"One of the easiest decisions" as Jones slams officiating

Charlton started strong with an early goal by Sonny Carey and a late first half goal by Reece Burke. In the second half, Wednesday grew stronger and grabbed a goal in the 68th minute courtesy of Jamal Lowe. 

The visitors attempted a comeback, however Charlton handled the pressure well and secured all three points while The Owls also went down to ten men at the end of the game.

Nathan Jones spoke about how he thought the game went.

“Delighted that we won because you come out of these international breaks and you never know what you’re going to get.

“First half, we were good, we obviously scored two goals with a little bit more killer instinct.

“Charlie’s (Kelman) had two real situations where he could score, (James) Bree put in some wonderful balls that we again could score from but I thought, two was enough the least we should have had.

“We warned them (his players) at half-time because we’ve watched them a number of times, they’ve been 2-0 down twice, come back to two all in the Wrexham game.

“So we knew that they were a sting in the tail if we didn’t do what we needed and we almost had that.

“But I thought we saw the game out really well, came strong late on.

“The positives you have to take it’s a win in the Championship and any win in the Championship is very, very tough.”

Sheffield Wednesday went down to ten men in the last minute of the game after goalkeeper Ehtan Horvath wiped out Tanto Olaofe on the edge of the box.

Jones gave his thoughts on the decision and why they took too long to make the decision.

“You’ll have to ask the officials that, football is difficult to referee and come together and people fall over and it’s subjective whether there’s a foul given or not, but it was clear.

“I mean Knibbsy (Harvey Knibbs) goes through and it’s a foul, he’s got an opportunity to score, he’s brought down, nothing is given.

“I might not be correct, but I don’t think  the referee has actually given it. I think the linesman’s given it and with all the greatest respect to a difficult job, that is one of the easiest decisions you will ever see., in the world, not football.

“He’s touched it around him, he’s wiped him clean out , you could not get an easier decision in the world than that.”

Carey scored the opening goal for Charlton in their win over Wednesday. It was his third goal for the club and has proven to be a quality appointment by Jones in the recent summer transfer window.

Jones gave his thoughts on the players performance so far this season.

“Myself and Phil Chapple (Charlton Chief Scout) tried to sign Sonny Carey when we were at Luton and he ended up going to Blackpool.

“When myself and Phil Chapple reunited we went after him again, he’s someone we’ve chased and monitored.

“Recruitment is about that, timing and knowing your players and so on.

“We’re delighted the ginger genius (Sonny Carey) is in good form, but he works hard everyday, there’s more to come from him because he can assist, he can get better.

“So Sonny is in real good form and contributing, we want outcomes from our attacking Midfield player and he’s certainly giving us that.