The Addicks secured a battling away point at Lincoln City and Nathan Jones felt his side could have nicked a win in a tight game.
It was a seventh clean sheet in the league for Jones’ side who didn’t look like conceding in the 0-0 draw.
Speaking post-game he said: “I’d have liked us to have scored when we were on top in the first half but it wasn’t to be. Conditions were horrific – well done to the fans who travelled today because the conditions, the weather was absolutely horrific.
“I’m proud of the way the boys stuck at it – that’s our seventh clean sheet in the league, we only had five the whole of last season – that’s improved.
“We had 11 players there who grafted and wanted to get something out of the game, as did the ones who came on. A little bit more quality in the final third and we could have nicked it but the conditions took away anything of the spectacle but we grafted, it’s our seventh clean sheet in the league, 10th overall. Defensively, we’re improving, now we have to be a little bit more fluent.”
Jones explained the performance and style was improved from Tuesday’s loss to Crawley Town.
“I thought we were brave, I thought we played,” he said. “I thought we tried to take the sting out of the game, because in terms of the weather, we couldn’t kick over the half-way line second half. We were a real victim of the weather but the lads stuck at it, I thought they were brilliant, worked hard and had to earn a clean sheet – we limited them to nothing and that shows the team worked hard.
“After midweek I was really disappointed because that was not us, that’s not how I ask them to play, it’s not what we work on day in and day out – that won’t happen again.
“We’d have liked to have won the game, we want three points but it was very difficult. The fans, us, everyone – we had to work hard for that point today and we have. There will be better football matches. It’s not a glorious victory but it’s a positive point.”
Charlton defender, Lloyd Jones, made his first start for the Addicks since suffering an injury against Birmingham City and Nathan Jones was pleased to see his namesake back.
He said: “It’s been good to have Lloyd back, Lloyd’s a leader for us. He’s been a big miss. We’ve missed him, we’ve missed Kayne [Ramsay]. We’ve had some big injuries which have disrupted certain things.
"We’ve got two more games this week, two home games, so we really want positive results in that. Performance had to improve from Tuesday in terms of how we go about our play. But I was pleased with a lot of it today, especially the bravery we showed and coming here in these conditions and to play in the manner that we did because it was very difficult.”
