Match Thread Coventry v Sunderland Championship Playoff 1st Leg Friday 9th May (116 Viewers)

[Captain Dart]

Surely we could buy up the Connexion land with Prem money. That's a fairly sizeable chunk of land. Could even buy some land over the road and have a little footbridge going over if you were feeling really fancy.

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It used to belong to the club, building the Connexion was an initiative of Jimmy Hill when he was Chairman of the club, it wasn't a success but times have changed. I don't think the club are contemplating a move of training base because they've invested in Ryton but buying up that adjacent land now would probably be a sound enough move by Doug King.

The Sky Blues Move to Ryton

It’s a highly topical subject at the moment, and we’ll ignore that particular elephant in the room. It was the early 1960s when Coventry City Football Club moved their training base ...

www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk

 

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[Super Frank]

WE should be ok because we'll be picking first in the PL draft

I tried to avoid all that and you went and ruined it, mate.

 

[Liquid Gold]

I tried to avoid all that and you went and ruined it, mate.

With the 1st pick of the 2024 Premier League draft, Coventry City select... Billy Baldhead, centre back out of Loughborough University...

 

[napolimp]

With the 1st pick of the 2024 Premier League draft, Coventry City select... Billy Baldhead, centre back out of Loughborough University...

I heard we were trading 1st pick with the Bournemouth Broncos, for three 5th picks in 2032, 2033, and 2059.

 

[shmmeee]

JV with UoW, 15k stadium for Uni/Academy/Reserves/Early cup rounds/when were back in L2, all their fancy sports science shit, bunch of pitches.

 

[Super Frank]

With the 1st pick of the 2024 Premier League draft, Coventry City select... Billy Baldhead, centre back out of Loughborough University...

Which is exactly why I’m having trouble following local FC Cincinnati. No relegation, weird playoffs that make regular season not as important, draft picks.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We 100% would need a new training ground. Ryton has had a makeover since Doug came in but is still miles off even upper Championship quality for a modern club. I’m hoping some deal with Warwick Uni would be possible.

I’d like to see us get the academy to Category One as well. But that may be more nostalgia than business sense.

They were annoyed when Doug said new stadium was just a stupid non starter
Might be tricky

 

[shmmeee]

They were annoyed when Doug said new stadium was just a stupid non starter
Might be tricky

That’s OK they’ll be desperate for cash once Reform get in and ban foreign students.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

That’s OK they’ll be desperate for cash once Reform get in and ban foreign students.

You’re absolutely right
On Facebook I’m arguing over the Indian trade deal and how all Indians overstay their student or work visa

ffs I’m trying to say all Indians and it’s yes bloody hell this is an intelligent man

 

[clint van damme]

They were annoyed when Doug said new stadium was just a stupid non starter
Might be tricky

Really? Well it was wasn't it?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Really? Well it was wasn't it?

You and I may agree

 

[ccfcchris]

 

[torchomatic]

It used to belong to the club, building the Connexion was an initiative of Jimmy Hill when he was Chairman of the club, it wasn't a success but times have changed. I don't think the club are contemplating a move of training base because they've invested in Ryton but buying up that adjacent land now would probably be a sound enough move by Doug King.

The Sky Blues Move to Ryton

It’s a highly topical subject at the moment, and we’ll ignore that particular elephant in the room. It was the early 1960s when Coventry City Football Club moved their training base ...

www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk

Had to sell it due to the Washington Diplomats debacle.

 

[Simpson]

 

[shmmeee]

That landscaping paying off now.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

That’s great isn’t it

 

[Captain Dart]

Had to sell it due to the Washington Diplomats debacle.

I forgot about that little adventure. I wasn't in Coventry at that time.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Until the end there is no Cov in there its all the other 3 mainly

 

[SkyBlueBarmy84]

There isn't really a bad outcome in my mind. Its either a novelty season in the Premier League for those who haven't experienced it before or another season at the business end of the Championship.

My 8 year old daughter called out the most exciting opportunity ahead: the Sky Blues in a Premier League sticker album for the first time in her life (RIP Panini). #GotGotNeed

 

[Covcraig@bury]

Going for a very tight 4-1 win with Rudi & Hadji scoring after they take the lead after 10 minutes

 

[torchomatic]

Hate shit like this. Makes us look arrogant. Whose idea was this i wonder?

 

[SkyBlueBarmy84]

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Monzo’s marketing department…

 

[coop]

Is there £20 million loan player fit again?think it's Enzo or something

 

[covboy9]

Wilson
MVE Thomas kitching JDS
sheaf grimes
sakamoto rudi BTA
wright

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Wilson
MVE Thomas kitching JDS
sheaf grimes
sakamoto rudi BTA
wright

No chance

 

[fernandopartridge]

Is there £20 million loan player fit again?think it's Enzo or something

He's back in the side yeah, Le Fee. He's been mentioned in this thread.

 

[koelarc]

What we thinking then, Wilson or Collins to start?

 

[shmmeee]

What we thinking then, Wilson or Collins to start?

Almost certainly.

 

[wingy]

He's back in the side yeah, Le Fee. He's been mentioned in this thread.

Gonna switch him central Maybe try and surprise us?

 

[quinn1971]

Same as boro, not sure about da/silva bidwell, think after his mistake against Luton da silva on the bench can’t afford to do that again ? bidwell played well,

 

[DACMAC]

Interesting to see FL reference the Norwich game as the turning point today. Talk about it always being darkest before dawn. The nature of that loss was tough to take but we showed some real fight. We had 29 points from 26 games after that game. 11 points off 6th. I think most thought "season over". If someone had told you after that game we would take 40 points from the final 20 games and finish 5th.... I really want us to go up, but even being in the play offs is a great achievement from 4 months ago. Fingers crossed we put in a convincing performance tomorrow.

 

[quinn1971]

Interesting to see FL reference the Norwich game as the turning point today. Talk about it always being darkest before dawn. The nature of that loss was tough to take but we showed some real fight. We had 29 points from 26 games after that game. 11 points off 6th. I think most thought "season over". If someone had told you after that game we would take 40 points from the final 20 games and finish 5th.... I really want us to go up, but even being in the play offs is a great achievement from 4 months ago. Fingers crossed we put in a convincing performance tomorrow.

Said the same before the Sunderland, West Brom and Mboro games, these are the big games we turn up for , its Some place to come to now, we go up a level,

 

[fernandopartridge]

Same as boro, not sure about da/silva bidwell, think after his mistake against Luton da silva on the bench can’t afford to do that again ? bidwell played well,

Bidwell imo, looked far more like his old self v Boro and defensively just much better than JDS

 

[oscillatewildly]

This will be their first ‘competitive’ game in almost 2 months.
I’m gonna stick my neck out and predict that they will go at it in a competitive manner.
Don’t necessarily think that they will score against us but have a strong hunch they will go all out to stop us from doing so.
0-0.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Go at them from the start. Play with an intensity they're not expecting and put it to bed tonight.