Match Thread Coventry City - Norwich City Match Thread - Saturday 31st Aug (46 Viewers)

Gibbo said:

I did not come on here right after the game as I suspected that it would be full of people who were only one step from calling The Samaritans. However my 5 things are

1. Sakamoto has lost it. See other thread. You might say the same for Simms and (very sadly) Bidwell
2. It's not the defensive aspect of midfield we need to worry about, it's the attack. Rudoni barely contributed. They seemed to have 13 men to our 11. Our goal tally is 0-1-3-1-1-0....pathetic really
3. Torp on the other hand had a good game as a scrapping midfielder. He made a bit of a goof and was hooked, but otherwise he was the best of the bunch by far.
4. EMC looks a real handful - liked what I saw. But still can't work out why we spent so much money for two people in the same slot though - Haji and EMC.
5. Never seen Robins do so many panicky substitutions before. Not his style at all. More worrying than anything else.

4-4-2 with Haji and Bassette up front and Lati as a defensive midfielder to ensure a clean sheet if nothing else. When Robins is under pressure his usual modus operandi is to hunker down go on the defensive and scrap for some clean sheets.

Overheard a chap on the way back to my car say that Sheaf is out for months. Is this true?

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eyesee said:

agree with some of that...
1, saka needs to reinvent himself. it's common for a second season when people have worked you out.
simms got shit service, so no issues with him from me.
bidders looked off the pace, and needed to leave an extra yard to compensate. not sure if this is a permanent problem or not.
4, emc did get better as his spell went on. but, personally, i would use him off the bench for now. fresh legs, and a new threat to deal with late on is always a good idea.
5, yeah, it did seem a bit desperate at the end.

lati in midfield might might be a good call.
if we go for 4-4-2 i would play simms and bassette. bassette looks good, and i'd like to see him get some minutes, assuming of course he would get some decent service.

whether sheaf is back or not, we need to solve this. because he will miss some games, we know that. and our whole season cannot be reliant on a single player being available.

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eyesee said:

agree with some of that...
1, saka needs to reinvent himself. it's common for a second season when people have worked you out.
simms got shit service, so no issues with him from me.
bidders looked off the pace, and needed to leave an extra yard to compensate. not sure if this is a permanent problem or not.
4, emc did get better as his spell went on. but, personally, i would use him off the bench for now. fresh legs, and a new threat to deal with late on is always a good idea.
5, yeah, it did seem a bit desperate at the end.

lati in midfield might might be a good call.
if we go for 4-4-2 i would play simms and bassette. bassette looks good, and i'd like to see him get some minutes, assuming of course he would get some decent service.

whether sheaf is back or not, we need to solve this. because he will miss some games, we know that. and our whole season cannot be reliant on a single player being available.

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GIMOC said:

downed tools? He played 90 mins day before the incident not as though he went on strike

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Grendel said:

He wasn’t offered a new contract so said he wanted to leave. Robins has confirmed that the way palmer is there was no point in keeping him as his attitude would be an issue. He can’t go on strike just not do very much.

Given O Hare has had pelters on here for his attitude it’s interesting the relative silence on the manager admitting palmers ego was the reason he had to leave the club and he and his agent demanded it

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ccfcchris said:

...we were so poor and Norwich destroyed us.

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