Nathan Jones hailed his side’s character following a big win on the road against Mansfield Town.
Matty Godden and Tyreece Campbell found the net as the Addicks triumphed 2-1 to secure a 15th win in 22 games.
Speaking to CharltonTV post-game Jones said: “It was very hard fought. There were so many pleasing aspects in terms of showing character, coming to a really difficult place to play. The crowd were up. They were really aggressive, fair play to them. They came after us. I thought we started quite well but then we weren’t really us. I didn’t feel we were relentless enough and that let them back into it but they deserve a lot of credit for that. But then second half we were a lot better.
“We made a few positive changes, for what we needed. Got the great goal by TC and then saw the game out really, really well. I’m really pleased because any win at the minute is excellent and this is a tough, tough place to come.”
For Campbell it was his third goal of the week following his sensational double against Huddersfield Town on Saturday.
“I’ve been pleased with Tyreece Campbell since I came into the football club,” Jones said. “He gets better, and better and better. It’s a joy to see because I’ve worked in the Premier League and he’s as good as I’ve seen.”
With an assist from substitute Chuks Aneke and an impressive full Charlton debut by Tom McIntyre, the Addicks’ Manager was quick to praise the impact of the whole squad.
He said: “We’ve said it’s a squad game. Today we lost Lloyd Jones, Tom McIntyre came in and was outstanding and we needed that. It’s a squad game, it’s not an 11-man game anymore because of the relentlessness, because of how we play, because of the travelling and other aspects. We utilize our squad. Alex Mitchell comes on for five or six minutes and plays his part. All of them are game changers and they all know that and buy into that.
“Lloyd has a little bit of a tight calf so we’ve just got to be careful with him. He didn’t travel today. There are a lot of big games. We can’t risk anything on the back of one game, we back the squad, that’s why we utilize the squad.”
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