Match Thread Coventry City - Birmingham City Match Thread - Friday 8th Dec (3 Viewers)

[Chris1987]

Scored from one at Millwall.

A stunning 0.72% success rare

 

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[itsabuzzard]

Just a litte catch up for anyone who missed this. I caught up wth the previous season before this one.

The climb, season on season, for the seasons City have been back in the Championship, is well worthy of a repost.


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The bar chart race for the 2022/23 season is below.

Interactive apparently.

2022/23

Great stuff! That bar chart thing is mesmerising.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Speaking to reporters, the former England striker said, "I think some players in there need to grow a pair of balls, basically, because I’m watching what they do in training and the minute there are fans out there they become a different player, a different person. That is football. You are going to have to play in front of fans, wherever you play.

Yes but in training they're playing against their own team

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[fernandopartridge]

A stunning 0.72% success rare

We scored from one on the opening day of the season and at Hull and at home to Boro. We've got 7 goals in total from set pieces, 6th best in the league and better than the expected goals from set pieces

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[Frostie]

139...so we're defo due a good one very soon.....

We've scored 5 goals from corners i.e. scored from 3.6% of them which is very high.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

We've scored 5 goals from corners i.e. scored from 3.6% of them which is very high.

Does that exceed last season ratio (+ hamer at leicester) If so could we be saying Eccles is a better corner taker than Hamer?

 

[Nuskyblue]

Most pointless stat going.

What are we ment to make of that?

 

[Philosorapter]

Great stuff! That bar chart thing is mesmerising.

Cheers!

Here's the line chart of the 2022/23 season.

Again, interactive.

Championship 2022/23

 

[Philosorapter]

Just a little test, but I originally wanted to do this like this...

Championship 2023/24 as it stands

Good fun

Edit- enough messing around.

 

[wingy]

Can't wait for a repeat but maybe hitting the 1600's

 

[fernandopartridge]

Most pointless stat going.

What are we ment to make of that?

It shows that we spend a lot of time in the opposition half

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[Philosorapter]

Can't wait for a repeat but maybe hitting the 1600's

Got some reading if anyone's interested.

It's all linked in a round about way.

Back in the day..

XBoard - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

www.gnu.org

Edit:- Forget AlphaZero, Crafty has always been the showstopper

Crafty - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Back to the footie

 

[Calista]

Ive a fucking work do and will miss this game and I love pissing on Birmingham, an irrelevant small time club who have lived in our shadow for over a century. Never think about them but sad to be missing the game. Always check their scores and makes me happy when they are losing.
Wont happen but my team would be:
Wilson
Latabadieure Mcfadzean Binks Bidwell
Sheaf Eccles
Sakamoto Allen Wright
Simms or Godden

Right now im in two minds who should start between Simms and Godden, id basically pick whoever looks better in training this week and make it clear to both thats what will be the case.

You never think about them but you always check their scores?

 

[ccfc1234]

Any idea on how close to a sell out this will be?

 

[Evo1883]

Any idea on how close to a sell out this will be?

Not too far off

 

[napolimp]

Just a little test, but I origially wanted to do this like this...

Championship 2023/24 as it stands

Good fun

Edit- enough messing around.

Absolutely mesmerising.

 

[napolimp]

Most pointless stat going.

What are we ment to make of that?

Supposedly if you create more chances, you win more corners. So it does line-up with other stats that have been thrown around on the forum. And more proof our forwards aren't firing, although I'd say the whole team - including midfield and the defence from set pieces.

 

[BlueSkiesForever]

More proof our forwards aren't firing, although I'd say the whole team - including midfield and the defence from set pieces.

I agree that our forwards still aren’t on their A-game but I still think the midfield is to blame for a lot of missed chances. So many times you’d see the ball get to the final third only for the last pass to be a really shit one and either the ball gets intercepted or the striker is then running away from goal making the chance harder to score than it needed to be. If we can put multiple chances on a plate for Simms and Wright then I reckon we’ll beat Birmingham easily.

We need to create chances like Ipswich did against us, quick through ball along the ground, not bobbling around at chest height, give our strikers several of those in a game and I’ve absolutely no doubt we’ll score at least 2 goals per game.

 

[CV22SBA]

Not too far off

Blues just tweeted that they have sold out.
Hospitality is also sold out.
Blocks 4/5/11/12/13 closed and 26 POTG so i reckon about 27K.

 

[Evo1883]

Blues just tweeted that they have sold out.
Hospitality is also sold out.
Blocks 4/5/11/12/13 closed and 26 POTG so i reckon about 27K.

They're very excited selling out 20 minutes down the road

 

[pusbccfc]

Blues just tweeted that they have sold out.
Hospitality is also sold out.
Blocks 4/5/11/12/13 closed and 26 POTG so i reckon about 27K.

Will be interesting to see what the West Stand will be like. Apparently sold out but I guarantee it will be half empty in the top tier.

I think they'll open 4/5 at some point.

 

[robbiethemole]

Rooney bollocking his players to 'grow a pair', will it work for or against them??? plenty of youngsters in that side might just think 'fuck him'.

 

[clint van damme]

Rooney bollocking his players to 'grow a pair', will it work for or against them??? plenty of youngsters in that side might just think 'fuck him'.

He should grow some hair

 

[Covkid1968#]

He should grow some hair

On his bollocks and then have it surgically removed and re implanted onto his Swede.

 

[procdoc]

Collins
MVE Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Sheaf Eccles
Sakamoto O’Hare Wright
Simms

Get O’Hare in the 10 role, his natural position. Simms should start

 

[edgy]

Should be the biggest attendance of the season so far. Night game, local derby, really looking forward to it. Swerved the works Xmas night out for it. These are the nights to get the kids hooked on watching football.

 

[Mcbean]

Should be the biggest attendance of the season so far. Night game, local derby, really looking forward to it. Swerved the works Xmas night out for it. These are the nights to get the kids hooked on watching football.

Crikey we’d better win

 

[skyblueeyesrevisited]

O'Hare as a pivot?!

Prefer him as a fulcrum myself

 

[Sbarcher]

Prefer him as a fulcrum myself

As long as the team is balanced.

 

[RobinsArmy]

Let’s hope they don’t smash up the toilet and TVs like last time the dirty

 

[no_loyalty]

Should be the biggest attendance of the season so far. Night game, local derby, really looking forward to it. Swerved the works Xmas night out for it. These are the nights to get the kids hooked on watching football.

Same here, have written off £45 for Christmas do at Villa Park.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

He is always going to be a popular player because his best attributes (work rate; running at defenders) are classic crowd-pleasers

More of a pass it sideways refusing to shoot kinda guy?

 

[SBT]

More of a pass it sideways refusing to shoot kinda guy?

I need to see him on one of those xG graphs before I decide if I like him or not

 

[wingy]

As long as the team is balanced.

You had me there for a Moment.

 

[Evo1883]

Should be the biggest attendance of the season so far. Night game, local derby, really looking forward to it. Swerved the works Xmas night out for it. These are the nights to get the kids hooked on watching football.

My daughters sunday team ( she plays for a boys team ) are going Friday, they've basically got 2 rows in block 27