Town v Coventry

[themanfromatlantis]

There’s probably a bit of cognitive dissonance in my post here, but every home game bar a couple, we seem to play a team that is much better at creating space for themselves and passing their way out of tight situations.

Contrast that with us, who seem to have at least 2 opposition players biting at the heels of our midfielders every time they try and break forward. The Championship is a very unforgiving and physical league, and the teams who move well and create space are the ones who prosper. It’s football basics really, we’re just not very good at this part of the game this season. I know we’ve been in turmoil, but we’ve become rudderless on the field since we lost Liam O’ Brien.

The only thing to take heart from yesterday, is that we seem to do well playing a pressing game, but that’s such a tiring thing to do if you’re not reaping the rewards of that tactic in the first 30 mins or so.

Too many strangers on the pitch.

Let’s hope we can put together a 90 min performance on Monday, instead of the usual game of 2 halves we’ve seen far too often this season.

Keep the faith, we’ll be reet….

[Deleted]

Mar 29, 2024 18:45:37 GMT 1 Waterloo Terrier said:

Lack of investment over the last few years is killing us now. Coventry banged their money from signings into players and you could see the difference.

Squad is so average that we just can’t play on the front foot against decent teams. Pearson just can’t defend on the halfway line. But Jones and Healey have to start on Monday when we’ll be playing a side we should be able to compete against.

Healey cannot start according to AB. Simply nowhere near fit enough.

[dezzly]

Wasn’t there yesterday so perhaps not the best to comment but I’ll have a go anyway.
Koroma doesn’t take his chance although it’s not as easy a chance as it may look with the narrow angle,that said if he had anything but a left foot that’s for standing on he could have made more of it.
Their first goal,Helik doesn’t do anything near enough,shifts inside him to easily and the lack of a proper attempt to block was pathetic.not the first time recently that iv questioned him defensively.he’s been brilliant for us but for me he’s either been dragged down to others level and mentally done or he’s a move in the pipeline and it doesn’t really matter for him whether we go down or not.
The second goal,balker half in no man’s land when palmer breaks hoggs weak attempt but then simply trots back toward goal when he could easily have got tight to simms and at very least put him off if not have intercepted the cut back or blocked the shot.He’s looked decent on the ball at times but also not very switched on.
Like I say wasn’t there and didn’t watch the game only the last 20 mins then highlights so general play I can’t really comment on.
Healey takes his goal well,I feel had it dropped to others it would have been fluffed.We seemed to have what was a thousand corners but delivery poor.
Jones looked very lively and if can stay fit maybe a lifeline.
I don’t really think it’s the setup or selection that’s doing for us as no one would argue that hard that any that started on the bench should be starting,maybe Healey scoring and jones could be pushing although jones fitness record is horrendous and Healey won’t be ready to start yet,maybe Millwall as I saw andre said he could maybe start when he can do 45 minutes,I just think collectively and individually players aren’t doing their jobs for the whole game,they do in patches and in the patches they don’t we seemingly get punished.
Think we just have to cling on to the hope that we can somehow manage to get more points than wedneday,Birmingham,Blackburn and Plymouth now or two of the 4.
Didn’t go to the game as been honest I just needed another week off from them,been positive all season and adamant we’d stay up but the Rotherham game really made me think otherwise,back for Millwall and really hope we can do the business.

[drumriggend]

Mar 30, 2024 9:23:31 GMT 1 themanfromatlantis said:

There’s probably a bit of cognitive dissonance in my post here, but every home game bar a couple, we seem to play a team that is much better at creating space for themselves and passing their way out of tight situations.

Contrast that with us, who seem to have at least 2 opposition players biting at the heels of our midfielders every time they try and break forward. The Championship is a very unforgiving and physical league, and the teams who move well and create space are the ones who prosper. It’s football basics really, we’re just not very good at this part of the game this season. I know we’ve been in turmoil, but we’ve become rudderless on the field since we lost Liam O’ Brien.

The only thing to take heart from yesterday, is that we seem to do well playing a pressing game, but that’s such a tiring thing to do if you’re not reaping the rewards of that tactic in the first 30 mins or so.

Too many strangers on the pitch.

Let’s hope we can put together a 90 min performance on Monday, instead of the usual game of 2 halves we’ve seen far too often this season.

Keep the faith, we’ll be reet….

This👍👍
Had this discussion with a pal last night..



We simply haven’t had a proper footballer in midfield since mooy left..




Someone who can take the ball,control it,hold possession and pick a forward pass..


Eiting was good for a brief period but injury prone..


We have athletes not footballers..


They have pace and power but no ability..


It seems such a simplistic reasoning for our struggles but it’s a fact..


Our team doesn’t have any proper footballers..



🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[frankslegs]

I was there and have spent a night thinking about it so here goes.
Hogg and Matos should not play together.
Delano is a maverick but in a struggling team a liability.Chicken’s post match comments were spot on.
The amount of hard work and number of successful touches Rudoni had was incredible.
Spencer should have played.
And in a back four- with Hogg and three centre halves we cannot get forward fast enough.
I’ve said on other posts we have to be a flexible 4 3 3 .Warnock got the results we needed this way.
We have no set pattern of play even in good periods.Players pop up in confusing positions for me.
All on here acknowledge how good Pat Jones can be injury free.Somehow find a place for him.
AB is naming players pre match and post match with critical comment.Pointless as all are making mistakes particularly final ball.
Coventry were better but we nearly scraped a point.
Palmer looked the excellent championship player he is.We have nobody any where near his or Simms level.

[htafcokay]

Mar 30, 2024 9:13:53 GMT 1 htfcterry said:

Mar 30, 2024 7:47:31 GMT 1 duncfost01 said:

Sadly all of this is a result of Phil’s business going under. Dean didn’t want to give him anymore than he had to for the club so he threatens admin. But we know all this….

Nagle had his hands tied in the summer. Or so we are told. We have a mid table league squad one squad at best.

Hudlin - never a championship striker.
Harratt- likewise
Ward - very injury prone and stealing a wage.
Bojan - not match fit hadn’t played since October.
Baulker - looks a player but isn’t strong enough.
Headley - poor defensively
Pearson - not a right back.
Hogg - sadly too slow and the reason that Yuta is out.
Rudhoni - a good player until the final ball or shot. Then lacks intelligence and composure.
Kasumu - some games he looks good others not so. - league one standard.
Wiles - better on the ball and more creative but makes some very strange choices and never looks fit. League one standard.

We can still stay up but I’m
Struggling to see where we get a win. The players look shot and the fans have lost all hope.

Relegation along with Plymouth and Rotherham.

Nagles hands weren't tied in January. Yet we had a piss poor window.

His hands weren't tied in the summer either.

[htafcokay]

Mar 30, 2024 9:18:59 GMT 1 Floyds said:

Mar 30, 2024 9:13:53 GMT 1 htfcterry said:

Nagles hands weren't tied in January. Yet we had a piss poor window.

It was the “best transfer window we’ve ever had” according to some on here 😂🙈

Every January window is the best ever these days 😂

[CurlyWurly]

I think we looked better after the subs because we actually had some width.

It was the same at Rotherham, every person in the ground could see the space behind the full backs but persisted with two quality wingers as strikers and strikers sat on the bench.

It was the same yesterday, Headley,Pearson and Spencer couldn't create a word document never mind a chance.

I personally would drop the two upfront, I don't think it would drastically change things defensively. Burgzorg Healey Thomas

[Captainslapper]

I just thought we came up against a better side and we did it with 3 or 4 of our players having REALLY bad off days. Not great.

I like Headley but bloody hell he just had one of those games where he couldn't do a thing right. Basics were beyond him.

Helik was very poor by his standards...the space he gave their lad to turn and shoot for the first was crazy.

Koroma..Ive never known a player so black and white as him..there is no grey...hes either really good or really bad and you can tell in the first few minutes which he'll be. And it was really bad in that game. Should have hooked him after 10 minutes.

And Bergzorg...can be great, can be a bloody nightmare and in that game he was a liability, constantly spoiling attacks by failing to get back onside.

But there were positives.
Thought we showed spirit and did well now to cave in at 2-0 and made a good game of it in the end. We needed one of those that hit the woodwork to go in.
Thought Pat Jones was superb..he always seems to be..comes on and causes the opposition all kinds of problems. Start the lad!
Thought Healey looked good. really aggressive and up for it. First thing he did was nut their centre back..let him know hes in a contest.
Spencer again..very good..should have started..;seems daft that he didnt. yeah he played twice for NI but hes a young fit lad, hes not 35.
Rudoni, Matos..they had decent games.

We just cant seem to put a team performance in for a whole game. In bits we look pretty good but we have spells where we're really poor.

Think we need to win all 3 of our remaining home games and they are all winnable if we play as we can ..Millwall, Swans and brum.

And win one of the 4 aways to be sure.

[Moooooy]

Mar 30, 2024 10:46:18 GMT 1 Captainslapper said:

I just thought we came up against a better side and we did it with 3 or 4 of our players having REALLY bad off days. Not great.

I like Headley but bloody hell he just had one of those games where he couldn't do a thing right. Basics were beyond him.

Helik was very poor by his standards...the space he gave their lad to turn and shoot for the first was crazy.

Koroma..Ive never known a player so black and white as him..there is no grey...hes either really good or really bad and you can tell in the first few minutes which he'll be. And it was really bad in that game. Should have hooked him after 10 minutes.

And Bergzorg...can be great, can be a bloody nightmare and in that game he was a liability, constantly spoiling attacks by failing to get back onside.

But there were positives.
Thought we showed spirit and did well now to cave in at 2-0 and made a good game of it in the end. We needed one of those that hit the woodwork to go in.
Thought Pat Jones was superb..he always seems to be..comes on and causes the opposition all kinds of problems. Start the lad!
Thought Healey looked good. really aggressive and up for it. First thing he did was nut their centre back..let him know hes in a contest.
Spencer again..very good..should have started..;seems daft that he didnt. yeah he played twice for NI but hes a young fit lad, hes not 35.
Rudoni, Matos..they had decent games.

We just cant seem to put a team performance in for a whole game. In bits we look pretty good but we have spells where we're really poor.

Think we need to win all 3 of our remaining home games and they are all winnable if we play as we can ..Millwall, Swans and brum.

And win one of the 4 aways to be sure.

This is what worries me. How are a team who have won 8 games all season and are in dreadful form suddenly going to win 4 of their next 7 games? I just can’t see.

[isitjustme]

Lets be honest....we ain't getting out of this situation adopting footballing brilliance.....We haven't got any. The only thing we have is the ability to run and press until we are fit to drop. Hard graft. Couldn't see any signs of anything remotely like that v Cov. Sad to say, coming to the conclusion the manager is not capable of getting the best of what we have, and we will drop to league 1. If he does manage the miracle, then a complete clear out for next season with better quality is essential.

[htafcokay]

Mar 30, 2024 7:20:14 GMT 1 Million Dollar Babies said:

Mar 30, 2024 0:30:06 GMT 1 htafcokay said:

It was obvious in the summer that we needed a striker, we didn't sign one.

We actually started the season with a strike force of Danny Ward, Kian Harratt and Kyle Hudlin.

That was absolutely criminal, but the club knew best didn't they.

You think that's comical, wait until we line up at Stockport on the first game of next season with a strike pairing of Hudlin and big Tyreece

They'll tear up League One.

[ambryboy]

Mar 30, 2024 9:24:43 GMT 1 @sociallydistant said:

Mar 29, 2024 18:45:37 GMT 1 Waterloo Terrier said:

Lack of investment over the last few years is killing us now. Coventry banged their money from signings into players and you could see the difference.

Squad is so average that we just can’t play on the front foot against decent teams. Pearson just can’t defend on the halfway line. But Jones and Healey have to start on Monday when we’ll be playing a side we should be able to compete against.

Healey cannot start according to AB. Simply nowhere near fit enough.

That's bonkers though, surely it's better to start with your best 11 and if players are tiring after an hour or so substitute them then. Hopefully you're 3 goals up and coasting by that stage.

[Deleted]

Mar 30, 2024 11:32:42 GMT 1 ambryboy said:

Mar 30, 2024 9:24:43 GMT 1 @sociallydistant said:

Healey cannot start according to AB. Simply nowhere near fit enough.

That's bonkers though, surely it's better to start with your best 11 and if players are tiring after an hour or so substitute them then. Hopefully you're 3 goals up and coasting by that stage.

I get you, but the message was half an hour would be absolute limit. So I guess hooking someone so early would be wrong.

[galpharm2400]

Mar 30, 2024 11:20:16 GMT 1 isitjustme said:

Lets be honest....we ain't getting out of this situation adopting footballing brilliance.....We haven't got any. The only thing we have is the ability to run and press until we are fit to drop. Hard graft. Couldn't see any signs of anything remotely like that v Cov. Sad to say, coming to the conclusion the manager is not capable of getting the best of what we have, and we will drop to league 1. If he does manage the miracle, then a complete clear out for next season with better quality is essential.

We are required to be very busy for far longer than the last 15 minutes.
Our support of the man on the ball was very poor for most of the game yesterday.
Its not talent, its hard work.
The bravery needed to go to the ball rather than drop off from it was missing.
Coventry played with or without the ball far closer to it, they worked hard to close us down on turnovers, we dropped away far too often.
We should have scored after pressing in the first half, we did score after doing do in the second.
Neither was a result of anything more than working hard to get close to the ball.

[Deleted]

Mar 30, 2024 10:46:18 GMT 1 Captainslapper said:

I just thought we came up against a better side and we did it with 3 or 4 of our players having REALLY bad off days. Not great.

I like Headley but bloody hell he just had one of those games where he couldn't do a thing right. Basics were beyond him.

Helik was very poor by his standards...the space he gave their lad to turn and shoot for the first was crazy.

Koroma..Ive never known a player so black and white as him..there is no grey...hes either really good or really bad and you can tell in the first few minutes which he'll be. And it was really bad in that game. Should have hooked him after 10 minutes.

And Bergzorg...can be great, can be a bloody nightmare and in that game he was a liability, constantly spoiling attacks by failing to get back onside.

But there were positives.
Thought we showed spirit and did well now to cave in at 2-0 and made a good game of it in the end. We needed one of those that hit the woodwork to go in.
Thought Pat Jones was superb..he always seems to be..comes on and causes the opposition all kinds of problems. Start the lad!
Thought Healey looked good. really aggressive and up for it. First thing he did was nut their centre back..let him know hes in a contest.
Spencer again..very good..should have started..;seems daft that he didnt. yeah he played twice for NI but hes a young fit lad, hes not 35.
Rudoni, Matos..they had decent games.

We just cant seem to put a team performance in for a whole game. In bits we look pretty good but we have spells where we're really poor.

Think we need to win all 3 of our remaining home games and they are all winnable if we play as we can ..Millwall, Swans and brum.

And win one of the 4 aways to be sure.

When we’ve won 8 games all season, at 20.5% win rate, can you see us turning that into a 43% or 57% strike rate for the 3 or 4 wins you suggest ?

[willo]

Mar 30, 2024 11:46:42 GMT 1 @sociallydistant said:

Mar 30, 2024 10:46:18 GMT 1 Captainslapper said:

I just thought we came up against a better side and we did it with 3 or 4 of our players having REALLY bad off days. Not great.

I like Headley but bloody hell he just had one of those games where he couldn't do a thing right. Basics were beyond him.

Helik was very poor by his standards...the space he gave their lad to turn and shoot for the first was crazy.

Koroma..Ive never known a player so black and white as him..there is no grey...hes either really good or really bad and you can tell in the first few minutes which he'll be. And it was really bad in that game. Should have hooked him after 10 minutes.

And Bergzorg...can be great, can be a bloody nightmare and in that game he was a liability, constantly spoiling attacks by failing to get back onside.

But there were positives.
Thought we showed spirit and did well now to cave in at 2-0 and made a good game of it in the end. We needed one of those that hit the woodwork to go in.
Thought Pat Jones was superb..he always seems to be..comes on and causes the opposition all kinds of problems. Start the lad!
Thought Healey looked good. really aggressive and up for it. First thing he did was nut their centre back..let him know hes in a contest.
Spencer again..very good..should have started..;seems daft that he didnt. yeah he played twice for NI but hes a young fit lad, hes not 35.
Rudoni, Matos..they had decent games.

We just cant seem to put a team performance in for a whole game. In bits we look pretty good but we have spells where we're really poor.

Think we need to win all 3 of our remaining home games and they are all winnable if we play as we can ..Millwall, Swans and brum.

And win one of the 4 aways to be sure.

When we’ve won 8 games all season, at 20.5% win rate, can you see us turning that into a 43% or 57% strike rate for the 3 or 4 wins you suggest ?

Miracles can happen! 😉

[Deleted]

Mar 30, 2024 11:58:21 GMT 1 willo said:

Mar 30, 2024 11:46:42 GMT 1 @sociallydistant said:

When we’ve won 8 games all season, at 20.5% win rate, can you see us turning that into a 43% or 57% strike rate for the 3 or 4 wins you suggest ?

Miracles can happen! 😉

That was last season. How many miracles can we bank on ?

[Deleted]

Mar 30, 2024 11:20:16 GMT 1 isitjustme said:

Let’s be honest....we ain't getting out of this situation adopting footballing brilliance.....We haven't got any. The only thing we have is the ability to run and press until we are fit to drop. Hard graft. Couldn't see any signs of anything remotely like that v Cov. Sad to say, coming to the conclusion the manager is not capable of getting the best of what we have, and we will drop to league 1. If he does manage the miracle, then a complete clear out for next season with better quality is essential.

That’s what we were saying a year ago.

[ram]

And! After all that,just remember Hoss is bulletproof,none of this is his fault.{apparently}

[JG Mellor]

Mar 30, 2024 10:46:18 GMT 1 Captainslapper said:

I just thought we came up against a better side and we did it with 3 or 4 of our players having REALLY bad off days. Not great.

I like Headley but bloody hell he just had one of those games where he couldn't do a thing right. Basics were beyond him.

Helik was very poor by his standards...the space he gave their lad to turn and shoot for the first was crazy.

Koroma..Ive never known a player so black and white as him..there is no grey...hes either really good or really bad and you can tell in the first few minutes which he'll be. And it was really bad in that game. Should have hooked him after 10 minutes.

And Bergzorg...can be great, can be a bloody nightmare and in that game he was a liability, constantly spoiling attacks by failing to get back onside.

But there were positives.
Thought we showed spirit and did well now to cave in at 2-0 and made a good game of it in the end. We needed one of those that hit the woodwork to go in.
Thought Pat Jones was superb..he always seems to be..comes on and causes the opposition all kinds of problems. Start the lad!
Thought Healey looked good. really aggressive and up for it. First thing he did was nut their centre back..let him know hes in a contest.
Spencer again..very good..should have started..;seems daft that he didnt. yeah he played twice for NI but hes a young fit lad, hes not 35.
Rudoni, Matos..they had decent games.

We just cant seem to put a team performance in for a whole game. In bits we look pretty good but we have spells where we're really poor.

Think we need to win all 3 of our remaining home games and they are all winnable if we play as we can ..Millwall, Swans and brum.

And win one of the 4 aways to be sure.

I'm thinking 9 more points, one way or another, will be enough this season.

[JG Mellor]

Mar 30, 2024 11:20:16 GMT 1 isitjustme said:

Lets be honest....we ain't getting out of this situation adopting footballing brilliance.....We haven't got any. The only thing we have is the ability to run and press until we are fit to drop. Hard graft. Couldn't see any signs of anything remotely like that v Cov. Sad to say, coming to the conclusion the manager is not capable of getting the best of what we have, and we will drop to league 1. If he does manage the miracle, then a complete clear out for next season with better quality is essential.

Have they over trained with the double sessions? They didn't look fresh from the start.

[Baby-face Frankenstein]

Mar 29, 2024 14:24:55 GMT 1 Wagner Uber Alles said:

Mar 29, 2024 13:08:22 GMT 1 Baby-face Frankenstein said:

I'm with other similarly-minded thinkers in that I'm strongly leaning towards the hunch that Coventry won't completely be able to get that huge game at Wembley in 20-odd day's time out of their heads, and I think Town will be invigorated by AB's training sessions of the last two weeks during the International break, so will be firing on all cylinders.
Won't be able to follow the game this aft, will be attending instead my first St John's Passion by Leipzig's adopted son, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Can only hope that Andre Breitenreiter will be conducting a masterpiece of equal passion at the John Smith's.

UTFT

My concern is that AB's training sessions will have left our motley crew knackered.

Aye well, turns out you were probably nearer the truth, although, unfortunately, the passion I was on about also turned out to be true, even if it was in the suffering, biblical sense :-(

[JG Mellor]

Mar 30, 2024 11:46:42 GMT 1 @sociallydistant said:

Mar 30, 2024 10:46:18 GMT 1 Captainslapper said:

I just thought we came up against a better side and we did it with 3 or 4 of our players having REALLY bad off days. Not great.

I like Headley but bloody hell he just had one of those games where he couldn't do a thing right. Basics were beyond him.

Helik was very poor by his standards...the space he gave their lad to turn and shoot for the first was crazy.

Koroma..Ive never known a player so black and white as him..there is no grey...hes either really good or really bad and you can tell in the first few minutes which he'll be. And it was really bad in that game. Should have hooked him after 10 minutes.

And Bergzorg...can be great, can be a bloody nightmare and in that game he was a liability, constantly spoiling attacks by failing to get back onside.

But there were positives.
Thought we showed spirit and did well now to cave in at 2-0 and made a good game of it in the end. We needed one of those that hit the woodwork to go in.
Thought Pat Jones was superb..he always seems to be..comes on and causes the opposition all kinds of problems. Start the lad!
Thought Healey looked good. really aggressive and up for it. First thing he did was nut their centre back..let him know hes in a contest.
Spencer again..very good..should have started..;seems daft that he didnt. yeah he played twice for NI but hes a young fit lad, hes not 35.
Rudoni, Matos..they had decent games.

We just cant seem to put a team performance in for a whole game. In bits we look pretty good but we have spells where we're really poor.

Think we need to win all 3 of our remaining home games and they are all winnable if we play as we can ..Millwall, Swans and brum.

And win one of the 4 aways to be sure.

When we’ve won 8 games all season, at 20.5% win rate, can you see us turning that into a 43% or 57% strike rate for the 3 or 4 wins you suggest ?

That's what happened last season. Part Warnock, but also playing teams with nothing to play for e.g. Cardiff.

[Terrier Ramone]

There was little to praise yesterday, Cov basically gave up at 2-0 & we then had a good spell just before & after we scored. Jones, Healey & even Radulovic showed some ability (it will probably not have been noticed by many, I think you had to be close to it to really appreciate it but he made one sublime touch killing the ball dead into the path of a team mate about yard away from him).

Jones will have a great career if, & it's a big if, he can stay fit. If Healey is not able to do more than 30 mins currently, he can't start, but he showed great heart & tenacity. Burgzorg & Koroma were liabilities up front & neither can be relied upon in a fight.

As we do lack quality, we need players that want to fight, Burgzorg & Koroma need to be benched, we can't afford players at this stage in the season that only turn up if they want to & neither of these are great at pressing from the front.

[overtonterrierspirit]

Mar 30, 2024 12:43:38 GMT 1 Terrier Ramone said:

There was little to praise yesterday, Cov basically gave up at 2-0 & we then had a good spell just before & after we scored. Jones, Healey & even Radulovic showed some ability (it will probably not have been noticed by many, I think you had to be close to it to really appreciate it but he made one sublime touch killing the ball dead into the path of a team mate about yard away from him).

Jones will have a great career if, & it's a big if, he can stay fit. If Healey is not able to do more than 30 mins currently, he can't start, but he showed great heart & tenacity. Burgzorg & Koroma were liabilities up front & neither can be relied upon in a fight.

As we do lack quality, we need players that want to fight, Burgzorg & Koroma need to be benched, we can't afford players at this stage in the season that only turn up if they want to & neither of these are great at pressing from the front.

Great post.
I agree totally.
After their 2nd goal I thought Coventry were playing in 2nd gear.
Their superior technique allowed them to do this and they had one of their best players ( O’hare ) on the bench!
Its a worry that on Monday we’ll have one of the best crosses of the ball in the league back in action with no one capable of getting on the end of them.

[rocky]

Mar 30, 2024 12:43:38 GMT 1 Terrier Ramone said:

There was little to praise yesterday, Cov basically gave up at 2-0 & we then had a good spell just before & after we scored. Jones, Healey & even Radulovic showed some ability (it will probably not have been noticed by many, I think you had to be close to it to really appreciate it but he made one sublime touch killing the ball dead into the path of a team mate about yard away from him).

Jones will have a great career if, & it's a big if, he can stay fit. If Healey is not able to do more than 30 mins currently, he can't start, but he showed great heart & tenacity. Burgzorg & Koroma were liabilities up front & neither can be relied upon in a fight.

As we do lack quality, we need players that want to fight, Burgzorg & Koroma need to be benched, we can't afford players at this stage in the season that only turn up if they want to & neither of these are great at pressing from the front.

I was surprised at how flat we were for the first 75% of the game, given the importance of the game. They seemed to lack energy, commitment, fight (as you said) and for large parts of the first half in particular, it looked like a stroll for Coventry. It's time for a change and we have to fully use the 3 players you mention above to have any chance of avoiding relegation.

[Deleted]

Think we was the better side for 60 mins yesterday. They just have the better quality.

Koroma takes his chance that’s 1-0 and that’s a completely different game, but he lacks quality. Minutes later their 8 million pound striker goes up the field and twats one top bins. Again, quality.

The thing is at the minute, we don’t have quality bar Sorba and on his day Burgzorg, the rest are too predicable. Rudoni, amazing player on the ball, but when it comes to shooting have you ever seen him lift the ball off the ground?! Matos, cracking player, but you can’t play him next to hogg, they’re both liability’s. If you want matos in the team, put kasumu along side him. Helik was poor yesterday too by his standards, and don’t even get me started on matty pearson. He cannot pass a football, yet he seems to sometimes be playing wingback?! Balker, looks an absolutely gem, but seems to be made of toilet roll tubes?

The subs looked lively. We’ve always heard this talk about pat jones being a great player and we saw that yesterday, he was very unlucky to get a goal. Their third was down to us throwing everything at the game which left us vulnerable at the back, which i don’t mind, as we really did dig in for those last 20 minutes but yet again, missing quality.

I don’t think you can blame AB for yesterday, the set up seemed as good as we can get, but we HAVE to beat stoke on monday. Their home record is absolutely shite this season, and we have to win 2 of the last 3 games at home, no excuses. If we can’t do that, we deserve to be down.

I think we’re very lucky with how wank blackburn are and how tough their fixtures are. Also lucky with brum and mowbray, because i think he would’ve got a tune out of them. Sheff Wed seem a flash in the pan now, which is lucky for us.

We need to get behind this team, we are capable of staying up, we don’t have the quality, but did we have the quality in the prem? Simple answer is no. That team wasn’t premier league standard but we backed them no matter what and look what we achieved. If we go down as well, support the team get behind them. Kevin i believe is a great man, he’s done me favours to help out my family and i will be forever thankful for that, and i have no doubt he is hurting just like we are. I believe he has the right intentions. Cartwright is the pillock, but i also believe warnock was at fault for the edwards signing along with ward. On paper Radulovic, Healey, Balker and Matos were brilliant signings, i cannot fault them for that. We’re never gonna get fit, top end championship players for under 5 million. We need to get that in our heads.

Let’s get behind the lads, stop moaning, and try and be positive 😜

UTT💙

[terrierneil]

Mar 30, 2024 13:26:54 GMT 1 @shmivterrier said:

Think we was the better side for 60 mins yesterday. They just have the better quality.

Koroma takes his chance that’s 1-0 and that’s a completely different game, but he lacks quality. Minutes later their 8 million pound striker goes up the field and twats one top bins. Again, quality.

The thing is at the minute, we don’t have quality bar Sorba and on his day Burgzorg, the rest are too predicable. Rudoni, amazing player on the ball, but when it comes to shooting have you ever seen him lift the ball off the ground?! Matos, cracking player, but you can’t play him next to hogg, they’re both liability’s. If you want matos in the team, put kasumu along side him. Helik was poor yesterday too by his standards, and don’t even get me started on matty pearson. He cannot pass a football, yet he seems to sometimes be playing wingback?! Balker, looks an absolutely gem, but seems to be made of toilet roll tubes?

The subs looked lively. We’ve always heard this talk about pat jones being a great player and we saw that yesterday, he was very unlucky to get a goal. Their third was down to us throwing everything at the game which left us vulnerable at the back, which i don’t mind, as we really did dig in for those last 20 minutes but yet again, missing quality.

I don’t think you can blame AB for yesterday, the set up seemed as good as we can get, but we HAVE to beat stoke on monday. Their home record is absolutely shite this season, and we have to win 2 of the last 3 games at home, no excuses. If we can’t do that, we deserve to be down.

I think we’re very lucky with how wank blackburn are and how tough their fixtures are. Also lucky with brum and mowbray, because i think he would’ve got a tune out of them. Sheff Wed seem a flash in the pan now, which is lucky for us.

We need to get behind this team, we are capable of staying up, we don’t have the quality, but did we have the quality in the prem? Simple answer is no. That team wasn’t premier league standard but we backed them no matter what and look what we achieved. If we go down as well, support the team get behind them. Kevin i believe is a great man, he’s done me favours to help out my family and i will be forever thankful for that, and i have no doubt he is hurting just like we are. I believe he has the right intentions. Cartwright is the pillock, but i also believe warnock was at fault for the edwards signing along with ward. On paper Radulovic, Healey, Balker and Matos were brilliant signings, i cannot fault them for that. We’re never gonna get fit, top end championship players for under 5 million. We need to get that in our heads.

Let’s get behind the lads, stop moaning, and try and be positive 😜

UTT💙

Stopped reading after your first sentence.

[galpharm2400]

Mar 30, 2024 14:00:40 GMT 1 terrierneil said:

Mar 30, 2024 13:26:54 GMT 1 @shmivterrier said:

Think we was the better side for 60 mins yesterday. They just have the better quality.

Koroma takes his chance that’s 1-0 and that’s a completely different game, but he lacks quality. Minutes later their 8 million pound striker goes up the field and twats one top bins. Again, quality.

The thing is at the minute, we don’t have quality bar Sorba and on his day Burgzorg, the rest are too predicable. Rudoni, amazing player on the ball, but when it comes to shooting have you ever seen him lift the ball off the ground?! Matos, cracking player, but you can’t play him next to hogg, they’re both liability’s. If you want matos in the team, put kasumu along side him. Helik was poor yesterday too by his standards, and don’t even get me started on matty pearson. He cannot pass a football, yet he seems to sometimes be playing wingback?! Balker, looks an absolutely gem, but seems to be made of toilet roll tubes?

The subs looked lively. We’ve always heard this talk about pat jones being a great player and we saw that yesterday, he was very unlucky to get a goal. Their third was down to us throwing everything at the game which left us vulnerable at the back, which i don’t mind, as we really did dig in for those last 20 minutes but yet again, missing quality.

I don’t think you can blame AB for yesterday, the set up seemed as good as we can get, but we HAVE to beat stoke on monday. Their home record is absolutely shite this season, and we have to win 2 of the last 3 games at home, no excuses. If we can’t do that, we deserve to be down.

I think we’re very lucky with how wank blackburn are and how tough their fixtures are. Also lucky with brum and mowbray, because i think he would’ve got a tune out of them. Sheff Wed seem a flash in the pan now, which is lucky for us.

We need to get behind this team, we are capable of staying up, we don’t have the quality, but did we have the quality in the prem? Simple answer is no. That team wasn’t premier league standard but we backed them no matter what and look what we achieved. If we go down as well, support the team get behind them. Kevin i believe is a great man, he’s done me favours to help out my family and i will be forever thankful for that, and i have no doubt he is hurting just like we are. I believe he has the right intentions. Cartwright is the pillock, but i also believe warnock was at fault for the edwards signing along with ward. On paper Radulovic, Healey, Balker and Matos were brilliant signings, i cannot fault them for that. We’re never gonna get fit, top end championship players for under 5 million. We need to get that in our heads.

Let’s get behind the lads, stop moaning, and try and be positive 😜

UTT💙

Stopped reading after your first sentence.

3 best chances and the goal simply came from pressing. We didnt do it enough im afraid.
Our best opportunities to get a strike on goal were lost because we had to have a touch or two and got closed out.
We regularly get back in nunbers then just dont actually defend, other than the hopeful bit of 'getting in the way' of a shot.
For 75 minutes we failed to play and support where the ball was on the pitch or whichever team had it.
I can accept the confidence or lack of it bit, cant accept Coventry working harder.
The bravery bit over 90 minutes isnt just taking a shot on, its about closing instead of retreating, its working harder to close or get near to our bloke on the ball to give options or move the opposition. Its very hard work, for 70 minutes or so we were outworked, its not acceptable whatever the result ends up being.