Match Thread ⚽️ Coventry City vs Huddersfield Town Match Thread - Saturday 20th Aug (1 Viewer)

[David O'Day]

The Commonwealth Games may have done us a long term favour. Without the 7s, the pitch is not repaired but never good. It deteriorates further over the course of the (football and rugby) season and contributes to several defeats.

the cwg helped as without that we would of tried to play vs rotherham and then the pitch would of fallen apart

 

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[fatso]

So Wasps are saying the independent experts are wrong? The experts ruled it as unsafe to play on, not just "a bit shit".

Tbf, Wasps are never going to agree with any pitch report, either independent or expert, as they know full well that they are very likely to have to defend that report in court when they face legal action for damages. To agree with it would undermine their defence somewhat.

 

[Happy_Martian]

Huddersfield game is off

Coventry City v Huddersfield Town: Game called off as Sky Blues start work on pitch

Coventry City call off Saturday's home game with Huddersfield Town ahead of work commencing on the pitch at the CBS Arena.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

What are the chances of our walkout song for the first home match being Hawkwind's Watching The Grass Grow?

 

[Johhny Blue]

What are the chances of our walkout song for the first home match being Hawkwind's Watching The Grass Grow?

Or Tom Jones “Green green grass of home”

 

[Ccfcsj]

Huddersfield Town's Coventry postponement should have been foreseen in 2019

The Terriers' scheduled weekend trip has been postponed due to the state of the pitch at the CBS Arena. Surely those running the stadium should have seen this coming?

www.examinerlive.co.uk

 

[Nick]

First of all we need to say that neither of the clubs involved are particularly to blame either for the situation’s making in the first place or for the late timing of the announcement. Both Coventry City and Huddersfield Town were keen to make an announcement one way or the other at the earliest possible opportunity, but with the EFL appointing an independent expert to rule on the pitch’s playability, the final decision was out of their hands.


That left the two clubs in a bind; it would have been no good for anyone if they had put out communications suggesting the game was likely to be off but it had ended up staying on, or vice versa. It’s also understandable that the EFL would try to prioritise keeping the fixture alive and thus leave the decision until it was absolutely certain that it could not go ahead, particularly given that this season’s schedule has already been compressed to make way for the mid-season World Cup.

 

[wingy]

That reference being made again as to why it wasn't envisaged and a request made to EFL for early game's to be played away

Now I've seen it said on here they blocked a request but is that accurate and in print

 

[Nick]

That reference being made again as to why it wasn't envisaged and a request made to EFL for early game's to be played away

Now I've seen it said on here they blocked a request but is that accurate and in print

Yeah it was said by Boddy on record.

 

[wingy]

Yeah it was said by Boddy on record.

It's pretty odd of the EFL then IMO.

 

[chiefdave]

It's pretty odd of the EFL then IMO.

From what I can make out we may have been bundled in with other local teams who put in requests to play games away because there wasn't policing available as they were working the CWG. I wonder if there's been a breakdown in communication and it wasn't picked up that we could do with more games away from home due to being a CWG venue.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

From what I can make out we may have been bundled in with other local teams who put in requests to play games away because there wasn't policing available as they were working the CWG. I wonder if there's been a breakdown in communication and it wasn't picked up that we could do with more games away from home due to being a CWG venue.

Agreed
I thought we were and I didn’t invent it to make excuses

 

[Philosoraptor]

Just an update on the mid-week games..



And these below should show some of the early movements of the assumed provisional ratings of teams around where City's provisional rating is assumed.

I believe they are accurate as can be, which isn't a lot, with only four games being mostly played vs 2 away games for Coventry, and all other things being equal.

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Teams below



Some of the teams immediately above.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Pretty depressing that on the 4th Saturday of the season we've played only once.

 

[Sick Boy]

Pretty depressing that on the 4th Saturday of the season we've played only once.

Also worrying that we’re going to be lacking sharpness compared to other teams - I’m not looking at the league table until the end of September either.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Also worrying that we’re going to be lacking sharpness compared to other teams - I’m not looking at the league table until the end of September either.

Well if we end up selling players off in part because Wasps fucked up then you won’t want to look all season.

 

[Nick]

Funny really, against Bristol City everybody thought that players should be rested so they don't get injured.

Now it will be moaning about match sharpness.

 

[AOM]

Did I read somewhere we have been doing behind closed door games?
Not sure if that's just within the squad though, as I can't imagine other teams wanting to risk squads when they're now playing

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Did I read somewhere we have been doing behind closed door games?
Not sure if that's just within the squad though, as I can't imagine other teams wanting to risk squads when they're now playing

Yes we had an in house game a couple of days ago

 

[AOM]

Yes we had an in house game a couple of days ago

Guess that's something! Obviously doesn't have the intensity or competitiveness of a proper game though

 

[Johhny Blue]

Yes we had an in house game a couple of days ago

Did we win?

 

[Brylowes]

Also worrying that we’re going to be lacking sharpness compared to other teams -

Not to mention having to play a glut of games in quick succession, on a pitch we already know doesn’t stand up well to being overused.
The league shutting down for the duration of the World Cup is another major negative for us as well.

 

[MusicDating]

Yes we had an in house game a couple of days ago

I guess they've got to play indoors what with the pitch. Do you know whose house it was?