NATHAN Jones said his side were “passive” and lacked aggression in their 2-1 defeat against Blackpool that ended the Addicks’ unbeaten home start to the campaign in League One.
Luke Berry’s 96th-minute goal was too little, too late as Steve Bruce’s visitors won their first away league game of the season thanks to Gassan Ahadme’s own goal and former Charlton midfielderAlbie Morgan’s strike in the first half.
“I was really disappointed with the first half. Credit to Blackpool, they were much better than us. In transition it looked like they were going to score every time they attacked,” Jones told Charlton TV.
“We weren’t aggressive or front-footed, we were passive. I don’t want us to be that way. That was the reason we didn’t get a foothold in the game. We nded up 2-0 down and then it’s very difficult to win a football game from that position.
“Second half I thought we had all the territory and opportunities, we made positive changes and looked better. They had less chances in the second half, we were more gung-ho than the first half.”
Jones felt referee Charles Breakspear needed to let the game flow better.
Jones said: “I’m really disappointed with the way the game went. No malice on Blackpool or anything, but the referee has to control things better. There was probably 200 sporadic events, every time anyone came together it was a foul and it delayed it, twelve, thirteen minutes extra-time but there was no flow in the game.
“We should’ve had two penalties, if you get 50 per cent of those you get a point, one we might not have deserved.”
Jones added: “I thought we were better after we made the changes. Second half we had all the territory. The disappointing thing from there was that we didn’t create any clearcut chances, to have got something from the game.
“A lot of frustration today, we have to look at ourselves and do better.”
