NATHAN Jones wasn’t happy with his side’s performance in their 1-1 draw against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Tuesday night – a result that promoted the Baggies to sack head coach Eric Ramsay.
George Campbell put the home side ahead in first half added-time before Lyndon Dykes’ 70th-minute equaliser.
Charlton lost defender Lloyd Jones to an ankle injury in the 35th minute.
West Brom missed a number of chances to extend their lead and ultimately it was a ninth game without a win since the appointment of Ramsay on January 11.
It was Charlton’s second successive 1-1 draw on the road after they claimed a point at Southampton on Saturday.
“We didn’t really lay a glove on them first half, we had no quality, no energy, we lost battles,” Jones said on Charlton TV. “In the second half we were better but we had to change shape, we had to change personnel and then we were better second half.
“I would have liked us to really have gone after them and really tested them really early but we didn’t do that. When you look back on it, when I’m stood here, I’m happy with the point because the performance level wasn’t good enough for a win. Two points, at two difficult places for two different reasons is a good haul, when we look at what Southampton have done tonight to QPR (a 5-0 win), it shows that was a really good point.”
Jones wasn’t happy with how his side defended for the Baggies’ goal.
“We didn’t do our jobs,” Jones said. “It’s a simple ball to our back stick and no-one was marking and the zone didn’t go and head it, so there were two things there. We don’t normally concede from set-pieces, we normally defend them well, but it was sloppy today. I’m really disappointed with that but we showed character to come back and get a point.”
Jones did have praise for Dykes’ goal.
He said: “The run was good, the touch was even better and the finish was outstanding. We’re pleased with the goal, it was the one time that we demonstrated a little bit of quality. We didn’t display enough quality in the final third, we didn’t have enough energy and intensity about us. We lost duels. That happened against Portsmouth. Luckily we got a result tonight. That’s two games which we’d have really liked to have won and we’ll have to look at that because that is two midweek games, because maybe I need to freshen it up, maybe I need to change the personnel. We need to be better.”
Charlton host Wrexham this Saturday, with the attendance set to be over 20,000 at The Valley for the tenth time this season. Kick-off is 3pm.
