Match Thread Fleetwood Town vs. Coventry City Match Thread - Tuesday 27th Nov (2 Viewers)
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Nick
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We see teams do it with Doyle all the time, wind him up and take him out the game. As soon as Doyle gets booked he may as well sit on the sideline with no replacement.
He got away with it time and time again, why weren't we in his face? Why weren't we getting somebody to smash him to get a reaction to get him sent off? Why weren't we putting the ball on Thomas every time?
Otis
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We should play them on the wings.
oucho
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You get a like there for the phrase 'leg him off'
Sick Boy
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I’d have him back here from Jan
fernandopartridge
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Think the scapegoating of Chaplin is wankerish. Yes he missed the pen but he was involved in most of our decent bits of football. Same simpletons who had it in for McNulty.
I was eleven in 87
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If Thomas could shoot on target consistently i would be tempted to put him up front in place of Chaplin for a run of games.
Sick Boy
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I think Chaplin will come good but not as prolific as some expected, he hasn’t played consistently and is only 21.
Nick
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I'm not sure, McNulty had more about him.
Chaplin also missed the sitter that Thomas put on him.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Very poor second half. Although quite a few of that team couldn't argue if they were dropped next game with the weekend off by the time we play again it'll have been forgotten a bit and MR will get away with picking the same lot again.
Be interesting to hear MR's comments after the game - if Baka had had the game Chaplin just had he'd be tearing him a new one.
Husband should've gone at least twice in that game and the ref bottled it, but as has been mentioned we should've been getting Thomas to terrorise him constantly instead of sporadically.
Be interesting to hear MR's comments after the game - if Baka had had the game Chaplin just had he'd be tearing him a new one.
Husband should've gone at least twice in that game and the ref bottled it, but as has been mentioned we should've been getting Thomas to terrorise him constantly instead of sporadically.
Otis
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Never laughed at anyone, but you and I both know some posters dismissed players after just 2 or 3 games.
Are you now telling me they were fantastic judges of character?
You simply cannot judge a player just on a couple of appearances and declare them to be crap full stop.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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But then who'd be providing the chances for him?
I was eleven in 87
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Fuck knows to be honest!!
CovInEssex
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Pretty much every game this season can be summed up with
"we should've been 2 or 3 up by half time but didn't make chances count and ended up losing or drawing late"
"we should've been 2 or 3 up by half time but didn't make chances count and ended up losing or drawing late"
Grendel
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The problem is he’s been signed for a big fee by our standards.
Robins has hung his hat on him and he’s s development player really.
Why robins spent nearly a million on him, Hiwula and Bakayoko should be questioned.
mark82
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He has a good touch. He clearly has a lot of potential but he's not doing it. I think he's similar to Bakayoko where he needs time to develop and we are overpaying for him. For 500k at this level you'd hope for someone a bit more rounded.
Grendel
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We’ve won several games in the last 5 minutes
Otis
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Totally agree. It's all a bit silly.
Thomas has been incredibly wasteful with som absolutely fantastic chances this season. JCH has been wasteful and Hiwula, especially wasteful too.
It's a shared problem and we can't just point the finger at Conor Chaplin.
Nick
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None as clear as a penalty or Chaplin's in the first half.
mark82
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Yep, McNulty was playing well but it just wasn't running for him. Biamou helped McNulty no end when he came in though.
larry_david
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Hiwula's chance in the first half was golden,GOLDEN. Watch it back again. it's unbelievable. 5 yards out, keeper at near post, whole of the goal open and he closes his eyes and laces it straight down his throat
Nick
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Still nowhere near as easy as Chaplin's
I was eleven in 87
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I reckon....
Baka has potential to be a good signing for us so wouldn’t write him off just yet.
Chaplin is one for the future.
Hiwula has no bastard potential!!
Otis
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It should. Non of them have proved to be of anything like their supposed worth so far.
If they are work in progress, then fine, but three of them all at the same time?
usskyblue
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Chaplin ‘needs time’ that we haven’t got if we want to push for the playoff spots. We need a striker in the first team that can convert when the opportunities arise. We can’t expect to make a push if we’re affording a project player a first team spot. That said, we don’t have a proven striker in the squad....and it’s not because MR wasn’t backed.
Dickie
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Me too
Nick
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How much time though? That's the thing.
fernandopartridge
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Clarke Harris was far far far far worse than Chaplin.
Nick
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Bakayoko did more on Friday that jch has done for a few games. Robins doesn't seem to like him.
Otis
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Didn't watch tonight's game, but Thomas has had a number of one on ones hasn't he?
Thomas has missed so many great chances.
larry_david
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Chaplin went low wich I guess they are taught to do. Keepers pulled off a worldie. From 5 yards he's stuck his boot out and flciked it wide. Yes CC should score but he's been taught to go low I imagine. Which brings me to his penalty...
usskyblue
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Time’s up m8
Grendel
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Biamou featured in the vast majority of the first 18 games of the season
What do you mean “when he came in?”
Has he ever created one assist for mcnulty? He only has 3 in his career