| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 08:28 - Dec 30 with 1211 views | Dubtractor |
Started like a train, taking an 'attack the league' approach of really front foot positive football and scoring a load of goals in the process. They've hit December and the squad depth is starting to be an issue, missing Thomas-Assante in the same way we missed Hirst (not similar players, but equally important), and results are less consistent with goals much less easy to come by.
They are clear at the top on merit, but for me they will need to do some business in January to stay there, despite the current healthy lead at the top. Those leads quickly reduce at the top if you don't keep winning, as the teams around you generally do win. Looking back to 23/24, we were 10 points clear of 3rd on the 15th of December, but by the middle of February we were 4th. We all know what happened after that, but it was helped by the January signings and extra competition for places.
I'd love to see Coventry go up for what it's worth, but they do look like a team that is running on fumes at the moment. |  |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:30 - Dec 30 with 1170 views | NthQldITFC |
Their forum reflects a lot of what you say too. I hope they go up (in second place) after setting us a nice, challenging target to chase down through the second half of the season. They deserve to go up. And 'boro through the play-offs. |  |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:32 - Dec 30 with 1155 views | Yppswyche |
Just mentioned on another thread, Coventry have only scored 4 goals in their last 6 games, definite wobbles from them atm. Town, Watford & Hull all got the momentum currently, we really need to make the most of the on-paper kind run of games we have through Jan |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:33 - Dec 30 with 1145 views | Steve_M |
Yes, and our games against them are similar to ours against Leeds two seasons ago - better quality players making a telling difference.
Given that it probably won't take 90 points for second place this year then some decent transfer business should give Coventry a good chance of going up - and I agree they deserve to. |  |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:38 - Dec 30 with 1110 views | Churchman |
I think that’s a good comparison and I believe they’ll get over the line. They’re a powerful team. I hope they do it too. It’s not as if that club’s supporters haven’t had their trials and tribulations over the years.
I’ve not been to Coventry’s current ground - what’s it like? I certainly went to Highfield Rd on a good number of occasions and winter or summer it always seemed to be as cold as hell there.
Coventry itself was a beautiful city before the Germans destroyed it Nov 1940 and the planners followed it up with post war monstrosities. |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:44 - Dec 30 with 1063 views | Garv |
I don't understand the 'they're gone' narrative. 10 points can disappear quite quickly it you're not careful, and then you're just in the hunt with everyone else.
History tells us they probably will do it, but they're not going to stay 10 points clear for the rest of the season. |  |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:45 - Dec 30 with 1041 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:38 - Dec 30 by Churchman |
I think that’s a good comparison and I believe they’ll get over the line. They’re a powerful team. I hope they do it too. It’s not as if that club’s supporters haven’t had their trials and tribulations over the years.
I’ve not been to Coventry’s current ground - what’s it like? I certainly went to Highfield Rd on a good number of occasions and winter or summer it always seemed to be as cold as hell there.
Coventry itself was a beautiful city before the Germans destroyed it Nov 1940 and the planners followed it up with post war monstrosities. |
Their ground is nice, modern and decent atmosphere/acoustics. But absolutely in the @rse end of nowhere. Really don’t like these out of town grounds.
Cov’s squad looks thin when you look at their bench, be interesting to see what resources they have in Jan - an important window for them (as it was for us). For all the moaning about our no9 position, Simms seems to blow hot and cold, and very streaky. Wright caused us absolutely no issues last night. Azon whilst not clinical did have good movement at least and kept Cov on their toes.
The other parallel with us they’ve struggled against the ‘money’ sides frag out of the PL. Somewhat flat track bullies, but winning is all that matters not who it is against. |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:49 - Dec 30 with 1007 views | bsw72 |
I have no problem with Coventry, the main problem is Frank Lampard, I find him more and more ungracious and disrespectful as a manager. |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:15 - Dec 30 with 887 views | Churchman |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:45 - Dec 30 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Their ground is nice, modern and decent atmosphere/acoustics. But absolutely in the @rse end of nowhere. Really don’t like these out of town grounds.
Cov’s squad looks thin when you look at their bench, be interesting to see what resources they have in Jan - an important window for them (as it was for us). For all the moaning about our no9 position, Simms seems to blow hot and cold, and very streaky. Wright caused us absolutely no issues last night. Azon whilst not clinical did have good movement at least and kept Cov on their toes.
The other parallel with us they’ve struggled against the ‘money’ sides frag out of the PL. Somewhat flat track bullies, but winning is all that matters not who it is against. |
Thanks. It certainly looks ok for a modern ground.
Simms is an odd one. I’ve seen him in other games for them and he’s looked a right slow old lump. But they obviously see plenty in him.
Azon is a good player. Gets in good positions, plenty of movement and control. Likeable character too. His finishing? Maybe a run of games will help.
Edit: looked their ground up on google maps and it’s certainly ‘out of town’! [Post edited 30 Dec 9:17]
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:19 - Dec 30 with 842 views | football |
I'd like nothing more than for then to slip out of the top two and fail in the play-offs. Dont have an issue wit their fans per se (though there some exceptionally entitled ones but every club has one) but I really dont like Lampard - he comes across as not a very nice person at all and to see him cry would be quite funny | | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:22 - Dec 30 with 803 views | Nutkins_Return |
Don't see many teams close enough capable of a sustained run to catch them. Think they will be absolutely fine. Squad isn't paper thin it's decent. 2-3 really good additions for them in Jan and they will go up without too much drama. We are one who have the capability to catch them. I think 2nd is still more likely for us but we still have to earn it. Boro might have another run. | |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:32 - Dec 30 with 733 views | BloomBlue |
Like you, I would love to see them promoted. Once again had a lovely time in Coventry yesterday, fans happy to chat about football.
Interesting their general concern was yes they were scoring for fun but the goals were coming from the same 3 players and all have stopped scoring at the same time. Assante missing is a big blow, as they said even when not scoring he occupies the opposition defenders which creates space. Thought it was also interesting they are obviously happy Simms is finally scoring, but said Mark Robins was correct when he said it could take Simms a season at least to get fully integrated into Coventry. But overall they are concerned about the lack of squad depth.
Chatting after the game they were generous in praise, first home game they've been totally controlled by the opposition. Three of them said can they have Jack Taylor, their opinion was he controlled/dominated the midfield. First time an opposition midfielder has done that at a home game this season.
I thought a lot of their players looked tired last night. In the home game they ran and ran, whereas last night they were a second behind us. |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:46 - Dec 30 with 630 views | Blue_Uprising |
The games for cov against us are so much like the games we had against Leeds in that season. Just getting spanked and out of our depth - but probably not a good bellweather for their games against other sides in the league. So I think they will be ok.
Just like us vs. Leeds we tried to play our normal game and did not adapt and got schooled. It was interesting that Frank Jr didn’t learn very much from the early Dec game - their high defensive line in the second half was a killer. Reminded me of us at Elland Road. |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:54 - Dec 30 with 584 views | Lamp |
I suspect that they may have ambushed a few sides early in the season with their set piece routines to get themselves in front and then play on the counter.
They wasted so much time late in the game with their long throw routine. 2-0 down and taking almost a minute each time to get the ball back in play! |  | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 10:02 - Dec 30 with 550 views | Dubtractor |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:54 - Dec 30 by Lamp |
I suspect that they may have ambushed a few sides early in the season with their set piece routines to get themselves in front and then play on the counter.
They wasted so much time late in the game with their long throw routine. 2-0 down and taking almost a minute each time to get the ball back in play! |
Wow. Just looked at their goal stats, 21 from set pieces! Next highest is 12, we have 9. | |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 10:12 - Dec 30 with 512 views | Mullet |
As I said previouisly, they're very functional, decent quality a good side but not great. If you want to call it a negative, it shows how poor this league is that they are so far ahead just by virtue of being consistent (especially at home ironically)
Defensively we were brilliant last night. Our CBs marshalled Wright and Simms and Walton was quick off his line to claim everything. Coventry take their chances and not allowing them a second ball in the box so often really exposed that.
I thought their fans were a bit arsey too. Entitlement would be aptly applied there. The fact they all walked out at 2 down was telling. I would like to see them go up and they deserve it, I know they had years or circling the drain in the Prem but the days of MacAllister, Ogrizovic, the Moroccan lads etc were decades ago now.
One thing they will have is pulling power. A lot of players will look at them and the chance to work with Frank and jump at it, so I can see them being ok. |  |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 10:37 - Dec 30 with 399 views | pointofblue |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 09:32 - Dec 30 by BloomBlue |
Like you, I would love to see them promoted. Once again had a lovely time in Coventry yesterday, fans happy to chat about football.
Interesting their general concern was yes they were scoring for fun but the goals were coming from the same 3 players and all have stopped scoring at the same time. Assante missing is a big blow, as they said even when not scoring he occupies the opposition defenders which creates space. Thought it was also interesting they are obviously happy Simms is finally scoring, but said Mark Robins was correct when he said it could take Simms a season at least to get fully integrated into Coventry. But overall they are concerned about the lack of squad depth.
Chatting after the game they were generous in praise, first home game they've been totally controlled by the opposition. Three of them said can they have Jack Taylor, their opinion was he controlled/dominated the midfield. First time an opposition midfielder has done that at a home game this season.
I thought a lot of their players looked tired last night. In the home game they ran and ran, whereas last night they were a second behind us. |
There's a lot of sickness going through the Coventry squad. I wouldn't be surprised if some are playing at less than 100% fitness. | |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 11:33 - Dec 30 with 261 views | farkenhell |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:49 - Dec 30 by bsw72 |
I have no problem with Coventry, the main problem is Frank Lampard, I find him more and more ungracious and disrespectful as a manager. |
Tbf, he was both graceful and respectful in his post-match interview last night. | | | |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 11:53 - Dec 30 with 209 views | pointofblue |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 11:33 - Dec 30 by farkenhell |
Tbf, he was both graceful and respectful in his post-match interview last night. |
And he could have been worse. I think Kipre was lucky not to give away a penalty. Mind you, I think we could have had one in the first half, when Sakamoto bundled over Greaves then handled the ball after Taylor's shot. | |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 12:00 - Dec 30 with 184 views | Herbivore |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 10:12 - Dec 30 by Mullet |
As I said previouisly, they're very functional, decent quality a good side but not great. If you want to call it a negative, it shows how poor this league is that they are so far ahead just by virtue of being consistent (especially at home ironically)
Defensively we were brilliant last night. Our CBs marshalled Wright and Simms and Walton was quick off his line to claim everything. Coventry take their chances and not allowing them a second ball in the box so often really exposed that.
I thought their fans were a bit arsey too. Entitlement would be aptly applied there. The fact they all walked out at 2 down was telling. I would like to see them go up and they deserve it, I know they had years or circling the drain in the Prem but the days of MacAllister, Ogrizovic, the Moroccan lads etc were decades ago now.
One thing they will have is pulling power. A lot of players will look at them and the chance to work with Frank and jump at it, so I can see them being ok. |
Yeah, I was pretty surprised to see so many leaving at 2-0 down. I know they never looked like getting back into it but when you're top of the league by 10 points and having the season they've been having at home, leaving before the end because you're losing isn't a great look. They are definitely a functional side first and foremost. They are fairly direct at times and clearly look to play for set pieces. Not much in the way of clear attacking patterns in either game against them, more try and get it forward and keep it there and pressure the opposition. We played through them quite easily last night at times. |  |
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| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 12:06 - Dec 30 with 166 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Coventry's season is very reminiscent of us in 23/24 on 08:44 - Dec 30 by Garv |
I don't understand the 'they're gone' narrative. 10 points can disappear quite quickly it you're not careful, and then you're just in the hunt with everyone else.
History tells us they probably will do it, but they're not going to stay 10 points clear for the rest of the season. |
We've gained five points more than Coventry in the last month. Just need to keep on the same trajectory. |  |
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