Former Portsmouth, Cardiff and Birmingham striker's recent performance branded unacceptable by Charlton manager

Former Pompey striker Omar Bogle was withdrawn after just 34 minutes of Charlton’s 4-2 loss at struggling Burton – with his performance branded as unacceptable.
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Bogle penned a one-year deal at the Addicks in October following his release from Cardiff City at the end of last season.

He’s yet to score in eight appearances for Lee Bowyer’s side and was replaced by Chuks Aneke in the first half of their miserable defeat to the Brewers on Tuesday – despite not being injured.

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Bowyer rued how Bogle – who scored four times in 14 games for Pompey during his loan spell in the 2018-19 season – was ‘sloppy’ and ‘wasn’t trying to get into the right areas to score’.

Having signed for Charlton late in the window after being a free agent for more than three months, Bowyer demanded that he expects to be paid back by hard work.

He told the South London Press: ‘Everything starts from the top, for me. The way we press, your striker needs to hold the ball up to allow you to get out of your half.

‘Omar was sloppy and it started from him with the first ball up to him, he went to pass it to Ian (Maatsen) and it went straight out for a goal-kick. It wasn’t even a difficult pass. We were breaking and couldn’t get into the game from there.

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‘Everything he did came off badly – for him and us. He didn’t hold the ball up, he lost everything and didn’t work hard out of possession. We put crosses into the box and he wasn’t trying to get into the right areas to score. So it was a combination of things. That ain’t acceptable.

Omar Bogle. Picture: Pete Norton/Getty ImagesOmar Bogle. Picture: Pete Norton/Getty Images
Omar Bogle. Picture: Pete Norton/Getty Images

‘That’s why we made the changes. When Chuks came on it made a massive difference.

‘I will point out the differences when we are all in a meeting. It won’t be all negatives, I’m not going to be hammering everyone. Everyone has to remember we’ve lost one in nine matches.

‘After the game we spoke as a group and I reminded them all that this is a great football club that you’re playing for and you have to work hard to play on a matchday.

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‘If you think you can just turn up and stroll around, that will never work. You’ll never play under me doing that.

‘They are playing for a great club and some of the players we have in this dressing room were struggling to find clubs – this club took you out of that problem. The club expects you to rebound with hard work – that’s all. Everything else falls into place.

‘If you don’t work hard for the team then you won’t play. Since I’ve been in charge how many have you seen go because they don’t work hard for the team?

‘And they are good players as well. But the team is the most important thing and the club is the most important thing.’