Match Thread Coventry City - Norwich City Match Thread - Saturday 31st Aug (36 Viewers)

[Nick]

Discuss the Coventry City - Norwich City match, tactics and predictions

 

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[shepardo01]

Norwich - when was the last time we beat them!?
Will be tough.
Despite the scoreline last night at Palace (reserve keeper was shite apparently) fans were impressed.- saying new gaffer seems to have them well coached.
New signing in midfield who was being raved about injured last night.
Could do with Sargent disappearing.

Sheaf being back could be huge - does MR have the balls to start him!?

 

[Gleneagles65]

Norwich will improve and finish top half. Great time to play them and we’ll be a couple of goals too good for them. 3.1 win and calmness on here.

 

[Viktor17]

Bogey team for us.

sheaf to start, go as long as he can.

start with intent.

 

[napolimp]

Not going to happen, but I'd be interested in seeing;

Dovin
MVE - Thomas - Binks - Bidwell
Saka - Rudoni - Sheaf - Wright
Simms - Bassette

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Last time we beat them was 2009, 11 games ago

 

[Saddlebrains]

Sheaf has to Start if we have a chance of winning this

I'm sure he can get an hour in

Dovin
MVE
Thomas
Binks
Bidwell
Sheaf
Torp
Sakamoto
Rudoni
Haji
Simms

For me

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Last time we beat them was 2009, 11 games ago

Maybe we are trying to match the Preston record .

 

[skybluelee]

Sorry all, I'm coming to this one and I haven't seen us win in my last 12 games. :-(

FWIW I'd go:

Dovin
MVE, Thomas, Kitching, DaSilva
Sheaf, Rudoni, Torp
Tats, Simms, Wright

Bassette to make an impact off the bench after 65 mins.

 

[mmttww]

I haven't seen us win in my last 12 games...

 

[Hutch11]

Sorry all, I'm coming to this one and I haven't seen us win in my last 12 games. :-(

Time to break a couple of hoodoos then

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Time to break a couple of hoodoos then

At what point do you say I’m not coming again
12 games wow

 

[Jamesimus]

Sorry all, I'm coming to this one and I haven't seen us win in my last 12 games. :-(

FWIW I'd go:

Dovin
MVE, Thomas, Kitching, DaSilva
Sheaf, Rudoni, Torp
Tats, Simms, Wright

Bassette to make an impact off the bench after 65 mins.

Sorry mate it’s sold out.

 

[alexccfc99]

The game at home against these last season was bizarre, we completely outplayed them yet needed a freak own goal to even get a result - and after all Norwich's gamesmanship and time wasting the ref only added 4 mins on at the end

On that evidence if you'd have told me Norwich would have been a play off side come the end of the season I would have laughed at you

Can see another frustrating draw on Saturday

 

[TomRad85]

These lost comfortably at Oxford and we've all seen how shite Oxford are. I'd be expecting a home win.

 

[shmmeee]

Hoping for a win, got a horrible feeling it’ll be a loss or a draw. Can’t remember the last time I saw us beat Norwich.

I’d go:

Dovin
MvE Lats Kitching Dasilva
Eccles Rudoni
Saka Palmer Wright
Simms

Sheaf and Bassette on for Simms and Palmer on 60.

 

[SkyBluePower]

Always feels we have had a bit of fear of Norwich- they were the sort of team who had players and depth we could only dream of when we first came up and were usually miles better than us.
Now would argue our squad is as good or better than theirs for the first time in a generation.

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Should be winning this if we have aspirations of finishing in the top 2.

 

[TomRad85]

Sorry all, I'm coming to this one and I haven't seen us win in my last 12 games. :-(

FWIW I'd go:

Dovin
MVE, Thomas, Kitching, DaSilva
Sheaf, Rudoni, Torp
Tats, Simms, Wright

Bassette to make an impact off the bench after 65 mins.

This is the team i'd go with too

 

[shepardo01]

As someone mentioned in a different thread,
Along with winning at Preston, beating Norwich is one of the four horsemen of the promotion apocalypse.....

 

[skybluelee]

At what point do you say I’m not coming again
12 games wow

Its getting ridiculous now, mate! If you listen to the VAR audio from Wembley you'll hear the panic that Lee from Weymouth was on the verge of seeing a Coventry win and that any such notion must be quashed immediately.

 

[long way home]

Someone is going to miss out of the squad on Saturday who would be a squad regular when fit.. Tavares and Collins already in the stands wonder who else joins them

One out of Allen, Palmer, Kitching, Eccles or Bassette,

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Always feels we have had a bit of fear of Norwich- they were the sort of team who had players and depth we could only dream of when we first came up and were usually miles better than us.
Now would argue our squad is as good or better than theirs for the first time in a generation.

Our first season back in the Championship, playing them felt like we were taking on Man City.

We have come a long way.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The last time I physically saw us beat Norwich, Chris Birchall scored a screamer which might well have been the only goal he actually scored for the club.

 

[Jamesimus]

Someone is going to miss out of the squad on Saturday who would be a squad regular when fit.. Tavares and Collins already in the stands wonder who else joins them

One out of Allen, Palmer, Kitching, Eccles or Bassette,

Can see it being Palmer. He offers something different, but played most of last night and he struggles with anymore than 60 mins anyway.

 

[MusicDating]

Last time we beat them was 2009, 11 games ago

Yup

Though our overall record is very good -

Games won:	54
Games drawn:	36
Games lost:	38

 

[SonofErnie]

As someone mentioned in a different thread,
Along with winning at Preston, beating Norwich is one of the four horsemen of the promotion apocalypse.....

Beating West Brom and Swansea are close behind.

 

[Skybluekyle]

Sorry all, I'm coming to this one and I haven't seen us win in my last 12 games. :-(

FWIW I'd go:

Dovin
MVE, Thomas, Kitching, DaSilva
Sheaf, Rudoni, Torp
Tats, Simms, Wright

Bassette to make an impact off the bench after 65 mins.

It's a 3pm kick-off mate. Ignore any talk of an early kick-off, that's fake news

 

[SleepyGinger]

Feel like Dasilva has earnt the chance to start but don’t think he will after playing 90 last night. CB is much of a muchness I don’t think there’s a lot in it at all between the 4 of them. I’d go Eccles alongside Sheaf as that’s when we’ve seen the best version of him.

Dovin
MVE Thomas Binks Bidwell
Eccles Sheaf
Sakamoto Rudoni Wright
Simms

Wilson
Kitching
Lati
Dasilva
Torp
Palmer
EMC
BTA
Bassette

 

[Philosoraptor]

 

[False9]

Would he start Kitching and Binks together? Two left footers seems unlikely but I'm not convinced by Lati and Thomas is out of form currently.

 

[fernandopartridge]

The last time I physically saw us beat Norwich, Chris Birchall scored a screamer which might well have been the only goal he actually scored for the club.

I was at that game, Kevin Kyle scored his first goal for the club I think

 

[Gleneagles65]

What kind of attendance is expected? Norwich have sold out (not sure how many tickets they took)

 

[Jamesimus]

I was at that game, Kevin Kyle scored his first goal for the club I think

One of many. Oh wait…

 

[Evo1883]

City 2-1 Norwich

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