Should have won today. Nouble might as well go home now. He aint interested.
Bloody awful today. Just got back. Decent last 30 mins. Swanson added some much needed pace. We are a biggish team but no pace and adventure whatsoever
I wouldn't even say it was his pace, it's the ability to get the ball and drive at teams.
Haynes wants to run on to balls, o'brien wants to pass his way up, and fleck and finch like holding each other's hands on the half way line. We pass, stand still and admire it.
Swanson comes on, gets the ball either goes passed someone or passes and makes a forward run to receive the ball and carry it forward. So simple.
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"It was a really tough League One game against an in-form Walsall side," the City boss said.
"They have the best defensive record in League One and you can see why. But I thought after the opening 20 minutes we had control of the game over long periods and we certainly had the vast majority of possession and pressure.
"We worked exceptionally hard and we put them under a lot of pressure particularly in the second-half, we hit some great crosses into the box and we were very unfortunate not to win the game.
"A pleasing aspect is that we now have our third clean sheet in four games, which gives us a foundation to build on.
"Full credit to Walsall for dealing with our pressure, they worked hard to keep a clean-sheet but overall it was a reasonable performance, not a top performance. We worked hard and I think our play merited the three points."
City had what looked like a clear penalty turned down in the first-half when Gary Madine was grappled to the floor by a Saddlers defender, as the loanee was once again influential for the Sky Blues.
Pressley hailed the striker, who extended his loan stay from Sheffield Wednesday today and also reserved praise for Matthew Pennington, who made his debut just two days after signing for the club on loan from Everton.
The Scot continued: "Gary was outstanding and one of our best performers today. The link play is so important and I've said that since we lost Leon Clarke in January. Gary was a focal point and has been brilliant.
"Also young Matty coming into the side today, I thought he was outstanding. He had only trained one day with us too which is impressive as he put in a performance beyond his years.
"Again we didn't get the call on the penalty. It is another contentious decision that hasn't gone our way, but I haven't spoken to the referee about the decision. As I've said before though if you keep working hard these decisions will turn."
I wouldn't even say it was his pace, it's the ability to get the ball and drive at teams.
Haynes wants to run on to balls, o'brien wants to pass his way up, and fleck and finch like holding each other's hands on the half way line. We pass, stand still and admire it.
Swanson comes on, gets the ball either goes passed someone or passes and makes a forward run to receive the ball and carry it forward. So simple.
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"It was a really tough League One game against an in-form Walsall side," the City boss said.
"They have the best defensive record in League One and you can see why. But I thought after the opening 20 minutes we had control of the game over long periods and we certainly had the vast majority of possession and pressure.
"We worked exceptionally hard and we put them under a lot of pressure particularly in the second-half, we hit some great crosses into the box and we were very unfortunate not to win the game.
"A pleasing aspect is that we now have our third clean sheet in four games, which gives us a foundation to build on.
"Full credit to Walsall for dealing with our pressure, they worked hard to keep a clean-sheet but overall it was a reasonable performance, not a top performance. We worked hard and I think our play merited the three points."
City had what looked like a clear penalty turned down in the first-half when Gary Madine was grappled to the floor by a Saddlers defender, as the loanee was once again influential for the Sky Blues.
Pressley hailed the striker, who extended his loan stay from Sheffield Wednesday today and also reserved praise for Matthew Pennington, who made his debut just two days after signing for the club on loan from Everton.
The Scot continued: "Gary was outstanding and one of our best performers today. The link play is so important and I've said that since we lost Leon Clarke in January. Gary was a focal point and has been brilliant.
"Also young Matty coming into the side today, I thought he was outstanding. He had only trained one day with us too which is impressive as he put in a performance beyond his years.
"Again we didn't get the call on the penalty. It is another contentious decision that hasn't gone our way, but I haven't spoken to the referee about the decision. As I've said before though if you keep working hard these decisions will turn."
Lies, excuses and hyperbole in bold.
Agree with SP on the last one you highlighted. Seems to me other teams get them pens and we don't. Looked a penalty to me.
Agreed ,yet our most skillfull player IMO.
Pompous? I don't think so! Prick yesLinnel is a pompous prick
The last 5 league games is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss (Notts County). Not too bad and could be seen as a turn-around after the 7 games w/o wins (Reda and Nouble sidelined).
But I suppose that would require a positive mind-set.
So disappointing that it would have taken such a small increase in tempo, confidence and belief to have won the game
Could have been 8077 but I couldn't make it today don't seemed have missed much8076 ..........today
Coventry Telegraph @CovTel_CCFC 34m34 minutes ago We asked for your three word #SkyBlues reports earlier. We've had loads. Here is a word cloud made up of them.
Read the last part as "dull, need clean out, poor, pressley same rubbish tactically"
Says it all for me really.
Yes fully agree with that. Swanson was good when he came on. Had a go and went on runs and taking people on. Nippy player.
How does oomph get in?
And as tense and headache feature, why isn't nervous there? Wait a minute it is!ointlaugh:
Allsop 7 - made a couple of good save, looks far more confident than he did earlier in the season. His kicking was a bit hit and miss
Pennington 7.5 MOTM. Played well but some poor crosses from good positions.
Webster 6 ok but poor distribution
Martin 7 got his foot in Walsall attacked. Poor distribution at times
O'brien 6 poor first half much better second. Couple of dangerous crosses.
Johnson 6.5 our best attacking outlet in the first half.
Fleck 3 worst game for us by a mile, constantly have the ball away, constantly lost tackles, little movement. (Sorry speedie 6? You're having a laugh)
Finch 3 non existent as Walsall dominated the central midfield area. No movement
Haynes 4 looked lost in midfield.
Nouble 4 poor, little movement, little desire to get involved, little quality when he did get the ball, I would not be renewing the loan in Jan.
Madine 7 worked hard, looks a proper centre forward, battles well with defenders to win the ball. Good touch and most likely to score.
Subs
Swanson - 6. Changed the game when he came on with his directness. Faded badly after 10 mins.
Jackson - n/a.
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