Match Thread Blackburn Rovers - Coventry City Match Thread - Tuesday 21st Jan (33 Viewers)

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Brighton Sky Blue

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Drawn every game at Ewood Park since returning to this league and would be quite happy to see that continue.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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AFCCOVENTRY said:
They’ve got injuries to their key players at the moment. I reckon the last couple of games should give us confidence.

Think we will sneak a win at Ewood. BTA to score again as he has been linked to them in this window.
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They're still a difficult team to break down, which is where we often struggle. 11 clean sheets so far this season.

They're light in midfield with Travis and Tronstad out but I don't particularly back ours to capitalise on that.

Suspect it'll be a draw. Which wouldn't be a bad result.
 
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PVA

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Draw would be a good result, a win would be fantastic.

If it was a week between games I’d go with an unchanged side, however 3 games in a week means we might see a couple of changes.

Any chance of seeing Wright on the bench do we think?
 
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PVA said:
Draw would be a good result, a win would be fantastic.

If it was a week between games I’d go with an unchanged side, however 3 games in a week means we might see a couple of changes.

Any chance of seeing Wright on the bench do we think?
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Wright is nowhere near by everything FLs said recently. Haven't had confirmation he is even back "on the grass" yet. He's got to go through a week or so of basic movement and light running first. He's still a good 2 or 3 weeks away, I'd guess.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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edgy said:
Wright is nowhere near by everything FLs said recently. Haven't had confirmation he is even back "on the grass" yet. He's got to go through a week or so of basic movement and light running first. He's still a good 2 or 3 weeks away, I'd guess.
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Probably about right. FL mentioned pre-Norwich he was doing very light mobility work on the grass and that he expected him to be back in training over the next two weeks.

I would imagine he isn't going to want to rush him back though.
 
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alexccfc99

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edgy said:
Wright is nowhere near by everything FLs said recently. Haven't had confirmation he is even back "on the grass" yet. He's got to go through a week or so of basic movement and light running first. He's still a good 2 or 3 weeks away, I'd guess.
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This injury is clearly a lot worse than the club initially feared/made out - It'll be well over three months before he is back

Rhys Carr when in temp charge said it was a matter of a few weeks
 
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Viktor17

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alexccfc99 said:
This injury is clearly a lot worse than the club initially feared/made out - It'll be well over three months before he is back

Rhys Carr when in temp charge said it was a matter of a few weeks
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12 weeks post injury is Swansea away - Clear its was a grade 2/3 injury which is likely up to 12 weeks circa.

Timeframe probably suggests surgery was very close. Just think its frustrating as oppose anyone misleading on time scales.
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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alexccfc99 said:
800 sold as of Thursday (801 after I brought mine)

A win on Saturday and the fact Blackburn will probably make it pay on the gate will take us to over 1000 travelling imo, which isn't a bad effort at all on a Tuesday night at the end of the month where everyone is still broke after Xmas
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Absolutely no disrespect meant to those that will be attending the game and I really hope you get the result your support deserves, and of course you are correct that historically 1,000 travelling to Blackburn for a post xmas mid week is a reasonable turn out.

However, our players have been spoilt these last few years and are used to having big away followings, and with Blackburn having such a large away end, a big following there has helped us in recent seasons dragging us back in games we were losing with equalising goals from Wilson and Kelly, so a thousand or so banging away in that big end might not be so inspiring for them this time round. In the end it will be a good test of the mettle of our players, which will tell us a lot about them and what we can expect for the rest of the season.
 
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skyblue_55

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We will be there , but disappointed with the numbers drop off .
Although their fans are doom & gloom , Eustace won’t allow that complacency against us at home & will surely be wanting to put the loss at the CBS right ……… so another tough night ahead .
 
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Macca said:
That nearly 1000 people are prepared to go to that shitehole on a cold midweek night to see us probably lose is quite impressive
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We'd say it was shit the other way around tbh .

It's not even 5% of the home support we get
 
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