Match Thread ⚽️ Coventry City vs Sunderland Match Thread - Saturday 25th Feb (16 Viewers)

[alexccfc99]

Although considering who he manages now his comments about JH have aged brilliantly

 

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[MAFF]

Don't understand the hate for Mowbray. He is a bit old school and I can't see him doing a West Brom again. His only major error with us was thinking he could attract better players than we could afford and putting his mate in charge of recruitment. Has had a very solid managerial record and has always played attractive attacking football. Usually his second half slumps means he is not a top manager, but has done ok at every club he has been at. Middlesborough and Blackburn let him go because they did not get promoted. He jumped ship here because we were seriously underfunded and our best players left for clubs higher up the football ladder.

He failed to get one of the most exciting squads League One had ever seen promoted by making bat shit decisions like playing Armstrong on the wing and singing Stephen Hunt. he then fucked up the recruitment in the summer and resigned after 10 games because he knew he'd fucked it up. Absolute wanker.

 

[theferret]

Block 3 has gone and 2/1 only have 5 seats left. Clearly loads looking to sit near the away fans and unable to buy in Singers

Those blocks sell out for every game pretty much, although always loads of empty seats on the day, not sure why.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Only a few hundred sold today. Looking 22-23000 though so that’s great

 

[Astute]

Don't understand the hate for Mowbray. He is a bit old school and I can't see him doing a West Brom again. His only major error with us was thinking he could attract better players than we could afford and putting his mate in charge of recruitment. Has had a very solid managerial record and has always played attractive attacking football. Usually his second half slumps means he is not a top manager, but has done ok at every club he has been at. Middlesborough and Blackburn let him go because they did not get promoted. He jumped ship here because we were seriously underfunded and our best players left for clubs higher up the football ladder.

Blackburn didn't get promoted last season as they only won something like 3 out of the last 18 games. The normal Mowbray finish to the season.

 

[CV22SBA]

Only a few hundred sold today. Looking 22-23000 though so that’s great

Not sure it will get that high. Looks a lot less sold behind the goal than against WBA and for that game block 24 was sold out too. WBA also brought an extra 1.5K than Sunderland are and the crowd was 22,519.

 

[shmmeee]

21k I reckon.

 

[fernandopartridge]

He failed to get one of the most exciting squads League One had ever seen promoted by making bat shit decisions like playing Armstrong on the wing and singing Stephen Hunt. he then fucked up the recruitment in the summer and resigned after 10 games because he knew he'd fucked it up. Absolute wanker.

To be fair the squad wasn't that good, a few outstanding young players but lacking all over the pitch

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Not sure it will get that high. Looks a lot less sold behind the goal than against WBA and for that game block 24 was sold out too. WBA also brought an extra 1.5K than Sunderland are and the crowd was 22,519.

Ah ok I thought sales looked quite good in the two blocks behind the goal but I’m sure you’re right. Maybe 21-22000 then

 

[Saddlebrains]

Payday for loads of people tomorrow, watch it shoot up

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Yeah I’ve got no issue with Mowbray, probably one of my favourite non-Robins Sisu era managers.

Dowie
Coleman
Boothroyd
Thorn
Pressley
Mowbray
Slade

In that list I can see why, though Pressley in particular was royally screwed over. Ultimately shown just to be a pretty poor manager, but he put a huge amount into the job.

 

[theferret]

Not sure it will get that high. Looks a lot less sold behind the goal than against WBA and for that game block 24 was sold out too. WBA also brought an extra 1.5K than Sunderland are and the crowd was 22,519.

I don't recall WBA being that good, just an average home turn out. Midweek, week before Xmas, Cat A etc. Sales look ok for Saturday, but some way behind Cardiff and QPR which are biggest turns outs so far this season.

 

[Offhegoes]

He lost the plot during that 15/16 season. Not helped by the Maddison sale sucking the optimism out of the fans and the fact Maddison couldn’t be arsed after his transfer. Still that team should have been at the very least in the play offs. Fleck, Maddison, Armstrong, Murphy etc.

 

[shmmeee]

Dowie
Coleman
Boothroyd
Thorn
Pressley
Mowbray
Slade

In that list I can see why, though Pressley in particular was royally screwed over. Ultimately shown just to be a pretty poor manager, but he put a huge amount into the job.

I don’t count Dowie really cos they got rid asap. It yeah it’s a shiniest turd situation. But I enjoyed the football and thought he was a decent enough manager.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

He lost the plot during that 15/16 season. Not helped by the Maddison sale sucking the optimism out of the fans and the fact Maddison couldn’t be arsed after his transfer. Still that team should have been at the very least in the play offs. Fleck, Maddison, Armstrong, Murphy etc.

His man management was terrible, and loaning out Jim O'Brien was stupid. He was one of out most aggressive players and had a massive influence on games. I felt we were pretty soft after he went.

The next season is better not spoken about.

 

[clint van damme]

Don't understand the hate for Mowbray. He is a bit old school and I can't see him doing a West Brom again. His only major error with us was thinking he could attract better players than we could afford and putting his mate in charge of recruitment. Has had a very solid managerial record and has always played attractive attacking football. Usually his second half slumps means he is not a top manager, but has done ok at every club he has been at. Middlesborough and Blackburn let him go because they did not get promoted. He jumped ship here because we were seriously underfunded and our best players left for clubs higher up the football ladder.

I like him as a man but how the hell did he fail to get us promoted with that side? Absolutely criminal.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

I like him as a man but how the hell did he fail to get us promoted with that side? Absolutely criminal.

… as well as missing out on the playoffs.

 

[Frostie]

His man management was terrible, and loaning out Jim O'Brien was stupid. He was one of out most aggressive players and had a massive influence on games. I felt we were pretty soft after he went.

The next season is better not spoken about.

Selling Vincelot so that he could bring in Jordan Turnbull was (predictably) a daft decision too.

That said, I think he's a decent manager & done a really good job in some very trying circumstances at some clubs. The post Xmas slumps are crazy though.

 

[lordy_87]

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Although considering who he manages now his comments about JH have aged brilliantly

My god, that's really clutching that is mate

 

[pusbccfc]

Payday for loads of people tomorrow, watch it shoot up

Isn't payday last day or month, not Friday in Feb?

 

[pusbccfc]

Won't be near the QPR crowd because they brought more than Sunderland are but sales aren't too far off that game at this stage. Usually a surge on Fridays.

21,500 for me. Not bad for £33.

 

[shmmeee]

Isn't payday last day or month, not Friday in Feb?

My payday tomorrow.

 

[Nuskyblue]

My payday tomorrow.

Snap. I think so anyways.

 

[pusbccfc]

My payday tomorrow.

Hope it is mine!

 

[shmmeee]

Hope it is mine!

Just spend as if it is until the shopkeeper says no. Quantum physics says it’s OK.

 

[fatso]

Only a few hundred sold today. Looking 22-23000 though so that’s great

Shity early kick off, and being live on Sky won't help the attendance.

 

[Fergusons_Beard]

His man management was terrible, and loaning out Jim O'Brien was stupid. He was one of out most aggressive players and had a massive influence on games. I felt we were pretty soft after he went.

The next season is better not spoken about.

Remember saying at the time that J’OB flattered to deceive.
For all his running around (like a headless chicken) and launching into tackles he was mediocre at best.
But we all love a player that runs around for the cause.
That hid his lack of football intelligence and it most have been highly frustrating for any manager when he went charging off out of position only to be caught by an opposition that exploited the space where J’OB should have been.
You just couldn’t rely on him to stay in the position he was supposed to play and he cost us some very annoying goals.


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[fernandopartridge]

Remember saying at the time that J’OB flattered to deceive.
For all his running around (like a headless chicken) and launching into tackles he was mediocre at best.
But we all love a player that runs around for the cause.
That hid his lack of football intelligence and it most have been highly frustrating for any manager when he went charging off out of position only to be caught by an opposition that exploited the space where J’OB should have been.
You just couldn’t rely on him to stay in the position he was supposed to play and he cost us some very annoying goals.


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Yep, it's exactly that what Mowbray didn't like. I think Mowbray has been proven right on that as O'Brien has spent most of the remainder of his career in lower leagues.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Remember saying at the time that J’OB flattered to deceive.
For all his running around (like a headless chicken) and launching into tackles he was mediocre at best.
But we all love a player that runs around for the cause.
That hid his lack of football intelligence and it most have been highly frustrating for any manager when he went charging off out of position only to be caught by an opposition that exploited the space where J’OB should have been.
You just couldn’t rely on him to stay in the position he was supposed to play and he cost us some very annoying goals.


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Completely disagree I'm afraid. He had one of the best visions in that midfield and was very aggressive in his play. He was also organising from the front and kicked the other players up the arse. When he didn't play we missed that a lot, and when he left it wasn't a coincidence we looked less up for it and stopped getting results. It was definitely a contributing factor.

 

[mmttww]

Isn't payday last day or month, not Friday in Feb?

Lots have 25th Feb as a fixed payday (me included). Heading to the ticket office later. I'll report on whether the queue is massive or not! Like others, I reckon it'll surge last minute and nudge towards 20k home fans.

Edit: didn't need to go to the ticket office but it looks busy online.

 

[AOM]

Yeah I’ve got no issue with Mowbray, probably one of my favourite non-Robins Sisu era managers.

Still vividly remember that Gillingham home game where Jacob Murphy got a hat-trick in like 10 minutes.
Thought there was no stopping us at that point of the season.

Think I personally preferred Pressley to Mowbray for that era though

 

[PVA]

Still vividly remember that Gillingham home game where Jacob Murphy got a hat-trick in like 10 minutes.
Thought there was no stopping us at that point of the season.

Think I personally preferred Pressley to Mowbray for that era though

I'm sure Gillingham were top of the league then, and our win took us above them.

Beating top of the league 4-1 definitely had me convinced we were the real deal

 

[Nick]

Our own fans were saying they couldn't see where we get 5 more wins to avoid relegation from just 3 games ago

We have had whoppers going on about not renewing if we are in League 1 and all that. Fucking weird.

 

[the rumpo kid]

I've been booshed on the scumbumlund forum just for using the word twats !
Talk about sensitive!

 

[Saddlebrains]

Isn't payday last day or month, not Friday in Feb?

Anyone paid 24/25/26 of the month will be paid today surely?


Im 26th and its today