Match Thread Preston vs. Coventry City - Match Thread - Sat 19th Oct (12 Viewers)

[Grendel]

Without reading any other opinions.

Much better today, apart from the finishing.

The real score should have been 2-3 as Preston did have 3 or 4 big chances.

Dovin, Bassett and Dasilva excellent.

Our top players let us down today. Sheaf, MVE, Simms not at the races.

Unlucky to lose today, but I have a feeling our ‘Run’ will start on Tuesday night.

How on earth was Bassett excellent? He ran around a lot, shouted a lot and that was it?

 

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

How on earth was Bassett excellent? He ran around a lot, shouted a lot and that was it?

He is very much all bark and no bite. But most of this team is neither.

 

[SBTasha]

I feel he is lonely. Is there a professional in the Club ? I can't see one. On or off the pitch.

Yeah I feel that too. He looks like he’s lost a best mate or two. Whether that’s Viveash or players he’s released I don’t know?
But as for professionals it’s none existent in leadership. Fads, Kelly, Gyok, Hamer list goes on. None replaced like for like for dressing room presence. Blackburn are rubbing their hands with Fadz. Why we didn’t keep him will never know. You need leadership playing or not playing?

 

[StrettoBoy]

Viral infection causing breathing difficulties. Gonna be given something called magnesium sulphate. Wish I had not googled doctors talking about it's use

I really hope that your young one makes a speedy and full recovery

Football is meaningless compared with something like that.

 

[Cally Fedora]

How on earth was Bassett excellent? He ran around a lot, shouted a lot and that was it?

To be fair he did link play quite well a few times and made some intelligent lay offs. But overall I agree - running about a lot is good but doesn’t generally win games at this level. Wright is the class forward - just a shame he’s away so much which makes selection difficult.

 

[StrettoBoy]

It’s worrying to think that, come Tuesday night, we could be rock bottom. All it needs is for us to lose to QPR and for Cardiff v Portsmouth to be a draw

We shouldn’t be anywhere near in that position with the players we have.

 

[CovValleyBoy]

It’s worrying to think that, come Tuesday night, we could be rock bottom. All it needs is for us to lose to QPR and for Cardiff v Portsmouth to be a draw

We shouldn’t be anywhere near in that position with the players

You are like the owners & MR , deluded.
We do not have a centre back in the club.
The foundation of any team.

 

[SBTasha]

Anyway let’s get the QPR thread started

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Viral infection causing breathing difficulties. Gonna be given something called magnesium sulphate. Wish I had not googled doctors talking about it's use

Chemically it’s nothing to be concerned about, biologically I assume it’s to help muscle relaxation. Stay strong regardless

 

[skybluecam]

As for whose fault it is I’m sure we could go on about it for days, but it’s mad to think we’ve squandered one of the biggest gifts that 2 players will probably ever give us. We basically turned £2 mil into £35 mil and then with that we bought a load of players that either can’t play or can’t be arsed to play.

I personally think Robins has a game or two left until I’ll be in the “Robins out” camp.

You post a robins out poll every week

 

[blunted]

Strachan said. He rated Adi & wondered out loud what Boateng would bring. So far : Nothing at All.

And McSheffrey said MR was not great at Scunthorpe with a shit Assistant. We need a better Assistant.

 

[blunted]

The coaching set up has not been massively overhauled in reality. Viveash was dismissed for non football reasons and it’s alarming how tactically weak we now are

Do you have evidence why Adi was removed or left? I have seen about 8 different reasons so far. Please provide evidence if you have any.

 

[robbiethemole]

They had 4 better players out………. and we still couldn’t beat them! We could be fucked this season.

 

[SBTasha]

They had 4 better players out………. and we still couldn’t beat them! We could be fucked this season.

In my best Mrs Doubtfire voice “Oh boys, WE will be ok, trust the process”. .

 

[Evo1883]

 

[shepardo01]

@Saddlebrains , what's the latest then?

 

[Nuskyblue]

Did we deserve a point? On the balance of play you’ve got to say yes.. but the issue is; we deserved a point against a really poor Preston team, and more worryingly, we have real issues all over the pitch.

We really didn't deserve a point.

 

[Sick Boy]

Back to my 2 year old in high dependency unit. What a shit day so far. Pray it gets better from here

So sorry to hear that. My thoughts are with you.

 

[skyblue025]

Thought we were better today but couldn’t score in a brothel with a handful of £50 notes. The Norman and Haji misses are unacceptable at any level of football. Our first effort on target was in the 92nd minute.

 

[StrettoBoy]

You are like the owners & MR , deluded.
We do not have a centre back in the club.
The foundation of any team.

What total nonsense.

We have a squad of players who are clearly good enough for us to be above the bottom three.

I wasn’t saying we would get automatic promotion.

 

[PVA]

In isolation the performance wasn't that bad.

If we were sat in midtable then after that you'd probably say it was OK, and a little unlucky not to come away with something.

Obviously when taken with all the other results it fucking sucks.

 

[CovValleyBoy]

It’s worrying to think that, come Tuesday night, we could be rock bottom. All it needs is for us to lose to QPR and for Cardiff v Portsmouth to be a draw

We shouldn’t be anywhere near in that position with the players

What total nonsense.

We have a squad of players who are clearly good enough for us to be above the bottom three.

I wasn’t saying we would get automatic promotion.

Well the facts prove you wrong.
Listen Stretto. We have no centre backs mate !!

 

[Matt smith]

If we go to the bottom of the league I think that’ll be it

 

[Saddlebrains]

@Saddlebrains , what's the latest then?

We're dog shit is about the jist of it and for me it's a perfect storm of people's own mistakes that have made one huge clusterfuck

Robins - hasn't a clue at the minute let's be honest. Even changing shape we look wank. Has he hit the end of the line? Maybe. His press conference yesterday trying complete revisionism with expectations, and little paddy with the fans at full time today say to me he's done for

Doug - his refusal of loans, or experience because it won't make him any cash is fucking amateur. It's affected us on the field massively but people don't want to hear it. He's pissed about with things that didn't need pissing about with and he's fucked it. He hasn't listened to anyone better qualified than him around the club, because Douglas knows best, and fuck everyone else. Him and his nonse brother nowhere to be seen all of a sudden

Coaches - Clearly absolutely nowhere near the level needed. Stealing a living and out of their depth. Training sessions are more intense and technical apparently but that means fuck all during games

Dr Claire + Co - they've not got a fucking clue

Aled Williams - as a defence coach is one of the worst decision I think the club's ever made. We cannot defend for toffee and how no one in the club is amending this is astonishing

The players - Bollockless, spineless little bitches. Not one of them, not even our captain who I adore have the minerals to sort this out. Whinging about fans reactions, soft skinned little weasels and I dont have a clue how we change that

Recruitment - goes without saying. It's been shite

 

[StrettoBoy]

Well the facts prove you wrong.
Listen Stretto. We have no centre backs mate !!

We have four! They may not be world-beaters but they are good enough to keep us out of the bottom three.

I think the real problems are (a) midfield and (b) having forwards who, for whatever reason, aren’t putting it in the net.

 

[CovValleyBoy]

We're dog shit is about the jist of it and for me it's a perfect storm of people's own mistakes that have made one huge clusterfuck

Robins - hasn't a clue at the minute let's be honest. Even changing shape we look wank. Has he hit the end of the line? Maybe. His press conference yesterday trying complete revisionism with expectations, and little paddy with the fans at full time today say to me he's done for

Doug - his refusal of loans, or experience because it won't make him any cash is fucking amateur. It's affected us on the field massively but people don't want to hear it. He's pissed about with things that didn't need pissing about with and he's fucked it. He hasn't listened to anyone better qualified than him around the club, because Douglas knows best, and fuck everyone else. Him and his nonse brother nowhere to be seen all of a sudden

Coaches - Clearly absolutely nowhere near the level needed. Stealing a living and out of their depth. Training sessions are more intense and technical apparently but that means fuck all during games

Dr Claire + Co - they've not got a fucking clue

Aled Williams - as a defence coach is one of the worst decision I think the club's ever made. We cannot defend for toffee and how no one in the club is amending this is astonishing

The players - Bollockless, spineless little bitches. Not one of them, not even our captain who I adore have the minerals to sort this out. Whinging about fans reactions, soft skinned little weasels and I dont have a clue how we change that

Recruitment - goes without saying. It's been shite

Spot on Saddle.

 

[Cally Fedora]

We really didn't deserve a point.

Eh? Did you see the game?

 

[Cally Fedora]

We're dog shit is about the jist of it and for me it's a perfect storm of people's own mistakes that have made one huge clusterfuck

Robins - hasn't a clue at the minute let's be honest. Even changing shape we look wank. Has he hit the end of the line? Maybe. His press conference yesterday trying complete revisionism with expectations, and little paddy with the fans at full time today say to me he's done for

Doug - his refusal of loans, or experience because it won't make him any cash is fucking amateur. It's affected us on the field massively but people don't want to hear it. He's pissed about with things that didn't need pissing about with and he's fucked it. He hasn't listened to anyone better qualified than him around the club, because Douglas knows best, and fuck everyone else. Him and his nonse brother nowhere to be seen all of a sudden

Coaches - Clearly absolutely nowhere near the level needed. Stealing a living and out of their depth. Training sessions are more intense and technical apparently but that means fuck all during games

Dr Claire + Co - they've not got a fucking clue

Aled Williams - as a defence coach is one of the worst decision I think the club's ever made. We cannot defend for toffee and how no one in the club is amending this is astonishing

The players - Bollockless, spineless little bitches. Not one of them, not even our captain who I adore have the minerals to sort this out. Whinging about fans reactions, soft skinned little weasels and I dont have a clue how we change that

Recruitment - goes without saying. It's been shite

What utter, utter, shite.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

We're dog shit is about the jist of it and for me it's a perfect storm of people's own mistakes that have made one huge clusterfuck

Robins - hasn't a clue at the minute let's be honest. Even changing shape we look wank. Has he hit the end of the line? Maybe. His press conference yesterday trying complete revisionism with expectations, and little paddy with the fans at full time today say to me he's done for

Doug - his refusal of loans, or experience because it won't make him any cash is fucking amateur. It's affected us on the field massively but people don't want to hear it. He's pissed about with things that didn't need pissing about with and he's fucked it. He hasn't listened to anyone better qualified than him around the club, because Douglas knows best, and fuck everyone else. Him and his nonse brother nowhere to be seen all of a sudden

Coaches - Clearly absolutely nowhere near the level needed. Stealing a living and out of their depth. Training sessions are more intense and technical apparently but that means fuck all during games

Dr Claire + Co - they've not got a fucking clue

Aled Williams - as a defence coach is one of the worst decision I think the club's ever made. We cannot defend for toffee and how no one in the club is amending this is astonishing

The players - Bollockless, spineless little bitches. Not one of them, not even our captain who I adore have the minerals to sort this out. Whinging about fans reactions, soft skinned little weasels and I dont have a clue how we change that

Recruitment - goes without saying. It's been shite

A sub par goalkeeping coach in charge of defence explains a lot of what we’re seeing. We concede goals fit for the memorial park most weeks

 

[bigfatronssba]

How on earth was Bassett excellent? He ran around a lot, shouted a lot and that was it?

At least he pretended to care.

Simms doesn’t give a stuff

 

[Matt smith]

What utter, utter, shite.

You’d obviously think that George B

 

[Matt smith]

At least he pretended to care.

Simms doesn’t give a stuff

Simms is poor, should have sold him this summer

 

[CovValleyBoy]

We have four! They may not be world-beaters but they are good enough to keep us out of the bottom three.

I think the real problems are (a) midfield and (b) having forwards who, for whatever reason, aren’t putting it in the net.

What utter, utter, shite.

Said Dr Claire

 

[Diogenes]

In isolation the performance wasn't that bad.

If we were sat in midtable then after that you'd probably say it was OK, and a little unlucky not to come away with something.

Obviously when taken with all the other results it fucking sucks.

Agree completely with this. For once it didn't look like we were being ripped wide open constantly though that low bar demonstrates how shocking we've been.

If this was game 1 of the season we'd come away and say there's enough
positives to take from the game.

Doesn't work though when we've been dogshit for months.

 

[Matt smith]

Be nice if by the 11th game of the season on Tuesday we know our best 11, fingers crossed