NATHAN Jones accepted Charlton Athletic fans had every right to boo the team after their 2-1 defeat to Crawley Town at The Valley on Tuesday night.
Addicks fans in the 11,427 crowd let their feelings known at half-time as the hosts trailed to Tola Showunmi’s goal in the 33rd minute.
Daniel Kanu levelled on 68 minutes but the visitors secured the win through Max Anderson ten minutes from time.
There were more boos after the final whistle as Charlton suffered a seventh defeat in seventeen League One games this season and they are now eight points off the play-offs.
“Fans pay their money and they are entitled to their opinion,” Jones said. “When things go well they cheer and when things don’t go well you get the reaction.
“It was an edgy night but that’s probably because we didn’t give them a performance they could get behind.
“Our decision-making contributed to the fans’ edginess. They are not hoodwinked. They see something they don’t like and they are entitled to show their frustration.
“The performance was poor, especially first half. We had a go second half and made some really positive changes to try and get back into it. We have conceded from distance again, twice, and that is a frustration.
“Some of our decision-making and some of our quality was not up to standard and that’s why we’ve lost the game. I don’t know, we’ll debrief and have a look at it.
“It was a really edgy night all over and players didn’t make great decisions when they had opportunities. We’ve had more shots than them but they’ve had more on target. They showed more quality when chances came – we snatched at stuff in the final third.
“We had as many positive players as we could at the end but we just couldn’t get any real bit of quality apart from the moment we scored from.
“It wasn’t a good performance tonight.”
