are the default marks?! Only explanation I can think of!
Those ratings are based on... Cristiano Ronaldo/Wayne Rooney having a stormer being 10/10. It's all relative, they say Andy Reid was a class apart and he got 7, so therefore 6 was pretty good. Different papers and indeed different journalists within one paper have different scales for their ratings. Some give 2's and 3's for being a but poor, whereas some give 6 to the majority, then 7, 8 and possibly 9 to players who stand out. Here, 5 is 'did ok but nothing out of the ordinary' and works it's way up from there. I think.
