Easy fixtures (1 Viewer)

[speedie87]

dont think we could have had an easier start to the season with the fixtures we’ve had. Ignoring bury who haven’t played yet the 3 teams we gave played are the bottom 3.

Tuesday will the real test to see if we have improved this season.

 

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[kg82]

dont think we could have had an easier start to the season with the fixtures we’ve had. Ignoring bury who haven’t played yet the 3 teams we gave played are the bottom 3.

Tuesday will the real test to see if we have improved this season.

Yeah, that mentality worked well for us last season.

 

[Deleted member 2477]

dont think we could have had an easier start to the season with the fixtures we’ve had. Ignoring bury who haven’t played yet the 3 teams we gave played are the bottom 3.

Tuesday will the real test to see if we have improved this season.

Theres always one who has to pop the party balloon

 

[Kilclines curly mullet]

dont think we could have had an easier start to the season with the fixtures we’ve had. Ignoring bury who haven’t played yet the 3 teams we gave played are the bottom 3.

Tuesday will the real test to see if we have improved this season.

Good point however since I can remember it’s the so called easier teams that we always struggle against.
Points are points and you can only beat who is in front of you.

Agree, Pompey will be a big test, and even bigger for me personally being that I work with about 50 Pompey fans.

 

[BlueElephant]

Oh yeah because the table tells you how good/bad teams are after 3 games doesn’t it

 

[jackdg]

Oh yeah because the table tells you how good/bad teams are after 3 games doesn’t it

I agree that you can’t judge the table after 3 games but I think we have played two teams that will be relegated this year and the other will be comfortably bottom half.

Let’s hope for a result at Portsmouth

 

[larry_david]

After 3 games partly the reason they are at the bottom is because we've beaten them...

 

[covboy1987]

dont think we could have had an easier start to the season with the fixtures we’ve had. Ignoring bury who haven’t played yet the 3 teams we gave played are the bottom 3.

Tuesday will the real test to see if we have improved this season.

Was thinking this myself - was really impressed on how we played yesterday but then it still hurts how we could not score against Bolton as to make matters worse they have shipped 10 goals in the last two games since our 0-0 draw- If we play well and beat Portsmouth Tuesday then we might start hoping

 

[ps1948]

Having started last year with a defeat against Scunthorpe, who were relegated, and a draw at Wimbledon, who were 1 place above relegation, I'll take the 7 points we've got this season.....and whilst accepting we should have done better against Bolton, we would have won that if the officials hadn't deprived us of 2 (in my view) legitimate goals.

 

[fatso]

I’ll take the easy start, it gives the new lads time to settle in and get up to speed.
It also gives Allen and Kastanaeer a chance to get match fit before the bigger teams come to town.

 

[Seamus1]

We helped put 2 of those teams in the bottom three by beating what is put out in front of us. By this logic, Manchester United’s first game against Chelsea was “easy” as they were second from bottom after the first day of the season...crikey how crap is that Europe’s League winning side!?!

 

[Tommo1993]

If Pompey put on the same show as they did against Sunderland, anything but a Cov win would be disappointing. Their final third play was hilariously awful.

This’ll come back and haunt, no doubt, but John Marquis is absolute shite, and I’m so glad we didn’t sign him.

 

[Warwickhunt]

dont think there are any easy teams! The shite ones just park the bus which annoys me as it kills the entertainment.

 

[cooperskyblue]

Disagree. Think it's a hard set of fixtures because we are Coventry City and we don't do easy.

Last season it was the lesser teams we came unstuck against, whereas top 6 we were pretty good.

 

[ccfcway]

Don’t agree at all.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

These ‘easy’ fixtures were the ones we couldn’t win last season

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Oh yeah because the table tells you how good/bad teams are after 3 games doesn’t it

Bolton shipped 10 in the two games after playing us. Safe to say they’re not very good at the moment

 

[ccfcway]

Bolton shipped 10 in the two games after playing us. Safe to say they’re not very good at the moment

“At the moment”. Surely safe to say we are very good at the moment then?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

“At the moment”. Surely safe to say we are very good at the moment then?

The point being that once a white knight comes in as always seems to happen they will pick things up. Right now it’s a youth team there to get pumped and we missed an easy win, legitimate goals notwithstanding.

In years gone by we have normally made good starts to the season then quickly petered out. I have concerns about the depth in our squad and really it will take months to see if it can stay the distance. Still, good to have points on the board

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Southend also took a pasting yesterday.

But we have beaten what's been put in front of us apart from a referee so we've done what was needed so far.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Southend also took a pasting yesterday.

But we have beaten what's been put in front of us apart from a referee so we've done what was needed so far.

We won’t score threes and fours but I can see a huge amount of clean sheets

 

[Tommo1993]

Apparently we play Championship style football according to someone on twitter.

The delusion is strong in this one.

 

[itsabuzzard]

Was thinking this myself - was really impressed on how we played yesterday but then it still hurts how we could not score against Bolton as to make matters worse they have shipped 10 goals in the last two games since our 0-0 draw- If we play well and beat Portsmouth Tuesday then we might start hoping

Hope springs eternal.

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[Warwickhunt]

Southend were up for it being the first game of the season, Bolton were extremely up for it first game at the stadium and a bunch of kids running there bollox off trying to impress but as you can see its not sustainable an they will get whupped a few times this season. Perhaps it would have been better to play them a bit later but thats the luck of the draw. As i say if you are good enough over the season the table does not lie! Top 6 for us I predict.

 

[Warwickhunt]

Apparently we play Championship style football according to someone on twitter.

The delusion is strong in this one.

But we do play a better type of football compared to the other teams that are outside the Top 6

 

[MalcSB]

Was thinking this myself - was really impressed on how we played yesterday but then it still hurts how we could not score against Bolton as to make matters worse they have shipped 10 goals in the last two games since our 0-0 draw- If we play well and beat Portsmouth Tuesday then we might start hoping

Bolton were playing us at home in front of an impassioned crowd who would have lifted them. They have lost their two away games, if one of our disallowed efforts ( or penalty shouts) had been given they would probably have crumpled.

 

[capel & collindridge]

Southend also took a pasting yesterday.

True, every shot Lincoln had on target went it. But was it a pasting?

Looking at the stats, Lincoln had four more shots than Southend and two more on target. Whereas. when we played them, we had four more shots than Southend and only one more on target. So statistically we weren't all that far behind.

Similarly against Bolton (where we had goals taken off us), our stats are not very different to those of others opponents Bolton have faced so far.

Tranmere had 18 more shots than Bolton and 10 more on target. Wycombe had 22 more shots than Bolton and 10 more on target. These were both away games for Bolton. When they were at home to us, we had 19 more shots than Bolton and five more on target (and that's not counting the three disallowed goals of course).

Also interesting is the fact that Bolton had 62% of possession against Wycombe, 45% against Tranmere, and only 32% against us.

Rochdale, at home to Bolton in the Carabao cup won 5-2, with slightly less possession than we had away to Bolton. Rochdale had 8 more shots than Bolton, and four more on target.

So, overall, I don't think we did much worse than Bolton's other L1 opponents this season, especially taking in account than we were the only team Bolton has so far played at home. Be interesting to see how to see how they Bolton do in their other games at "Fortress University of Bolton Stadiium" this season.

Finally, Bristol Rovers have lost two and drawn one games of their three league games this season. Each game was against a team now in the top four of L1. Each team, including us, had more shots on target than they did, but whereas Wycombe and Blackpool had fewer shots overall than Bristol, we had three more shots than Bristol Rovers and three more shots on target (Blackpool also had three more on target, while Wycombe had just one more).

I conclude we have started like the top four club we should be!!

 

[ccfcway]

The point being that once a white knight comes in as always seems to happen they will pick things up.

Let’s hope so. We just need our white Knight now

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

True, every shot Lincoln had on target went it. But was it a pasting?

Looking at the stats, Lincoln had four more shots than Southend and two more on target. Whereas. when we played them, we had four more shots than Southend and only one more on target. So statistically we weren't all that far behind.

Similarly against Bolton (where we had goals taken off us), our stats are not very different to those of others opponents Bolton have faced so far.

Tranmere had 18 more shots than Bolton and 10 more on target. Wycombe had 22 more shots than Bolton and 10 more on target. These were both away games for Bolton. When they were at home to us, we had 19 more shots than Bolton and five more on target (and that's not counting the three disallowed goals of course).

Also interesting is the fact that Bolton had 62% of possession against Wycombe, 45% against Tranmere, and only 32% against us.

Rochdale, at home to Bolton in the Carabao cup won 5-2, with slightly less possession than we had away to Bolton. Rochdale had 8 more shots than Bolton, and four more on target.

So, overall, I don't think we did much worse than Bolton's other L1 opponents this season, especially taking in account than we were the only team Bolton has so far played at home. Be interesting to see how to see how they Bolton do in their other games at "Fortress University of Bolton Stadiium" this season.

Finally, Bristol Rovers have lost two and drawn one games of their three league games this season. Each game was against a team now in the top four of L1. Each team, including us, had more shots on target than they did, but whereas Wycombe and Blackpool had fewer shots overall than Bristol, we had three more shots than Bristol Rovers and three more shots on target (Blackpool also had three more on target, while Wycombe had just one more).

I conclude we have started like the top four club we should be!!

I get your point but for me I use the term pasting in terms of a one-sided scoreline.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

These ‘easy’ fixtures were the ones we couldn’t win last season

Right on the money , that's why I posted it again .

 

[Johhny Blue]

Bolton shipped 10 in the two games after playing us. Safe to say they’re not very good at the moment

We softened them up for everyone else

 

[mark_ccfc]

Rather meet Pompey now when they are struggling to get started rather than later in the season when they have picked up some momentum.
Famous last words........

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Rather meet Pompey now when they are struggling to get started rather than later in the season when they have picked up some momentum.
Famous last words........

We always used to help opponents start their good runs didn’t we?

 

[Skyblueweeman]

True, every shot Lincoln had on target went it. But was it a pasting?

Looking at the stats, Lincoln had four more shots than Southend and two more on target. Whereas. when we played them, we had four more shots than Southend and only one more on target. So statistically we weren't all that far behind.

Similarly against Bolton (where we had goals taken off us), our stats are not very different to those of others opponents Bolton have faced so far.

Tranmere had 18 more shots than Bolton and 10 more on target. Wycombe had 22 more shots than Bolton and 10 more on target. These were both away games for Bolton. When they were at home to us, we had 19 more shots than Bolton and five more on target (and that's not counting the three disallowed goals of course).

Also interesting is the fact that Bolton had 62% of possession against Wycombe, 45% against Tranmere, and only 32% against us.

Rochdale, at home to Bolton in the Carabao cup won 5-2, with slightly less possession than we had away to Bolton. Rochdale had 8 more shots than Bolton, and four more on target.

So, overall, I don't think we did much worse than Bolton's other L1 opponents this season, especially taking in account than we were the only team Bolton has so far played at home. Be interesting to see how to see how they Bolton do in their other games at "Fortress University of Bolton Stadiium" this season.

Finally, Bristol Rovers have lost two and drawn one games of their three league games this season. Each game was against a team now in the top four of L1. Each team, including us, had more shots on target than they did, but whereas Wycombe and Blackpool had fewer shots overall than Bristol, we had three more shots than Bristol Rovers and three more shots on target (Blackpool also had three more on target, while Wycombe had just one more).

I conclude we have started like the top four club we should be!!