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A Revolution under Robins? (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter LJC_CCFC
  • Start date Oct 15, 2012
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Now that Robins is in charge, where will City finish this season?

  • Top 2

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Top 6

    Votes: 40 33.6%
  • Top Half

    Votes: 71 59.7%
  • Bottom Half

    Votes: 8 6.7%
  • Bottom 4

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    119
  • Poll closed Oct 20, 2012.
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LJC_CCFC

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #1
Have a read of my new blog - The Robins Revolution - The Tales of Coventry City in League One - Chapter 2. Then vote on where you think we will finish this season:thinking about: Any feedback is much appreciated
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #2
Wheres the blog?
 

LJC_CCFC

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #3
sw88 said:
Wheres the blog?
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Thetotalfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #4
I think Notts County is a really important, if we win it is 3 wins in 5 an 11 points. I can see us really building up some momentum if we beat Notts County and then probably beating Brentford and Orient just by riding the momentum, if we lose or draw then I can see that knocking us back as it will then only be 1 win in 4 and we will have to build up momentum again

I think the Notts County game could be the difference between making a great start under Robins to a decent start
 

Paxman II

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #5
No hesitation - top 6 minimum.
 

skybluegod

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #6
it's a good read it's interesting hearing about the £100 fine if the person their marking scored from a set piece now is that discipline or what. who's getting charged for Swindon's first goal then?
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #7
skybluegod said:
it's a good read it's interesting hearing about the £100 fine if the person their marking scored from a set piece now is that discipline or what. who's getting charged for Swindon's first goal then?
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Cameron id say. Looked the closest man
 

skybluegod

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #8
sw88 said:
Cameron id say. Looked the closest man
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just looked could be clarke or the person who let the player flick it on?
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #9
Paxman II said:
No hesitation - top 6 minimum.
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I don't know how you can say top 6 minimum Paxman. We score very few goals the one player who does score will probably depart in January and we rarely keep a clean sheet.

Top 2 is virtually impossible now and we will have to play championship winning form to make top 6.
 
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CCFC_Charlie

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #10
Grendel said:
I don't know how you can say top 6 minimum Paxman. We score very few goals the one player who does score will probably depart in January and we rarely keep a clean sheet.

Top 2 is virtually impossible now and we will have to play championship winning form to make top 6.
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To say we rarely keep a clean sheet is debatable if we are talking about Robins tenure considering we have kept three in seven so far under him, which isn't a bad record. Scoring is a concern however.
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #11
Grendel said:
I don't know how you can say top 6 minimum Paxman. We score very few goals the one player who does score will probably depart in January and we rarely keep a clean sheet.

Top 2 is virtually impossible now and we will have to play championship winning form to make top 6.
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Taking the results as a whole this season you are right. Remove the results under Shaw and things look very different. Robins has only been with us a few weeks. We did well in our last game until we lost 2 of our better players. Even the Swindon fans admit we played well, being the best side they have played so far this season. They are one of the best sides as well.

Looking at things this way we should finish in the top 6
 

sky blue john

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #12
The only way I can see us making top 6 at the moment is if we can go the rest of the season injury free which is highly unlikely !!
Also how can some of you expect top six and also have a concern about where the goals are coming from :facepalm:
Mcgoldrick could be gone start of january !!
So for these reasons I predict top half but will fall just short of play offs.
 

Paxman II

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #13
sky blue john said:
The only way I can see us making top 6 at the moment is if we can go the rest of the season injury free which is highly unlikely !!
Also how can some of you expect top six and also have a concern about where the goals are coming from :facepalm:
Mcgoldrick could be gone start of january !!
So for these reasons I predict top half but will fall just short of play offs.
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As I've been saying I trust MR is working his magic over Cody who is already a proven goal scorer and his fitness and readyness will be needed. I also think we will be in the transfer pool during the next window.

Just think and always have thise league is poor. We have until now been very poor but doubt we will be anymore so yes top 6 at a canter please!
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #14
With this squad despite the 5 defeats handicap. Agree paxman top six minimum
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #15
Murphy Dunn
Clarke Christie
Edje wood Cameron Malaga Henderson Willis.
Hussey Kilbane Rockford.
Jennings Bailey
Baker Bell Barton Fleck Daniels Moussa
Sheff Cody Goldie Ball Elliott

Please name 6 squads with more depth than that.
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #16
1 Charlton Athletic (C) (P) 46 30 11 5 82 36 +46 101

2 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 46 28 9 9 81 48 +33 93

3 Sheffield United 46 27 9 10 92 51 +41 90

4 Huddersfield Town (O) (P) 46 21 18 7 79 47 +32 81

5 Milton Keynes Dons 46 22 14 10 84 47 +37 80

6 Stevenage 46 18 19 9 69 44 +25 73

7 Notts County 46 21 10 15 75 63 +12 73

Nottts county finished on 73 points with 15 defeats last season.

However 10 defeats is a bit more of realistic target to get in the top six
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #17
dongonzalos said:
Murphy Dunn
Clarke Christie
Edje wood Cameron Malaga Henderson Willis.
Hussey Kilbane Rockford.
Jennings Bailey
Baker Bell Barton Fleck Daniels Moussa
Sheff Cody Goldie Ball Elliott

Please name 6 squads with more depth than that.
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Take mcsheffrey out as he is done for and tell me 6 squads who will not score more goals than us. Seriously look at the goal ratio of all these players and it's frightening.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #18
dongonzalos said:
1 Charlton Athletic (C) (P) 46 30 11 5 82 36 +46 101

2 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 46 28 9 9 81 48 +33 93

3 Sheffield United 46 27 9 10 92 51 +41 90

4 Huddersfield Town (O) (P) 46 21 18 7 79 47 +32 81

5 Milton Keynes Dons 46 22 14 10 84 47 +37 80

6 Stevenage 46 18 19 9 69 44 +25 73

7 Notts County 46 21 10 15 75 63 +12 73


Nottts county finished on 73 points with 15 defeats last season.

However 10 defeats is a bit more of realistic target to get in the top six
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Only 5 more defeats until Seasons End.
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #19
Yep. If we don't sack our manager definately possible.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #20
We've scored 12 goals in 12 league games so far.

McGoldrick - 5 in 9 apps
Cody - 2 in 7 apps (inc the og he didn't score)
Baker - 1 in 11 (free kick)
Barton - 1 in 9
Fleck - 1 in 8 (pen)
Wood - 1 in 11
Elliot - 1 in 8
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #21
dongonzalos said:
Yep. If we don't sack our manager definately possible.
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This is becoming tiresome. Go on Andy tell the world how many games did you win in League one?
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #22
I voted top 6, but I think top 2 is possible, but Shaw's 4 games has damaged our chances.

If we are 6-8 pts off the top 2, blame Shaw!
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #23
Grendel said:
This is becoming tiresome. Go on Andy tell the world how many games did you win in League one?
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Ok, he had 2 respectable draws, you should look towards Shaw, he's the clueless one, lost 4 winnable games

EDIT: 3 winnable games, typed 4 by accident
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #24
Our results with a proper manager are 2 wins 5 draws 1 defeat.
Without a manager 5 defeats.
3 of the draws are with MK Dons, Swindon and Sheff Utd.
The first set of draws were when the team were finding their feet.

Then a load of turbulence.

MR has now brought stability after the first defeat.

We have had two wins two draws this is more realistic assessment of our form after the disruption.

We will get stronger and stronger.
 
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stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #25
SkyBlue_Taylor said:
I voted top 6, but I think top 2 is possible, but Shaw's 4 games has damaged our chances.

If we are 6-8 pts off the top 2, blame Shaw!
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Top 2 is possible? Are you insane? 2nd finished on 93 points last sason and 92 the season before. You think we will pick up 81/82 points in the last 34 games???
 

WestEndAgro

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #26
Mid-table, probably Three wins short of the play offs , close but no cigar ?
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #27
stupot07 said:
Top 2 is possible? Are you insane? 2nd finished on 93 points last sason and 92 the season before. You think we will pick up 81/82 points in the last 34 games???
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Yes he is insane. Don is insane - (though I suspect that there is some pathetic agenda with him to say if we hadn't sacked Thorn we would have been promoted). I think most teams that get into the play offs average 2.5 goals a game - we average 1. We have 2 wins (both Don under this manager). We have only kept two clean sheets out of 12 (again Don under this manager).

Yes we will improve as we now have the first manager since Boothroyd. However the damage for this season is done. We will finish at best 12th. Anything better will be a major achievement by Robins. A lot of this squad is not even League One standard.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #28
dongonzalos said:
Our results with a proper manager are 2 wins 5 draws 1 defeat.
MR has now brought stability after the first defeat.

QUOTE]

Wrong. Two wins, two draws one defeat.
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #29
A lot of this squad is not even League One standard.[/QUOTE]

Murphy Dunn Clarke Christie Edje wood Cameron Malaga Henderson Willis. Hussey Kilbane Rockford. Jennings Bailey Baker Bell Barton Fleck Daniels Moussa Sheff Cody Goldie Ball Elliott

Please name 6 squads with more depth than that.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #30
dongonzalos said:
A lot of this squad is not even League One standard.
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Murphy Dunn Clarke Christie Edje wood Cameron Malaga Henderson Willis. Hussey Kilbane Rockford. Jennings Bailey Baker Bell Barton Fleck Daniels Moussa Sheff Cody Goldie Ball Elliott

Please name 6 squads with more depth than that.[/QUOTE]

On "paper" or in reality?

What is the transfer value of our squad would you say?
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #31
I think top 6 is still possible although top half would be more realistic
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #32
Reality, on paper any form really. It is quite clear that there are not six squads in this division stronger than ours.

Yes the 5 defeats are a handicap, but we can do it.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #33
dongonzalos said:
Reality, on paper any form really. It is quite clear that there are not six squads in this division stronger than ours.

Yes the 5 defeats are a handicap, but we can do it.
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Where are the goals coming from?
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #34
Two in our last match, we don't even have a fit cody playing.

We will get stronger and stronger
 
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CCFC_Charlie

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 15, 2012
  • #35
If only we'd had Robins since May...
 
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