Match Thread ⚽️ Coventry City vs Sunderland Match Thread - Saturday 25th Feb (3 Viewers)

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MAFF

MAFF

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blunted said:
Don't understand the hate for Mowbray. He is a bit old school and I can't see him doing a West Brom again. His only major error with us was thinking he could attract better players than we could afford and putting his mate in charge of recruitment. Has had a very solid managerial record and has always played attractive attacking football. Usually his second half slumps means he is not a top manager, but has done ok at every club he has been at. Middlesborough and Blackburn let him go because they did not get promoted. He jumped ship here because we were seriously underfunded and our best players left for clubs higher up the football ladder.
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He failed to get one of the most exciting squads League One had ever seen promoted by making bat shit decisions like playing Armstrong on the wing and singing Stephen Hunt. he then fucked up the recruitment in the summer and resigned after 10 games because he knew he'd fucked it up. Absolute wanker.
 
Astute

Astute

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blunted said:
Don't understand the hate for Mowbray. He is a bit old school and I can't see him doing a West Brom again. His only major error with us was thinking he could attract better players than we could afford and putting his mate in charge of recruitment. Has had a very solid managerial record and has always played attractive attacking football. Usually his second half slumps means he is not a top manager, but has done ok at every club he has been at. Middlesborough and Blackburn let him go because they did not get promoted. He jumped ship here because we were seriously underfunded and our best players left for clubs higher up the football ladder.
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Blackburn didn't get promoted last season as they only won something like 3 out of the last 18 games. The normal Mowbray finish to the season.
 
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CV22SBA

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Only a few hundred sold today. Looking 22-23000 though so that’s great
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Not sure it will get that high. Looks a lot less sold behind the goal than against WBA and for that game block 24 was sold out too. WBA also brought an extra 1.5K than Sunderland are and the crowd was 22,519.
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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MrMAF said:
He failed to get one of the most exciting squads League One had ever seen promoted by making bat shit decisions like playing Armstrong on the wing and singing Stephen Hunt. he then fucked up the recruitment in the summer and resigned after 10 games because he knew he'd fucked it up. Absolute wanker.
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To be fair the squad wasn't that good, a few outstanding young players but lacking all over the pitch
 
Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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CV22SBA said:
Not sure it will get that high. Looks a lot less sold behind the goal than against WBA and for that game block 24 was sold out too. WBA also brought an extra 1.5K than Sunderland are and the crowd was 22,519.
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Ah ok I thought sales looked quite good in the two blocks behind the goal but I’m sure you’re right. Maybe 21-22000 then
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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shmmeee said:
Yeah I’ve got no issue with Mowbray, probably one of my favourite non-Robins Sisu era managers.
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Dowie
Coleman
Boothroyd
Thorn
Pressley
Mowbray
Slade

In that list I can see why, though Pressley in particular was royally screwed over. Ultimately shown just to be a pretty poor manager, but he put a huge amount into the job.
 
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theferret

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CV22SBA said:
Not sure it will get that high. Looks a lot less sold behind the goal than against WBA and for that game block 24 was sold out too. WBA also brought an extra 1.5K than Sunderland are and the crowd was 22,519.
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I don't recall WBA being that good, just an average home turn out. Midweek, week before Xmas, Cat A etc. Sales look ok for Saturday, but some way behind Cardiff and QPR which are biggest turns outs so far this season.
 
Offhegoes

Offhegoes

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He lost the plot during that 15/16 season. Not helped by the Maddison sale sucking the optimism out of the fans and the fact Maddison couldn’t be arsed after his transfer. Still that team should have been at the very least in the play offs. Fleck, Maddison, Armstrong, Murphy etc.
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Dowie
Coleman
Boothroyd
Thorn
Pressley
Mowbray
Slade

In that list I can see why, though Pressley in particular was royally screwed over. Ultimately shown just to be a pretty poor manager, but he put a huge amount into the job.
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I don’t count Dowie really cos they got rid asap. It yeah it’s a shiniest turd situation. But I enjoyed the football and thought he was a decent enough manager.
 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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Offhegoes said:
He lost the plot during that 15/16 season. Not helped by the Maddison sale sucking the optimism out of the fans and the fact Maddison couldn’t be arsed after his transfer. Still that team should have been at the very least in the play offs. Fleck, Maddison, Armstrong, Murphy etc.
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His man management was terrible, and loaning out Jim O'Brien was stupid. He was one of out most aggressive players and had a massive influence on games. I felt we were pretty soft after he went.

The next season is better not spoken about.
 
clint van damme

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blunted said:
Don't understand the hate for Mowbray. He is a bit old school and I can't see him doing a West Brom again. His only major error with us was thinking he could attract better players than we could afford and putting his mate in charge of recruitment. Has had a very solid managerial record and has always played attractive attacking football. Usually his second half slumps means he is not a top manager, but has done ok at every club he has been at. Middlesborough and Blackburn let him go because they did not get promoted. He jumped ship here because we were seriously underfunded and our best players left for clubs higher up the football ladder.
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I like him as a man but how the hell did he fail to get us promoted with that side? Absolutely criminal.
 
Frostie

Frostie

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
His man management was terrible, and loaning out Jim O'Brien was stupid. He was one of out most aggressive players and had a massive influence on games. I felt we were pretty soft after he went.

The next season is better not spoken about.
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Selling Vincelot so that he could bring in Jordan Turnbull was (predictably) a daft decision too.

That said, I think he's a decent manager & done a really good job in some very trying circumstances at some clubs. The post Xmas slumps are crazy though.
 
pusbccfc

pusbccfc

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pusbccfc

pusbccfc

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Won't be near the QPR crowd because they brought more than Sunderland are but sales aren't too far off that game at this stage. Usually a surge on Fridays.

21,500 for me. Not bad for £33.
 
Fergusons_Beard

Fergusons_Beard

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
His man management was terrible, and loaning out Jim O'Brien was stupid. He was one of out most aggressive players and had a massive influence on games. I felt we were pretty soft after he went.

The next season is better not spoken about.
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Remember saying at the time that J’OB flattered to deceive.
For all his running around (like a headless chicken) and launching into tackles he was mediocre at best.
But we all love a player that runs around for the cause.
That hid his lack of football intelligence and it most have been highly frustrating for any manager when he went charging off out of position only to be caught by an opposition that exploited the space where J’OB should have been.
You just couldn’t rely on him to stay in the position he was supposed to play and he cost us some very annoying goals.


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fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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Fergusons_Beard said:
Remember saying at the time that J’OB flattered to deceive.
For all his running around (like a headless chicken) and launching into tackles he was mediocre at best.
But we all love a player that runs around for the cause.
That hid his lack of football intelligence and it most have been highly frustrating for any manager when he went charging off out of position only to be caught by an opposition that exploited the space where J’OB should have been.
You just couldn’t rely on him to stay in the position he was supposed to play and he cost us some very annoying goals.


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Yep, it's exactly that what Mowbray didn't like. I think Mowbray has been proven right on that as O'Brien has spent most of the remainder of his career in lower leagues.
 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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Fergusons_Beard said:
Remember saying at the time that J’OB flattered to deceive.
For all his running around (like a headless chicken) and launching into tackles he was mediocre at best.
But we all love a player that runs around for the cause.
That hid his lack of football intelligence and it most have been highly frustrating for any manager when he went charging off out of position only to be caught by an opposition that exploited the space where J’OB should have been.
You just couldn’t rely on him to stay in the position he was supposed to play and he cost us some very annoying goals.


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Completely disagree I'm afraid. He had one of the best visions in that midfield and was very aggressive in his play. He was also organising from the front and kicked the other players up the arse. When he didn't play we missed that a lot, and when he left it wasn't a coincidence we looked less up for it and stopped getting results. It was definitely a contributing factor.
 
mmttww

mmttww

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pusbccfc said:
Isn't payday last day or month, not Friday in Feb?
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Lots have 25th Feb as a fixed payday (me included). Heading to the ticket office later. I'll report on whether the queue is massive or not! Like others, I reckon it'll surge last minute and nudge towards 20k home fans.

Edit: didn't need to go to the ticket office but it looks busy online.
 
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PVA

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AOM said:
Still vividly remember that Gillingham home game where Jacob Murphy got a hat-trick in like 10 minutes.
Thought there was no stopping us at that point of the season.

Think I personally preferred Pressley to Mowbray for that era though
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I'm sure Gillingham were top of the league then, and our win took us above them.

Beating top of the league 4-1 definitely had me convinced we were the real deal
 
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