Match Thread Cardiff City - Coventry City Match Thread - Wednesday 1st Jan (10 Viewers)

[Nick]

Very odd to only make one change and then delay subs. Surely fresh legs at the back with either Binks or Kitching. Add then to get Torp off earlier.
Lucky to get a point from 10 men.

Not sure it was a lucky point.

We dropped 2

 

---

[TomRad85]

Yeah there’s a few desperate for Lampard/us to fail.

I think given the commentator said we were at 2 wins in 15 away? Home games we were losing left, right and centre... I'm not sure I see 2 defeats in 8, all done without the player who was the only reason we'd won anything, as the step back some are desperate to see it as.
Ultimately I'm just bored of hearing about it, genuinely.
We have obvious issues, I hope some are addressed in Jan but we might need to wait til the summer.
If we are this shit at the same point next season, Lampard can get to fuck, no arguments from me.

 

[CV22SBA]

Since Wolves?

so not the majority of the season then

We won 2 of our first 10 games last season. We were just as bad.

 

[covcity4life]

Yeah there’s a few desperate for Lampard/us to fail.

It's so obvious . But they are so deluded they actually think they have no axe to grind

 

[Shannerz]

Then Robins really was a miracle worker last season.

We had Sheaf and van Ewijk looking proper players who could play above this level then; they look like they don't now want to be here. They probably don't.

Kitching and Thomas looked a decent pairing for a while, too, but something clearly not football related has gone on with Kitching, so that's gone, too.

We may have had similar personnel, but the circumstances are very different.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Exactly. Robins had lost his way towards the end, but Lampard is clueless.

I would say he is trying to change an average and lethargic team this is will take time.

 

[Evo1883]

Frustrating not to win it but away draw not end of world. All the elite tactician stuff can stop at least as lamaprd did make changes to formation and can't really do much about missing a sitter.

Thought sheaf was dogshit. All of first half we looked so open. And gutted for bta as would have been perfect time to shut people up but it's a bad miss no two ways about it. Dovin with some big saves

Still some positives. We did come out firing second half so I assume team talk went well and was nice to see us take off a midfielder for a striker for once.

3 wins 3 draws 2 losses under lampard. We're not going backwards that much is for sure.. Slow and steady for now. We still need to work on our passages of play and how to break teams down. Once we can get that sort of stuff to click we should hopefully be a very dangerous team.

On to the next one. PUSB

Mate I would appreciate if you could find the stats but it feels like we are passing needlessly more than ever

 

[Sick Boy]

Did anyone tell Doug that?

Once again, it’s his words that aren’t helping the situation.

Don’t disagree. I’ve said many times he needs to hire someone to run the club for him.

 

[bigfatronssba]

Exactly. Robins had lost his way towards the end, but Lampard is clueless.

Play shite under Robins with Robins’ team - not his fault

Play shite under Lampard with Robins’ team - Lampards fault

 

[covmark]

He cant be held responsible for the players not making simple passes and/or booting it out of play when under no pressure. The basics weren’t good enough today

I wouldn't bother mate. Lampards biggest fault? He's not Robins.

 

[clint van damme]

So, for 3 months last season we were playing great, in play off form, and had a cup run which produced 2 cracking performances.

Then Lawrence left, the wheels started to come off and then Viveash left.

Poor form continues in to this season, Robins replaced by Lampard and some high level coaches, and OK, that's going to take time to bear fruit.

But surely at some point this team has to get back to being much, much better. I'm not saying play off contenders but even just a solid mid table side because at the moment they're absolutely fucking dreadful.

We've lost O'Hare, (huge player for us in my book), Wright's injured but its pretty much the same group.

How the fuck have they deteriorated so much?

People can say this one is a bad signing or that one, but they've shown they can do it.

Even of the maligned new signings, BTA scored 12 goals for the Baggies last season .

I can't help but think there is something much more deep rooted going on.

Hopefully Lampard gets to the bottom of it and is able to get a few in, and out, the door in January.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I’m gonna change my tune for 2025. Great point for the team considering how poor the players are. Lampard played a master stroke and I’m sure we will be firing up the table in no time based on what we’ve seen so far

 

[quinn1971]

Exactly. Robins had lost his way towards the end, but Lampard is clueless.

How’s he clueless, he’s got a pile of shit to work with,

 

[Tommo1993]

I don't disagree, but you have to believe a new manager could make a difference. Otherwise why make the change?

Because as he confessed himself, King knows fuck all about football.

 

[covcity4life]

Was today a good result yes or no?

Not a yes or no scenario. It's frustrating not to win but a draw isn't the end of world. It's as simple as that

 

[PVA]

Yeah there’s a few desperate for Lampard/us to fail.

Absolute bollocks.

 

[shmmeee]

Exactly. Robins had lost his way towards the end, but Lampard is clueless.

I actually don’t think he had. I think he was getting the best out of this squad from the looks of it. My real worry is the guy who assembled the squad is still in charge of assembling the squad.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Not a yes or no scenario. It's frustrating not to win but a draw isn't the end of world. It's as simple as that

If I told you before the game we would play a half against 10 men, would you be pleased with a draw

 

[Evo1883]

We've just drew away at 22nd in the league who had 10 men for 45 minutes and people are asking why others are annoyed at it .. is that the kind of backward reality some expect on here now ? Fake optimism to justify you calling on Robins head?

I spent over 150 quid today on that wank including travel

 

[wingy]

Something or someone stinking this squad out, anyway great to see sakamo score again what an opportunist he is after hard work by Simms who's going to go on another spree once gets he gets in rhythm!

 

[SBT]

Because as he confessed himself, King knows fuck all about football.

I think the decision to make a change was justified. The decision to bring in someone who's playing the same system, but slower, seems like a very strange move.

 

[covcity4life]

Mate I would appreciate if you could find the stats but it feels like we are passing needlessly more than ever

I'm not gonna find the stats for you? Lol

I did say we need to work on our passages of play to break sides down though so I think we probably on same page re passing.

I have no issue with patient play mind you. But has to be a time where you risk it a bit. But when Eccles and sheaf give easy balls away you have other problems to resolve first

 

[duffer]

What do you think FL can be telling them that is making them play like that? The writing had been on the wall for a while - particularly in terms of lacking a creative central midfield player. The centre backs have no-one to give it to who can carry the ball forward. Not sure what FL can do with the current crop. other than (imo) go 2 up top. I would take torp off, move Rudoni infield and bring Bassette on (although I would play him along Simms)

What do you think FL can be telling them that is making them play like that? The writing had been on the wall for a while - particularly in terms of lacking a creative central midfield player. The centre backs have no-one to give it to who can carry the ball forward. Not sure what FL can do with the current crop. other than (imo) go 2 up top. I would take torp off, move Rudoni infield and bring Bassette on (although I would play him along Simms)

I think he's telling them not to lose possession mate. It's a bloody obsession.

Funnily enough when we went more direct at the start of the second half we got a goal and looked a threat. Then we went to our standard approach even when they were down a man.

And I'm with you on having Bassette and Simms up front, but it's no good if you're not willing to chance an occasional early ball over the top or down the channels.

 

[napolimp]

Play shite under Robins with Robins’ team - not his fault

Play shite under Lampard with Robins’ team - Lampards fault

I think most sane people would agree something was going on with Robins, and he'd been losing his way for a while.

But Lampard has no excuses, he chose the job and he got to bring his own staff in. The players look utterly lost and clueless, that is on the management.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We've just drew away at 22nd in the league who had 10 men for 45 minutes and people are asking why others are annoyed at it .. is that the kind of backward reality some expect on here now ? Fake optimism to justify you calling on Robins head?

It’s absolutely absurd. Saying there’s axes to grind as a result.

it’s not impossible for managers to do well with others players. Look at Cooper the year he got Forest up.

 

[shmmeee]

Or Viveash

Or Jim the Gateman.

On current evidence Robins alone was getting more from this squad than Lampard is.

 

[quinn1971]

If I told you before the game we would play a half against 10 men, would you be pleased with a draw

With that team I’d bite your hand off, we nearly lost it

 

[covmark]

I’m gonna change my tune for 2025. Great point for the team considering how poor the players are. Lampard played a master stroke and I’m sure we will be firing up the table in no time based on what we’ve seen so far

Why do you feel the need to be such a bellend?
No one is saying it's a great result. Just that Lampard needs a bit of time and recent results haven't been the disaster that some on here suggest. Talk of relegation ffs we're 14th. 7 points clear, with our two best attackers to come back in.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

I actually agree that is the case. I thought it was trolling originally but not sure.

Seriously? What do you base this off?

He needs time, he’s now got a window now to do what he needs to do, but that was- once again- really poor, and I don’t understand why some people are so defensive and protective about other people calling it what it was. Even if the players are diabolical, wouldn’t you have expected to see something encouraging by now?

 

[Theonlywayisskyblue]

It's just totally incomprehensible to me that we continue to play like this. I watched the first game of the season with my mouth open not understanding what I was watching and still 25 games in I can't work it out. How can we have dropped off so badly in every respect ?

 

[shmmeee]

What do you think is the problem then? Do you think Robins and Lampard told them to play badly?

I think Lampard is a naive an inexperienced manager who has never got his teams to play above their level and who is clueless tactically.

Players don’t just become bad en masse, they play in systems that don’t suit them or they don’t know what’s expected of them.

 

[bigfatronssba]

I think most sane people would agree something was going on with Robins, and he'd been losing his way for a while.

But Lampard has no excuses, he chose the job and he got to bring his own staff in. The players look utterly lost and clueless, that is on the management.

Sorry what was Robins’ excuse then?

 

[covcity4life]

If I told you before the game we would play a half against 10 men, would you be pleased with a draw

I would have accepted it as football isn't as straight forward as team always scored Vs 10 men

We gave it a go. He made tactical changes. We missed a sitter. These things happen, you can't guarantee changes lead to the killer goal.

At very least it gives us stuff to work on to improve. Passing has been mentioned but I'm not happy with either full backs crossing today either.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Why do you feel the need to be such a bellend?
No one is saying it's a great result. Just that Lampard needs a bit of time and recent results haven't been the disaster that some on here suggest. Talk of relegation ffs we're 14th. 7 points clear, with our two best attackers to come back in.

It’s a poor result in isolation. That’s what I’ve said and people are saying we have agendas?

I don’t know who you’re calling a bellend for saying my opinion. Put me on mute if you care that much you prick

 

[Grendel]

In all seriousness, where’s the decision to play so slowly coming from?

Players weak mentality and lack of confidence or instructions from the bench, or both.

Poor, poor performance.

On paper, the results the last few games look fine, but in context of who we’ve played it’s not great.

what I do find odd is you never made such negative post prior to lampard taking over in any specific game