7 from 9 - there must be a new manager? (6 Viewers)

[Paxman II]

When others look at Coventry City that's what they will see. "Oh I see their getting it togther now, bet they will start climbing up the league and will be there or there abouts at the end"

That's the concenus from most elsewhere for sure. I actually beleive as we win ugly and keep improving then we will gain in confidence, learn Robin's methods, settle in and we will indeed be up there soon. Form is always related to results and now we have put 3 in a row together. I think Swindon will be a good game and you can bet we will play better against them because we will need to and that is just what the doctor ordered.

I'll be going to Swindon where I think our season will start to get very exciting under Robin's. We have not played consistantly and collectively for 90 minutes so far, yet here we are. Feel that might come when we face more difficult opposition like Swindon away.

When Robin's say's "we stumbled to a win" he is showing exactly the kind of expectation he is striving for. Honest and frank interview. I'm warming to this guy. Like I said the results on paper is what most will see and Swindon will be thinking about that now...and we'll have 1500 away suppot there probably!

 

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[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Swindon will be a tough test, if we play like we did vs MK Dons I can see Swindons home advantage swinging the result in there favour

 

[ccfcway]

funny thing is, normally a new manager has you playing out your skin and looking great

Robins has got 7 out of 9 points, where as Thorn got us 3 out of 9, with potentially similar peformances

margins hey !

 

[Ashdown]

We must have the biggest squad in league one now. Robins will trim this down now accordingly over the course of November and keep the cream and consolidate. I have always and still think that when we finally start ticking we will be up there at the end. At the moment we are still tuning the engine.

 

[Daz]

Can't wait for tuesday at York wembley here we come

 

[Grendel]

funny thing is, normally a new manager has you playing out your skin and looking great

Robins has got 7 out of 9 points, where as Thorn got us 3 out of 9, with potentially similar peformances

margins hey !

They were hardly similar performances. Against Bury we would never have surrendered a 2 goal margin with a real manager in charge. Also Robins has made substitutions to deliberately influence games. They are not similar performances and the gulf in managerial quality is already showing.

 

[pw362]

They were hardly similar performances. Against Bury we would never have surrendered a 2 goal margin with a real manager in charge. Also Robins has made substitutions to deliberately influence games. They are not similar performances and the gulf in managerial quality is already showing.

We now have plan B. Something we didn't have under the last 2 managers.

 

[ccfcway]

time will tell

with Robins i'm not sure we would have been 2 up at HT

 

[hamil99]

If it wasn't for a badly deflected shot against mk dons (which I believe Murphy would of had otherwise!) We would hav 3 clean sheets and 9 points. Robins is definitely getting us playing properly, defending and scoring!

 

[Evans020]

They were hardly similar performances. Against Bury we would never have surrendered a 2 goal margin with a real manager in charge. Also Robins has made substitutions to deliberately influence games. They are not similar performances and the gulf in managerial quality is already showing.

Spot on grendal

 

[Skybluefaz]

loved it post match when Robins took the piss out of Murphy rather than praise him to high heaven for the 'outstanding' save Geoff Foster had asked him about.

 

[Sutty]

I like the fact we start with a very flexible formation. It's very easy to change if a new plan is required. We can push the wingers further up and play 4-2-3-1, we can throw on another striker and play 4-4-2, or bring on a defensive midfielder and go 4-5-1/4-3-3.

 

[cazzanova]

i think given time when barton/fleck and co eventually get fit- we will get much better. the key is keeping mcgoldrick here i know it wasn't his best game but will score goals in this league.. i reckon we can beat swindon. i hope we can take 1,000 plus fans.

 

[ccfcway]

I like the fact we start with a very flexible formation. It's very easy to change if a new plan is required. We can push the wingers further up and play 4-2-3-1, we can throw on another striker and play 4-4-2, or bring on a defensive midfielder and go 4-5-1/4-3-3.

one up front at home is always going to need to be changed

we should go at teams at home

 

[Sutty]

one up front at home is always going to need to be changed

we should go at teams at home

Barcelona play with no strikers at home. Chelsea and Arsenal play with one, as do Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

One up front isn't a negative tactic.

 

[Tonylinc]

MR was not my first choice as Manager but I am happy to admit that I may have been wrong. The more I see and hear the more I think he really is the man to take us forward.

 

[stupot07]

Barcelona play with no strikers at home. Chelsea and Arsenal play with one, as do Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

One up front isn't a negative tactic.

We'd probably get away with it too if we had Messi, iniesta et al in the team. Problem is when we play 1 up top not one of our midfielders ever makes a run beyond them

 

[Sutty]

We'd probably get away with it too if we had Messi, iniesta et al in the team. Problem is when we play 1 up top not one of our midfielders ever makes a run beyond them

I'd agree with that, my point was more a general one that you can still go at teams with one striker. With Fleck, Moussa and Baker on the field we should have enough players that want to support the striker to make it work.

 

[stupot07]

I'd agree with that, my point was more a general one that you can still go at teams with one striker. With Fleck, Moussa and Baker on the field we should have enough players that want to support the striker to make it work.

I'm not so sure, both baker and fleck prefer to play from deep and neither have the pace to make those runs from deep. I'm a bit confused to where Moussa actually plays (similarly Fleck).....

 

[psgm1]

funny thing is, normally a new manager has you playing out your skin and looking great

Robins has got 7 out of 9 points, where as Thorn got us 3 out of 9, with potentially similar peformances

margins hey !

It helps playing teams from the bottom end of the league! Absolutely performances haven't improved, so how can anyone claim Robins is doing a good job?

Lucky? Maybe - and Napoleon would always take a lucky man over a skillful one!

 

[Diehard Si]

As someone said before, 1 deflected goal conceded in 3 games.

We're not setting the world alight, but he's stopped the flow of goals at the wrong end. That has to always be the 1st step.

Now it's a case of building the attack up and passing play.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

They were hardly similar performances. Against Bury we would never have surrendered a 2 goal margin with a real manager in charge. Also Robins has made substitutions to deliberately influence games. They are not similar performances and the gulf in managerial quality is already showing.

Although biased and another ATP, nonetheless I agree, we've changed formation every game under MR, showing tactical versatility and his subs have been spot on so far, 7/10 for his start as Sky Blue manager!