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Burton looked a decent team to me & deserved their win. We struggled to get in the game. Don't understand why Hiwula wasn't subbed. That's two league games on the trot that he has been particularly poor but has still played the full 90 minutes. Burge - 8 Grimmer - 4 Willis - 6 Hyam - 6 Brown - 5...

But he grew up & went to school in Bedworth. His accent is a bit of a giveaway too.

Well not me by the sound of it. I was born away as my Dad was in the forces. Mother's family from Cov & father's from Nottingham. Until I was 20 I lived in Cov for 3 years & Rugby for 13 years, but because of family connections always regarded Cov as my home town. Looks like I was wrong :)

Pretty awful game. I liked the look of Burroughs when he came on, but otherwise nobody really had a good game. While I'm not convinced yet by Bakayoko I would give him a little leeway tonight though, because we left him completely isolated with nothing to feed off.

There is a clear Cov connection though. Where did he play his junior football before he joined Villa? Nuneaton and Bedworth have their own junior leagues, but the better players and teams usually end up playing in the Cov junior leagues so would be interesting to know. Also, what about...

Andy Blair and Lee Hurst were from Bedworth. Also surprised no one has mentioned Bobby Gould.

He also scored similar goals at Forest, when we stuffed them 4-2, and at QPR. The QPR one was more of a lob from just inside their half which went sailing over David Seaman's flailing arms, setting a precedent for Nayim and Ronaldinho to follow in later years.

We beat Watford 5-0 - Peter Bodak had the game of his life if I remember right. Also pretty sure the Man U game was 3-2. Memorable games all though.

So lets get this right - Thompson is never a full back, Doyle's legs have gone, Ogogo is poor, Shipley is a League 2 player, Chaplin & Bakayoko are poor signings etc. Anyone would think that we would be in the relegation zone, rather than around the play offs.

Although I am a great fan of what Doyle brings us I would have thought his figures must be skewed by taking nearly all our set pieces. The last table is the most interesting for me though as it identifies those younger players (like Bayliss) who do provide a more attacking outlet. I was...

The lower than average markings are simply a reflection of our raised expectations brought about by our winning run so shouldn't be that surprising. With regard to Bayliss the balance of our team is plainly better with him. Given the previous game we missed him was at Bristol Rovers (I think), I...

''OK i think this the lot of them.'' Famous last words - No Jordan Henderson :)

Cheltenham : O'Brien: Grimmer, Thompson, Hyam, Mason (Camwell if Mason not fit): Jones, Kelly, Ogogo, Shipley: Andreu, Bakayoko: For Walsall I would probably look at bringing in the likes of Burge, Brown, Davies & Hiwula. With regard to subs I would go with youth for the Cheltenham game, but...

Burge - 7 Thompson - 6.5 Willis - 7 Daves - 6 Brown - 6.5 Hiwula - 4 Ogogo - 5 Doyle - 6 Thomas - 7 Chaplin - 6 JCH - 6 Subs - Jones 5.5, Kelly 5.5

Agreed, and he was absolutely right in the 2nd half by continually pointing out that our defence were too deep, meaning our forwards were too isolated when we had the ball. MIght not be profesional - but its local radio - and I enjoyed listening to an ex CCFC player getting so into the game.

What have you seen in Kelly that would make our midfield more 'dynamic' if he replaced Doyle? I've seen marks as high as 8 for Kelly's performance yesterday, but other than being an improvement on a very poor Ogogo, I just don't see he did anything other than sit too deep in midfield playing...

You are re-inventing history there. When Wasps publicly came on the scene we were still playing at Northampton, with Fisher & Co still peddling the new stadium line. Yes we pretty much all knew it was bluster, and designed into pressuring ownership of the Ricoh to SISU on their terms, but the...

Another big difference between your comparative teams are that the players in both teams (Burge, Davies, Willis & Bayliss), now have the extra confidence and belief in themselves instilled by our promotion, and which has made them better players as a result.

I always cringe when I read this kind of thread. Always follows a decent result or two, then we all optimistically predict a bumper haul of points, only for the football God's to treat our over confidence with disdain, and we all come crashing to Earth with a sequence of bad results. I know its...

He's clearly another one of your many 'hate' figures that play, or have played for us. It must have really torn at you last season when he was getting so many plaudits, so much so that the hatred just oozes out of every post where you mention him.