Despite creating plenty of chances, the Addicks unbeaten run of six came to an end at the hands of Exeter City.
Manager Nathan Jones was frustrated with his team’s first half performance but felt they improved after the break.
Speaking to CharltonTV after the 1-0 loss, he said: “I thought we were nowhere near first half. I thought we kept giving the ball away and then they could put the ball in our box and get corners. There was no momentum really. Everytime we used structure we looked like we could create something. We didn’t do it enough first half and we let them take initiative.
“The second half was a lot better, we played much more front footed. We passed the ball better, we went in with quality and had the best chances of the game. We should have got something out of the game. We defended 12 corners first half brilliantly and they’ve only had two second half and we didn’t defend them and that was it. They’ve scored from a set play and we haven’t taken our chances and that was the tale of the game.
“If we made that 45-minute [second half] performance, a 90-minute performance, we suddenly become the team we want to be. We’ve got a few injuries in terms of some big players. We’ve got to make sure we bounce back from this. We went six with out defeat and now we have a defeat, so we’ve got to go again but we’ve got to be winning more games. We’ve had to batten down the hatches a little bit and we’ve got people coming back and the sooner that that can happen the better.”
The Addicks have been without the injured Kayne Ramsay, Tennai Watson, Lloyd Jones, Dan Potts, Chuks Aneke, Daniel Kanu and Tyreece Campbell. Goalkeeper Will Mannion and midfielder Karoy Anderson missed the game.
Jones said: “Will Mannion picked up a thigh injury the other day. Karoy [Anderson] couldn’t play today, Tayo [Edun] was on the bench but couldn’t really play and then we’ve got a number of other injuries and they are big injuries for us in terms of how we want to be and how we want to play. We had enough today to get something from the game and if we get one it is a different game. We had some clear cut chances today that we should have done better with.”
