Ccfcisparks
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I cant imagine we will move him on now. There have been very limited rumblings about any of the fringe players leaving.
Match Thread Millwall - Coventry City [LC] Match Thread - Tuesday 26th Aug (2 Viewers)
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Shannerz
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I mean, we're not judging fanbases on forum activity now are we?
They turn up in decent numbers based on the stature of their club.
- KKH was bad but also was given a tough job. BTA comes inside and Andrews didn't get over to support him going forward so he was isolated. Got better once Rudoni was supporting him. Also thought their LW was good (tho final ball was rubbish) but he did get done more than you'd want
- 2 goals from corners (all 6 goals conceded so far from set-pieces) is a worry, but also the easiest part of the game to sort out
- Andrews/Rapha need loans in League 1 but we don't have enough cover to do it
- Having to play Brau LW & Bidwell CB makes it clear what we need to do in the window
- 2 goals from corners (all 6 goals conceded so far from set-pieces) is a worry, but also the easiest part of the game to sort out
- Andrews/Rapha need loans in League 1 but we don't have enough cover to do it
- Having to play Brau LW & Bidwell CB makes it clear what we need to do in the window
Millwall made 8 changes also. With the money we've spent compared to them you'd hope our squad in depth was a lot better.
Our first 11 are exciting to watch, we're in trouble if we pick up a couple of injuries.
David O'Day
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Haji also had Torp and Rudi to give him the ball.
Speedie's Head
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Grimes put one on his head perfectly from an early corner. I'd rather give a kid a chance at this stage, Simmo can't be ahead of Obikwu on merit
David O'Day
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No one is talking about corners are they, we are talking about the general standard of service they got from the rest of the team.
Skyblueabo1111
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Not true.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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How do you do that?
Surely by the nature of the competition it would be 1/2.
covcity4life
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Ya me neither.
Hopefully the fringe players get a kick up their arse after last night.
skybluecam
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To be fair we have injuries.
If Lati, Sheaf, Eccles & Sakamoto are fit our team last night suddenly looks a lot better.
Ccfcisparks
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Lati lol
covcity4life
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Lati is good as far as backups go imo
Quality replacements we have:
Sheaf
KKH
Brau
Lati
Saka/BTA
Simms(on potential and attributes)
Eccles
Dovin(when fit)
Lower quality replacements:
Allen
Andrews
Bidwell
Raphael
Wilson
Collins
Basette
Don't think I've missed anyone out
We need to work on shopping bottom list out perm or loan and replace some of them with better
skybluecam
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I’m no Lati fan but I’d play him ahead of Bidwell at CB
If Sheaf and Eccles played instead of Andrews and Allen we’d have looked a lot better.
shmmeee
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The PL teams would insist they’re allowed to enter a team in the Championship if that happened.
fernandopartridge
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I think it better to reduce the amount of trophies to just the Champions League
Jay88
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The thing is if back up players have to play then it will only be 1 or 2 coming in and not 8 in one go. So their performance will improve with better quality players around them.
Gint11
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Its opinions. I don’t know what he’s offering. If you say he works hard and holds the ball up, I might scream.
Brighton Sky Blue
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72 clubs divided into 18 groups of 4 where only the winner goes through.
skybluecam
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Regionalise the competition even more (e.g. Midlands) and prevent teams from the same league drawing each other in the early rounds.
Promotes local derbies, teams you won’t play otherwise and easily accessible away travel.
Promotes local derbies, teams you won’t play otherwise and easily accessible away travel.
Skyblueabo1111
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It is, but Simms played with players who are not our starting players, for league games. He is always going to look worse than Wright, who plays with Rudi, etc. I thought Simms did okay. He won 2 free kicks, near the goal. One nearly an equaliser, from the free kick..he got his head on balls and held it up reasonably well. Wright will start ahead of him, but I don't get the negativity. Clearly been a difficult time for him. Looks like us staying..If he is getting behind him and the team.
Grendel
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He won two free links and got his head on the ball
Get the firecrackers and weenies out.
shmmeee
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I mean, we had a penalty.
skybluecam
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He really didn’t do anything impressive last night. Just went through the motions (poorly).
Skyblueabo1111
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Skyblueabo1111
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All you do Grendel, is post negative comments.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Rapha should carry on as a 4th choice, ideally and assuming a winger is brought in before the deadline. There’s a player in there and I’m optimistic his development is best served here. As for Andrews, I’m erring to the side of a loan but given Lampard’s track record of developing talent, you’ve got to trust his judgement.
We can’t let ourselves be in a position where we resort to playing players out of position or changing formation because we’ve ran out of wingers.
If EMC gets injured, you’re probably looking at a front three of BTA, Simms and Wright which is suboptimal. Alternatively, we probably end up playing 4-4-2 or 5-3-2, which brings to on to another position of need: CB.
To close out the transfer window, best case scenario looks like:
- winger
- CB
- AM
Rudoni is obviously a blue chip player in this league but we’re screwed if he gets injured because there’s no real alternative.
procdoc
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Simms was by and large woeful. Never once looked like scoring. We need a lot more than he’s offering
Mucca Mad Boys
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That applies equally to BTA, Rapha and Andrews. We only started to create opportunities when we brought Rudoni and then Haji on.
Skyblueabo1111
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He wasn't. He got us 2 free kicks, just outside their penalty area. One of those free kicks hit the post. He held the ball up, reasonably well and layed it off, a lot..he had hardly any support and Wright looked better, because he had Rudi and Torp, to play off.
skyblue025
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Don’t know if it’s been mentioned and not going through 27 pages of posts but Dabo sat with the SBA at last nights game. He must be on 600 points at least. 
procdoc
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He won two free kicks, wow! He didn’t hold the ball up anywhere near as much as he should and was often caught on his heels. His anticipation is poor. I want him to succeed, but can’t see it happening
procdoc
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I genuinely saw Dabo in McDonald’s on the way home, about 10 mins from the Millwall groundDon’t know if it’s been mentioned and not going through 27 pages of posts but Dabo sat with the SBA at last nights game. He must be on 600 points at least.
Skyblueabo1111
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He scored 19 goals, season before last .He had no one around him last night,whereas Wright gets Rudi and Torp!