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The times we struggled last season, was against defensive minded, bullying teams. The opposition aren't quite so defensive in this league and I think the experience some of our younger players had in those hard times last season has toughened them up too.

Doyle wasn't our midfield weak link in the Championship, and was the sort of player that most successful Championship teams have in their team. The problem more often than not was with his midfield partners, like Clingan and Hughes, who simply weren't attacking or positive enough. Our best...

I doesn't really matter now as we won anyhow but if we hadn't this would have been a much better issue. The fact is that between them, the ref & lino should have got that decision right, & even if the lino was unsighted, the ref should have been better positioned to see it for himself. Not sure...

I thought he played quite well yesterday and gave their defence a hard time. While he didn't win everything in the air he did win his fair share. He laid off a lovely cushioned header for Hiwula who blazed the chance over early in the game, and also headed on Doyle's corner for Hiwula's goal...

Have you not read the Shipley thread?

You're kidding yourself if you don't think Sterling was anything but extremely poor in our first 6 games or so, but fair do's to the lad he looks a different player right now. Sticking with him now looks a masterstroke on Robin's part, but it would have been interesting if he would have done so...

Glory Hunters :)

My son went to school in Bedworth and also played football for club teams based there. Of those in the teams he played about half were Cov fans at the most, although worryingly there were more Cov supporting Dads, but whose sons had chosen to support other teams. Cov were the only team that...

I've lived in Wyken, Earlsdon, Radford, Longford and Stoke in my time, and would rank them as 1 - Longford, 2 - Wyken, 3 - Stoke, 4 - Radford, 5 - Earlsdon in my experience. I'd forgotten I also lived in Cheylesmore too - but never really felt that was a CCFC stronghold. Also lived in Rugby up...

I don't disagree - he has ability for sure. The question is whether it is team orders or his own natural instincts that lead him to err onto the negative side. Incidentally I think Robins will start with the same team as at Charlton last week.

Watched just about every game. I just haven't seen this hard tackling no nonsense player that you and others seem to think he is. In the odd game where he has played without Doyle, this season & last, he & the team have been completely ineffectual. I think there is potential in him, but other...

Really? While I don't disagree with your assessment of Doyle, I'm not sure I've ever seen Kelly make a tackle. He is one of the modern type of midfielders that hold English football back - while I acknowledge he has some ability, he basically just sits deep playing safe passes, but rarely gets...

So are we still all agreed that Doyle needs to be dropped? :)

To be fair I think you've had a bit of a downer on Doyle for a while. I seem to remember you were crying out for Kelly to be preferred to him last season, until the spell we had without him around February last year proved how much we actually did need him. He has not been half as bad this...

I don't think Kelly has done much at all and has been anonymous for much of the half. That said only Burge, Davies and Willis can hold their heads up after that half so he isn't alone. Just hope we can raise our game in the 2nd half.

If Camwell doesn't get a game for us now I don't think he ever will

It seems the case that players that aren't playing go up in everyone's estimation, neatly forgetting the poor performances that got them dropped in the first place. In respect of Saturday Davies obviously will replace Hyam. If Brown isn't available I would rather Sterling revert to right back &...

Apart from last season when we had our poorest period of the season! He isn't as quick as he used to be but stamina isn't an issue for him, and given that a number of our younger players look to him for leadership, I believe our team as a whole is much weaker without him. It seems that some on...

Fair enough, but he also signed Terry Gibson & John Williams too

Barnsley have been scoring for fun and were unbeaten so were full of confidence so this was a real big win so marks are accordingly higher Burge - 8 best game this season, a couple of top saves Sterling - 7 also had his best game this season Willis - 9 marshalled defence well against a free...