Match Thread Coventry City - West Bromwich Albion Match Thread - Monday 30th Oct (18 Viewers)

[SBT]

Also, I really really really hope Eccles is off corners, he’s a great lad but he just can’t take corners. Dasilva, Sheaf or Sakamoto should be taking them in my view. With the amount of set pieces we get we should definitely be converting more, we’re letting teams off the hook in almost every aspect atm.

Has Sheaf ever taken corners in his career? Don’t remember him doing so for us.

 

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[Frostie]

There's no point us being in control and having the ball if we don't score goals though. In theory, it would be lovely but there needs to be a Plan B where we do "win by any means necessary" when the first option isn't working.

Yeah, we're not getting it quite right at the moment, it's all too pedestrian & missing that creative spark.
I think he might be a bit more pragmatic until he can bring more creativity in during the January window, but I fancy us to be really inconsistent for most of the season tbh.

It's difficult because, as evidenced above, some fans will be turned off following the unexpected high last season, but if MR & King really believe in this "process" then they have to hold their nerve.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

@Saddlebrains have you told your source to stop bringing everyone back at corners?

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

If the box formation fails miserably tonight we need to try 4-4-2 next

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

If the box formation fails miserably tonight we need to try 4-4-2 next

Could do the 5-stodge-1 we did to tighten up first season up

 

[BlueSkiesForever]

Has Sheaf ever taken corners in his career? Don’t remember him doing so for us.

Probably not but I don’t know who else can take them other than Dasilva, surely anything has to be better than Eccles taking corners? Sheaf has a decent shot on him, I assume he can take corners? I realise it doesn’t always work like that but we really need to find an Eccles replacement for corners.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Probably not but I don’t know who else can take them other than Dasilva, surely anything has to be better than Eccles taking corners? Sheaf has a decent shot on him, I assume he can take corners? I realise it doesn’t always work like that but we really need to find an Eccles replacement for corners.

Either that or go to short corners for the interim.

 

[theferret]

Weirdly the most confident I've been all season. It all starts here.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

If you are a professional footballer, you can take a decent corner and free kick.
The ball is stationary ffs if you can’t get a good strike , you should consider another profession.

 

[PVA]

Are Eccles' corners that bad?

They aren't great. But I think we struggle just as equally from poor delivery as we do from not having many players capable of attacking the ball.

We're quite a small team really I think. Even our centre backs aren't very big

Lati is 5'11
Fadz 6'0

I think we'll look more threatening with Kitching in there, and Thomas to be fair.

 

[SBT]

If you are a professional footballer, you can take a decent corner and free kick.
The ball is stationary ffs if you can’t get a good strike , you should consider another profession.

I saw a professional snooker player once who couldn’t even pot the ball. Lunacy.

 

[usskyblue]

OURFUCKINGSEASONSTARTSTONIGHT



1-0 Loss

 

[andrew.roberts]

I agree to a point, but to get in a good corner with whip and pace is altogether something else. I'm surprised that van Ewijk isn't taking any after that goal from the free kick a few weeks ago.
(In reply to Warwickshire Lad's post).

 

[Nick]

Yeah, we're not getting it quite right at the moment, it's all too pedestrian & missing that creative spark.
I think he might be a bit more pragmatic until he can bring more creativity in during the January window, but I fancy us to be really inconsistent for most of the season tbh.

It's difficult because, as evidenced above, some fans will be turned off following the unexpected high last season, but if MR & King really believe in this "process" then they have to hold their nerve.

It depends if people can see signs of it working.

As fans, we see 2 best players sold, season ticket price increases, loads of money spent on players and absolutely terrible football making it a chore to go up when shit loads of our home games are moved to be on sky

 

[SBbucks]

Same

1 mates dropped out, daughters got a cold so she wont be going, shame because its extremely rare for her to get to a night game without school, and my son went 'not that bothered its not exactly exciting anymore is it'


Really 50/50 if i can be arsed

Really don’t understand people posting all week on here then can’t be arsed to go to the game. Bizarre.


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[Saddlebrains]

Really don’t understand people posting all week on here then can’t be arsed to go to the game. Bizarre.


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Well jokes on you cus im going because im a super fan and i bleed sky blue and Ive got posters of Patrick Suffo on my desk

 

[Saddlebrains]

The Bristol game you were almost completely wrong

Prove it

 

[covboy9]

Very worried about tonight the side will be nervous vs a bogey side

nil nil I reckon

 

[Great_Expectations]

Seems I’m in the minority but I’m actually looking forward to it.

Return of the box, strong team (on paper) and a decent crowd all things considered.

 

[SBbucks]

Well jokes on you cus im going because im a super fan and i bleed sky blue and Ive got posters of Patrick Suffo on my desk

Enjoy the atmosphere on Sky


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[SBT]

Prove it

Milan will start but wont do 90

He did do 90

Still seems like Callum and Sheaf will be on the bench

Outside chance of Kelly and Palmer, that should be decided today

Neither was on the bench, and Palmer and Kelly still haven’t even managed to make the squad

Other than that…

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

Are Eccles' corners that bad?

They aren't great. But I think we struggle just as equally from poor delivery as we do from not having many players capable of attacking the ball.

We're quite a small team really I think. Even our centre backs aren't very big

Lati is 5'11
Fadz 6'0

I think we'll look more threatening with Kitching in there, and Thomas to be fair.

Eccles put some corners into decent areas last Wednesday but nobody attacked them. They had a bloke who headed 3 away unchallenged centrally on the edge of the 6 yard box.

 

[Saddlebrains]

He did do 90


Neither was on the bench, and Palmer and Kelly still haven’t even managed to make the squad

Other than that…

Yea find the posts after that that were still pre Saturday you lemsip

 

[jordan210]

 

[usskyblue]

The box?

 

[Matt smith]

Yea find the posts after that that were still pre Saturday you lemsip

Bang on from saddle

 

[Grendel]

He did do 90


Neither was on the bench, and Palmer and Kelly still haven’t even managed to make the squad

Other than that…

Pretty accurate on tonight’s

 

[hamil99]

The box?

Let's see what happens here. I've gone from pessimistic to optimistic. Really like the look of that team, with O'Hare to come on later.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Wright gets his chance as lone striker, now we'll see what he's made of

 

[Nick]

Another change of back 5.

Hopefully this works!

Is Allen fully fit?

 

[Matt smith]

Why does fadz keep playing

he’s past it

 

[SBT]

Yea find the posts after that that were still pre Saturday you lemsip

Well yes, like your prediction of the Doug King takeover, it is indeed easier to get things right when you confidently predict that every single scenario will happen.

 

[Mr Panda]

It’ll feel typical Coventry City to win tonight against the the favourites having been shite against two teams we should have beat.

2-0

 

[CCFCSteve]

Fair play saddlebrains. Not 100% but pretty much the gist.

Can’t believe the chopping and changing of the back three though

 

[hill83]