Match Thread Coventry City - Preston North End FC Match Thread - Friday 23rd Feb (17 Viewers)

[ms639]

I have never in my life left a game at half time until tonight. Absolutely awful with zero redeeming features whatsoever.

Did a much better job attacking our own goal than theirs. How to end your season in 45 minutes.

WBA will score 10

Leaving at HT is unforgivable. Don’t come back


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[shmmeee]

They’ve looked good.

An SBT XI would look good against us tonight .

 

[jordan210]

We gone win this 4-3....

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Of all the players to dig out you pick Eccles? He's been nowhere near our worst player.

I’ve already called Lati, Eccles, JDS and Wilson.

The forward play hasn’t been too bad, there’s no control in midfield and players like JDS have just been sloppy.

 

[procdoc]

I have never in my life left a game at half time until tonight. Absolutely awful with zero redeeming features whatsoever.

Did a much better job attacking our own goal than theirs. How to end your season in 45 minutes.

WBA will score 10

Fucking hell WBA won’t score 10, talk about completely over reacting

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

They’ve looked good.

They’ve just turned up. All that was required

 

[CCFCSteve]

I think that's having the clown behind them, remember last season it needed McFadz to coach players through as they obviously get nothing from Wilson.

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love Robins but that’s on him. Awful back line to pick against one of our play off rivals/physical team

 

[Cov98]

They’re not even a very good team. Of all the shitty sides to have a hoodoo against.

That's what pisses me off the most. Preston have been dog for years and yet we still make them look like a top team

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

We look so laboured, second to everything. Get Kelly on for Lati so we can at least try and win the ball back

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Yeah, it's been 5 days since the last game and Mark Robins gives the players 3 days off.

And this is what happens.

Please don't tell me the players need a rest.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Fucking hell WBA won’t score 10, talk about completely over reacting

The last part is clearly hyperbole.

 

[Deleted member 9744]

Of all the players to dig out you pick Eccles? He's been nowhere near our worst player.

It's amazing how people have to pick on players thry don't like. It's like they hope they have a poor game. I don't understand fans like that. Yes Eccles has been one of the better players along with Simms and Wright.

 

[SJ80]

MVE is fucking shite I don’t care what anyone says. If he didn’t wear his sock low and fist bump at the end of the game no one would rate him

Not a fucking clue at all with that statement !! Been one of our best players all season

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Honestly think the Tatsu injury has rocked the players as well.

 

[Astute]

They’re not even a very good team. Of all the shitty sides to have a hoodoo against.

They play the high press well. They are good at dark arts. Sides that play possession football struggle against them. We need to go long ball as their defence go up the pitch.

They let lots in. Not over yet. Most probably is though.

 

[Alkhen]

I have never in my life left a game at half time until tonight. Absolutely awful with zero redeeming features whatsoever.

Did a much better job attacking our own goal than theirs. How to end your season in 45 minutes.

WBA will score 10

Ha what a wimp.

Bet you felt the same after Stoke last year. Just man up and take a bad performance for what it is you drama queen

 

[Blind-Faith]

They’ve all been awful tonight, it’s Luton away all over again! Accept this time, it’s Preston and we’re the home team

Atleast Haji looks like he actually gives a shit tonight, unlike some of them out there.

 

[procdoc]

The last part is clearly hyperbole.

It’s your choice but leaving at half time is poor to be honest

 

[Great_Expectations]

Simms comes out of that first half with some credit.

Binks been ok.

Everyone else is poor or hiding.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

They play the high press well. They are good at dark arts. Sides that play possession football struggle against them. We need to go long ball as their defence go up the pitch.

They let lots in. Not over yet. Most probably is though.

I haven’t seen them do anything special. Just kick the ball in the vague direction of the goal and the defence parts for them and even puts it in the net.

 

[sw88]

An SBT XI would look good against us tonight .

Bagsy not playing up top. We’d never score as My shits will all hit the post

 

[Cov98]

Fucking hell WBA won’t score 10, talk about completely over reacting

They'll score 11

 

[Nick]

Looks like we have 2 up top and 2b behind

 

[glasgowfan]

Yup.

Robins has been fabulous for us. I am not having it that suddenly he is clueless and hasn't got a clue what he's doing.

Fatigue, injuries, knocks.

I would have played Bidwell instead of JDS if it was me, but I am not inside the club and privvy to form,. injuries, illnesses or knocks etc.

I think tonight was always going to be a tough ask with the players we have out

No idea why so many were predicting easy wins for us.

Hey, common-sense comments aren't allowed here

 

[jordan210]

Ref lets them waste time for 45

 

[Johhny Blue]

Oh well, only WBA away next.

Don’t worry. We’ll do the Cov thing

 

[MikeyMoo]

Did the commentators say Robins said that Kelly has a foot infection and that's why he hasn't been playing?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It’s your choice but leaving at half time is poor to be honest

Plenty others did. Never done it before either.

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

Square pegs in round holes works for 25 mins, it doesn't work week in, week out.

Robins has alienated his club captain and natural cm and I have no idea why. We've git away with it for weeks but today it's come home to roost

well the answer is because Kelly is not up to the standard required

Lati is a defensive midfielder, at best, he won’t do any fancy midfield work but he will (and does) sit and break play up, the problem is he needs a decent midfielder along side him and unfortunately Eccles isn’t it - positioning poor, passing poor (tonight at least) it doesn’t help when you’ve got someone playing out of position to have someone who isn’t able to understand and back that up

Our midfield tonight might as well not be there

I think we seemed to give up the play off fight when we didn’t look to strengthen the squad in January, and then Robins almost seemingly to emphasise that point started fucking about with the team and particularly the back five who looked settled and strong (albeit Kitching’s red card didn’t help).

 

[ms639]

I blame the day trippers in blocks 10 and 11 and the rainbow flags.


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[Macca]

It’s your choice but leaving at half time is poor to be honest

Not really. The players didn’t even arrive

 

[Nick]

Lati is in defence now and Palmer deeper?

 

[stupot07]

Looks like we've gone to 3 at the back with Palmer dropping into the middle.

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[Alkhen]

Proper shite, 3 poor goals. Just one of those games.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

They’ve looked good.

We have let them look good too. They're playing exactly as expected really, it was always going to be tough, and a defeat was always a possibility. A humiliation however...

 

[Great_Expectations]

Few people around me have left. Bet they’ll be there next time we get to Wembley though.