Match Thread Coventry City vs. Bristol Rovers Match Thread - Saturday 17th Aug (46 Viewers)

[Limey]

From the beeb match report... accurate??? (not that it matters).

Jobello's scuffed cross from the right evaded everyone apart from Shipley, who hit a powerful left-footed half-volley past goalkeeper Anssi Jaakkola and into the net.

 

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[covcity4life]

The 3 teams we have played are all in relegation zone .

Pompey will tell us a bit more about how good we arw i suspect

Be over the moon woth a draw personally

 

[itsabuzzard]

Doesn't *

Ffs too easy. Another win for me

No. Plural.

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[covcity4life]

No. Plural.

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I already won

Not gonna revisit past victories. Thats just smug

 

[ccfc1234]

The 3 teams we have played are all in relegation zone .

Pompey will tell us a bit more about how good we arw i suspect

Be over the moon woth a draw personally

Don't want to jinx anything but it was the sh*t teams we struggled against most last season!! Would take a draw too but they are off form so who knows!!

 

[Magwitch]

That SBT boo boy Shipley again

The 3 teams we have played are all in relegation zone .

Pompey will tell us a bit more about how good we arw i suspect

Be over the moon woth a draw personally

How many points did we drop against bottom teams last season ???

 

[covcity4life]

That SBT boo boy Shipley again

How many points did we drop against bottom teams last season ???

Where have i booed shipley ?

Whats that gotta do with my post?

Where have i pit down our 7 pts?

What bit r u disagreeing with????

 

[Great_Expectations]

Wait, so we’re not getting relegated then?

 

[Evo1883]

Wait, so we’re not getting relegated then?

17th apparantly lol

 

[theferret]

Atmosphere was poor compared to Southend

I thought it was flat first half, but plenty of noise towards the end of the game.

Excellent performance that. We managed the game really well and played some lovely stuff at times.

 

[Evo1883]

My biggest complaint was that he left jobello on for 5/10 minutes too long, however if That happened we may not have score the second the way we did do that's that

 

[Ricketts]

I thought Bristol were the least worst of the teams we have played so far, thought we needed to change earlier than we did. However we won 2-0, MR is the boss so what I think is irrelevant.

Had a hospitality meal at St Andrews, the quality is absolutely superb.

Highly recommended.

Cant be arsed to trapse all the way to Portsmouth, I will leave that to the NOPM Facebook bunch.

Roll on Gillingham.

Oh, and Kasteneer's gola after delightful skil by Dabo we brilliant. Mason had a really good game, deserved his MOTM. A few contenders.

 

[lifeskyblue]

We have now played three of the bottom four so I’m not getting carried away. Bristol were dreadful...not having a single shot on target all game. Thought our backfour were excellent; any one of them could have won MOTM.


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[ccfcway]

The 3 teams we have played are all in relegation zone

Yep, we have put them there

 

[Evo1883]

There's an argument to be made that today we made Bristol look dreadful too.. Not many teams at this level move the ball around like we do, it's hard to chase the ball for long periods

 

[Skybluefaz]

Saying we've only beaten teams at the bottom is as irrelevant as celebrating being in the playoffs right now. Just beat what's in front of you.

 

[covcity4life]

Yep, we have put them there

Not sure can take credit for bolton mate

 

[Paxman II]

Watching via iFollow the view of the game is limited as you don't see players off ball contributions so much. So for me we pressed well in first half and finally got a break through from a scuffed shot from Shipley. He drifts into these positions throughout a game and will always have a goal in him. But I still don't think he offers enough in the middle throughout 90 minutes against tougher yet to come opposition as I think we will see from Allen. Second half we were less authoritive and scored late on with a great combination and strike.
I still worry that with all our intent and possession we are not making enough clear cut chances (stats say we made one clear cut chance) or work the goalkeeper enough.
But winning grows confidence and the side will get better so I see it crucial we get a good performance at Pompey which will be the key to an early sign of our promotion credentials.

 

[cov4theprem]

Signed up for a 12 match package and 2 JSB m/ships and was a about little apprehensive about the trip to Birmingham. Have to say we thoroughly enjoyed it and it was a doddle to get there and park (from Derby). Nice pitch is a bonus and suited some great passing today. Looking forward to the next one.

 

[Grendel]

Yep, we have put them there

Well we haven’t

 

[theferret]

Watching via iFollow the view of the game is limited as you don't see players off ball contributions so much. So for me we pressed well in first half and finally got a break through from a scuffed shot from Shipley. He drifts into these positions throughout a game and will always have a goal in him. But I still don't think he offers enough in the middle throughout 90 minutes against tougher yet to come opposition as I think we will see from Allen. Second half we were less authoritive and scored late on with a great combination and strike.
I still worry that with all our intent and possession we are not making enough clear cut chances (stats say we made one clear cut chance) or work the goalkeeper enough.
But winning grows confidence and the side will get better so I see it crucial we get a good performance at Pompey which will be the key to an early sign of our promotion credentials.

One clear cut chance? We scored twice, hit the post, Godden had a good chance first half that the defender did really well to block, that header second half looked a decent chance, and we created a lot of good situations. Final ball was lacking at times, but overall I thought it was a dominant and impressive performance.

 

[Evo1883]

One clear cut chance? We scored twice, hit the post, Godden had a good chance first half that the defender did really well to block, that header second half looked a decent chance, and we created a lot of good situations. Final ball was lacking at times, but overall I thought it was a dominant and impressive performance.

Hiwula missed a sitter too and Bakayoko missed what looked like a straightforward header

 

[theferret]

Hiwula missed a sitter too and Bakayoko missed what looked like a straightforward header

Yep, couldn't see the Baka header clearly, but that was a absolute sitter for Hiwula.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Watching via iFollow the view of the game is limited as you don't see players off ball contributions so much. So for me we pressed well in first half and finally got a break through from a scuffed shot from Shipley. He drifts into these positions throughout a game and will always have a goal in him. But I still don't think he offers enough in the middle throughout 90 minutes against tougher yet to come opposition as I think we will see from Allen. Second half we were less authoritive and scored late on with a great combination and strike.
I still worry that with all our intent and possession we are not making enough clear cut chances (stats say we made one clear cut chance) or work the goalkeeper enough.
But winning grows confidence and the side will get better so I see it crucial we get a good performance at Pompey which will be the key to an early sign of our promotion credentials.

Watching on the tv gives you less of an insight? Someone should tell sky sports.

 

[lifeskyblue]

2 points today that annoyed me during the game
1) why wasn’t their player given a straight red for kicking Kelley on the ground after he had fouled Kelley?
2) in the first half when players went down with head injuries the ref gave the ball to their keeper. Yet second half when a player down with head injury there was a ‘drop’ ball given to rovers on half way line. Inconsistent.


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[skybluegod]

Agreed. Was commenting on a post.

Apologies then!

 

[fatso]

A great result today, and another clean sheet!
I know we've played 3 poor teams so far, but that means we are picking up points while our new boys get time to settle in and get up to speed.
I think once Allen gets in the team we will really start to see some great movement, and I can see us giving a few teams a right hammering.

 

[ccfcway]

Well, it’s now 7 points towards our promotion push, or 7 nearer safety, depending if you glass is half full or empty.

I’ll take that after 3 games.

 

[cc84cov]

That attempted header from Baka today was baffling he jumped to head it but jumped back away from the ball totally misjudged it...strange

 

[covcity4life]

Well we haven’t

Well, it’s now 7 points towards our promotion push, or 7 nearer safety, depending if you glass is half full or empty.

I’ll take that after 3 games.

No on isnt taking it?

 

[ccfcway]

No on isnt taking it?

read that 5 times and still don't know what you are saying ?.

 

[Evo1883]

read that 5 times and still don't know what you are saying ?.

Come on mate ffs no on isn't taking it

 

[Speedies_Chips]

That attempted header from Baka today was baffling he jumped to head it but jumped back away from the ball totally misjudged it...strange

Culpin-esque!

 

[Evo1883]

My theory is he was actually trying to do his best salmon impression and the ball just happened to get crossed at the same time

 

[cc84cov]

My theory is he was actually trying to do his best salmon impression and the ball just happened to get crossed at the same time

I think now Godden is here it’s showing up how bad he is even more so