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Sakamoto is playing well. As is EMC. Wright indulgent. Scrappy which is unsurprisingl if you are missing 2 v skilled midfielders

You never know when you might need 4 goalkeepers

Not 5 at the back (3 clean sheets with 4), 5 in a packed midfield would be my vote, but I know nothing...

Robins tinkered with Sakamoto in central midfield iirc. Not a success. He has the skills but possible not the perception

I live in Witney (oxfordshire). A few months ago i went into the local butcher wearing a Cov City hat (as you do), and it turns out the the chummy lady behind the counter is a die hard skyblue - born in offchurch iirc. Well, obviously great jubilation in the butchers yesterday. But she then...

Problems in midfield combined with 3 clean sheets combined with a tricksy away game = leave the back 4 alone and pack the midfield So: 4-5-1 Rushworth plus the usual back 4 5 in midfield: KKH, BTA, Grimes and (2 from Eccles, Torp, Allen and Andrews decided by fitness) Wright

Were Torp to be out on Saturday 1. Go to 3 at the back? 2. Just put Allen in? 3. Option 2 but EMC for BTA?

Last year there were two teams substantially better than us, Leeds and Burnley. Leeds gave us a mullering at home. There were two other good teams we were capable of beating on our day Sheffield Utd and Sunderland but whom we could easily lose to This year I don't see anybody who we are not...

...but always cuts back, never goes to the line, ever. That is a severe limitation. Very skilled at one sort of cross.

Always a difficult place to win, the 4-1 under Mowbray being the exception (still my favourite away day - included a Burge penalty save at 0-0) I'd take a draw, but would feel a little disappointed as unlike last season I don't think there is one team in the division where I think that we can't...

"opportunity" is clearly a euphemism for cock up by one of K & T. There is clearly a divide in every squad outside the Prem between regular starters and cover. We all know the favoured 1st eleven. We all know that Wilson, BTA, Lati, Bidwell are cover. Eccles is in-between, but is anybody else...

I still suspect we might need better than we have in central defence. Wolfenden may be the answer, but he looks like cover. (I know have just had two clean sheets, but let's not get ahead of ourselves). As per elsewhere I would like someone better than Saka on the right, with Saka as cover...

The point about Da Silva is, does anybody really in their heart of hearts think he's a Championship top 6 defender and the thought of him in the Prem is just hilarious. He has always had fantastic close control with the ball , and this catches the eye of the spectators. But he is not even a...

Better than being complacent. There are always negatives. Always. Dealing with negatives when you win is probably the most important thing of all. In the end Saka is a one trick pony. He never goes to the line, he always cuts back. Defenders aren't stupid. Just because he's from the far east...

2025 'A' Level question in Football management Discuss the relative importance of new signings against continuity with reference to Coventry City being 2nd in the Championship with not one new player in the outfield first XI?

Obviously good all round. Top marks for: Torp - lot's of good stuff in the middle; MVE (altho why did he not chance a shot with his left?); Grimes and Kitching For all his good showing is Da Silva a long term solution? Brum were poor at exposing his defensive weakness. Poorest: Wright. May...

25 in the 66-67 promotion season

This game last year told me three things. One, Robins appearred to losing control of the situation, two 4-4-2 is too inflexible for the modern game and three, Bassette was not up to it (he came on as a sub iirc) - see other thread. We rarely do well against this lot, sadly. Despite being...

Some players you just know from almost the first kick don't have the brains for top level football. And it is about brains - positional awareness, sense of how the game was flowing - Ryan Howley was one of these. Perfectly good on the ball but never quite in the right place at the right time...

You mean the 50+ fans on here...