Match Thread Coventry City vs Leeds United - Match Thread - Weds 5th Feb 7.45pm KO (332 Viewers)

[stupot07]

Not really the same argument, Leeds have been consistently dominant for 2 and a half seasons. We can beat anyone on our day but takes a bit of luck as well as everyone being fully at it. Sadly today's not that day.

Doesn't mean all that much in the grad scheme really,

They haven't been that dominant other wise they would have been promoted the last two seasons.

 

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[Grendel]

Agreed. Solid player generally but just hasn't got that bit of extra class against the better teams.

Like a lot of our players

 

[Ccfcisparks]

in hindsight we should have set up in a 541 probably

 

[pusbccfc]

Just hope this isn't 4/5-0. It will knock this fragile squad back 6 weeks. They already look shot on confidence.

 

[lifeskyblue]

They could be 4 up and you couldn’t complain.
Defensively this the worst we played since Portsmouth. Midfield non existent in covering or being creative. Asante showing all his weaknesses. Simms a few dreadful touches but at least trying (that’s the only positive I can find)

 

[Blind-Faith]

There’s a right way and a wrong way to lose a game of football against a team who are clearly better than you, this is the wrong way to go about it

 

[TomRad85]

The game has been awful but there's definitely some catastrophising going on here off the back of 4 league wins. Literally every player has been on a sliding scale of dreadful unfortunately, it happens. We need to do something at half time as the main concern now is that we get panned.
Grimes comes in for Allen I would hope and he probably just stays there now.

 

[steve101]

Hardly saw Torp apart from one decent run. He needs to get himself on the ball and assert himself. Allen covering all across the pitch. Simms and Thomas-Asante are so poor at keeping the ball it is embarrassing.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

There’s a right way and a wrong way to lose a game of football against a team who are clearly better than you, this is the wrong way to go about it

Absolutely this

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Hardly saw Torp apart from one decent run. He needs to get himself on the ball and assert himself. Allen covering all across the pitch. Simms and Thomas-Asante are so poor at keeping the ball it is embarrassing.

I’m sorry Allen has been anonymous today

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

The bottom line is if you play two up front and they BOTH can't control the ball and hold it up then you're always going to be under pressure.

 

[JoeCCFCPUSB]

Always said it, we have to play a back 5 because our defenders shit. All 4 centre backs at our club are pure garbage, they have been all season.

Lampards tactics have moved 5 at the back and play a high line and it works a treat, that is until we play teams like Leeds United, star studied and will expose just how poor you are in your weak areas.

Our midfield has been invisible tonight, Simms is doing the best he can considering he just get fed scraps.

Half time bring on Samamoto, Grimes

Sakamoto for Asante
Grimes for Joel

Dovin
MvE Thomas Kitchig Bidwell
Allen Grimes Torp
Sakamoto Rudoni
Simms

Switch to a 4 3 2 1

We won't win with a 4 at the back but as it stands we are gonna get bitch slapped with the way things are currently.

 

[ccfc922]

Just hope this isn't 4/5-0. It will knock this fragile squad back 6 weeks. They already look shot on confidence.

Poor lambs.

 

[steve101]

I’m sorry Allen has been anonymous today

Anonymous on the ball but certainly not off the ball. He seems to be pressing on his own at times.

 

[Nick]

Sakamoto coming on. Going 4?

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We have good players who have quality. Tonight though they have looked intimidated.

 

[TomRad85]

Sakamoto coming on. Going 4?

Hope so, at least he can get them running the other way occasionally.

 

[Jimmy87]

Disappointing half of football. We gave them far too much respect from the moment we kicked off. I thought we would go at them but we sat off and gave them easy control of the ball. They almost look scared. The front two look crowded out as soon as they get on the ball, which is leading to errors, pretty much the same all over really. Perhaps a change of tactics will come.
I'm not sure i expected us to get a result today, but i'd like to see some fight at least in the second half, something to take into our next run of league games. All is not lost if we lose to a team with as high cost and quality as Leeds.

 

[Esoterica]

i know BTA scored a worldie last week and he’s a nice bloke but he’s extremely poor with the ball at his feet, can’t get his head up, and has poor decision making. I am not sure what he offers at all in our current setup. Simms as i said earlier is like eeyore and i expect after thst clanger will be mentally absent again for a while

They are both not at the level. Infuriating

Not quite covering it fully. Simms is like eeyore, if eeyore was the lead protagonist in the Green Mile

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We have good players who have quality. Tonight though they have looked intimidated.

We haven’t had the ball
We haven’t been brave on it or trying to use it

 

[shmmeee]

Sakamoto coming on. Going 4?

Across the middle yeah. Should have started with that.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Disappointing half of football. We gave them far too much respect from the moment we kicked off. I thought we would go at them but we sat off and gave them easy control of the ball. They almost look scared. The front two look crowded out as soon as they get on the ball, which is leading to errors, pretty much the same all over really. Perhaps a change of tactics will come.
I'm not sure i expected us to get a result today, but i'd like to see some fight at least in the second half, something to take into our next run of league games. All is not lost if we lose to a team with as high cost and quality as Leeds.

Nothing wrong with the result. Performance has been disappointing so far

 

[Para1140]

Feels proper mens against boys sadly. Can't understand how they're cutting us open so easily at the back.

If you went to the reverse fixture you would

 

[Winny the Bish]

Leeds last 3 away games in the league:
0-0 vs Burnley
3-3 vs Hull
1-0 vs Derby

Why are people on here acting like they're some unbeatable super team?

 

[jordan210]

gifting two goals to a team who are free scoring isn't ideal

 

[shmmeee]

Leeds last 3 away games in the league:
0-0 vs Burnley
3-3 vs Hull
1-0 vs Derby

Why are people on here acting like they're some unbeatable super team?

More to the point why are the people in sky blue on the pitch acting like that?

 

[mrfr]

lot of pissy mattresses in here tonight. You’d think we were 6-0 down to Farnham Town.

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Leeds teaching us a footballing lesson!

Two poor goals to give away though... especially the second, that should have been Dovin's all day long!

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[MalcSB]

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They could be 4 up and you couldn’t complain.
Defensively this the worst we played since Portsmouth. Midfield non existent in covering or being creative. Asante showing all his weaknesses. Simms a few dreadful touches but at least trying (that’s the only positive I can find)

f only we had signed a half decent midfielder in the January window.

 

[Nick]

Bidwell is injured

Unless he's thing 4 atb with kitching lb

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Leeds last 3 away games in the league:
0-0 vs Burnley
3-3 vs Hull
1-0 vs Derby

Why are people on here acting like they're some unbeatable super team?

Exactly the point I’ve been making. yes they have quality but we could have had a much better go at this

 

[shmmeee]

lot of pissy mattresses in here tonight. You’d think we were 6-0 down to Farnham Town.

Give it 45 mins

 

[Ccfcisparks]

lot of pissy mattresses in here tonight. You’d think we were 6-0 down to Farnham Town.

Really odd. Can we not be critical of a poor performance?

 

[Alkhen]

They haven't been that dominant other wise they would have been promoted the last two seasons.

They got 90pts stop being petty, they are clearly miles ahead of where we've have been this season and last.

 

[StrettoBoy]

Switch to a 4 3 2 1