Match Thread Bristol Rovers v Coventry City match thread Saturday 22 Sep (6 Viewers)

fernandopartridge

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This is another ground where we had an utter horror show last time we were in league 1. Hopefully we put it right like we did Oxford. Keep the same side.
 

covcity4life

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Maybe go with the team that all but finished the game, Kelly in for Shipley and Bayliss out wide.
Nah. Keep bayliss in middle. He did well today there

Allasani or hiwula for Shipley but it ain't gonna happen. Robin's was bogging up Shipley performance saying he does stuff fans don't see so no way he's being dropped.

I am sure he works harder defensively bit was still poor today
 

fernandopartridge

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Nah. Keep bayliss in middle. He did well today there

Allasani or hiwula for Shipley but it ain't gonna happen. Robin's was bogging up Shipley performance saying he does stuff fans don't see so no way he's being dropped.

I am sure he works harder defensively bit was still poor today

He's important to the shape of the team so can see why Robins picks him. Hiwula was hopeless wide left and Alessani will be eased in, big step up for him from the level he was playing at
 

covcity4life

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Hiwula was fine first game

I understand robin's thinking just think Shipley is playing poor

Hopefully he gets to grips with league 1 soon
 

Otis

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Shipley finds great space on the pitch, but it just didn't happen for him today. A bit like when we suffer when Doyle is missing, we seem to function better as a team when Shipley is playing (whether he has a good game or not!)
He certainly didn't have a good game today and I'm saying that as a fan of his.
 

smileycov

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Would like to see allassani out wide in place of shippers. Think aside that the side needs to stay together as starting to gel now. Thought jch and cc worked well together
 

Otis

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Would like to see allassani out wide in place of shippers. Think aside that the side needs to stay together as starting to gel now. Thought jch and cc worked well together
They did.

Shipley had a poor game on Saturday to my mind, but he does help bring balance and shape to that left side.

Think he will stay in.
 

Esoterica

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Would be great to get a win here as it would take a lot of pressure off for the following home games against Sunderland and Portsmouth. Would be 3 league wins in row though - something we only managed once last year.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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Would be great to get a win here as it would take a lot of pressure off for the following home games against Sunderland and Portsmouth. Would be 3 league wins in row though - something we only managed once last year.

Was just thinking the same re; 3 wins on the bounce. We rarely put a big run together last year, despite promotion. We obviously have an inbuilt capacity to bounce back after defeats (that's an optimistic version of being inconsistent!)
 

Esoterica

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Was just thinking the same re; 3 wins on the bounce. We rarely put a big run together last year, despite promotion. We obviously have an inbuilt capacity to bounce back after defeats (that's an optimistic version of being inconsistent!)
15 league losses last season. W7 (47%), D3 (20%), L5 (33%) in the subsequent fixtures :)
 

CCFC88

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Keep the same team as Saturday, Shipley didn't have the best game v Barnsley but this will be a game won by hard work and most likely a scrappy deflected goal.

Expect us to keep our shape and not be overly expansive in the first 45, then have a good go in the second.
 

bawtryneal

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Shipley had a poor game on Saturday to my mind, but he does help bring balance and shape to that left side.

Think he will stay in.[/QUOTE]

Agree. Shipley puts in the "hard yards" and does more off the ball than he is given credit for me in my opinion
Same staring line up as Barnsley game
 

covcity4life

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no point doing the hard yards if you then let someone run past you as if you are not here mind

not that he does it all time of course.
 

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