Match Thread Coventry City - Millwall FC Match Thread - Tuesday 20th Jan (46 Viewers)

Ccfcisparks · 2026-01-20T22:15:57+0000

Id consider starting a 3 of Eccles Torp Grimes against Norwich

DT-R · 2026-01-20T22:15:59+0000

Nick said:
Yeah I know he didn't intentionally but wanted to see a replay so I can slate the officials

Oh, sorry. Ive watched the replay 10 times on ifollow but didnt record it for you! Ill do better next time

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Perennial Lurker · 2026-01-20T22:17:14+0000

fernandopartridge said:
His confidence seems to be on the floor, I want to see him being a bit more aggressive in his passing. Though in his defence we keep changing team of late which probably doesn't help.

The shape in front of him doesn't look right with Rudoni drifting out wide all the time , can't help with his passing options

Skyblueweeman · 2026-01-20T22:17:40+0000

Evo1883 said:
So we have most of the bottom half left to play

7 of the top 10 as well to be fair.

Although 5 of those are at home.

Jamesimus · 2026-01-20T22:17:57+0000

Tommo1993 said:
He had no worries about Esse going straight into the team, honestly bit concerned right now that Yang is just way off the level Lampard wants.

Personally think it could be about personality.

Esse clearly a confident lad, Minny seems a little more reserved and in a tight game, big ask to bring a teenage lad on the pitch if he’s a little nervy.

PVA · 2026-01-20T22:18:08+0000

Nick said:
I know he didn't try to play it but I thought the defender ran into him so he got in the way.

Yep that's exactly what happened.

He stood still and did his best not to interfere but the defender ran into him when trying to tackle Eccles so it was the right decision

baldy · 2026-01-20T22:18:26+0000

SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
He had no worries about Esse going straight into the team, honestly bit concerned right now that Yang is just way off the level Lampard wants.

I don't think it's that,I just think it's the fact that EMC's the better player in that position & there's no chance of Yang displacing him
He's only been here 5 minutes so way too early to suggest that Lampard doesn't rate him

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · 2026-01-20T22:19:18+0000

DT-R said:
Maybe they've both been just given a free role? BTA being a striker by trade see his "free role" more centrally and area focused whereas Rudoni sees his more of creating and crossing? Both playing the free role 10 position in their own ways maybe?

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Maybe, but why would Rudoni have started playing like that? Last year he was immense being central and arriving late in the box. Why now suddenly start drifting wide and start holding the ball up if you've got a free role? And even if he was doing that surely by now he'd realise it's not working as well as what he was doing previously, or what BTA has done in a similar role?

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · 2026-01-20T22:19:30+0000

Skyblueweeman said:
7 of the top 10 as well to be fair.

Although 5 of those are at home.

Crucially - at home as you’ve said. I’d feel a lot less confident if we still had to go Middlesbrough, Preston and Stoke.

Perennial Lurker · 2026-01-20T22:19:41+0000

baldy said:
I don't think it's that,I just think it's the fact that EMC's the better player in that position & there's no chance of Yang displacing him
He's only been here 5 minutes so way too early to suggest that Lampard doesn't rate him

Yang will play his part but he's competing against our best outfield player currently

baldy · 2026-01-20T22:21:21+0000

Perennial Lurker said:
Yang will play his part but he's competing against our best outfield player currently

I'm sure he'll get the Yang of it soon

Cally Fedora · 2026-01-20T22:21:55+0000

It’s a nightmarish watch isn’t it. Our current formation appears to be 2-1-1-5-1. Full backs so high it’s surreal, no midfield, some good wingers and Lati. Chaos!

BackRoomRummermill · 2026-01-20T22:22:09+0000

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My supercomputer says we need 84 to be promoted - 90 to win

Sky Blue Goblin · 2026-01-20T22:22:10+0000

Big win for us. Now we need to take this momentum against Norwich.

Would have a look at starting BTA and Wright again.

DT-R · 2026-01-20T22:22:47+0000

Jamesimus said:
Personally think it could be about personality.

Esse clearly a confident lad, Minny seems a little more reserved and in a tight game, big ask to bring a teenage lad on the pitch if he’s a little nervy.

Esse has come in off the back of 3 seasons in the championship and with great pedigree and experience. Minny has played half a season at a team currently in the bottom 3. Big difference. That said, however, I can see Minny starting on Monday. Its the perfect opportunity to rest EMC. Back to back 90mins we need to keep him fresh.

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PUSB-We_are_going_up · 2026-01-20T22:24:14+0000

Loved watching Esse celebrate at the Millwall fans, I think they did too!

baldy · 2026-01-20T22:24:28+0000

DT-R said:
Esse has come in off the back of 3 seasons in the championship and with great pedigree and experience. Minny has played half a season at a team currently in the bottom 3. Big difference. That said, however, I can see Minny starting on Monday. Its the perfect opportunity to rest EMC. Back to back 90mins we need to keep him fresh.

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Nah I can't tbh - EMC will have had a long rest now

Brighton Sky Blue · 2026-01-20T22:24:55+0000

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Loved watching Esse celebrate at the Millwall fans, I think they did too!

The man himself seems to have regretted it

SkyBlue_Bear83 · 2026-01-20T22:26:13+0000

baldy said:
I don't think it's that,I just think it's the fact that EMC's the better player in that position & there's no chance of Yang displacing him
He's only been here 5 minutes so way too early to suggest that Lampard doesn't rate him

Hope so, EMC looks done in so was expecting Yang to at least get some minutes.

Cally Fedora · 2026-01-20T22:28:15+0000

Don’t get the Grimes negativity. He was fine

mark82 · 2026-01-20T22:30:33+0000

Sick Boy said:
Rushworth for me.

Wouldn't argue that either.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · 2026-01-20T22:31:18+0000

DT-R said:
Esse has come in off the back of 3 seasons in the championship and with great pedigree and experience. Minny has played half a season at a team currently in the bottom 3. Big difference. That said, however, I can see Minny starting on Monday. Its the perfect opportunity to rest EMC. Back to back 90mins we need to keep him fresh.

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Can't see Yang starting, especially as we get the extra couple of says rest. Depending on how the games going try and give him some minutes at the end.

Expect him to get some game time against Oxford though.

BackRoomRummermill · 2026-01-20T22:32:53+0000

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mark82 · 2026-01-20T22:33:44+0000

StrettoBoy said:
Leicester have got a 90th minute equaliser against Wrexham.

They're irrelevant to us for the rest of the season now. In fact, it'd be good if they picked up a bit of form to take points off the teams around us.

Perennial Lurker · 2026-01-20T22:34:33+0000

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Can't see Yang starting, especially as we get the extra couple of says rest. Depending on how the games going try and give him some minutes at the end.

Expect him to get some game time against Oxford though.

Think he'll definitely get game time but Lampard has the luxury of playing players in form virtually at will .
We now have a bench of quality replacements/game changers so Yang will have to earn his place.
Currently EMC is undroppable and should start every game , especially the big ones . He looks fully fit and firing for the first time in a whilem

Jamesimus · 2026-01-20T22:34:37+0000

Looking forward to watching the inevitable 20 minute long reel containing all 58 Esse back heels and pirouettes tomorrow.

CovValleyBoy · 2026-01-20T22:35:25+0000

Grimes is a legend...he runs around putting out fires everywhere. I thought Josh & Jack were lost tonight we played with 9 men for an hour.

Manchester_sky_blue · 2026-01-20T22:35:35+0000

BackRoomRummermill said:
Save the date we will be Mathematically promoted on 11th April - Mark my words !

Jamesimus · 2026-01-20T22:36:10+0000

CovValleyBoy said:
Grimes is a legend...he runs around putting out fires everywhere. I thought Josh & Jack were lost tonight we played with 9 men for an hour.

Eccles was decent.

Perennial Lurker · 2026-01-20T22:36:29+0000

CovValleyBoy said:
Grimes is a legend...he runs around putting out fires everywhere. I thought Josh & Jack were lost tonight we played with 9 men for an hour.

Josh was very good tonight

Jamesimus · 2026-01-20T22:36:37+0000

BackRoomRummermill said:
Save the date we will be Mathematically promoted on 11th April - Mark my words !

Perennial Lurker · 2026-01-20T22:37:00+0000

Jamesimus said:
Eccles was decent.

Was noticeable he played a lot closer to Grimes tonight

AFCCOVENTRY · 2026-01-20T22:37:10+0000

Rudoni is the headache at the moment. He was at fault for goal as well.

fernandopartridge · 2026-01-20T22:37:40+0000

SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
He had no worries about Esse going straight into the team, honestly bit concerned right now that Yang is just way off the level Lampard wants.

It's two games, relax

Jamesimus · 2026-01-20T22:37:48+0000

AFCCOVENTRY said:
Rudoni is the headache at the moment. He was at fault for goal as well.

Personally think he knew that and it caused his head to drop a little.

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