Charlton Athletic manager Lee Bowyer has revealed he took substitute Jonny Williams back off the pitch before the end of his side's 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury on Saturday, because he pulled out of a tackle.

With the Addicks level at 0-0, Williams was introduced to the game just past the hour-mark, coming on to replace Alex Gilbey.

But while Charlton went on to take the lead through Ben Watson around ten minutes later, Williams was withdrawn by Bowyer to be replaced by Adam Matthews with around five minutes of the game remaining.

Now, Bowyer has explained his reason behind substituting the substitute, and it seems it comes down to one single challenge.

Speaking after the game, Bowyer was asked about why he took Williams off before full time, the Charlton boss was quoted by London News Online as saying: “Because he pulled out of a tackle and they should have scored from it.

"If you’re going to pull out of tackles then that is not acceptable. Not playing for me. If you want to pull out of tackles, you ain’t ever going to play for me."

It seems as though Bowyer has already made his feeling known to Williams and his teammates, as he went on to add: “I’ve just spoke to Jonny in there, I told him what I think of it. I told him the reason why I brought him off. You can’t be doing that.

"We’re all in this. You have to fight for everything. If you think you can just jump out of the way, jump out of tackles, that is never going to happen.

“I’m fuming. Putting on players and they’re pulling out of tackles. They should have scored before that because someone pulled out of a tackle.

"It’s not good enough. What are you doing? I won’t accept anything like that, never, and they know that.”

Even with Williams withdrawal, Charlton were still left disappointed on Saturday, as Ollie Norburn's stoppage time penalty earnt a point for Shrewsbury.

The Verdict

This feels very surprising from Bowyer.

You can understand his frustration about Williams pulling out of a tackle, but to substitute him for it, and then dig him out in front of the press about it after the game is unlikely to go down well with the midfielder.

Indeed, it seems particularly harsh on Williams in particular, given the size of the contribution he has made to the Addicks since his arrival.

Indeed, his fellow pros are unlikely to appreciate the treatment he received here, nor want it for themselves, you wonder whether this could cause something of a rift behind the scenes at the club.