Tommo72
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Very impressive stat...
Match Thread Coventry City - Crewe Alexandra Match Thread - Saturday 30th Sep (18 Viewers)
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Very impressive stat...
Grendel
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The fact is if Beavon hadn't tweaked his back robins would have stuck with the formation he'd had previously of him behind one striker. We've started winning games and creating chances as we have two regular forwards.
Beavon needs to only be a bit part player from now on
Nick
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It is weird how we get injury struck and start winning. Almost lucky.
Otis
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Don't quite agree with that. Wouldn't say 'bit' player, cos I feel he has a valuable role to play. If I had made any changes to the starting 11 today up front it would have been McNulty.
All I am saying is Biamou and Nazon looked like they were running through treacle in that second half and that the substitution should have been made sooner.
I don't think Beavon should start every week, not by a long chalk, but he is certainly an option off the bench.
I think he will be valuable this season to us. Doesn't mean I suggest we keep picking him. From the bench doing what he did today will do just fine.
covcity4life
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One nil to the sky blues!! Goals will come. Its looking very promising indeed
clint van damme
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thought Biamou was OK until Crewe changed their shape after about half hour.
Kelly MoM for me.
Otis
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Between Kelly and McDonald, but I would give it to Kelly too, because we had it relatively easy at the back today.
clint van damme
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This is certainly the most balanced squad we've had for some time albeit you have to take into account the division we're in.
clint van damme
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I actually though McDonald made a couple of little errors today which, admittedly that is being hyper critical but the headed clearance he made towards the end when he was the wrong side of the cross that came in was top class defending.
edit: somehow replied to myself instead of Otis - 3 wins in a week has gone to my head.
skybluegod
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Tbf to both Biamou and nazon, not really a surprise they were blowing. Biamou started the last two and played 70 mins in the game before, and having only stepped up from non-league this season won’t have fully adapted.
Same with nazon first real taste of English football. 3 starts in a row, and he’s just come from Indian league last season. So as Otis says probably should have brought on beavon sooner.
Same with nazon first real taste of English football. 3 starts in a row, and he’s just come from Indian league last season. So as Otis says probably should have brought on beavon sooner.
covcity4life
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We have been winning since day 1. 1 striker or 2
Beavon was v good off bench today and im sure will play loads this season loke all the strikers
clint van damme
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agree with that 100%.
NortonSkyBlue
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Kelly and McDonald impressed for me, we got lucky with the free kick hitting the bar.
Nazon is very hit and miss but it was no coincidence that the chances flowed when Beavon came on.
Crewe were neat and tidy but Beavon stretched them and bought Kelly Evans and Jones into the game.
It was the first game for me this season and I must admit it was lovely to see us on the front foot after the dross last year.
Nazon is very hit and miss but it was no coincidence that the chances flowed when Beavon came on.
Crewe were neat and tidy but Beavon stretched them and bought Kelly Evans and Jones into the game.
It was the first game for me this season and I must admit it was lovely to see us on the front foot after the dross last year.
ccfcway
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You must have been confident nick ?
first game in a long time you haven't said something on the lines of "I can see them knicking one here".
Not critising, just seems to me you might be believing a bit more ?
Nick
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Had somebody sat either side so hardly had any room to type
I was a bit worried with that spell of pressure they had. About 70 to 80 minutes when they hit the bar.
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dazed&confused
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You are Lobby Lud and I claim my five pounds!
ccfcway
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Had somebody sat either side so hardly had any room to type
Ha, cancel that positivity
clint van damme
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be nice to start getting a few more up there now we're on this run. I understand all the politics and the pricing etc but it's not often you get a feel good factor like this supporting City.
DannyThomas_1981
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Don't agree Grendel. I don't see Beavon as an effective lone striker. But I do see him as being highly effective just in the hole behind the front man and linking play with our midfield axis. He's a really intelligent footballer and is on the same wavelength as our danger men - Nazon and Jones. This comes from someone who was unsure as to why Robins had kept him on. I get it now. I see Beavon in the withdrawn striker role playing a huge part this season.
Otis
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You can clearly see the intelligence in Beavon's play.
Tommo72
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It will steadily rise, marginally more home fans there today than last week and Crewe isn’t any sort of pull but then again that factor is fairly irrelevant this season.
What is impressive is that you will prob see 1200/1300 for a televised 12.30pm kick off next week at Barnet!!
Grendel
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He's scored no goals and has no assists all season
covcity4life
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But he played well today so lets take the positives into next werks televised game and show the world why we are checkatrade champions!!!
clint van damme
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true, but him and Biamou need to start putting a few away. There are only a couple of teams in the top 18 in the league who have scored less than us.
Sky Blue Pete
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20 shots to their 4 and 7 on target to their 0
covcity4life
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Of course. But our defence gives them time to get it right.
Personally i woulf start mcnulty again over biamou. But whilst we winning maybe we shouldnt
Leave it to MR
Otis
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So we blaming him for the assists that he sets up for fellow strikers that they then fail to convert?
He can assist and set up chances. Not his fault if those chances aren't taken.
Did he help set up chances today or not?
Covstu
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It was a solid performance but a game of missed chances, we could have took 4 of them today but thankfully got the early goal so not real panic stations in the end. We look tight at the back again but to be fair Crewe were poor.
I think Beavon offers another alternative to the frontline which I think is needed in games where we cannot break through their defense but he does need someone like duck to understand him and run for the knock downs and through balls.
It's extremely tight at the top now, nothing between the top8 but all we can do is keep winning or at least take point s away and win at home and we should be there. It's a bit GOT at the moment, lots of pretenders to the crown but no one sitting there for a long time!
I think Beavon offers another alternative to the frontline which I think is needed in games where we cannot break through their defense but he does need someone like duck to understand him and run for the knock downs and through balls.
It's extremely tight at the top now, nothing between the top8 but all we can do is keep winning or at least take point s away and win at home and we should be there. It's a bit GOT at the moment, lots of pretenders to the crown but no one sitting there for a long time!
Grendel
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He set a couple up against a stretched team already losing. Personally I'm glad he got injured when he did - we wouldn't have won 3 on the bounce with him in the team.
cov4theprem
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Early kick-off next Saturday means we can go top of the league if we win 
clint van damme
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Early kick-off next Saturday means we can go top of the league if we win
by more than 2 though I think.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Rod McDonald was my man of the match , absolutely awesome , what a find he is.
I put that down to Mark Robins .
I put that down to Mark Robins .
ccfcway
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but Beavon played his part in the team today that won ?
As you said yourself
and beavon made a difference when he came on