Match Thread Coventry City - Derby County Match Thread - Friday 3rd Apr (9 Viewers)

Sky Blue Pete · 2026-03-29T22:18:44+0100

Matt smith said:
Rudoni and wright start imo

Imagine beating a team that hadn’t lost in 10 games at home without our star striker and the best player in the championship last season
Absolute madness

SleepyGinger · 2026-03-29T22:43:39+0100

Matt smith said:
Rudoni and wright start imo

Are they available?

StrettoBoy · 2026-03-29T23:53:16+0100

I have some concerns about this match, given that we may not be at full strength as there are a few carrying injuries and some will come back from international duty with tired legs, knocks and/or jet lag.

Thankfully we have good squad depth now and I fancy us to shade it 1-0 or 2-1. If we can get 4 points out of Derby and Hull then we really can start to relax as, to be mathematically certain, we will only need a few more points from the remaining five games.

Paxman II · 2026-03-30T02:48:14+0100

A win which ever way you play it.

Matt smith · 2026-03-30T09:20:00+0100

Sky Blue Pete said:
Imagine beating a team that hadn’t lost in 10 games at home without our star striker and the best player in the championship last season
Absolute madness

I agree Pete, they’ll be ready for this one though fingers crossed

Marty · 2026-03-30T09:53:13+0100

I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

clint van damme · 2026-03-30T09:55:15+0100

Marty said:
I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

Southampton are in FA cup action

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · 2026-03-30T10:19:12+0100

Marty said:
I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

I'm not confident about friday or monday. But its more that they're teams that usually put a spanner in our works. Derby will spoil and bully, whilst i just don't generally like Hull (they're a side whom i think our record is similar to that we have with preston in recent years)

If we take it in isolation though, we're the best team in the league, we should beat both of these.

Sky Blue Pete · 2026-03-30T10:20:20+0100

Marty said:
I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

Saints

MAFF · 2026-03-30T10:25:09+0100

They’re a decent side. Really rate Eustace as a manager. Can see it being a draw.

alexccfc99 · 2026-03-30T10:26:35+0100

MAFF said:
They’re a decent side. Really rate Eustace as a manager. Can see it being a draw.

Touchwood, our record against Eustace managed sides is very good if I am not mistaken?

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · 2026-03-30T10:29:45+0100

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alexccfc99 said:
Touchwood, our record against Eustace managed sides is very good if I am not mistaken?

it is - interestingly our record against Derby itself over the last 25 years i decent.

PUSB-We_are_going_up · 2026-03-30T10:49:35+0100

Cov 2-0 Derby

Rushworth

van Ewijk - Thomas - Kitching - Dasilva

Grimes - Torp

Sakamoto - Rudoni - BTA

Wright

Think it’ll be a tough game but they’ll lack the forward importance without Szmodics and Agyemang, I think Wright comes back firing and bags both goals as he’ll be hungry to show he deserves a call up for the world cup and to win the golden boot as BTA is on his tail now too!

skybluecam · 2026-03-30T10:53:46+0100

Unless I've missed something I'd be very surprised if Wright starts or plays at all really?

I know the injury wasn't as bad as feared, but he wouldn't have pulled out the US squad for nothing. And you'd think they will be cautious given the situation and our depth.

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · 2026-03-30T11:00:02+0100

skybluecam said:
Unless I've missed something I'd be very surprised if Wright starts or plays at all really?

I know the injury wasn't as bad as feared, but he wouldn't have pulled out the US squad for nothing. And you'd think they will be cautious given the situation and our depth.

players are pulled out of international friendlies all the time. We didn't send him as he needed to rest up. He'll be fine for friday

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · 2026-03-30T11:00:27+0100

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Cov 2-0 Derby
Rushworth

van Ewijk - Thomas - Kitching - Dasilva

Grimes - Torp

Sakamoto - Rudoni - BTA

Wright

Think it’ll be a tough game but they’ll lack the forward importance without Szmodics and Agyemang, I think Wright comes back firing and bags both goals as he’ll be hungry to show he deserves a call up for the world cup and to win the golden boot as BTA is on his tail now too!

No Onyeka?

PUSB-We_are_going_up · 2026-03-30T11:07:05+0100

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
No Onyeka?

Travelled with Nigeria, better to let him rest up and be ready for the next game against Hull 3 days later

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · 2026-03-30T11:52:58+0100

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Travelled with Nigeria, better to let him rest up and be ready for the next game against Hull 3 days later

He only played about 5 mins of the first game didn’t he? He’ll be fit and firing.

PUSB-We_are_going_up · 2026-03-30T11:54:42+0100

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
He only played about 5 mins of the first game didn’t he? He’ll be fit and firing.

Im thinking more of miles travel through time zones, and I’d rather him be more involved against Hull

edgy · 2026-03-30T11:56:23+0100

Yeah looking like the Wright / USA thing was a bit staged in our favour. I expect him to be in the side on Friday.

procdoc · 2026-03-30T11:56:56+0100

We will win this

long way home · 2026-03-30T11:59:50+0100

Nigeria play Jordan tomorrow in Turkey, so unless the tank gets injured he will be in contention.

Im more worried about Lats and EMC making the squad and Wright, Rudoni and BTA getting over injuries. If those 3 are fit to be in the squad then resting EMC and Lats is probably going to happen.

shmmeee · 2026-03-30T12:26:07+0100

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Im thinking more of miles travel through time zones, and I’d rather him be more involved against Hull

Turkey is only two hours ahead and a four hour flight.

shepardo01 · 2026-03-30T12:53:42+0100

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