Charlton boss Nathan Jones was disappointed with his side’s defensive work in Tuesday night’s 2-2 League One draw with Wigan.
The Addicks had gone ahead in the 20th minute when Wigan captain Charlie Hughes sliced a long ball from Macaulay Gillesphey into his own net.
But Charlton’s soft underbelly was on show again just after the hour mark, when two goals in four minutes from Charlie Kelman turned the game around.
Chuks Aneke was able to rescue a point, but only Carlisle have fewer League One clean sheets than Charlton.
“This team hasn’t kept many clean sheets,” he said. “There’s been three managers now and no one’s kept clean sheets, me included.
“That’s something that we need to address and we’ve got to be better at because I don’t want us to have to score three goals at home to win a football game,” he continued.
“It’s either work or personnel. We’ll do lots of work and if the work doesn’t do it then we’ll change personnel.”
The Charlton boss was also disappointed with his team’s finishing.
“We created enough to have punished them tonight,” he said. “If that’s 4-2 or 5-2 then no one’s moaning, no one’s saying ‘we’ve got lucky there’.
“We’ve had 20 shots tonight. We’ve had double their shots, double their shots on target. It shows that we’ve had a right go tonight. The fans want three points but they’ve seen a team that’s proper front-footed tonight.
“But when you don’t put them away, then it’s a 2-2 game – and that wasn’t a 2-2 game.”
Shaun Maloney could have been forgiven for having his mind on other matters, given that his wife gave birth to their daughter on Monday.
“I just about made it here today, so it wasn’t the normal preparation,” said the Wigan manager.
“We knew this was obviously coming at some point and I thought the staff did a really good job today and yesterday. All of them.
“I just want to thank the senior players. They really stepped up today.”
It was a spirited performance from the Latics, who had to suffer but came out with a point. Maloney was pleased with the second half in particular.
“We were under real big pressure,” he said. “We’re 1-0 down, the first five minutes were really difficult. To then play the way that we did, I really liked.”
Maloney was full of praise for the man who turned the game around.
He added: “He’s had to be patient, Charlie. It’s tough. I’m a really big fan of his.
“I think there’s loads more to come. Physically, in the first two or three weeks he got up to speed. I just really like his movement. I love him out of possession. He knows what I think of him.
“Tonight was really big for him.”
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