Inside View with Charlton goalkeeper Rob Elliot
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Things haven’t quite gone to plan for
us over the past week – or for me personally.
We were unable to take more than one
point from the six available against Leyton Orient and Tranmere,
and, unfortunately, I was unable to finish the match against Rovers
due to injury.
I got a knock to my back as I came out
to punch a ball at a cross and it was extremely uncomfortable. I
did try to continue but it was hard to even kick the ball, never
mind make any potential saves, so I had to come off.
It’s not the first injury I’ve had
this season but hopefully I won’t be out for as long this time.
I missed six games in October and
November but I was feeling much better at the start of the week and
was back in the team for the 1-1 draw at Walsall on Tuesday
night.
On the team front, we need to get back
on track and make amends on our travels after not picking up as
many as points as we hoped for from our last three home games.
We were frustrated after the defeat to
Orient, not least because we felt the referee should have stopped
the game when Adam Chambers elbowed Nicky Bailey in the build-up to
their goal.
Whether Chambers meant it or not, the
referee should stop the game if there’s a head injury, but he
didn’t, and their player was allowed to go forward
unchallenged.
The referee was only five yards from
the incident and it could have been a serious injury. That’s why I
got annoyed and I ended up being booked.
I didn’t swear, I didn’t shout, but
the referee still booked me and when I tried to talk to him at the
end of the game, he just ignored me.
The best referees are the ones who
talk to you and explain their decisions – this one didn’t even
acknowledge me, which made the entire evening even more
frustrating.
Darren Randolph replaced me against
Rovers, and couldn’t do anything about their goal – which was just
one of those things. Sam Sodje was ready to head the ball clear but
it took the slightest deflection and ended up going off the other
side of his head into the net.
Our opponents over the next few weeks,
Walsall, Swindon and Bristol Rovers, are all targeting play-off
places this season, so we have the ability to inflict some damage
on them as well as push ourselves back towards the automatic
promotion places.
The table is so tight this season and
everyone keeps swapping around at the top. There’s still a long way
to go and all the top teams have still got to come to The Valley,
which they won’t be looking forward to.
Wednesday, February 03 2010
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