torchomatic
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Amusing chant from about these people around us "there's only five of you singing...five of you singing..." Twats.
Match Thread Coventry City at Forest Green Rovers Match Thread - Saturday 3rd Feb (9 Viewers)
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Gazolba
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We already have him, Ponticelli - but he can't even get on the bench.
If he played every game, he'd get 20 goals easily.
LilleSkyBlue
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The BBC report is kindly to us in both the write-up and shot statistics. It didn't feel that way watching it. It felt like the momentum was almost all one way. In the spirit of fairness, Forest Green were one of the better sides I have seen us face recently, along with Swindon.
My initial reaction was that our penalty was justified, though a real gift from Reuben Reid - a leg stuck out when he never needed to. But even then we never got going. Only Bayliss seemed to have any foothold in the game to speak of. FG's shamefully predictable timewasting and a couple of genuine injuries meant the whole agonising and inevitable drift towards defeat was drawn out, but we showed nothing to suggest we had a goal from open play in us.
It was the game against Yeovil (or Morecambe, or Accrington, or Mansfield, or Exeter) all over again. Falling behind (often to an error) and having no drive about us at all to chase the game. I thought Barrett was a square peg in a round hole - why is he playing rather than one of our own players? - and Clarke-Harris offered nothing new when he came on. This format of City performance is quite frequent and very frustrating. Is Robins powerless to make any difference once it sets in?
Kelly and Doyle together etc etc... dunno. But certainly McNulty wasn't the player he has been recently. And if the point of Kelly and Doyle is to be solid and aggressive, well, we were second to so many balls today.
Misery.
My initial reaction was that our penalty was justified, though a real gift from Reuben Reid - a leg stuck out when he never needed to. But even then we never got going. Only Bayliss seemed to have any foothold in the game to speak of. FG's shamefully predictable timewasting and a couple of genuine injuries meant the whole agonising and inevitable drift towards defeat was drawn out, but we showed nothing to suggest we had a goal from open play in us.
It was the game against Yeovil (or Morecambe, or Accrington, or Mansfield, or Exeter) all over again. Falling behind (often to an error) and having no drive about us at all to chase the game. I thought Barrett was a square peg in a round hole - why is he playing rather than one of our own players? - and Clarke-Harris offered nothing new when he came on. This format of City performance is quite frequent and very frustrating. Is Robins powerless to make any difference once it sets in?
Kelly and Doyle together etc etc... dunno. But certainly McNulty wasn't the player he has been recently. And if the point of Kelly and Doyle is to be solid and aggressive, well, we were second to so many balls today.
Misery.
letsallsingtogether
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Really did not enjoy this game it was like watching a sunday league game the terracing is to low and you are to close to the pitch and I'm sure there was more in that end then they announced it was rammed.
We were up against it from the off and never recovered from the goal just a game full of mistakes and bad passing and decisions, need to put this behind us and make sure it doesn't happen again or we will struggle.
Here's to Accrington and three points.
We were up against it from the off and never recovered from the goal just a game full of mistakes and bad passing and decisions, need to put this behind us and make sure it doesn't happen again or we will struggle.
Here's to Accrington and three points.
Otis
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Didn't we say we must make sure this doesn't happen again after Morecambe?
Tommo72
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Probably the most bizarre football ground experience I’ve ever had and I’ve done over 60 grounds.
Literally felt like a village green with a few shacks around the outside, a tuckshop in the corner and a handful of village idiots behind each goal (and down our side).
I was expecting Mary Berry to turn up at half time and either start selling cakes or present Mark Robins with a Sky Blue gateau or something.....seriously, where were the Morris Dancers and market stalls? (Few outside actually)
All very different to the culture of a traditional football city.....
As for the dickheads, Jesus we seem to be multiplying the quantity by the coach load...
Literally felt like a village green with a few shacks around the outside, a tuckshop in the corner and a handful of village idiots behind each goal (and down our side).
I was expecting Mary Berry to turn up at half time and either start selling cakes or present Mark Robins with a Sky Blue gateau or something.....seriously, where were the Morris Dancers and market stalls? (Few outside actually)
All very different to the culture of a traditional football city.....
As for the dickheads, Jesus we seem to be multiplying the quantity by the coach load...
letsallsingtogether
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That was then this is now
Nick
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How many games have you watched?
Grendel
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Tommo72
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I have to agree with you, might be nice on a warm Summer’s evening etc with picnic blankets out and pork/pickle pies but on a cold wet dull day....not one to be rushing back to lol.
Be interested if anyone had a beer in Nailsworth down the bottom of the hill, looked rather civilised?
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Nice pub down there, the Britannia. Just had the one beer, due to time. The walk back up the hill was tough!
pusbccfc
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Yeah, we did. Again, not the typical football pubs.
Nailsworth is a lovely village, but I'd hate to be so secluded from the rest of the world.
pusbccfc
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Nice to burn the beer calories off!
Londonccfcfan
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FGR are decent team, they won’t get relegated, Dioge still looked a handful up front.
Their defence looked well organised today.
Hopefully they take a lot of points of our play off rivals.
In this league anyone can literally beat anyone.
Their defence looked well organised today.
Hopefully they take a lot of points of our play off rivals.
In this league anyone can literally beat anyone.
Amcoventry
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Who have beaten us twice this season.
Londonccfcfan
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Who also own their own ground. Better pitch. Have more money than us. Are financed with all rich chairman who loves the club.
They are are an excellent example of a well run club (achievement of reaching league 2) from nowhere.
They deserve to be where they are as we do. And don’t be surprised to see more development at the ground.
Their supporters seemed excellent imo. They clapped off Tom Davies when he got injured. They also did a anti sisu chant.
Well done FGR.
Manchester_sky_blue
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This will not end well for anyone.
Manchester_sky_blue
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Nailsworth is a great place to go for a pint. There's a pub called the Village Inn that has its own microbrewery and serves the best pies known to man.
oscillatewildly
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Yes, we spent a couple of hours down there after parking in the school yard. None of us were looking forward to the trek back up but a kindly old lady advised a short cut via steps up through the woods. Steep but thankfully brief, it did indeed cut out a lot.
Some nice pubs, lovely little town.
rondog1973
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Just seeing the replay for their second. Three players like moths to a flame drawn to their wide man who simply squares it leaving a player for a free shot on goal.
Sub Sunday league.
Sub Sunday league.
At u18 level maybe. No chance he would score that many at this level. He's a decent finisher bit his all round game isn't good enough, otherwise he'd be in the team. Do you really think Robins would leave him out the team if he was a 20 goal striker?! The fact he can't even make the squad tells you all you need to know.
Wolves_SkyBlue
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I did the same and thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality package, food was excellent and the staff very friendly, they kept some food back for my lad who had a mare of a train journey down from Newcastle and so was late arriving. Game was crap!
ccfcway
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larry_david
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I'm still fuming about this result
clint van damme
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best we can hope for is sneaking 7th u
Robins has showed he will put youth in when they are ready.
He has also showed how much he rates Ponticelli by awarding him a new contract.
But he obviously doesn't think he's ready for the first team and I wholeheartedly agree.
His time will come, it's not now.
Robins has showed he will put youth in when they are ready.
He has also showed how much he rates Ponticelli by awarding him a new contract.
But he obviously doesn't think he's ready for the first team and I wholeheartedly agree.
His time will come, it's not now.
clint van damme
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After watching today I think the best we can hope for is scraping into the play offs and i don't think we'll do that.
Our away form will fuck us over and after today perhaps injuries will as well.
To lose 3 of your back 4 to injury is fucking cruel.
Preparing myself for a 2nd season in league 2 unfortunately,
Our away form will fuck us over and after today perhaps injuries will as well.
To lose 3 of your back 4 to injury is fucking cruel.
Preparing myself for a 2nd season in league 2 unfortunately,
ccfcway
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If that is the case, i'd back robins to get it right
clint van damme
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Me too. But he has to find a way to sort out our away form.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Mind you if it's the same guy he soon shut up when the player turned round and shouted back yes my Ma says that as well I did have to give him a cheer and clap
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue
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The fans are at breaking point, the strains are evident especially at away games and as I keep saying, SISU have done a lot to cause this off the field trouble
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Shut up.