| Cov Blimey, Guv. 15:15 - Sep 13 with 4522 views | BlueBirdBlue |
Now 2-0 down at home to Brighton. Down to 10 men as well now.
Could get ugly.
It’s a long way to go of course but it was slightly jarring that so many pundits lazily predicted us and Hull to go down and Coventry to stay up comfortably when we appointed a manager with two survivals and were signing some very good players. Hull also looked to be making some good signings. Coventry’s best side looked very much unchanged.
The Lampard factor is annoying to have to listen to. I know Cov have played the top three as it stands and played well at City, but they look very much like they have the potential to be us a few years back. Some decent performances and a bit of hope but ultimately out of our depth, albeit they are yet to get a point or even score.
Would be huge for us for one or two teams to have an utterly horrific start points return wise. They look likely to be one of those as it stands. [Post edited 13 Sep 15:17]
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:19 - Sep 13 with 2984 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
From the outside it's highly amusing.
And when Lampard eventually goes the pundits will be shocked and say it was down to not having the squad! |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:26 - Sep 13 with 2894 views | Illinoisblue |
Early days of course but Cov look like us two years ago; nowhere near good enough. And they don’t have a Delap to give little moments of hope. |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:27 - Sep 13 with 2886 views | bsw72 |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:19 - Sep 13 by Nthsuffolkblue |
From the outside it's highly amusing.
And when Lampard eventually goes the pundits will be shocked and say it was down to not having the squad! |
Surely Frank with all his tactical nous and ability could turn any team into winners based on the feedback from his pundit chums? No? |  | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:27 - Sep 13 with 2859 views | Bobbychase |
Will the starstruck pundits who said Cov would be the best of the promoted three because they had a famous manager pipe down a bit now? |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:29 - Sep 13 with 2805 views | hoppy |
Make that 3-0 and a player down… |  |
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| Welcome to the Premier League, Coventry! (n/t) on 15:29 - Sep 13 with 2802 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:30 - Sep 13 with 2762 views | Metal_Hacker |
Early days but I wonder what the “experts l make of Coventry’s hopes now |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:30 - Sep 13 with 2767 views | BlueBirdBlue |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:29 - Sep 13 by hoppy |
Make that 3-0 and a player down… |
This is pretty much the same Coventry team that we played off the park twice last year with a side we felt we needed to replace about 8 or 9 of! | | | |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:32 - Sep 13 with 2710 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:19 - Sep 13 by Nthsuffolkblue |
From the outside it's highly amusing.
And when Lampard eventually goes the pundits will be shocked and say it was down to not having the squad! |
7 of their starters today are from last year’s Championship.
You can forgive the (Cov) fans optimistism, like us they’d been away best part of two decades and the PL is a whole different beast now. Even the likes of Brighton and Palace are beating big European sides such is the strength of the PL.
However the pundits should be more than aware the gulf between the PL and Champ, Cov’s struggles aren’t a surprise to us. I can only think as Badger always says it’s unconscious bias since many of the pundits know Lampard personally.
The Southampton squad which almost broke the record low points return was considerably stronger than this Cov team - going to be a long season for them. | | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:32 - Sep 13 with 2683 views | Wacko |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:26 - Sep 13 by Illinoisblue |
Early days of course but Cov look like us two years ago; nowhere near good enough. And they don’t have a Delap to give little moments of hope. |
They look like Southampton two years ago... | |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:35 - Sep 13 with 2611 views | Mookamoo |
How long do they give Lampard?
Can't see him surviving much into October |  | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:35 - Sep 13 with 2611 views | JammyDodgerrr |
The fixture list hasn't been kind to them and you'd expect them to struggle to recover, just like we did last time around. That said, their squad is just nowhere near good enough, with a manager who has a terrible PL win ratio. No surprise it's going so poorly. |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:38 - Sep 13 with 2495 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:35 - Sep 13 by JammyDodgerrr |
The fixture list hasn't been kind to them and you'd expect them to struggle to recover, just like we did last time around. That said, their squad is just nowhere near good enough, with a manager who has a terrible PL win ratio. No surprise it's going so poorly. |
Hasnt been kind? They played hull at home. |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:40 - Sep 13 with 2462 views | J2BLUE |
I just hope they don't get a cheap consolation goal. Let that zero goals stat sit there through the week; and hopefully the international break as well. |  | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:41 - Sep 13 with 2436 views | Blue_Uprising |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:32 - Sep 13 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
7 of their starters today are from last year’s Championship.
You can forgive the (Cov) fans optimistism, like us they’d been away best part of two decades and the PL is a whole different beast now. Even the likes of Brighton and Palace are beating big European sides such is the strength of the PL.
However the pundits should be more than aware the gulf between the PL and Champ, Cov’s struggles aren’t a surprise to us. I can only think as Badger always says it’s unconscious bias since many of the pundits know Lampard personally.
The Southampton squad which almost broke the record low points return was considerably stronger than this Cov team - going to be a long season for them. |
The ‘exchange rate’ of championship points and goals into premier leagues points and goals is very poor value
Only way is wholesale change
Looking at the goals in our game - one thing about all 5 was being very clinical in chance conversion. |  | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:42 - Sep 13 with 2380 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:35 - Sep 13 by JammyDodgerrr |
The fixture list hasn't been kind to them and you'd expect them to struggle to recover, just like we did last time around. That said, their squad is just nowhere near good enough, with a manager who has a terrible PL win ratio. No surprise it's going so poorly. |
Having Hull and Brighton at home hasn't been as harsh as it could have been either.
Coventry's dismay will have been heightened by how well Hull have started as well. | |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:43 - Sep 13 with 2354 views | BlueBirdBlue |
Slam! Dunk.
Crapped on by the Seagulls, you’re getting crapped on by the Seagulls. | | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:43 - Sep 13 with 2357 views | Dubtractor |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:26 - Sep 13 by Illinoisblue |
Early days of course but Cov look like us two years ago; nowhere near good enough. And they don’t have a Delap to give little moments of hope. |
They have spent a shedload on new players too, but not seeing much value for that outlay on today's evidence. |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:44 - Sep 13 with 2331 views | Axeldalai_lama |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:35 - Sep 13 by Mookamoo |
How long do they give Lampard?
Can't see him surviving much into October |
Luckily for the rest of the league I think they see him as a McKenna type unsackable, or at least 'he deserves the season'. We'll see. |  | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:44 - Sep 13 with 2311 views | barcelonablue2 |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:35 - Sep 13 by JammyDodgerrr |
The fixture list hasn't been kind to them and you'd expect them to struggle to recover, just like we did last time around. That said, their squad is just nowhere near good enough, with a manager who has a terrible PL win ratio. No surprise it's going so poorly. |
Awoniyi is an idiot. Without him, Coventry are considerably weaker up front and you got to feel that they are that much toothless.
Forest, Newcastle and Spurs are going to be much more content at home to push forward knowing Simms is the counter attack.
Think they might have to brush off next three and go again at Fulham hoping other teams havent picked up too many points. Not sure their board can criticise Frank too much given recruitment and if they are intelligent will look around before sacking and realise no-one wants to pick up the pieces at least without financial compensation [Post edited 13 Sep 15:47]
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:45 - Sep 13 with 2266 views | Deano69 |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:27 - Sep 13 by bsw72 |
Surely Frank with all his tactical nous and ability could turn any team into winners based on the feedback from his pundit chums? No? |
Super Frank. Gone by Christmas. |  |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:45 - Sep 13 with 2267 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:38 - Sep 13 by FrimleyBlue |
Hasnt been kind? They played hull at home. |
To be totally fair, the fixture list has given every other Premier team Coventry to play home and away. It hasn't given that to them at all! | |
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| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:48 - Sep 13 with 2142 views | Blue_Uprising |
If it ends like this I think it’s right to say it’s an unwanted record to have played 4 with 0 points and 0 goals as a promoted team. Oh dear | | | |
| Cov Blimey, Guv. on 15:50 - Sep 13 with 2074 views | ringwoodblue |
Isn’t there a documentary called the fall and rise of Coventry? Hope this is the beginning of another fall. |  |
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