Did you not see the starting 11 Surely you’re not surprised by that result ? We had our reserves out as well ?
Match Thread Coventry City - Ipswich Town [FA] Match Thread - Saturday 8th Feb (29 Viewers)
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David O'Day
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Yeah but they still have players that cost more than our team today.
Shite but not the end of the world
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shmmeee
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Probably should have tried to sign capable cover then. He could get injured on Tuesday too.
skybluecam
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Reactionary bs, what about the previous 4 where we conceded just 1 OG.
hill83
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Does it rub off on the players though. Surely no player worth anything would think them being picked suggests the manager doesn’t give a shit. You back your own ability.
skybluecam
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I think that has to be a priority for the summer
fingers_crossed
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Six goals conceded this week, and all of them terrible. I would say it was league one defending, but I saw the Orient game earlier and their defence was much better than that.
The reason Bobby Thomas spent half the game stepping into midfield is because our shape was wrong again. The back 5 has been the wrong choice two games in a row now, what exactly is an extra defender adding? It certainly isn’t defensive solidity.
The reason Bobby Thomas spent half the game stepping into midfield is because our shape was wrong again. The back 5 has been the wrong choice two games in a row now, what exactly is an extra defender adding? It certainly isn’t defensive solidity.
Skyblue Bangkok
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It's not actually a crime to sign a bad player maybe a bad decision.
shmmeee
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Of course it does. If the boss says he doesn’t give a fuck when do you? Nothing to do with ability.
Legia Sky Blue
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Agree on this. What was the point of keeping Burroughs as back up to MVE when you don't play him if MVE is rested?
Tommo1993
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I’m not even going on about personnel either. That shape was fucking awful at the start.
Skyblue Bangkok
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Then bring him on in the 87 th min
lifeskyblue
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Up until a few weeks ago the consensus was the defence was just not good enough. Then dovin came back in goal and we kept a few clean sheets. Today just confirms that whatever combination (players or formation) we play at the back we struggle against any pace. Defenders not strong enough, not positionally aware and not playing as a unit. Need a whole new back line on the summer
shmmeee
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Can everyone just relax,we’ve lost the last 2 to the best side in the league and we’ve put our reserves out today, no need to go mental, we’re 3 points off the play offs with shit players apparantley ?
4 points
JohnWH
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I'm moving on with the rest of my day.
My overall thoughts are:
Leeds are a demonstratably dominant team this year in the second division (though heard they lost their Cup tie today??), and even a suffering PL team like Ipswich can bring loads of talent off the bench to punish an average second division team. Losing these two games is not the end all be all. Just shows a stark difference of how we can man up and do well against half (most?) opponents within the Championship, and how better teams can truly and cruelly punish our own mistakes. I don't think there's much more to read-into other than that.
Setup and lineup today just didn't look like it was going to work out, and it didn't. Two tough-ask games back to back and a third approaching with minimal downtime in between is a rough expectation for Frank and the players. Plenty of individual mistakes made today by certain players, true. Plenty of opportunities given to our own bench players that they simply couldn't rise to on this occassion.
Happy pleasant weekend to you all, go and have fun with your friends, family, dogs, etc.
My overall thoughts are:
Leeds are a demonstratably dominant team this year in the second division (though heard they lost their Cup tie today??), and even a suffering PL team like Ipswich can bring loads of talent off the bench to punish an average second division team. Losing these two games is not the end all be all. Just shows a stark difference of how we can man up and do well against half (most?) opponents within the Championship, and how better teams can truly and cruelly punish our own mistakes. I don't think there's much more to read-into other than that.
Setup and lineup today just didn't look like it was going to work out, and it didn't. Two tough-ask games back to back and a third approaching with minimal downtime in between is a rough expectation for Frank and the players. Plenty of individual mistakes made today by certain players, true. Plenty of opportunities given to our own bench players that they simply couldn't rise to on this occassion.
Happy pleasant weekend to you all, go and have fun with your friends, family, dogs, etc.
skybluecam
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Honking post
Beat me to it, could be 1 after QPR
Skyblue Bangkok
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We will not be making the play offs. We will be going all.out for 13 th place. DK will be ordering a bus for an open top bus to celebrate 13 th position.
Winny the Bish
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Goal 1 - Allen gives it away in the middle, Thomas tries to cut out a pass he's never getting to instead of tracking the runner, Kitching barges over Szmodics because he's the wrong side.
Goal 2 - Eccles and Lati both decide to try and cut off passing lanes instead of going to Clarke WHO HAS THE BALL IN OUR PENALTY AREA.
Goal 3 - Binks tries to play a 30 yard pass along the ground while under pressure. Misses his target. Thomas is jogging upfield while Binks is under pressure, rather than sensing any potential danger. Two passes and they score.
Goal 4 - Lati somehow misses a 5 yard pass to Allen, gives it straight to an Ipswich player, two passes and they score with no defender within 10 yards of Philogene.
What a shambles.
Goal 2 - Eccles and Lati both decide to try and cut off passing lanes instead of going to Clarke WHO HAS THE BALL IN OUR PENALTY AREA.
Goal 3 - Binks tries to play a 30 yard pass along the ground while under pressure. Misses his target. Thomas is jogging upfield while Binks is under pressure, rather than sensing any potential danger. Two passes and they score.
Goal 4 - Lati somehow misses a 5 yard pass to Allen, gives it straight to an Ipswich player, two passes and they score with no defender within 10 yards of Philogene.
What a shambles.
Winny the Bish
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Do you think any of them are genuinely top Championship defenders? Not a chance.
Sky Blue Goblin
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As dreadful as it was to watch for the last two matches, least there both done and can focus on the league.
QPR is a good test to see if the wins were a purple patch or not
QPR is a good test to see if the wins were a purple patch or not
Grendel
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Fuck me even by your standards this is nonsense
MalcSB
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I can’t remember who said it, but we should never have agreed to play Leeds midweek. I can’t imagine Man City would have.
Ccfcisparks
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It’s an obvious deficiency but apparently if you point it out you want us to lose
Grendel
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You have to wonder what on earth was the thinking when we signed him
Tommo1993
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Unfortunately both are permanent.
shmmeee
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The subs were very obviously pre planned to rest Rudoni and BTA who are likely playing on Tuesday. It was treated like a training session basically.
Skyblueabo1111
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Sorry Frank, your team selection was dreadful, this is on you and you alone. It was crying out for Simms and Basette. If you want to leave Milan out, you okay Burroughs.Nit good enough, I groaned when you named that team and said " we are going to get thrashed". Not fair on the fans, absolute embarrassment