My piece from this morning's paper
Danny Haynes made it a Remembrance Day to forget for City boss Derek McInnes.
Haynes helped pile the pressure on under-fire boss McInnes and dish out City's seventh straight defeat. The poor performance triggered jeers from the Ashton Gate faithful at both half time and at the final whistle.
Striker Haynes set Charlton on the way to their second win on the bounce in the 20th minute to leave his former club four points from safety and rooted to the foot of the table.
Midfielder Dale Stephens rifled in a low shot from the edge of the box that hit the inside of BOTH posts before rebounding to Haynes to stroke in his second goal in two starts from fourteen yards.
Central defender Michael Morrison doubled the lead in the 57th minute to ease the Addicks' own relegation worries.
Midfielder Bradley Pritchard lobbed the ball into the crowded box and Morrison was first to react to slot home his first goal of the season from eight yards as the City defence dithered.
McInnes made five changes to the team that lost to Birmingham last Tuesday, but confidence levels now seem to have dipped to a new low for the season no matter who pulls on the red shirt.
Haynes could have scored a hatrick.
Only two minutes after his opener he managed to drill the ball into the ground and off the wrong side of the post from five yards.
And in three minutes into the second half he beat City's sloppy offside trap to latch on to winger Salim Kerkar's superb 40 yard pass, but then sent his snatched shot high and wide with only keeper Tom Heaton to beat.
Both teams had chances to score before Haynes opener, but defender Chris Solly slid into block winger Martyn Woolford's ten yard shot in the tenth minute and Heaton palmed an angled effort from Kerkar past his far post two minutes later.
McInnes dodged the media after the game, but assistant Tony Docherty remained positive and said: "We must take heart that we created a lot of chances. There's a long, long way to go this season and no-one is working harder than the manager to turn things around. We know that when you're on a run like this, it's luck that changes it and we've got to work hard for that luck and change the trend."
Delighted Charlton manager Chris Powell said: "It was a complete performance from us and the first one this season. I thought my players were excellent. They gave it their all and it was heartening. It's a young team that's evolving and this win will do the the power f good. There was a real determination from the boys and it sets us up for the second third of the season."
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