Lloyd Jones spoke following the Addicks’ 0-0 draw with Lincoln City at the LNER Stadium, in what was his first start back following an injury which kept him out since early October.
The game was a cagey affair in which both teams didn’t manage to find the net, however the weather conditions brought by Storm Darragh didn't make scoring any easier.
Jones explained the storm's effect on the game, stating that the team was brave and worked together to earn a good point.
He said: "The wind was blowing in my face, especially in that second half I thought we were really brave to play out and keep playing out [from the back]. I think it’s a good point, you can’t underestimate the conditions, that wind, especially in the second half.
"I think especially earlier in the season we prided ourselves on clean sheets and we managed to get another one today, and I thought we really stood strong and handled the conditions as well as we could.
"It was tough, but to get a clean sheet was massive."
Jones was also elated to be back in the action for a full 90 minutes.
The 29-year-old said: "It felt amazing. It was a really frustrating time for me, being out. It felt great to be back out there. And yeah, I was blowing a little bit in the last 10 minutes."
He also spoke on the importance of the result following the defeat on Tuesday night to Crawley, and explained it was something the group need to build on.
"The performance was massive," he told CharltonTV. "Obviously a positive, we didn’t lose the game but on a different day we could’ve nicked it. I think sometimes the performance may have been lacking and we’ve gone too long too quick sometimes. But that’s on us as players to take responsibility, that’s not the way the manager’s setting us up, so it takes a lot of bravery to do that, but we’ll get better, and we’ll keep going."
The Addicks host Leyton Orient in the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday night at The Valley.
(Article by Frankie Boweren)
