Really isn't. Would be massive if we could do it though.
Really isn't. Would be massive if we could do it though.
Actually yesterday I was a lot worse, just couldn't see us being disciplined enough to nick a tight win or with enough quality to get a couple of goals up.
But today the sun is shining, Osti returns and I hope Godden being back, even on the bench, is both the boost to the team and the kick up the arse our strikers need.
That's too easy you will need double the amount of letters.
There has to be some penalty for what’s happened. It’s almost at the point where they won’t finish
Mmiicchhaaeell mmiissffuudd?
Go and buy the lord of the rings trilogy and spread them over the last 12 of the season
Brentford game was great, watch it. Then be ultra annoyed when we don’t repeat the performance today.
Edit; misunderstood.
Watch the Brentford game instead of the Derby one today. Repeat until the end of the season and our late playoff push.
My laptop sent me to an old page dated Feb 2012, with the thread 'my starting 11, when everybody is fit'
Murphy
Keogh Crainie Wood Hreidarsson
Clingan Deegan Norwood
Mcsheffrey/Eastwood Nimley McDonald/Platt
Interesting (defence not too bad, but gets weaker afterwards!)
Oh yeah - today is anything from a one goal defeat to a 2 goal victory #hedgingmybets
Murphy
Keogh Crainie Wood Hreidarsson
Clingan Deegan Norwood
Mcsheffrey/Eastwood Nimley McDonald/Platt
Interesting (defence not too bad, but gets weaker afterwards!)
Oh yeah - today is anything from a one goal defeat to a 2 goal victory #hedgingmybets
Christ, we thought we had bad striking options now.
Some kind of result will be huge for us today. Need the football gods to be kind to us. Osti to get on the end of some stuff today. Need to keep their two on the right quiet today. Byrne that tricky right back/attacks a lot, and that Polish camel/Kamil whatever! Want that big lump Clarke to be marked at set pieces too.
Very happy with this - watched a game when they were on Sky and he was exactly what you want in a relegation scrap.. head strapped and was still throwing himself around which ended up with a goal from a set piece I believe!
I have been thinking about this game. For Derby there is virtually no pressure. If they go out fast and score , City will find it very difficult to get back. A win for Derby would pretty much ensure they finish above City and obviously Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe. They then would only have a very slight chance of finishing in bottom 3. As people have said maybe reason why they rested several players last week. I'm sure they will go out to win this game rather than avoiding defeat. Defeat isn't disastrous for Derby but a win for them is massive boast to staying up.
Opposite is true for City. A lot of pressure to win and it really is one of those relegation games we have to win. Defeat would be a massive blow. A draw clearly better than a defeat but a draw really isn't much help in our plight.
Obviously I would love to play for Coventry but never will etc. However if I was playing, I would be dreading this game today and next week too. Today needs Mark Robins to weave his magic and prove what a good manager he is and get right team selection, formation, adapting to events and motivation. Also the big players in team need to perform very well, in fact every player will have to play well. All obvious stuff I know but just a post of (negative) realism on what might happen today.
I do hope I'm wrong on sensing another defeat today.
Opposite is true for City. A lot of pressure to win and it really is one of those relegation games we have to win. Defeat would be a massive blow. A draw clearly better than a defeat but a draw really isn't much help in our plight.
Obviously I would love to play for Coventry but never will etc. However if I was playing, I would be dreading this game today and next week too. Today needs Mark Robins to weave his magic and prove what a good manager he is and get right team selection, formation, adapting to events and motivation. Also the big players in team need to perform very well, in fact every player will have to play well. All obvious stuff I know but just a post of (negative) realism on what might happen today.
I do hope I'm wrong on sensing another defeat today.
I couldn't sleep last night so I ended up watching all the highlights from our games last season. Gave me such a buzz seeing the team develop and improve. It really made me want this even more, some of the football was crap and some of the stadiums were empty.
Stay up this season whatever it takes and we can go back and make a proper racket in the Championship. Starting with 3 points today.
COME ON CITY!!!!
Stay up this season whatever it takes and we can go back and make a proper racket in the Championship. Starting with 3 points today.
COME ON CITY!!!!
Unfortunately there’s no escaping how big a game this is.
We really need MR/AV to get their tactics, both pre match and in game correct. Even the most staunch MR fan would admit his use (or lack of) substitutions and in game management is a weakness. It seemed to be improving, but Tuesday we went backwards.
Keeper wise, probably time to bring Marosi back in as long as he’s fully fit. Albeit he won’t answer the flaws levelled at Wilson.
Defence - Ostigard needs to come back in, Rose/Hyam aren’t exactly flying at the minute, especially Hyam. But not sure how comfortable Ostigard would be at LCB.
Midfield - tough one, as three (arguably four) of our best players are vying for two positions. Kelly is massively influential but struggled last game. Hamer flaws are more on show recently, but he’s one of only two creative players we have. James is a good player but hasn’t really found a consistent or influential enough form and Sheaf seems to be well down the pecking order.
Strikers - no real options here other than the same two. The Biamou debate will rage on forever (and early signs the Walker one might too), but when both on form they can cause issues. However I would give Bakayoko 25/30 minutes for whomever is looking tired - just ask him to be a nuisance against tired legs. And who knows what a goal could do for his confidence.
Let’s hope they all turn up today and are absolutely on it.
2-1, Biamou, COH.
A game like today really hits home how much I miss watching us live in persons.
We really need MR/AV to get their tactics, both pre match and in game correct. Even the most staunch MR fan would admit his use (or lack of) substitutions and in game management is a weakness. It seemed to be improving, but Tuesday we went backwards.
Keeper wise, probably time to bring Marosi back in as long as he’s fully fit. Albeit he won’t answer the flaws levelled at Wilson.
Defence - Ostigard needs to come back in, Rose/Hyam aren’t exactly flying at the minute, especially Hyam. But not sure how comfortable Ostigard would be at LCB.
Midfield - tough one, as three (arguably four) of our best players are vying for two positions. Kelly is massively influential but struggled last game. Hamer flaws are more on show recently, but he’s one of only two creative players we have. James is a good player but hasn’t really found a consistent or influential enough form and Sheaf seems to be well down the pecking order.
Strikers - no real options here other than the same two. The Biamou debate will rage on forever (and early signs the Walker one might too), but when both on form they can cause issues. However I would give Bakayoko 25/30 minutes for whomever is looking tired - just ask him to be a nuisance against tired legs. And who knows what a goal could do for his confidence.
Let’s hope they all turn up today and are absolutely on it.
2-1, Biamou, COH.
A game like today really hits home how much I miss watching us live in persons.
Majorly disagree because we’d then need to go to Rotherham and beat them - these are essentially 6 pointers.
Too easy to spell now
Sokratis Papastathopoulos surname is too long to go on the back of his shirt so is known by his first name.
Really is we need the points if we end up in the bottom three I fear we will stay there.
Winning starts today.
PUSB
Why man mark a relatively immobile target man? Best thing to do is make sure you're picking up any second balls as they drop
Derby don't have pace up front, so push them back. If we drop deep and give them set pieces, CK Richards and Clarke are a danger (and we all know about keeper issues from set pieces)
he scored the majority of their goals in the last run - we struggle with the second ball - our passing touch has not been as good in the last 3 games even Hamer