A rather dispiriting evening if you were a Charlton fan, but infinitely more rewarding if Bristol City's your club.

Charlton took off fast and scored very early on. They really looked very good, and I felt sure that a second goal would follow. But as the game wore on Bristol settled and took control. An impartial observer would say that they were by far the better team on the night.

At long last Jerome Thomas showed some of the skill and trickery that we last saw in the Premiership, particularly when linking up with Youga and Ambrose, but he faded and was eventually substituted. Youga needs to stop showboating and get a grip. He could have a brilliant future at Charlton but only if he knuckles down and concentrates far better. We had our first look at Sinclair tonight, and it took me all of 10 seconds to decide that he'd be no good for us. Cook was similarly unimpressive.

Iwelumo was fouled again and again without the ref blowing up for free kicks. However, this has happened several times this season, so maybe he's up to no good and refs are wise to him. Holland and McCarthy were, yet again, magnificent.

Considering this was a cold Tuesday night City brought an incredible number of supporters with them and I'm sure that they enjoyed what they saw. It'd be good if they 'shopped' to the police the idiot amongst them who threw a lighted flare on to the pitch after they scored. Fools like that are precisely the ones who bring all decent supporters into disrepute by association.