Match Thread City XI vs Leamington Sat 13th July (7 Viewers)

[larry_david]

Tavares playing against Leam? Or still not ready? I know when he got injured MR said he'd come back mid pre season

 

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[Monty]

Could save us some money as well if he can step up to the Centre Forward Simms role

 

[Balli001]

Not yet ready

Tavares playing against Leam? Or still not ready? I know when he got injured MR said he'd come back mid pre season

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Howley must have played centre half with Kitching then

Interesting, let's hope he comes good, could save Doug King some money

 

[edgy]

Big pre season for Justin. A real chance to make a statement.

Got high hopes for the lad. Got a proper no 9 feel about him.

Would be ace to have an academy lad force himself into the reckoning.

 

[vow]

Who we expecting to play

Leamington m8

 

[itsabuzzard]

The last time England won a major tournament, City got promoted to the top flight.




...... just saying.

Shouldn't that be "The only time England won a major tournament..."

 

[Alkhen]

Losing 1-0 #RobbingsOut

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Robins isnt even at this game is he, as he was at Port Vale

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Losing 1-0 #RobbingsOut

Men against Boys.

 

[Monty]

Even more so when you consider Andrews, Obikwu and Dausch played with the first team so were not available for the Leamington match

 

[procdoc]

what is the lineup?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Lost 2-0 (City fans rioted at the end with police having closed off The Parade in Leamington in case it escalates)

Edit: I may have made some of the above up, for added excitement.

 

[edgy]

Pre season has been an utter shambles. Dougs clearly not learnt lessons.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Pre season has been an utter shambles. Dougs clearly not learnt lessons.

Better reach his hand into his pool of gold, rather than swim in it like Scrooge Mcduck

 

[torchomatic]

Max was there. He still loves us.

 

[torchomatic]

what is the lineup?

All U21s. Kai Yearn looked decent enough.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Pre season has been an utter shambles. Dougs clearly not learnt lessons.

At this time last year we had signed MvE, Simms, and Sakamoto.

Looks like he's got the season ticket money and splashed it on another private expedition venture to Antarctica.

 

[mark82]

At this time last year we had signed MvE, Simms, and Sakamoto.

Looks like he's got the season ticket money and splashed it on another private expedition venture to Antarctica.

And this year we have 3 new players in (albeit one was officially signed in Jan), so at about the same place and there isn't so much turnover this year. I know your post was tongue in cheek, but does show we're in a decent place already. Keeper plus a couple more and we're about done I'd say.

 

[fatso]

Lost 2-0 (City fans rioted at the end with police having closed off The Parade in Leamington in case it escalates)

Edit: I may have made some of the above up, for added excitement.

I didn't know there were escalators in the arcade!

 

[TewkesburySkyBlue]

Max was there. He still loves us.

Yes I saw Max looking his usual happy self.
I didn't stay to the very end but from what I saw I think Wisdom Mbra was our stand out player and maybe the only one who played the full 90.
Stand to be corrected.
I thought Leamington were decent and it was nice to hear total silence for the young man who was tragically killed.

 

[Potbellypig]

U18s played the first half and then mostly U21s in the 2nd half. I'd say the U18s looked a lot better than the U21s to be honest. A typical men against boys scenario

Craig Danny providing the usual entertainment too.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Big pre season for Justin. A real chance to make a statement.

I saw him in preseason vs FGR last year. I was impressed by his pace and size. Looked like he could play a bit too.

 

[junglej13]

At this time last year we had signed MvE, Simms, and Sakamoto.

Looks like he's got the season ticket money and splashed it on another private expedition venture to Antarctica.

MVE didn't sign till the end of July last summer.

 

[fatso]

Shouldn't that be "The only time England won a major tournament..."

Well the only time will surely always be the last time. Unless I'm missing something.

 

[TomRad85]

I saw him in preseason vs FGR last year. I was impressed by his pace and size. Looked like he could play a bit too.

Already got full international caps too.

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[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

MVE didn't sign till the end of July last summer.

It seems no one on this forum knows what a joke is today!

 

[itsabuzzard]

Well the only time will surely always be the last time. Unless I'm missing something.

The last time suggests plurality.

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

Lost 2-0 (City fans rioted at the end with police having closed off The Parade in Leamington in case it escalates)

Edit: I may have made some of the above up, for added excitement.

You mean the second paragraph?

 

[larry_david]

It's slightly irritating that they've not released the line ups. They've even got an academy twitter account now but nothing

 

[Potbellypig]

It's slightly irritating that they've not released the line ups. They've even got an academy twitter account now but nothing

Lineups are on the match report on the Leamington FC website.

 

[Monty]

Coventry City: 1 Luke Bell, 2 Greg Sandford, 4 Ben Blakely, 24 Kain Ryan, 22 Mackenzie Stretton, 8 Kai Yearn, 21 Charlie Finney, 6 Jack James, 11 Aston Ellard, 9 Nathan Jeche, 7 Wisdom Mbra.

Half time substitutes: 12 Dave Mantle, 18 Joe McCallum, 16 Josh Gordon, 17 Callum Perry, 19 Elliot Betjemann, 27 Leon Osaghae, 14 Harvey Bond, 28 Conrad Ambursely, 29 Constantine Panayiotou.

Subs not used: 26 Dan Rachel (GK).

 

[SkyblueTexan]

LeamingtonFC.co.uk - Leamington 2 Coventry City XI 0

Leamington Football Club

www.leamingtonfc.co.uk

Match report is here

 

[City since 76]

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[City since 76]

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