Charlton 1 Everton 1
Luke Young in action against EvertonI have been busy this week; I am writing questions for the quiz this coming Monday, when, in accordance with our new constitution, I will be asking fifty per cent of the questions.
There was also a visit from my old friend Annie, the travel writer, last seen on my trip to Barcelona in August, so I never really got round to writing anything about the above game, though this is as much due to there not being much to say as to the extra calls on my time.
Amy Lawrence in The Observer started by saying that Everton deserved more, but said that by the end Charlton might easily have won, so I don't know what to make of that.
I, and the rest of the usual suspects, thought that a draw was better than losing, that Dennis Rommedahl could be really good if he had a bit more confidence, and that Andy Reid looks a very promising prospect. Hard luck, also to Herman Hreidarsson who was booked and then debited with an own goal during one five-minute spell.
And then Watford went and lost at home to Sheffield United the other night.
Charlton did not have a league game during this week, but that will be rectified this coming Tuesday with a home game against Blackburn Rovers.
As I finish this, Charlton are due to kick off at Sheffield United, and all I can think is that it would be wonderful if Charlton could win these next two games; everything would take on a different perspective.
But I have gone down with a rather nasty attack of flu, or a cold, whatever, so once this is posted and I have had a bit of brunch, having staggered out to do the weekend shopping, I am off back to bed. If Charlton get a positive result in Sheffield, then it might buck me up to such an extent that I write about it. We shall see.
The quiz team won again though, after a lapse the previous week, but this was largely due to our old friends the Old Farts carelessly throwing away a 27-point half-time lead.