Tomorrow's difficult trip to the Valley may prove a turning point in the season.
Blackpool supporters who must get their "fix" will turn up at Charlton worried sick.
The Gazette interview with Appleton will have taken place before the Derby rout.
His quote on the Seasiders - "very, very difficult to break down” - looks untimely.
County penetrated enough to have netted six with even more clinical finishing.
The current table place, 13th, lies nine points below the automatic elevation zone.
But, after Saturday, three from the next four league clashes see a hardest run yet.
Stevenage, Oxford United and Peterborough all feature in the top six.
Few points from these games could pour cold reality water on promotion hopes.
The club fired Appleton following a period that led to 10 games without a win.
If Critchley fails to stop another defeat, the away end atmosphere could turn nasty.
Not least among those who have travelled to the Valley on a boat up the Thames.
Fans insist money and pride mean Sadler will not yet admit a further coach blunder.
Yet his failure to act early last season ended with a £7 million relegation loss.
Defeat against the Addicks might contrive to send that sentiment overboard.
Blackpool supporters who must get their "fix" will turn up at Charlton worried sick.
The Gazette interview with Appleton will have taken place before the Derby rout.
His quote on the Seasiders - "very, very difficult to break down” - looks untimely.
County penetrated enough to have netted six with even more clinical finishing.
The current table place, 13th, lies nine points below the automatic elevation zone.
But, after Saturday, three from the next four league clashes see a hardest run yet.
Stevenage, Oxford United and Peterborough all feature in the top six.
Few points from these games could pour cold reality water on promotion hopes.
The club fired Appleton following a period that led to 10 games without a win.
If Critchley fails to stop another defeat, the away end atmosphere could turn nasty.
Not least among those who have travelled to the Valley on a boat up the Thames.
Fans insist money and pride mean Sadler will not yet admit a further coach blunder.
Yet his failure to act early last season ended with a £7 million relegation loss.
Defeat against the Addicks might contrive to send that sentiment overboard.
