Match Thread Coventry City vs Aston Villa [LC] (H) - Coventry Building Society Arena - Wed 16th September (8pm KO) (7 Viewers)

[CIBedworth]

Has there actually been a team leak or are people just attention seeking? People on X saying they’ve seen Bidwell and Bentley are starting.

Probably saw it here and ran to Twitter

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

On the other hand there will be no return for Maatsen ruled out, alongside Pau Torres. 2 big misses

 

[RJASkyblue]

Has there actually been a team leak or are people just attention seeking? People on X saying they’ve seen Bidwell and Bentley are starting.

Is that based upon the team Andy Turner picked?

 

[SleepyGinger]

@Saddlebrains if you’ve seen the team put it in here

 

[Great_Expectations]

Getting the train back from Manchester later.

I travel via train at least once a week for work. Genuinely every train for the last 8 weeks has been cancelled or delayed - Manchester line seems the worst too.

And trains are rubbish from here to the Arena as well.

So if after the faff I get there and we are playing the whole Championship team and no new signings I might just head straight to the Anecdote.

All direct trains cancelled.

Fuck off!

Convoluted journey to the ground for me. And I’m a sweaty mess having fully sprinted to make the alternative route.

Better be worth it!

 

[SBAndy]

He did actually play there for PEC Zwolle didn't he? That was 1500 kebabs ago

He didn’t play for them last week did he?

 

[Bugsy]

I swore to myself id never be done by him again after Gilmour

Then i said the same after Bajcetic

But no, this is the hattrick, and i feel a right tit.

I know there will be abuse fired, im man enough to take it, have a pile on its deserved

Du du du du Fucking useless

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Bentley on the front of the match day programme.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Bentley on the front of the match day programme.

Rushworth looks like he needs some time out of the firing line, happy to give Bentley a second chance and put the first appearance down to rust and shit conditions

 

[shmmeee]

Bentley on the front of the match day programme.

Motor City stuff has gone too far.

 

[David O'Day]

If it's Rushworth who is struggling, maybe Jack Ruddy is starting, hence his Instagram post.

No idea why that would happen, but it sounds like something odd is going on.

If Rushworth doesn't play and he may not as it is a cup game, Bentley and Wilson would start above a kid from the U21s

 

[PVA]

League is obviously priority but if we make 8 changes, with the likes of Bentley, Lati and Bidwell playing and get beat 3 nil that's gonna be really fucking shitty.

Edit: ok just catching up and seems the wholesale changes thing may be bollocks anyway

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Bentley on the front of the match day programme.

To be fair Gboho was front of the Brighton programme and he didnt even make the squad

 

[Skybluefaz]

If Rushworth doesn't play and he may not as it is a cup game, Bentley and Wilson would start above a kid from the U21s

Yeah I was thinking of something mental to fit the 'he's trying to get sacked' narrative.

Turns out it was horse shit.

Probably should have assumed that from the off.

 

[Nick]

I'm still tempted to wait for the team news before leaving

Think I did it a while back when I was borderline whether I could make it without busting my balls and the lineup looked pants, didn't go and we ended up with a great win.

 

[coop]

I'm still tempted to wait for the team news before leaving

Think I did it a while back when I was borderline whether I could make it without busting my balls and the lineup looked pants, didn't go and we ended up with a great win.

To be fair im out now might go home if team looks awful

 

[Nick]

To be fair im out now might go home if team looks awful

Be on Sky Sports anyway, may as well stay out and watch it!

 

[clint van damme]

I'm still tempted to wait for the team news before leaving

Think I did it a while back when I was borderline whether I could make it without busting my balls and the lineup looked pants, didn't go and we ended up with a great win.

Last time I stayed in the pub instead of going to a game was 5-4 v Forest.
Lesson learnt!

 

[rob9872]

A guess at the line up:


Bentley
Lati
Mfuni
Thomas
Pinnock
Hamer
Yirenki
 Gboho
Tats
Tchaouna
Cherif

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

Fucking hell

 

[Nick]

Fucking hell

What?

 

[Matt smith]

god knows how you didn’t include him in the original line up

Shut up Grendel

 

[fernandopartridge]

All direct trains cancelled.

Fuck off!

Convoluted journey to the ground for me. And I’m a sweaty mess having fully sprinted to make the alternative route.

Better be worth it!

If you can get a train from Manchester to London that stops at Nuneaton that's a better bet usually anyway

 

[Grendel]

Last time I stayed in the pub instead of going to a game was 5-4 v Forest.
Lesson learnt!

when I think we played Blackpool at St Andrews I missed the first two as I went in a strop to the bar and we scored twice at the end of the first half then left to get the train (via the pub) and missed the winner

 

[Matt smith]

when I think we played Blackpool at St Andrews I missed the first two as I went in a strop to the bar and we scored twice at the end of the first half then left to get the train (via the pub) and missed the winner

Shouldn’t have revelled in misery

 

[Grendel]

Shouldn’t have revelled in misery

I revelled in booze

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

What?

tonight’s team

 

[Great_Expectations]

If you can get a train from Manchester to London that stops at Nuneaton that's a better bet usually anyway

That’s my usual route as half the time as the one to Cov, but both routes cancelled.

I had to go to Crewe.

Train beers though, so every cloud.

 

[Great_Expectations]

Weve had a knock to a player we cant afford to lose is all il say

A new signing is going to be trialled in that persons position

Oh FFS, why have I put myself through an absolute ballache of a journey to get there.

HOLD FIRE

Turns out ive been led up the garden path

Bajcetic all over again

Feel free to mock

Thank God, it might well be worth it!

Bentley on the front of the match day programme.

Oh fucking hell.

 

[Nick]

tonight’s team

Has it been announced yet?

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

Has it been announced yet?

No

 

[Matt smith]

 

[Nick]

Hows he playing Lati again?

 

[Domo]

Ah going for a loss then, just before I get my hopes up

 

[Ccfcisparks]

interesting...