Lennon "angry" over wasteful Wanderers' defeat at Charlton

NEIL Lennon wants points not plaudits after coming away empty-handed from Charlton last night.

While the Wanderers boss was pleased with many aspects of his side’s performance it was their lack of cutting edge that cost them at least a share of the points at The Valley.

The Whites had dominated before Romanian front man George Tucudean finished smartly on the half hour and when Addicks skipper Jonnie Jackson rounded off another excellent break just after the interval the points looked secure.

Lennon’s side hit back immediately through Dean Moxey – his first goal for the club – but then could not take advantage of their vastly-superior possession in the final 25 minutes to take anything back to the North West.

It left the manager nursing his first defeat and demanding improvement.

“I’m very frustrated because I think we dominated the game,” he said.

“We have got to get better in the final third. We had a lot of set pieces, I don’t know how many chances we had but there’s an anxiety about us in the final ball or the finish.

“In terms of performances, it was excellent.

“We dominated they got goals out of nothing, really. It is something we need to address but in terms of possession and football, channelling the game, I’m really angry we didn’t get anything out of it.”

Charlton boss Bob Peeters praised Wanderers’ football, which was a marked improvement on their last trip to the capital against Fulham.

Asked whether his side deserved a point, Lennon’s answer was unequivocal.

“Yeah, but we didn’t get one,” he snapped. “That’s why we are where we are.

“We have to change that and I’m not happy. Saying we played well and the football was great, we’ve come away with nothing and that needs to change.

“I’ve made it pretty clear to the players that we can’t have that amount of possession and chances and not come away with anything at all.

“That’s two games now and I’ve had a centre-back and a left-back score my goals.

“It gives me encouragement how we played and I’ve not had chance to work much on our forward play but we missed so many good chances.”

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Neil Lennon wrote:

That’s two games now and I’ve had a centre-back and a left-back score my goals.

Fuck me, it's like we purposely go out to get stupid managers.

Our strikers are shit Neil, perhaps if you'd done your fucking homework you'd know this.

I bet you still pick Beckford on Saturday.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Neil Lennon wrote:

That’s two games now and I’ve had a centre-back and a left-back score my goals.

Fuck me, it's like we purposely go out to get stupid managers.

Our strikers are shit Neil, perhaps if you'd done your fucking homework you'd know this.

I bet you still pick Beckford on Saturday.

Zat Knight was better upfront than Beckford has been.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Neil Lennon wrote:

That’s two games now and I’ve had a centre-back and a left-back score my goals.

Fuck me, it's like we purposely go out to get stupid managers.

Our strikers are shit Neil, perhaps if you'd done your fucking homework you'd know this.

I bet you still pick Beckford on Saturday.

Two games in and you've already decided lennon is shit? It isn't even funny..

Please shut up

Loving Lennon's comments.
I'm so glad that he's so angry. This is not a man to flatter the players despite saying the performance was excellent. Clearly not impressed with the strikers and TBF we would have had at least a point if we'd been a bit sharper although service wasn't great. He's right and if his angry outburst is anything to go by, he's going to fix it.
In fact he's already made a start on fixing it as Beckford and Cavies would have to have the skin of a rhino not to recognise that the manager has marked their cards.

Boggersbelief wrote:

Two games in and you've already decided lennon is shit? It isn't even funny..

Please shut up

He said some stupid things. We all know our strikers are pants.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:

Two games in and you've already decided lennon is shit? It isn't even funny..

Please shut up

He said some stupid things. We all know our strikers are pants.

He knows they're shit, can't exactly come out and say it can he. He's recognised that upfront we are lacking and I have full faith that he will do something about it

Boggersbelief wrote:

He knows they're shit, can't exactly come out and say it can he. He's recognised that upfront we are lacking and I have full faith that he will do something about it

Want to wager he picks Beckford again on Saturday?

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:

He knows they're shit, can't exactly come out and say it can he. He's recognised that upfront we are lacking and I have full faith that he will do something about it

Want to wager he picks Beckford again on Saturday?

Yes. He won't pick him

Was anyone at the game the last night? What was Beckford doing wrong in particular to be singled out?

did all the chances fall to him? In the little highlights package he makes a couple of decent passes forward.

We have a habit of paying over the odds for strikers, having massive expectations of them, and having no patience with them when they can't hit a barn door.

Beckford is just the latest example of that.

I actually think he could do a good job for us. There were periods last season where he looked like a great striker for this level. All he needs is a bit of stability, which it looks like he might get under Lennon (unlike Freedman), and some confidence, which he might get if the fans didn't treat him like a murderer every time he missed a chance.

He can't finish though. Even Leeds fans, who worship him, will tell you he needs three open goals to score one goal.

Is that 3 open goals next to each other ?