Nathan Jones apologised to supporters after his side’s 3-2 loss at Bristol Rovers.
The Addicks scored twice in the last 11 minutes to give the travelling support hope of a point but weren't able to find an equaliser.
Speaking to CharltonTV Jones said: “I’ll take full responsibility for this result. I got the team wrong, tactically I didn’t get it right today. I picked a team that didn’t perform but I picked that team, so I’ll take full responsibility for that today. That’s what I went and said to the fans [after the game] – we let them down tonight, I let them down tonight. I haven’t done this before. I take full responsibility for that. It was a poor performance, we didn’t win battles, they were more front footed than us but I’ll take full responsibility.
“For big parts of games we’re fine but there are times where teams are getting near our box they are scoring. Everyone scores from outside the box against us, we’re not learning. That’s the thing I can only do so much with but I got the team selection wrong today.”
After a difficult opening Alex Mitchell and Matty Godden netted to give Charlton a chance.
“There were positives late on,” Jones said. “We created lots of chances to actually get something from the game. You shouldn’t get something from the game at 3-0 down but we’ve had chances. We had a glorious chance first half and chances second half. We scored two goals, we’ve had plenty of situations and ironically you should get something from the game but you shouldn’t if you are 3-0 down. When I came in we were 19 without a win, so we built that solidity and always could win a game or be in a game because we didn’t concede many or kept clean sheets. Now we have conceded six in the last three games that we hadn’t done through pretty much all pre-season and the first five games – we’ve gone away from that. At the minute we’re in a tough moment and today I’ll take full responsibility as I got team selection wrong.”
The game saw the return of Miles Leaburn after an 11-month absence.
Jones said: “We’ve got Miles [Leaburn] back, Chuks looked a handful today, Miles looked a handful, Godden was sharp, we’ve got the players there. We’re nine games in, we’ll be fine, we’ve just gone away from that [defensive solidity] a little bit and that’s the frustrating thing.”
