| We are very frustrating this season 19:53 - Dec 26 with 467 views | Steve_M |
We’re doing a lot right but the fluency and intensity of our play is so variable. Today a succession of poor decisions compounded by poor execution and a general sloppiness that cost us the opportunity of a further two points.
Defensively we were good today, dealt well with the physicality of a limited but strong Millwall side. First half we passed the ball about quite nicely but just a bit too slowly or inaccurately. It felt at half-time like a game we could win if we stepped it up.
Which we didn’t manage to do. That was a poor half of attritional Championship football, we sunk down to Millwall’s level and rarely threatened to break out with any quality. And yet, we still did enough that better shooting would have won it. Fans yelling “shoot” at every occasion can be overdone but today we overworked the ball too often Hirst hasn’t been great this season but we are much better when he does play, Azon doesn’t look robust enough for the division and can’t score consistently enough, Akpom well I think that one looks a mistake all round.
So here we are half-way through the season, well placed in a season that won’t require 90 points for third but not really convincing anyone we are more than a top six side. Coventry have definitely chosen a good season to be good, anyone else? Well, we’re as good as anyone else really but need to start making it count.
January looks like a big month, we need a far better transfer window than in the Summer - cover for Leif and Matusiwa, a 9 & a 10; as the absolute minimum - but we haven’t made enough of the financial advantage we have. That’s on everyone at the club from Ashton down. Which way are we going to go?
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| We are very frustrating this season on 19:57 - Dec 26 with 411 views | cbower |
Excellent post! |  |
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| We are very frustrating this season on 20:38 - Dec 26 with 313 views | BloomBlue |
Excellent post. |  | | |
| We are very frustrating this season on 20:40 - Dec 26 with 309 views | Herbivore |
Good post on the whole, although I actually felt we were better (mostly) second half than first. We seemed to have more control and were applying more consistent pressure, albeit suffering from the same sloppiness and lack of execution in and around the box. |  |
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| We are very frustrating this season on 21:00 - Dec 26 with 254 views | ElderGrizzly |
The financial advantage is huge too vs almost all the league.
And I don’t mind if that is spent on a big loan for the No.9 to get us over the line too. |  | | |
| We are very frustrating this season on 21:10 - Dec 26 with 218 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| We are very frustrating this season on 21:00 - Dec 26 by ElderGrizzly |
The financial advantage is huge too vs almost all the league.
And I don’t mind if that is spent on a big loan for the No.9 to get us over the line too. |
It has been huge since May. [Post edited 26 Dec 21:19]
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| We are very frustrating this season on 21:19 - Dec 26 with 166 views | SomethingBlue |
It does feel as if we are the right player or two away from streaking away into second place. Whether or not we should be in the position of needing those players is a very fair point for discussion. I sense we will sort that out in January and come on very strong in the second half of the season, we are helped by the fact virtually nobody else can put much together and we seemingly have the strongest base. |  |
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| We are very frustrating this season on 22:06 - Dec 26 with 33 views | ITFC_Forever |
Our net spend was next-to-nothing in the summer because of the fees received for Omari, Delap and Boradbean.
But good strikers are hard to find at the best of times, never mind the January transfer window. |  |
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| We are very frustrating this season on 22:09 - Dec 26 with 23 views | Steve_M |
| We are very frustrating this season on 20:40 - Dec 26 by Herbivore |
Good post on the whole, although I actually felt we were better (mostly) second half than first. We seemed to have more control and were applying more consistent pressure, albeit suffering from the same sloppiness and lack of execution in and around the box. |
Ok, I think you’re right about the control second half but it never really felt like we had the composure to make the composure to make the most of any pressure we built up. | |
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