Match Thread Cardiff City - Coventry City Match Thread - Wednesday 1st Jan (4 Viewers)

[CCFCSteve]

In all seriousness, where’s the decision to play so slowly coming from?

Players weak mentality and lack of confidence or instructions from the bench, or both.

Poor, poor performance.

On paper, the results the last few games look fine, but in context of who we’ve played it’s not great.

It’s on the players and certain ones not taking responsibility. got to play Kitching if midfield aren’t going to take the ball off the CBs as neither are comfortable enough on the ball to carry it and commit opposition players

 

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[shmmeee]

'What the fuck have I signed up for?!'

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[Gynnsthetonic]

Scum, all of them

I wouldn't go that far

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

After that first half, I'd have snapped your hand off for a point. Hopefully this window can help the team, and cheer us all up a bit. See you at Norwich (come on FA, hurry up and ban that Sainz!)

 

[Sick Boy]

Lampards useless, going to be a failed experiment. At least under Robins there were times when we looked exciting.

This season?

 

[junglej13]

Have we ever been as slow and ponderous on the ball

 

[alexccfc99]

Unfortunately CCFC teams of the years gone by win that, dare I say 3 or 4-1

But that’s why they were play off chasing sides and this lot are no more than a midtable outfit

Least the day wasn’t a bust and we didn’t manage to lose the game but everything is just so ‘meh’

 

[napolimp]

This season?

Yes

 

[Shannerz]

Positives.

3 unbeaten, 1 goal conceded.

But we have been shite.

We are playing a goalkeeper now, which helps matters.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

In all seriousness, where’s the decision to play so slowly coming from?

Players weak mentality and lack of confidence or instructions from the bench, or both.

Poor, poor performance.

On paper, the results the last few games look fine, but in context of who we’ve played it’s not great.

exactly- the narrative now is all about the players, but are we expected to believe that they decide to play to those tactics off their own back?

it’s a combination of things going wrong, but only a blind man would try to pretend that we’ve seen any improvements at all. Plymouth was faultless, but that now looks very much like them being shite & Rooney on his last legs rather than us making any kind of progress.

He needs time but so far massively underwhelming.

 

[Sick Boy]

Yes

When?

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

The only positive from that game was Dovin looked alright and Saka played well second half.

subs came far too late

Sakamoto quality footballer, if he's not involved in the game its cause we're not doing the right things to get him on the ball in the right positions.

 

[Esoterica]

I genuinely can't imagine what Lampard, after playing with Drogba all those years, must think about Simms' use of his physical attributes and general body language. Bet he doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

 

[Tommo1993]

It’s not just the not winning. We did not deserve to win.

 

[stupot07]

In all seriousness, where’s the decision to play so slowly coming from?

It has to be Lampard and the management team.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I wouldn't go that far

Agree - not enjoying some of the vitriolic comments made at individuals on here today, if I'm honest.

 

[Nick]

I've seen the sending off back 5-6 times, never a red.

It was very very soft.

 

[TomRad85]

Fucking hell.

It is getting a bit try hard by 1 or 2, match threads are awful atm.
On the match, we should have won but it's really showed up some of the players. I'd be ok with Sheaf being fucked off this week and BTA is such a waste of money.

 

[napolimp]

When?

Multiple times.

 

[covmark]

Fucking hell.

It's unreal on here at times isn't it. Time to log off

 

[covcity4life]

Frustrating not to win it but away draw not end of world. All the elite tactician stuff can stop at least as lamaprd did make changes to formation and can't really do much about missing a sitter.

Thought sheaf was dogshit. All of first half we looked so open. And gutted for bta as would have been perfect time to shut people up but it's a bad miss no two ways about it. Dovin with some big saves

Still some positives. We did come out firing second half so I assume team talk went well and was nice to see us take off a midfielder for a striker for once.

3 wins 3 draws 2 losses under lampard. We're not going backwards that much is for sure.. Slow and steady for now. We still need to work on our passages of play and how to break teams down. Once we can get that sort of stuff to click we should hopefully be a very dangerous team.

On to the next one. PUSB

 

[SIR ERNIE]

That BTA miss gets worse the more you see it.
He's stealing a living so far.

 

[Sick Boy]

It is getting a bit try hard by 1 or 2, match threads are awful atm.
On the match, we should have won but it's really showed up some of the players. I'd be ok with Sheaf being fucked off this week and BTA is such a waste of money.

Yeah there’s a few desperate for Lampard/us to fail.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

What to even say about that. Should have been 3 or 4 down by HT, come racing out the blocks second half, miss so many easy chances, nearly lose the game and just muck around till the end.

Quite why Sheaf stayed on I have no idea. So many things we’re doing that make no footballing sense. First half we yet again made a bottom 3 team look like prime Brazil with how easy it was to create chances.

Bobby Thomas had one of his worst games in a City shirt.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

It is getting a bit try hard by 1 or 2, match threads are awful atm.
On the match, we should have won but it's really showed up some of the players. I'd be ok with Sheaf being fucked off this week and BTA is such a waste of money.

We look so slow and.ponderous, Sheaf was awful and BTA what a shite signing.

 

[covcity4life]

And you accuse @covcity4life of wumming

He's a prick and people are starting to see through him thankfully

 

[bigfatronssba]

Lampards useless, going to be a failed experiment. At least under Robins there were times when we looked exciting.

Sadly none this season

He wasted £43m on a pile of shite

 

[larry_david]

That passage of play literally sums us up


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Commentary were saying it too. I couldn't believe my eyes.

I'm really starting to fall out of love wkth Sheaf too

 

[stupot07]

The problem is we went 4-2-4, but them pushed the two fullbacks high so was a 2-2-6, then there's absolutely no space, and everyones on top of each other.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

That BTA miss gets worse the more you see it.
He's stealing a living so far.

We were yards away from it. Inexplicable.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

We're still so shit in central midfield, insane that King believed we didn't need anyone in that position.

 

[TomRad85]

Yeah there’s a few desperate for Lampard/us to fail.

I actually agree that is the case. I thought it was trolling originally but not sure.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

He's a prick and people are starting to see through him thankfully

Was today a good result yes or no?

 

[SBT]

I'm sorry, but I'm yet to see this team do a single thing better under Lampard. It's the same formation, the same personnel, in the same positions, making the same mistakes.

We definitely play a lot slower and safer when we're on the ball (be still my beating heart). But we're hopeless defensively and lacking ideas going forward - the same problems as the first 14 games.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

The slow play forward started under the previous manager and they can’t shift the habit we need at least one in midfield who can pass it forwards.