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Match Thread ⚽️ Coventry City vs Rotherham United Match Thread - Sunday 7th Aug (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 2, 2022
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chiefdave

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  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #106
procdoc said:
Robins is fuming from what I read
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Don't blame him. How many times have we had public statements from Wasps that pitch problems will be a thing of the past and now we might not even be able to play the first game of the season. You'd laugh at this if it happened to Leamington or some other non-league team, disgrace it can happen at this level.
 
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procdoc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #107
chiefdave said:
Don't blame him. How many times have we had public statements from Wasps that pitch problems will be a thing of the past and now we might not even be able to play the first game of the season. You'd laugh at this if it happened to Leamington or some other non-league team, disgrace it can happen at this level.
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Especially in a modern stadium
 

no_loyalty

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #108
Fucking Wasps c***s.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #109
Not going to help entice signings or getting loanees from the big clubs if we can't even get a pitch that's playable for the first game of the season, let alone one conducive to playing decent football.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #110
For fuck sake. Wasps are useless, the quicker they die the better. Can we spray some insecticide around Coventry in order to rid ourselves of these wankers. Someone needs a stern talking to, fuck that more than stern. We are a top end Championship club, we shouldnt be facing this issue, we have a 32,500 capacity stadium, supposed to be state of the art. It looks incomplete and has a shite pitch. How has it been allowed to get to the state of being unsafe to be played on. Wasps owe us a lot for this. Fucking piss take
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #111
“I’ve no idea how they’ll get it up to standard for Sunday. Looking at it now, there’s no chance. I don’t know who to blame - ask someone above my head."

Wow. Really not happy.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #112
I'm going to predict a 0-0 for this one.
 

SeaSeeEffCee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #113
mark82 said:
“I’ve no idea how they’ll get it up to standard for Sunday. Looking at it now, there’s no chance. I don’t know who to blame - ask someone above my head."

Wow. Really not happy.
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aka the game is off
 

lord_garrincha

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #114
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I'm going to predict a 0-0 for this one.
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More an A-A for me.
 
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CanadianCCFC

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  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #115
Moore
Dabo
Hyam
McFadzean
Panzo
LWB loanee - forget name
Sheaf
Hamer
Palmer
Godden
Gyokeres
 
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procdoc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #116
CanadianCCFC said:
Moore
Dabo
Hyam
McFadzean
Panzo
LWB loanee - forget name
Sheaf
Hamer
Palmer
Godden
Gyokeres
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If the game goes ahead Bidwell will start
 
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robbiekeane

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #117
mark82 said:
“I’ve no idea how they’ll get it up to standard for Sunday. Looking at it now, there’s no chance. I don’t know who to blame - ask someone above my head."

Wow. Really not happy.
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What a fucking embarrassment.

Naive question probably but is this not to be expected if they played a rugby tournament on it a week beforehand?

Like, did no one raise it at the time?
 
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Bugsy

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #118
Can we just play at the Sky Blue Lodge Ryton, got a lovely new laid pitch there...PUSB

The one club this could happen to it would be us.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #119
How many opening day games have we had abandoned over the years?
I can remember Spurs (A) and Watford (A).
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #120
clint van damme said:
How many opening day games have we had abandoned over the years?
I can remember Spurs (A) and Watford (A).
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when we started at the Ricoh we reversed some fixtures I think
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #121
Grendel said:
when we started at the Ricoh we reversed some fixtures I think
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Think that was decided well in advance though as the stadium wasn't going to be ready. May be misremembering though.
 

sylus

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #122
Grendel said:
when we started at the Ricoh we reversed some fixtures I think
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actually thought about that myself,well at least until a new pitch is laid,don't know if it is possible or to late, but it is an option.
 
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Lord_Nampil

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #123
In 2012 we didn’t change any fixtures, first 2 games were away but one was in the cup. We played Sheff United at home 12 days after the last game in the olympics… obviously 12 days is a lot more than 7…. Even Bristol city would only be 10 days… think the World Cup shift (agreed middle of last season??) has probably taken away the extra week we probably thought we would have but should have been taken into consideration when arranging our fixtures.
 

SeaSeeEffCee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #124
Well according to SBB we’re so skint that we couldn’t afford to play two games in a row away…
 
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higgs

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #125
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Well according to SBB we’re so skint that we couldn’t afford to play two games in a row away…
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Can we before the diesel for the bus?

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PVA

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #126
procdoc said:
If the game goes ahead Bidwell will start
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Yeah, expect Tayo to play in the cup.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #127
mark82 said:
Think that was decided well in advance though as the stadium wasn't going to be ready. May be misremembering though.
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Yes I’m sure capacity was only 23,000 for the first couple of games too
 
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aloisiwouldhavescored

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #128
robbiekeane said:
What a fucking embarrassment.

Naive question probably but is this not to be expected if they played a rugby tournament on it a week beforehand?

Like, did no one raise it at the time?
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I am sure I read somewhere, before the fixtures came out, that City would be playing the first two games away from home which would have been the sensible thing to do, because of the Rugby 7s. However, this didn't happen, so now we have got this pitch problem which could have been avoided. Clearly lack of foresight on someone's part.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #129
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Yes I’m sure capacity was only 23,000 for the first couple of games too
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15000 I think
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #130
aloisiwouldhavescored said:
I am sure I read somewhere, before the fixtures came out, that City would be playing the first two games away from home which would have been the sensible thing to do, because of the Rugby 7s. However, this didn't happen, so now we have got this pitch problem which could have been avoided. Clearly lack of foresight on someone's part.
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And me
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #131
Sky Blue Pete said:
15000 I think
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Nah QPR was 23,000 which was a sellout
 
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Travs

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #132
Yeah i think it was 23 or 24k just for the QPR game.

Really set the ball rolling on us never getting higher attendances, as we'd have sold out 32k and we destroyed QPR. It was a massive missed opportunity.
 
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lord_garrincha

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #133
Looking on the bright side of this shit shower, it would be funny if, of all fans, Rotherham start complaining of a pathetic postponement after the 2021 going ons!
 
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covcity4life

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #134
Such a shame a big crowd won't materialise. Doubt we get same numbers for rescheduled game
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #135
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Nah QPR was 23,000 which was a sellout
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Yep 23043 you were absolutely right sorry
 

fatso

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #136
I'd be amazed if its called off with less than 24 hours notice, with a bumper crowd expected. I'm not sure the football league would be too impressed.
But maybe serious questions need to be asked, I'm sure our landlords must have some responsibility to provide a playable surface.
 

Skyblue_CP

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #137
You would have thought that they would have taken the tickets off sale already.
 

NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #138
Skyblue_CP said:
You would have thought that they would have taken the tickets off sale already.
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Why? The game is still to be called off
 
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Ashdown

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #139
I can imagine the uncertainty will be damaging sales this afternoon until we have confirmation of a go ahead.
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 7, 2022
  • #140
Are we winning yet?
 
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