Coleman's Second Half Tatics... (1 Viewer)
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DoYouSpeakClingan?
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Very pissed off about this...
We played really well in the first half- what a fantastic goal from Leon! But it all went pear-shaped...
Clingan's injury killed our momentum and also completely messed our tactical approach. As in every other City game I've seen at the Ricoh when we've been in the lead, you could see Pompey pushing and pushing, but City just couldn't arrest it...I wish we'd had Deegan and Baker to use as impact subs, alas, they would have made such a difference- Freddy's been on good form recently but he made some really random decisions tonight.
But, of course, it was the defence that let us down again- and it was the set pieces that were so well exploited by Pompey. Wright's own goal was a massive piece of miscommunication that shouldn't have been allowed to happen. As for their winner, their defender was completely unmarked...just heartbreaking.
All in all, I think we played the best overall over, what, 220 mins against a struggling Premiership team who are probably soon to be broken up anyway (the club itself might even be shut down in the near future) but:
1. In both games, we lost key players (first game: Kieren; second game: Sammy, then Leon)
2. Our defence was terrible at exactly the moments we needed them to be at their best- the set-pieces.
3. If only we could have used someone like Baker and Deegan to add some extra attacking pressure, then we mighta nicked a second goal- I appreciate Grandison is a tall guy, but to be of any use, you have to create the chances for him to head the ball in...and we didn't really do that in extra time.
Oh well, Ipswich is a new game, let's go there and stuff some prawn sandwiches in Roy Keane's rear end!
We played really well in the first half- what a fantastic goal from Leon! But it all went pear-shaped...
Clingan's injury killed our momentum and also completely messed our tactical approach. As in every other City game I've seen at the Ricoh when we've been in the lead, you could see Pompey pushing and pushing, but City just couldn't arrest it...I wish we'd had Deegan and Baker to use as impact subs, alas, they would have made such a difference- Freddy's been on good form recently but he made some really random decisions tonight.
But, of course, it was the defence that let us down again- and it was the set pieces that were so well exploited by Pompey. Wright's own goal was a massive piece of miscommunication that shouldn't have been allowed to happen. As for their winner, their defender was completely unmarked...just heartbreaking.
All in all, I think we played the best overall over, what, 220 mins against a struggling Premiership team who are probably soon to be broken up anyway (the club itself might even be shut down in the near future) but:
1. In both games, we lost key players (first game: Kieren; second game: Sammy, then Leon)
2. Our defence was terrible at exactly the moments we needed them to be at their best- the set-pieces.
3. If only we could have used someone like Baker and Deegan to add some extra attacking pressure, then we mighta nicked a second goal- I appreciate Grandison is a tall guy, but to be of any use, you have to create the chances for him to head the ball in...and we didn't really do that in extra time.
Oh well, Ipswich is a new game, let's go there and stuff some prawn sandwiches in Roy Keane's rear end!
Nick
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In the first half we were flying, we were creating space and a lot of chances and we lost Clingan due to injury without another central midfielder on the bench to replace him.
We missed Bell out on the right and when Best came off we really missed him up front as we were hoof balling it up to a young lad who was playing out of position, we were never ever going to score again.
For the equaliser I am not sure about the schoolboy error, there was nobody near them at all so all it took was a shout from somebody and the ball would have been well away and we would have won the game and taken on Sunderland in a couple of weekends.
I hate the fact Coleman doesn't like making substitutions unless he has to, which is all well and good when were are in control of the game but surely we could have left Best on and put Eastwood up front and Cain on to give us some pace?
We missed Bell out on the right and when Best came off we really missed him up front as we were hoof balling it up to a young lad who was playing out of position, we were never ever going to score again.
For the equaliser I am not sure about the schoolboy error, there was nobody near them at all so all it took was a shout from somebody and the ball would have been well away and we would have won the game and taken on Sunderland in a couple of weekends.
I hate the fact Coleman doesn't like making substitutions unless he has to, which is all well and good when were are in control of the game but surely we could have left Best on and put Eastwood up front and Cain on to give us some pace?
IrishSkyBlue
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There was me thinking we would make it to pens and westwood be the hero, what is it with our defence its pisses me off when i hear what happens. how many times have we gone in front and fucked it away, i hope we take our frustration out on ipswich and batter the shite out of them lol.
simmouk
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I'm just completely gutted at the way in which we lost, totally undeserved! But totally Coventry City as usual, there's always a chance with City at 1-0 that the other team will get a goal and it bloody happened. I just can't believe they held on for that long and then two goals in the dying seconds of the game killed us off. Pompey did not deserve to win that game, so therefore I shall be supporting Sunderland in the next round!