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Charlton 0-1 Norwich: Nathan Jones accuses Philippe Clement of showing ‘lack of respect’

Nathan Jones accuses Philippe Clement of showing ‘lack of respect’ following Norwich’s 1-0 win away at Charlton.

The Addicks boss took issue with the Canaries head coach, claiming he delayed their post‑match handshake, instead celebrating with his backroom staff and players, Jones walked away, then Clement decided to come to him.

Jones claimed to the media that he felt snubbed by the delayed handshake, but Clement said put his staff and players first and that the issue would be resolved privately.

The result sees Charlton 18th with 48 points from 39 games played, 9 points above the drop zone, Norwich are 10th with 54 points from 39 games played, 9 points from the playoff places.

“Look, I don’t want to make a big thing of it, but after the match, managers usually shake their hands,” Jones said, per Pink Un.

“He shook 25 people’s hands and then decided to come and shake the manager’s hand. I think that’s a lack of respect. I don’t high-five the crowd and everyone else, and then go and shake the kit man’s hands, water bottle hands, and everything else.

“I go, I show respect to their manager. Then if I want to do anything, if I want to high-five anyone, I do that.

“So I think he showed a real lack of respect, and I told him that.”

Jones added: “They were very good on the counter-attack, and they play like that. They have real quality. There are some top, top players.

“We’ve tried to get some of their players, but have been nowhere near getting them because we’re fledgling in this league,” the Addicks boss said.

“We’ve only been in the Championship for seven months. These have been in the Premier League and Championship for as long as I can remember.

“They’ve had Teemu Pukki scoring goals regularly, and they were that yo-yo side that went up and down. So for us to play catch-up with these and to be only four or five points behind them shows that we’re in a wonderful place as well.”

Jones told BBC Radio London:

“We have to defend the goal better. We debrief, we tell them, we show them. That’s really disappointing. Then we have enough situations in the final third to have created more than we did, but we lacked quality and composure.

“We hit the bar. We had so many situations and opportunities to cross and punish, but we don’t. That’s our learning curve. It’s a tough league and we have to get better – whether that’s more work or different personnel.

“There are unacceptable decisions again. Last week there was, in my opinion, a poor refereeing decision and it cost us. I have no doubt in my mind we’ll get another apology for a baffling decision.

“If I do my job, and it goes to the timescales, then we’re talking a few years for us to be competing and playing. We are competing with these, but on a different level resource-wise. We’re not in the worst place but we want to push boundaries. If we develop in the next two years as we have the past two years, we’ll be in a different position.”

“I think we can solve it amongst ourselves,” Clement said. “So I’m always respectful of going to the manager, but I greeted first my staff and my players because I was really pleased after the hard weeks that we had with all the injuries and the tough week with the Southampton game.

“I was maybe a few seconds too late with him, but that will be solved in a few minutes. No problem. No stories to make about that.”

Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk:

“It was a victory with a big heart, lots of physicality. We only came back at 3:00am on Thursday morning, so it was a short turnaround after the Southampton game – which was also a really intense game.

“The team did brilliantly today, not only physically but also mentally. They did the right things to stick in and keep going until the dying seconds. They played with a really big heart today.

“I think everybody who is not a Charlton fan would have enjoyed how Norwich played football today – our own fans but also neutrals, and that is what I want to see.

“With all the teams playing on Friday after the international window, I do not understand why that is the case. We might have some internationals who come back on the Thursday and might not even be able to train. It’s not a healthy situation in this modern time, with so many more games and more risks of injury.”

Here’s how fans reacted after Nathan Jones accuses Philippe Clement of showing a ‘lack of respect’ following Norwich’s 1-0 win away at Charlton…

@Az__07: Doesn’t want to make a big deal about it then proceeds to complain about it specifically for 30 seconds. What an absolute wet wipe!

@CInnes1972: Clement rattling this bloke is sensational viewing

@ChiswickW4etc: Comes across as petulant & a bad loser.

@JField97: Because they’re more important than you Nathan you big baby 🤣

@kevboz11: Main character syndrome. Of course not disrespectful when he’s giving it full fist pumps and hip thrusts at the final whistle when his team wins… Deary me. yawn. 🥱

@mattjohnson333: The best part about the press conference if you listen to the full baby pant wetting waffle…is some bright spark at Charlton thought it was a good idea after a 1-0 loss to let 4-5 kids ask him questions which he 100% wasn’t in the mood for. #ncfc

@Forgotmylines: Jesus Christ! You expect this when a manager walks straight down the tunnel without shaking any hands. Jones is upset that he shook hands with all his staff,&he wasn’t centre of attention. What a self important, bad loosing dickhead. You are bloody lucky he bothered #NCFC

@_CraigDenton: He’s absolutely spot on, win lose or draw you shake the opposition Gaffa at the end of the game before anything else. Media attack on Nathan Jones not ok. It’s about respect.

@SCFack: I didn’t think it was very respectful when he was trying to start fights on the touchline tbh

@Goooolazzo: Nathan Jones calling out lack of respect given his previous antics. Give me a break 🤣

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