Match Thread Coventry v Sunderland Championship Playoff 1st Leg Friday 9th May (4 Viewers)

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oscillatewildly

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Ccfcisparks said:
We go into next week now as the underdog. It’s the position we have thrived in the last 7 years. Go and play with freedom and treat it with no pressure and I think we can win. The pressure is on them now.
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The 'pressure' is most certainly not on them now with a 1 goal lead.
All level and they have to adopt a different tactic at home to please a bloodthirsty, baying crowd then yes, but not while they retain that one goal lead.
 
Paxman II

Paxman II

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Disappointing for sure but when you shoot yourself in the foot you have to accept it, move on and recover.
The mistake from MVE was uncharacteristic and one he will recover quickly from, becuase he is a very god player.
But Sunderland played well defensively, and never looked like doing anything bar a mistake from us.
Credit to Sunderland for getting away with it though, and having the good fortune of our own mistakes.

But while we bossed possesion we did little with it. Their two banks of 4 made life difficult and needed someone to open up their defensive lines, and play through them. Torp is a miss in this area. For us Sheaf was just not contributing enough, and on Tuesday I would make a change there. Asante proved to be a bad decision against a strong centre back, and Simms would have given him more concern and added ariel power on crosses. Tuesday we have to look for goals and EMC must start with Wright and Simms down the middle. A busy Allen can give Sako and Rudoni time to create. Grimes is excellent. I'm just not sure about Kitching. Would Latibeaudiere be the energy to clean up and have pace alongside Thomas and give Grimes more opportunity to stamp out their midfield?

Not over by a long shot. We got it wrong, and we have a chance to put it right. I really don't think Sunderland are tough oposition if we bring our A game.
 
Otis

Otis

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gruffskyblue said:
People need to relax. It’s the away leg in a play off semi final. We’ll win it. We won 4-1 at Notts County. We won 1-0 at Middlesbrough. We’ll be fine. It’s just an extremely annoying night. But Sunderland were a poor side tonight. And now have a very strange predicament of whether they stick or twist.
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Well said, that man.

I don't think we played badly at all. We just struggled to break them down, but we are still in this tie and if we score first on Tuesday, it's all to play for.

Don't give up heart just yet.

Last time we played Sunderland, they didn't set up like they set up last night and Wright got a hat-trick.

We can still do this.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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Nick said:
Issue was the crosses were all floaty nonsense that made it easy to defend.
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For the goal it came in with pace and the keeper had no chance. He’s brilliant in the air and we’re topping the charts for headed goals anyway.

Get good deliveries in that box, bypass the sideways passing to nowhere. Get the wide players whipping crosses in until Tuesday.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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Otis said:
Well said, that man.

I don't think we played badly at all. We just struggled to break them down, but we are still in this tie and if we score first on Tuesday, it's all to play for.

Don't give up heart just yet.

Last time we played Sunderland, they didn't set up like they set up last night and Wright got a hat-trick.

We can still do this.
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They will only change tack if we score twice. And without putting several million crosses into the box I don’t see it.
 
Otis

Otis

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
They will only change tack if we score twice. And without putting several million crosses into the box I don’t see it.
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If we score first, it's back to even stevens.

I think they may well change taxt, because their fans will start to get on their back.

We only have to win 1-0 for it to go to extra time.

We are still in with a very good chance.
 
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SBT

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
For the goal it came in with pace and the keeper had no chance. He’s brilliant in the air and we’re topping the charts for headed goals anyway.

Get good deliveries in that box, bypass the sideways passing to nowhere. Get the wide players whipping crosses in until Tuesday.
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Watch it again - it wasn’t a pacy cross by any definition.

If our tactic is going to be endless floated crosses and throws into the box then I’d consider playing one of our tall strikers up front
 
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oscillatewildly

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To be fair, Sunderland beating Coventry City in an association rules game of football has completely blown away this weeks headline news of a new pope and the 80th year commemoration of the end of the second world war in yurp.
 
clint van damme

clint van damme

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oscillatewildly said:
To be fair, Sunderland beating Coventry City in an association rules game of football has completely blown away this weeks headline news of a new pope and the 80th year commemoration of the end of the second world war in yurp.
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Though still takes 2nd billing to a couple of hobos chopping down a tree.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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SBT said:
Watch it again - it wasn’t a pacy cross by any definition.

If our tactic is going to be endless floated crosses and throws into the box then I’d consider playing one of our tall strikers up front
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Yes. Without checking, at least half of Simms’ few goals have either been headers or involved him challenging for one.

The point is crudely, we score a lot of headers. So against a team sitting in deep, that’s probably our best bet. We obviously struggle to pass through them.
 
Simpson

Simpson

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Paxman II said:
Disappointing for sure but when you shoot yourself in the foot you have to accept it, move on and recover.
The mistake from MVE was uncharacteristic and one he will recover quickly from, becuase he is a very god player.
But Sunderland played well defensively, and never looked like doing anything bar a mistake from us.
Credit to Sunderland for getting away with it though, and having the good fortune of our own mistakes.

But while we bossed possesion we did little with it. Their two banks of 4 made life difficult and needed someone to open up their defensive lines, and play through them. Torp is a miss in this area. For us Sheaf was just not contributing enough, and on Tuesday I would make a change there. Asante proved to be a bad decision against a strong centre back, and Simms would have given him more concern and added ariel power on crosses. Tuesday we have to look for goals and EMC must start with Wright and Simms down the middle. A busy Allen can give Sako and Rudoni time to create. Grimes is excellent. I'm just not sure about Kitching. Would Latibeaudiere be the energy to clean up and have pace alongside Thomas and give Grimes more opportunity to stamp out their midfield?

Not over by a long shot. We got it wrong, and we have a chance to put it right. I really don't think Sunderland are tough oposition if we bring our A game.
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To be fair, that was the entire game plan, we have the players who can capitalise on mistakes.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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Nick said:
Let's face it, he should have known them way in advance.
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This is what annoyed me tbh. It was like Sunderland had pulled off some tactical masterstroke but pretty much everyone could have worked out what they were going to do in advance, and even if they couldn't 10-15 minutes in it was obvious.

Why did we have no plan for this or do the fake injury and adapt?
 
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