Match Thread Coventry City - Millwall FC Match Thread - Sunday 11th Feb (36 Viewers)

[Evo1883]

Very few have called him shite have they?

Early season it was an epidemic

 

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[SBT]

Spare a thought for the Millwall fans trying to get back to London today, the trains are totally fucked because of a mini-landslide near Rugby. Top day out for them.

 

[Evo1883]

Wright isn't a vik replacement , vik ran games and won them on his own ,potential to be a world class 9 .

Haji wright is just doing his job in what I regard as a better overall team , looking good on the left

 

[skybluegod]

I'm not sure on the comments about lati saying he was excellent of CDM. He wasn't. He did a job, and broke up play well at points but He benefited from the positive nature of the changes which pushed Haji into an area he can cause damage and allowed O'Hare a ton of space with Palmer off. That's what helped the midfield more than anything.
I don't mind him in an emergency in there, but it shouldn't be the go to every match for Robins. (I like lati in general but not at CDM.)

 

[Grendel]

I'm not sure on the comments about lati saying he was excellent of CDM. He wasn't. He did a job, and broke up play well at points but He benefited from the positive nature of the changes which pushed Haji into an area he can cause damage and allowed O'Hare a ton of space with Palmer off. That's what helped the midfield more than anything.
I don't mind him in an emergency in there, but it shouldn't be the go to every match for Robins. (I like lati in general but not at CDM.)

Its a fair assessment- Palmer was ineffective and the changes made a huge difference

 

[fatso]

We were crap in the first 20 minutes and they bullied our back four but let’s be honest that was an extremely comfortable win against a far inferior team

Not all together suprising considering we started without 3 of our normal back 4, and no Sheaf to add experience in midfield, and Millwall started very well.

Having said that, we eventually started to boss the game once we settled down, and full credit for the way we took the game by the scruff of the neck in the second half.

Good use of subs too. Haji looks way better on the left, and Simms caused their defence problems when he came on.
Lats looks decent in midfield, and Thomas sured up the defence.

All in all a good result, after a rather dodgy start.

Credit to Millwall who impressed with their work rate and defending. They'll easily avoid relegation this year.

 

[Astute]

Very few have called him shite have they?

Next you'll be saying you didn't spend a few years calling a taxi for Robins.

 

[Garlana86]

I'm not sure on the comments about lati saying he was excellent of CDM. He wasn't. He did a job, and broke up play well at points but He benefited from the positive nature of the changes which pushed Haji into an area he can cause damage and allowed O'Hare a ton of space with Palmer off. That's what helped the midfield more than anything.
I don't mind him in an emergency in there, but it shouldn't be the go to every match for Robins. (I like lati in general but not at CDM.)

Yeh as a CDM he was alright, he has the fight and can get about a bit but he's a long way off the likes of Hamer that's for sure, which isn't really criticism of course as Hamer was on his own level, but we should look to do better in that position.

Thomas coming on was a huge upgrade at the back though, added a lot of confidence to the team and before he was on I worried about every single cross and sh*t house throw in.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I'm not sure on the comments about lati saying he was excellent of CDM. He wasn't. He did a job, and broke up play well at points but He benefited from the positive nature of the changes which pushed Haji into an area he can cause damage and allowed O'Hare a ton of space with Palmer off. That's what helped the midfield more than anything.
I don't mind him in an emergency in there, but it shouldn't be the go to every match for Robins. (I like lati in general but not at CDM.)

He was excellent today when he moved there

 

[skybluegod]

Yeh as a CDM he was alright, he has the fight and can get about a bit but he's a long way off the likes of Hamer that's for sure, which isn't really criticism of course as Hamer was on his own level, but we should look to do better in that position.

Thomas coming on was a huge upgrade at the back though, added a lot of confidence to the team and before he was on I worried about every single cross and sh*t house throw in.

Agreed.

 

[skybluegod]

He was excellent today when he moved there

He wasn't. He was bang average. My post explains why. He isn't a midfielder and doesn't progress the ball well. He breaks up play well. That's it.

 

[Chris1987]

Good to grind out the win when not at our best. Hoping Thomas , Bidwell & Simms start the next 2 at least. Will be interesting to see if Binks stays in the side or Kitching returns.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

He wasn't. He was bang average. My post explains why. He isn't a midfielder and doesn't progress the ball well. He breaks up play well. That's it.

Watch again and take off your blinkers

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Good to grind out the win when not at our best. Hoping Thomas , Bidwell & Simms start the next 2 at least. Will be interesting to see if Binks stays in the side or Kitching returns.

Kitching may play Wednesday and binks Saturday or vice versa

 

[Astute]

Wright isn't a vik replacement , vik ran games and won them on his own ,potential to be a world class 9 .

Haji wright is just doing his job in what I regard as a better overall team , looking good on the left

We were never going to find an exact replacement for Gyokeres or Hamer. That's why we got so much money for them.

But what we have is a TEAM with the same togetherness as one that relied on two players. We have a goalscorer in Wright that has replaced the solo goals of Gyokeres and a midfield that has replaced Hamer. We now have goals throughout the side. Yet some seem to enjoy having a pop at certain players that we bought for much less money.

 

[fatso]

Last few games teams have smashed Sakamoto and got away with it. He's been non-existent as a result.

Nonsense

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Wright isn't a vik replacement , vik ran games and won them on his own ,potential to be a world class 9 .

Haji wright is just doing his job in what I regard as a better overall team , looking good on the left

To be fair Wright has won the game on his own today.

won the penalty, scored it and then bagged the winner.

 

[Nick]

Also Wright went to the left and was actually kicking off with their full back

 

[Evo1883]

To be fair Wright has won the game on his own today.

won the penalty, scored it and then bagged the winner.

Yea I see what you're saying but they vik would carry a ball up the pitch and drag us to wins where wright scored goals today in a manner you'd expect from a forward in general

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Delighted with the win, as much as we weren't brilliant it must be remembered that we couldn't beat Millwall at home last season with the two players who shall not be named.

We've come on a great deal because we always score.

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Didn't we win 1-0?

 

[Astute]

He wasn't. He was bang average. My post explains why. He isn't a midfielder and doesn't progress the ball well. He breaks up play well. That's it.

So we don't need a player who breaks up play well?

A good team covers all bases well. If your midfield is only good at going forward you will struggle. We're not at full strength. Nowhere near. And trying to rest players makes it even harder.

Sometimes I preferred it when we were shite. At least we could see the obvious then.

 

[Evo1883]

We were never going to find an exact replacement for Gyokeres or Hamer. That's why we got so much money for them.

But what we have is a TEAM with the same togetherness as one that relied on two players. We have a goalscorer in Wright that has replaced the solo goals of Gyokeres and a midfield that has replaced Hamer. We now have goals throughout the side. Yet some seem to enjoy having a pop at certain players that we bought for much less money.

We just don't need to compare them , vik a totally different forward

 

[ms639]

He wasn't. He was bang average. My post explains why. He isn't a midfielder and doesn't progress the ball well. He breaks up play well. That's it.

Are you telling me Eccles does more?


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[Astute]

We just don't need to compare them , vik a totally different forward

Exactly.

But many don't see it that way.

 

[ptr]

Couldn’t give a shit how he plays if he scores…and wins us the game. Fair play Wright. Will only get better.

 

[HadjiChippo]

To be fair Wright has won the game on his own today.

won the penalty, scored it and then bagged the winner.

Torp through ball for the penalty was beautiful. Sliced them wide open. He’s gonna be a level above next season as long as he has a ball winner along side him.

 

[Martin180]

Are you telling me Eccles does more?


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Yes

 

[harvey098]

What a win. What a weekend. What a squad. What a management team. Enjoy these times, we’ll miss them when they’re gone. Happy Sunday everyone PUSB

 

[long way home]

Our changes effected the game in a positive way, so whoever moved position or however they played we changed it and it worked.

 

[MalcSB]

So? You can’t stop once in a generation terrorist attacks. Also that was in the foyer. No amount of searching would have helped.

i dont necessarily disagree with you, but neither of us make the rules / guidelines. Could 9/11 be described as a once in a generation thing? That has affected everyone more than searches outside football stadia.

if we assume that searches are here to stay, then they need to be a little away from the turnstiles and have more than one searcher per turnstile,

 

[shmmeee]

i dont necessarily disagree with you, but neither of us make the rules / guidelines. Could 9/11 be described as a once in a generation thing? That has affected everyone more than searches outside football stadia.

if we assume that searches are here to stay, then they need to be a little away from the turnstiles and have more than one searcher per turnstile,

Why are we assuming they’re here to stay? It’s a dumb assumption that let’s off whichever idiot made the decision.

It takes roughly ten times as long to search everyone on a one staff per turn style basis. If they want to have this ridiculous theatre for no benefit then they’ll have to up staffing 10 x.

 

[SIR ERNIE]

Nonsense

Really? Norwich kicked lumps out of him and got away with it. Millwall stuck a couple of nasty sly ones on him in the first half and got away with it too.
Credit to him for a good second half today, he did well but he's entitled to more protection from refs than he's had recently.

On the subject of nonsense, this one made me chuckle when you saw Simms coming on.

We must be settling for a 0-1

 

[stevefloyd]

He can have a brandy if we see this through

A night cap?

 

[MalcSB]

DaSilva is great at going forward but way to small and poor decisively. would be better to use him in midfield

Trouble is, he is as one footed as Bidwell,

 

[Nick]

This is at least the second, possibly the third game this has been an issue recently. Surely an easy job for the kitman

I guess they choose not to