Charlton Athletic could need to clean up their defence this summer time, warns boss Nathan Jones.
The Addicks have the sixth-worst defensive file in League One this season, having conceded 62 objectives at a charge of 1.44 per recreation.
Solely already relegated Carlisle United (3), have saved fewer clear sheets than Charlton’s 5 this time period.
They have been breached twice within the house of 4 minutes by Wigan Athletic at The Valley on Tuesday night, a collapse that meant they went from main within the recreation to being required to battle again for a degree.
Requested how the Addicks’ struggles on the again will be addressed after they have continued for thus lengthy, Jones defined: “It’s both work, or personnel. We’ll do numerous work and if the work doesn’t do it, we’ll change personnel. That’s the one factor we’ll do.
“We’ve received to be higher. We misplaced a couple of little particular person battles after which they broke on us. The 2 objectives, counter assaults price us twice. They play a sure means. They gamble and we didn’t punish them.
“We created sufficient to have punished them tonight. If that was 4 or 5-2, nobody is moaning. Nobody is saying you bought fortunate there as a result of we created numerous possibilities. However while you don’t put them away, then it’s a 2-2 recreation and that wasn’t a 2-2 recreation.
“We haven’t saved many clear sheets this 12 months. This staff hasn’t saved many clear sheets. Three managers now and nobody has saved clear sheets, me included. That’s one thing that we have to tackle, and we’ve received to be higher at. I don’t need us to have to attain three objectives at dwelling to win a soccer recreation. By way of the extent of depth, every thing we did I’m actually happy with.
“There have been so many elements of the sport that have been glorious. There have been simply different issues that we’ve received to be barely higher at. Our dialog charge – we had 20 pictures right now. And ensuring we don’t concede two poor objectives.”
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