Match Thread Coventry City - Sunderland Match Thread - Saturday 26th Aug (2 Viewers)
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Played out wide for most of them to be fair.
Vik scored 7 in 10 once he'd signed permanently.
Godden had a decent chance first half, not then one that fell to him last minute
Possibly Eccles although he played well today. I think Palmer offers a lot but runs out of gas quickly. Tough one.
One thing is for sure, the investment has been up front so we need to find a way to play to their strengths
The journey and lack of time getting international players back.
We've looked most dangerous this season playing on the counter like we did last year, not sure we've got the personnel for the possession based game.
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You can clearly see these players have the ability, and effort is there.
They just look slightly disjointed and scared to put the ball in the box.
Give it a few weeks and we’ll be fine
They just look slightly disjointed and scared to put the ball in the box.
Give it a few weeks and we’ll be fine
I think we have but surely they know they have to move the ball quicker ? At the moment we are just far too slow moving the ball and it completely kills attacks
Agree with this but still puzzled at a professional footballer being “done” after 65 mins
We have I just don’t think we know how to unlock defences yet. Hopefully Allen, O’Hare, Ayari and a CM will change that as the season goes on.
Not the impression I got at all-Robins made a quip about "keep it quiet" that's all, as in he wants it to be a secret weapon!
I don’t get players who can’t last a game. Just run every day for two hours.
At least I have Japanese lecturer friend, which you seem to be highly jealous of… which in itself is very strange…
Not sure if you have any friends for a start and if you do (unless they’re on the dole) they might have careers and live in different parts of the world…
He looked like he was running on fumes , partly because we made silly passes in the final 3rd unnecessarily putting ourselves on the back foot being countered quick and he had to run 30 yards every 2 mins at one point
Yep that didn’t help but as your full time job I’d expect being fit as a gimme
We give up a lot of territory when Palmer plays because he just cannot sustain the intensity that O'Hare or Hamer can. I think that's fine if he delivers anything for us but he doesn't really, the odd great moment but lots of rash and badly executed ones too.
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Possibly but he's got two long throws and has only just used it today. McCallum also had one and never utilised it.
Gyokeres got 1 goal in his first 11 games. Give Simms some time
McCallum used his a fair bit...seriously mate, listen to the interview again, you've got the wrong end of the stick.
It is, but a consequence of two unavoidable facts: firstly, we are missing Vik and he set an incredibly high bar; secondly, we spent a lot of money on both strikers, so there is expectation from that. But hopefully they'll grab a goal or two each and settle down/improve confidence.
EDIT: plus now also missing Hamer's creativity!
Probably our best player today.
