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Pardew laments team tinkering as Yeovil claim shock win at The Valley

Alan Pardew admitted he made a mistake by changing his Charlton team after they
crashed out of the Carling Cup against Yeovil.

The Coca-Cola League One side caused the upset at The Valley thanks to Paul
Warne's first-half goal - from virtually their only shot of the match.

With one eye on Saturday's Championship fixture at home to Watford, Pardew made
six changes to the team that beat Swansea 2-0 - but the gamble failed to pay
off.

The winner: Paul Warne slots home Yeovil's goal

The winner: Paul Warne slots home Yeovil's goal

Pardew said: "I wish I hadn't made those changes now. There are now a few
question marks against a few players, and only they can answer them.

"You gave players the jersey in good faith, and you expect a certain level of
performance. For whatever reason, it didn't happen.

"One player - who I don't want to name - looked very nervous tonight, and that
is something we have to examine.

"We still have some very good young players here, but this was a reflection
that maybe one or two of them are not quite ready just yet."

Yeovil's debutant goalkeeper Josh Wagenaar thwarted the Addicks throughout the
first half as the home side looked likely to take the lead.

Goal-den boy: Paul Warne celebrates his strike

Goal-den boy: Paul Warne celebrates his strike

He made a point-blank save from Hameur Bouazza - the on-loan Fulham striker making his first full start for Charlton - after eight minutes.

And eight minutes before half-time, Wagenaar made an even better stop to tip Matt Holland's fierce volley from 20 yards around the post.

Before that, Yeovil had ridden their luck when Jonjo Shelvey's free-kick from the left eluded everyone before bouncing back off the post.

The visitors made the most of that stroke of good fortune when Warne - left unmarked 10 yards from goal - volleyed in the only goal in the 28th minute after Terry Skiverton had flicked on Lee Peltier's long throw-in.

Yeovil boss Russell Slade said: "Josh made three world-class saves - and almost a world-class bloomer at the end when he fell over trying to make a clearance.

"Luckily, we weren't punished for that, which was a relief, because we showed
great resilience, particularly in the second half.

"In the first half, we could have been two or three goals down, but we
weathered the storm and came into our own."



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