Match Thread Coventry City - Preston North End FC Match Thread - Friday 23rd Feb (30 Viewers)

[hamertime]

We must be the least physical side in this league, completely found out. It’s like a show pony, provoke it and it will dance quicker. No
Teeth.

 

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[SeaSeeEffCee]

What actually happened?

It was the classic ‘one player jumps and one player ducks under them and take their legs out midair’.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It accounts for everything. Since Torp went off last game we’ve gone straight back to the turgid shite from the startschot the year and that’s why everyone looks shit because the defence have no options and everything comes back or they get caught on the ball.

Fucking Wilson can piss off tho. Genuinely would be better without him at all. Makes the whole team nervous.

It accounts for looking clueless going forward, agreed. But nothing to do with any of those terrible goals handed on a plate.

All the while the Mason Clarke deal is doing no favours for anybody

 

[Major Tom]

To many medical experts on here.

Has anyone seen the
MRI.. have we got the emergency team at Walsgrave on WhatsApp
But if it is a fractured pelvis then it’s a restructure with internal fixation, screws, wires and plates.
time in a wheelchair and lots of rehab

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

All the fucking corner routines. Fuck me three down and we bring everyone back. Why why why?

MR explained that at least. Wanted a second half clean sheet.

Which is just utterly embarrassing

 

[Tommo1993]

Referee has to wave on them on. Its the rules. Still why not use offensive language to them anyway hey?

And he did. Long before they finally got a move on.

 

[Gint11]

Well I said we’re too good to lose 0-4 and we almost did. Shocking and proven wrong!

 

[Matt smith]

Liam Kelly starts against west brom next week

calling it now

 

[alexccfc99]

He’ll ditch 4-3-3 now Sakamoto is seemingly out of action for the season

 

[Nick]

MR explained that at least. Wanted a second half clean sheet.

Which is just utterly embarrassing

Did it all game though?

 

[letsallsingtogether]

??? Players should be able to jump as high as they like how is it putting himself in danger??

Its like telling kids they cant go to school in the snow incase they fall over.
The worlds gone soft.

 

[Matt smith]

He’ll ditch 4-3-3 now Sakamoto is seemingly out of action for the season

I don’t think he will, Palmer will play there

 

[LilleSkyBlue]

We must be the least physical side in this league, completely found out. It’s like a show pony, provoke it and it will dance quicker. No
Teeth.

Ponies do have teeth

 

[OldBedrocker]

Perspective needed, this was last years Stoke at home. The real worry is the amount of injured and allegedly fatigued players.
Robins is trying to juggle a thin squad and it’s not easy with some key players out.
Wilson is not Collins
Dasilva is not Bidwell
Binks is not Kitching
Thomas just had a mare
Eccles is not Sheaf
Latí ….was he playing ?
The strikers created fuck all and scored even less!
We actually need the cup game to try and restore some confidence now !

Collins, Bidwell and Kitching are not injured so no need to rest them

 

[Ashdown]

This Mason Clarke deal looks a bit weak now on our side…. Especially for that money.

 

[pusbccfc]

He’ll ditch 4-3-3 now Sakamoto is seemingly out of action for the season

He has to.

We cannot play the rest of the season with a front 3 of either Simms, Haji, Godden and Palmer.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Did it all game though?

He does it every game. I’d love to hear that moron Winch ask him why he does it. From my point of view it just lets the opposition crowd the area, denies you counter attacking possibilities, means you will invariably have to defend another ball into the box if you clear the first, plus getting your strikers to take on defensive instructions at set pieces.

It makes no sense

 

[Ashdown]

Collins, Bidwell and Kitching are not injured so no need to test them

Totally agree, that was my point

 

[covcity4life]

??? Players should be able to jump as high as they like how is it putting himself in danger??

No I mean like he jumped on to the guys shoulder. I dunno. I'm prob chatting shit. I just always though the attacker is naive when fall like that. It's like they jump into danger area too far

Not rly explaining it

 

[shmmeee]

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This Mason Clarke deal looks a bit weak now on our side…. Especially for that money.

Just gone past the two week cooling off period too.

 

[hamertime]

Oh stop being a drama queen. Robins himself said it was an atrocious performance, the worst in years. We could all see that. There isn't a football ground in the country that wouldn't have emptied at 80 minutes tonight Leaving at half time is weird I admit, but the vast majority stayed the back them until last 10.

Bizarre that after a performance like that, with a very honest appraisal from the manager, your absolute first instinct is to have a pop at the fans.

I wasn’t a drama queen, I stayed until the end. The blame here lies solely at Doug Ellis for not backing Mark in January. Robins will get disillusioned and end up leaving pretty soon in my opinion.

 

[Tommo1993]

This Mason Clarke deal looks a bit weak now on our side…. Especially for that money.

Not allowed to say that.

 

[EalingSB]

Feel pretty down about Saka being in hospital with a potentially very serious injury. Been an absolute joy and he gets fucking pummeled by bone-headed defenders every week.

 

[hamertime]

Ponies do have teeth

You nearly got it.

 

[curly_tom]

We must be the least physical side in this league, completely found out. It’s like a show pony, provoke it and it will dance quicker. No
Teeth.

Second defeat in 18 games, not that bad is it?

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

The best way to counter it is to play it over the top of their players to our strikers. Couple of problems with it thought.

1 Our strikers don't have the best 1st touch

2 We brought every player back for every set piece.

3 Wilson can’t throw it, or kick it that far with any accuracy.

 

[shmmeee]

I wasn’t a drama queen, I stayed until the end. The blame here lies solely at Doug Ellis for not backing Mark in January. Robins will get disillusioned and end up leaving pretty soon in my opinion.

Expecting villa chairmen to support us from beyond the grave is a bit much.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I wasn’t a drama queen, I stayed until the end. The blame here lies solely at Doug Ellis for not backing Mark in January. Robins will get disillusioned and end up leaving pretty soon in my opinion.

1. He was the Villa chairman
2. He’s been dead for 6 years

 

[bigfatronssba]

That’s why we’ve always been shit. The players will now know when the going gets tuff, the fans get going. People lapping it up the last few years of success but couldn’t just sit and take it, have to vent their fury. Fucking embarrassing fans.

If any of our players think that performance was worthy of praise then frankly I don’t want them here.
Decent players know when they’ve been bad. They will know why people left early.

To be honest they got away very lightly with it. 15 years ago the atmosphere would’ve been toxic with a performance like that

 

[Mr Panda]

Jay Dasilva will get the bad press for his stupidity but I’ve got to call out Josh Eccles. He might not do anything glaringly obvious like give the ball away in a stupid area, but on a day where you really need him to step up he goes missing. Completely bullied in the centre of the park and he didn’t look to offer himself at all when the ball was with the CBs or out wide.

Lati you can sort of understand as he’s not a natural CM. But Eccles lack of bravery to get on the ball was bad.

He needs Torp or Sheaf with him

 

[hamertime]

This Mason Clarke deal looks a bit weak now on our side…. Especially for that money.

Finally

 

[oscillatewildly]

Called this slump, weeks ago.
You ain't seen nothin yet!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Jay Dasilva will get the bad press for his stupidity but I’ve got to call out Josh Eccles. He might not do anything glaringly obvious like give the ball away in a stupid area, but on a day where you really need him to step up he goes missing. Completely bullied in the centre of the park and he didn’t look to offer himself at all when the ball was with the CBs or out wide.

Lati you can sort of understand as he’s not a natural CM. But Eccles lack of bravery to get on the ball was bad.

He needs Torp or Sheaf with him

The one good chance we created he put far into row Z.

 

[djr8369]

To be honest this Maidstone game should be a blessing

I’d honestly play the first team after that and tell them to go and put it right

Based on tonight the first team will get turned over.

 

[larry_david]

Feel pretty down about Saka being in hospital with a potentially very serious injury. Been an absolute joy and he gets fucking pummeled by bone-headed defenders every week.

Yeah I feel sorry for him. The penalty you pay for being a dangerous, skilful opponent is to get assaulted every game.