To be fair to Rudoni, he’s not a winger.
He needs to be dropped in a back 5 I agree. I thought in the championship physically he looked a cut above, faster, stronger and more controlled than most. Im not sure if its because of his surgery, or the level above but he looked behind play by about 5 paces today
So will Tchouna and Yirenki. They are clearly better and our only realistic hope of staying up yet sat on the bench. Tats Eccles and Torp can play on Wednesday, but hopefully with Gboho, Hamer and Mfuni getting a run out, they are the priority for me, Tats Eccles and Torp won’t keep us up.
We havent scored a goal pal, everyone has missed every one of their chances…. The whole of the midfield (im including emc and rudy there) were completely passed around when off the ball because the Brighton formation completely and utterly countered ours. They ALWAYS had space because we werent matched up.
Before the season started, how many of last years squad were you happy with keeping and playing.
To be fair he wouldn’t be the first player to be too good for the championship and not good enough for the premiership.
Players really shouldn't be trying to rely on credit from last season.
Hes done nothing of note so far.
King pulled the trigger on Robins earlier than most thought he would (or at least should). I still don’t see Lampard going unless the points tally is still abysmal around Christmas.
Yirenki gives you energy and whilst raw, does look to play a pass or come out with the ball.
But we had 8 days from the man city game and we looked worse.
My word. How low is the bar if we are hoping that Eccles will make a difference in the Premier League.
Ipswich are one cycle ahead of us as they went up previously. There is an argument that we should be competing with Hull at least.
I thought Rushworth, Bobby, Van Ewijk, Onyeka, Rudi were prem ready. I’ve never been convinced by Wright but would begrudgingly put him in there too.
Some of it is individual, but some of it will be because of the system and tactics we deploy.
Look at how many times he was dispossessed today and youll see he wasnt comfortable on the ball at all.
Perhaps only if we are told not to engage in duels and physical battles? We look slow to the ball particularly on secondballs, weak in the air and cant get close to players to foul them
Coventry 0-5 Brighton (13 Sep, 2026) Player Stats - ESPN (UK)
The first 15 minutes of the game where Rushworth was continually hitting awful balls up to Rudoni and we were losing it every time was especially baffling.
Who scored has him dispossed once, 0 dribbles and 3 unsuccesful touches that meant losing the ball.
Biamou would have been hooked after scoring the first goal for daring to shoot from outside the box.
Best by not panicking when under pressure. He is the only one up to now, who has looked comfortable on the ball.
lost to Liverpool in 1990 last day of the season and Lost to Everton in 1980. Spurs beat us 1st day of the season in 1919 but I can’t remember that one
Coventry 0-5 Brighton - Premier League 2026/2027 - Live Statistics
Second highest overall rating is like two bald blokes fighting over a comb. Its pretty meaninless today
Grimes covered 9.1km, Gross for Brighton (34 years old) covered 11km. Yirenki covered 2.9km in 17 minutes on the pitch. We've got to be much more aggressive and to do that it means covering ground and moving at pace. I had thought the players might step up to this but it's looking like they are struggling to do it.
It was funny, the Grimes covered ground stat was brought up in the week. Yes he does a lot of running, but today he was pressing their centr ehalf then chasing back trying to get near the midfielders when passed to him.
You sure about that…he’s good going forward but rule 1 of being a defender surely is defend ?
Stats either matter or they dont.
To be fair if Rudi had buried that chance first half things could have been different.
The formation doesn't help him, EMC and Rudoni also not really suitable for the roles being asked of them. I think Lampard might have over thought the Hull game, it wasn't a brilliant performance but wasn't that bad and but for some strange defending would have been a point.
