Addicks insider lets slip Valley tactics

Last updated : 15 September 2005 By Paul Lagan
Champions-Mad can exclusively reveal the tactics Charlton Athletic will employ against the Blues on Saturday.

Chelsea go to the Valley, top of the league, with five wins in a row, with no goals conceded.

Charlton can lay claim to an equally impressive four wins out of four, to lie second in the Premiership, below the current title holders.

On Tuesday, at Stamford Bridge for the Champions League encounter against Anderlect, I was speaking to a former Chelsea player, who has good contacts with Charlton.

After downing the curry on offer in the press room, he revealed that Charlton are going to set their team up to match Chelsea's.

The idea is that Curbishley will employ Bent as the lone striker and fill his midfield with five players and four at the back.

It's not a new tactic teams have tried aganst Chelsea, but it's a bit of a surprise, the Addicks will do this at home.

Someone's 100 per cent record will go on Saturday.