Skyblue Bangkok
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FL showed on this occasion he was tactically inept.
Match Thread Coventry v Sunderland Championship Playoff 1st Leg Friday 9th May (19 Viewers)
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Simpson
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To be fair Sunderland wouldn't play like that in a final, it was a specific situation to counter Lampard's tactics.
Ballard came in to cope with all the crosses and long throw ins and we played two quick strikers to keep your back line under pressure.
When we played Sheff Utd last time we had twice as many shots on target, and won, so we know we can compete.
In any case it might be Coventry playing them, we were 2-0 up last time and f*cked it up
chiefdave
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Exactly this, they were more than happy to sit back with everyone behind the ball while we tapped it around. Not like their keeper was making world class save after world class save.
They had a plan, exactly the plan most people would have expected from a visiting team in the 1st leg, and exactly the same plan other teams have executed successfully against us, and we had no answer to it. We just persisted with more of the same hoping something would happen.
robbiethemole
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Just fuck off back to RTG pleaseTo be fair Sunderland wouldn't play like that in a final, it was a specific situation to counter Lampard's tactics.
Ballard came in to cope with all the crosses and long throw ins and we played two quick strikers to keep your back line under pressure.
When we played Sheff Utd last time we had twice as many shots on target, and won, so we know we can compete.
In any case it might be Coventry playing them, we were 2-0 up last time and f*cked it up
stupot07
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100% and it was by design. They set up to allow us to have the ball, sit in a mid block and then try to pick us off on the counter. We didn't create much with that possession.
Possession means nothing. As I said earlier our xG was 1.5 compared to Sunderlands 1.4. even if you take off Milan's gift, it was 1.5 Vs 1. That's not dominating.
shmmeee
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They had the bulk of the big chances and as many shots on target as us, which says it all. Fannying about in the corners and at the back doesn’t win football matches.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Think I should add thats momentum
Happens to everyone. I mean under our previous manager we went out and utterly shit the bed in the biggest game in the clubs history. Luton should have had it wrapped up by half time
Simpson
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I came on to offer any info or advice to decent Coventry supporters coming to the SOL, you can just ignore me.
The Reverend Skyblue
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I’m still confident we will have our annual trip to Wembley later this month.
Goal in first twenty and Sunderland will start to panic, and watch their fans turn on them
Goal in first twenty and Sunderland will start to panic, and watch their fans turn on them
The Reverend Skyblue
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When have we ever done it the easy way, it’s fate I think it will go to either extra time , or et plus pens with MVE scoring the winner
chiefdave
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We've got a lot of players who I would not be confident are going to score if they stepped up to take a pen. Hopefully they're more confident than I am!
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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shmmeee
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Reckon Saka would take a tidy one.
Evo1883
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We lost on penalties
shmmeee
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Tank u Frank for saving us from the horrors of the last seven years.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Injuries always fuck our season up, it's been like it for many years, we just don't have enough quality in the squad.
David O'Day
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we'd rather you fucked off now
Simpson
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Are you the spokesman for your entire board like ... or just think you are?
Sick Boy
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We’d have been much better off if we’d sacked him and paid him and his backroom staff off after 10 games.
Ccfcisparks
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We would still be in the play offs surely even if we did that?We’d have been much better off if we’d sacked him and paid him and his backroom staff off after 10 games.
Sick Boy
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I highly doubt it, we wouldn’t have signed Grimes for start with.
Ccfcisparks
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Ignore me, I thought you were inferring we'd be better off if we sacked Robins 10 games earlier
Still can’t get my head round why Assante started, saw the team sheet and thought he’ll try him on the left and wright down the middle ? they couldn’t handle wright down the middle last time, tactically Set up wrong in one of the biggest games of the season, bit worrying
They had to play those tactics because they aren’t as good as us. Fair play, it worked, aided by a shocking individual error.
Only 3 sides in the division have been good enough to come to the CBS and take us on, and they finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Us, Sunderland and the other 5 clubs in the top 10, just aren’t very good. We need 4/5 starting players if we want to deserve promotion rather than fluke it
Only 3 sides in the division have been good enough to come to the CBS and take us on, and they finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Us, Sunderland and the other 5 clubs in the top 10, just aren’t very good. We need 4/5 starting players if we want to deserve promotion rather than fluke it
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I feared Sunderland would turn up and just defend and they did. And once again we did the thing that has failed all season even against the poorest teams in the division - AAATB, take ages to make any attempt to break them down and when a shooting/crossing chance comes in more often than not don't take it and knock the ball back to the full back. The we fuck up at the back or have a GK error and they win. Depressingly familiar and predictable.
Grimes is very good in tight situations but he was playing way too deep against a team that was sitting in - he needed to be another 10 yards up the pitch so he could have more of an impact. Once of those games where they look impressive but only because they're taking easy options.
Crowd was a bit quieter than normal, so I guess nerves played a part.
Also, many I saw it wrong but I expected to come on here and see people livid about Sakamoto being hauled/hacked down twice in the first half and their player only getting booked for one of them. I was sure the player that pulled him back after about 10 mins (which should have been a yellow) was the same one that went through him about 10 mins later. Did I see it wrong?
We set up completely wrong for the tactics Sunderland employed and the bench did nothing to try and rectify that.
Grimes is very good in tight situations but he was playing way too deep against a team that was sitting in - he needed to be another 10 yards up the pitch so he could have more of an impact. Once of those games where they look impressive but only because they're taking easy options.
Crowd was a bit quieter than normal, so I guess nerves played a part.
Also, many I saw it wrong but I expected to come on here and see people livid about Sakamoto being hauled/hacked down twice in the first half and their player only getting booked for one of them. I was sure the player that pulled him back after about 10 mins (which should have been a yellow) was the same one that went through him about 10 mins later. Did I see it wrong?
We set up completely wrong for the tactics Sunderland employed and the bench did nothing to try and rectify that.
robbiethemole
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While we’ve got this Rob Roy spouting stuff on here, who’s that fucking wetwipe on theirs, LDNCCFC, waving the white flag?
I thought Astute was the only surrender monkey from this board over there, but this bloke is vomit inducing.
I thought Astute was the only surrender monkey from this board over there, but this bloke is vomit inducing.
OldBedrocker
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But you can Wright? He looks like he’s planning to leave in the summer and protecting himself
Brighton Sky Blue
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If we win the tie I’ll eat my hat. And I don’t own a hat.
clint van damme
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Eaten it already? Good omen.
Sky Blue Pete
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Should still have been 1-1 and maybe better
You can’t make mistakes like we did
RoboCCFC90
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Didn’t get a chance to post* directly after the game Friday and yesterday was mental, but on reflection of the game, I thought we played okay, but lacked any real quality in the final third - Sunderland defended brilliantly it has to be said and were clinical when they had their chances.
We are still in the tie overall and I think a few changes are needed to get us over the line Tuesday night.
We are still in the tie overall and I think a few changes are needed to get us over the line Tuesday night.
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SkyBlue_Bear83
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On replay have the say think MVE was way too far out to attempt the back pass to the keeper so was a poor decision to attempt in the fist place, he's nearly at the half way line when he plays it.