SAME problems, different manager – but will Neil Lennon find a solution where Dougie Freedman could not?

Wanderers’ lack of quality, not their lack of effort cost them points at The Valley last night, a situation that has become annoyingly familiar to their long-suffering fans.

While Dean Moxey’s first goal for the club looked at one point to be their route back into a game – the points stayed in south London thanks to the two genuine moments of class over 90 minutes, from George Tucudean and Jonnie Jackson.

The prospect of signing some of Lennon’s former Celtic charges, Kris Commons and Gary Hooper appear to be more in hope than expectation at present but in sampling his first defeat, the new boss will know that their kind of attacking nous is exactly what is needed right now because effort alone does not seem to be enough.

Lennon chose not to tinker with the side that had given him a winning start at Birmingham at the weekend.

The last time Wanderers named an unchanged side was fresh from a derby victory over Blackburn and resulted in a thumping 5-1 win over Leeds United at Elland Road.

They never got close to such highs in this display but fatigue was not the problem.

In the early stages Chung-Yong Lee picked up where he had left off at St Andrew’s, linking everything in the middle of the park.

He nearly opened the scoring too, his shot from 20 yards spilled by keeper Stephen Henderson, then grabbed at the second opportunity.

While there was much to admire about Wanderers’ start to the game, they had little to show for the football they played.

Charlton had shown nothing in the opening exchanges to account for their decent league position but that was to change after Jonnie Jackson swiped at a shot on the edge of the box 25 minutes in.

For the first time mistakes started to creep into Wanderers’ game – Moxey playing one bad pass on the left that put Jay Spearing in trouble and gave winger Frederic Bulot a free run down the right. Matt Mills cleared the danger but not 60 seconds later, Romanian striker George Tucudean collected a long ball from the back, took it down with great skill and then buried it into the bottom corner past Andy Lonergan.

This would indeed be a test of Wanderers’ new-found confidence. The last time they fell behind in and around the capital, the results were catastrophic.

Jermaine Beckford could have helped out almost right away. Darren Pratley combined cleverly with Moxey on the left but his cross was missed completely by the Whites’ front man – who needs to convince a few fans of his manager’s assertion that goals are “in his DNA.”

By half time the Whites had recovered their poise and ex-Valley favourite Dorian Dervite went close with a towering header from Spearing’s corner.

Within a few minutes of the restart, home skipper Jackson appeared to have killed the game stone dead.

Again Tucudean and Cousins combined, shifting the ball across the edge of the box before the former Spurs man slotted home left-footed.

Wanderers barely had a chance to feel sorry for themselves, however, as with the very next attack they won a corner swung over by Spearing and driven via Pratley’s lay-off into the bottom corner by Moxey.

It was the defender’s first strike in three-and-a-half years since netting for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw against Derby in March 2011.

The game began to open up and Lennon took the opportunity to introduce Mark Davies for Feeney.

Wanderers continued to crank up the pressure, and this time it was Charlton’s turn to creak. Beckford saw a header scrambled from under his own bar by Rhoys Wiggins, then another substitute, Max Clayton, swung and missed at a volley with his first touch in the game.

The game became more and more frantic as it ticked into added time – but while Tim Ream, another replacement, and Neil Danns had half-chances to make a difference, Henderson hardly had another moment’s worry.

Honeymoon over, Lennon has now seen his side in both lights over the last few days. And there’s no glossing over it – he has some work to do.