Match Thread Middlesbrough vs Coventry City Play off Semi final 2nd leg Match Thread - Wednesday 17th May (4 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Pete]

Giles is decent going forward. Not so hot on the defensive side. We definitely need to be trying to take him on and pushing him back, so he has to focus on defending rather than attacking

If we do we mustn’t leave gaps to be picked off

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

7hrs 15 mins till …..

 

[Boosh]

The acceptance of a defeat is astounding. I hope Robins and the team do not have this attitude.

 

[Evo1883]

Agreed but it works both ways. If we lose tonight I’ll be seeing posts about how proud people are and we should be happy about what we’ve achieved.

I won’t be happy unless we win promotion. If we don’t the season is not a success

Fair enough most of us will look at this season as a positive Irrespective of what happens tonight .

This could also maybe allow the club to attract better players than it maybe could have if we finished 17th 18th ?

I'm happy

 

[Evo1883]

in 90 mins, they are around 50/50 with the bookies to win (50% draw or city win)
Not really huge favourites

Didn't know that and a little shocked

 

[Matt smith]

Not for me. I chose to book a holiday to the south of France when we were in the bottom three, not envisaging the potential of Wembley.

You don’t go on holiday then

 

[Boosh]

Fair enough most of us will look at this season as a positive Irrespective of what happens tonight .

This could also maybe allow the club to attract better players than it maybe could have if we finished 17th 18th ?

I'm happy

positive yes, success no

 

[Evo1883]

positive yes, success no

I think robins and the players will go there and give everything to get the result tonight .. let's see what happens

 

[Offhegoes]

We are good away from home, or certainly have been since October / November. Vik and Gus should get more space as the emphasis will be on Boro to go forward. I really hope Palmer makes the bench. If we're chasing a goal he will be a perfect player to bring on. Need to start well as we don't want to concede an early goal

 

[duffer]

For reasons I cannot completely explain, I'm a lot less nervous about tonight than I was about Sunday.

Perhaps I've already given up, or is it that I'm supremely confident?!

I think maybe it's just that getting to this point, all level, everything to play for, is so, so much more than I expected this season.

 

[CCFC_Irish]

Coventry are not here because they turned up for 46 games. No point looking at the if's and but's of the past season they make no difference to the team tonight. Hopefully they have had their crap game against Boro on Sunday and turn up tonight.

 

[Matt smith]

Coventry are not here because they turned up for 46 games. No point looking at the if's and but's of the past season they make no difference to the team tonight. Hopefully they have had their crap game against Boro on Sunday and turn up tonight.

We weren’t exactly crap on Sunday were we

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We weren’t exactly crap on Sunday were we

Second half especially we were on top without creating much if anything

 

[CCFC_Irish]

We weren’t exactly crap on Sunday were we

Could be better

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Lucky late goals, as if they were somehow less valid than goals scored at one other point in the game.

If Ben Wilson had been sprinting up for corners in the 5th minute rather than the 95th I assume he’d have gone off in a straitjacket

 

[RoboCCFC90]

You don’t go on holiday then

I have been debating this, but "if you want a wife at the end of the holiday I'd recommend you don't go to Wembley"

 

[GIMOC]

Palmer on the bench. The two changes are as expected

 

[Ashdown]

Always excuses when city do well , weak league , weak relegated teams , grass was too moist , never going to happen again , the pope set a spell on the rest ..

We're a good team

We are but the default inferiority complex is never too far away in the average Cov fan. It’s so typical to build up the opposition as indestructible super heroes.

 

[Boosh]

Palmer on the bench. The two changes are as expected

Ah Hamer out then

 

[Evo1883]

Palmer on the bench. The two changes are as expected

Allen in for godden sheaf in for hamer ?

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[skyblueelephant76]

Allen in for godden sheaf in for hamer ?

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Or Sheaf and Allen in for Eccles and Godden?

 

[Evo1883]

Or Sheaf and Allen in for Eccles and Godden?

That would be more pleasing than what I said

 

[robbiethemole]

How?
Why not just apologise and grow up?

23 year old tough man, he’s just a fucking skank who will try and get people responding to his bollocks.

 

[Matt smith]

Could be better

I agree, but we weren’t crap

 

[Matt smith]

Gus is fit and ready according to Dawkins

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Allen in for Godden and Sheaf in for Eccles

 

[Matt smith]

I have been debating this, but "if you want a wife at the end of the holiday I'd recommend you don't go to Wembley"

My dads leaving his wife in Greece if we get there

admittedly it’s only a day before they were planning on flying back, flys back on pof day

poor on his behalf to book a holiday when we were in the bottom 3, no belief

 

[Matt smith]

Gimoc just bloody tell the forum if hamer is starting

 

[Boosh]

Gimoc just bloody tell the forum if hamer is starting

He is mate don’t worry about it

 

[Matt smith]

He is mate don’t worry about it

Will take it as gospel boosh

 

[PVA]

Glad to have Palmer back if true, we were so desperately short of attacking options off the bench on Sunday.

Though he'll probably only be able to play 15 mins or so max.

 

[rexo87]

So much more confident with Allen and Sheaf in for Eccles and Godden

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[Matt smith]

So much more confident with Allen and Sheaf in for Eccles and Godden

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If they are the changes

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Will we be better next season if we don’t go up?

Gyok will almost certainly be off. There is a good chance Hamer goes as well. Doyle will go back to Man City and McFadzean will be a year older so our back line will be a shambles. The only bit of hope I’m seeing is that Sheaf and Palmer will likely still be with us.

For me, the playoffs are do or die. If we lose I genuinely think we’ll struggle next season.

Why be pessimistic, Mark Robins will do what he has done for the last 6 years, rebuild the team again.

 

[David O'Day]

Why be pessimistic, Mark Robins will do what he has done for the last 6 years, rebuild the team again.

he is on a wum