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Match Thread Coventry City at Crawley Town Match Thread - Saturday 14th Apr (4 Viewers)

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covcity4life

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #561
wingy said:
I think it's all the fault of I follow tbf. Lol.
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Helps real fans watch games hehehe
 
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ccfcway

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #562
JimmyHillsbeard said:
Pretty accurate description of what was being said on the terraces around me tho.
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yer, but its mixed with a song or a cheer and clap for a corner or attack. There is ups as well as downs
 
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Tommo72

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #563
Just back.

Good result which didn’t look likely and the game looked to be heading for a nailed on draw. Piss poor set pieces and some below par performances against a very average team. Was far too easy for them to score.

However, class winner and then looked in control last part of the game.

Fans were quiet and fairly unimpressed from what I could see. Yet another pitch invasion.
 
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MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #564
skybluetony176 said:
Anyhow. Great three points today. Doesn’t matter how ugly it was or how many individual errors there were today we got three points and right now that’s all that matters.

Big game Friday and I’m looking forward to it. Don’t care if we play awful, McNaulty fails another overhead kick, Burge kicks it into touch, JCH looks lacklustre and wins nothing in the air, how pedestrian Kelly is etc. all that matters is the points. I’d be delighted if we could win pretty and everyone deserves to be man of the match but I ain’t going to lose any sleep if that doesn’t happen so long as we get enough points to make the playoffs. Nothing else matters at this stage.
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This in bold ^
 
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wingy

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #565
Tommo72 said:
Just back.

Good result which didn’t look likely and the game looked to be heading for a nailed on draw. Piss poor set pieces and some below par performances against a very average team. Was far too easy for them to score.

However, class winner and then looked in control last part of the game.

Fans were quiet and fairly unimpressed from what I could see. Yet another pitch invasion.
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We always invade the Crawley pitch after a relegation.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #566
Tommo72 said:
Just back.

Good result which didn’t look likely and the game looked to be heading for a nailed on draw. Piss poor set pieces and some below par performances against a very average team. Was far too easy for them to score.

However, class winner and then looked in control last part of the game.

Fans were quiet and fairly unimpressed from what I could see. Yet another pitch invasion.
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Surprised to see there were no flares! They had some very heavy handed security and they ambushed two pissed up blokes and then forced them to leave the area with the help of the police, very strange.

It looked like it kicked off in the corner after the pitch invasion? The atmosphere was very flat today.

It's also pointless us having set pieces, we are useless at them.
 

Johhny Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #567
The Reverend Skyblue said:
What did I say way back before Xmas, we will go up the best and most thrilling way, through the playoffs.
What a massive smart arse I am
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So far so good. We may yet be forced to remove the "smart"
 
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chiefdave

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #568
Tommo72 said:
Yet another pitch invasion.
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Knowing our luck we'll get in to the playoffs then get a points deductions for having pitch invasions every week.
 
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Tommo72

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #569
Sick Boy said:
Surprised to see there were no flares! They had some very heavy handed security and they ambushed two pissed up blokes and then forced them to leave the area with the help of the police, very strange.

It looked like it kicked off in the corner after the pitch invasion? The atmosphere was very flat today.

It's also pointless us having set pieces, we are useless at them.
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Spot on.

They were clearly ready for us today and yes they had a proper handy looking response Squad. Looked like it kicked off in the corner part of the terrace after we scored?
 

Irish Sky Blue

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #570
Grendel said:
He works defenders - something Biamou never can - Biamou found his role a bit part sub - Good
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Made the difference when he came on
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #571
ccfcway said:
In my opinion, yes, you were. It was a very competent performance and a game we fully deserved to win. We were the better team for at least 70 mins of the game
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So those things didnt happen?
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #572
Nick said:
So those things didnt happen?
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Why don't we shoot ? - we had 8 shots today and scored twice away from home

Story of the season - Our 20th win ?

No idea what they do in training - Lucky MR does and we are in play offs because of it

Hollywood pass 535437 - Its league two.

we weren't very good - yes we were. its was a competent performance. MR also said it was "decent"
 
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Macca

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #573
From what I see it's harmless "smoke bombs" that usually get bunged around. Never seen a flare at a city game
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #574
ccfcway said:
Why don't we shoot ? - we had 8 shots today and scored twice away from home

Story of the season - Our 20th win ?

No idea what they do in training - Lucky MR does and we are in play offs because of it

Hollywood pass 535437 - Its league two.

we weren't very good - yes we were. its was a competent performance. MR also said it was "decent"
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I said why dont we shoot after we had a great chance for a shot and it was laid off and wasted.

Story of the season because stats will show we struggle to break teams like crawley down, it has been an issue all season.

Hollywood pass, yes it is league 2 so dont keep trying it.

Said about training because of set pieces being awful, again that's fact from today.

We weren't very good at all, being competent and very good are 2 different things.

You need to look up and understand context.
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #575
Macca said:
Never seen flare at a city game
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Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #576
Macca said:
From what I see it's harmless "smoke bombs" that usually get bunged around. Never seen a flare at a city game
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seen some naughty bootcut jeans
 
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ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #577
Nick said:
You need to look up and understand context.
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this will end up like a Tony v you thread, so i'll move on
 

steve82

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #578
Now I only was able to watch the first half so cannot comment on the overall 90 mind but not so sure on why the slight negativity a massive 3 points picked up today be it lucky, just edged it or well deserved however you may view it. 3 points on the board job done. How many times we been the slightly or far better however you viewed it and lost, like last week we didn’t deserve the win but deserved a point.

Sorry Crawley 3 points to us, thank you very much!

The Robins doubters queuing up sharpening up the knives, taxi nearly being called again. Took a risk today and changed things up a little at the first realistic opportunity, had to tweak it so he’s responded to how the games panning out as Crawley seemed to easily play through us. Substitutions again came up trumps having a positive impact on the result.
Gave the exciting raw Ponticelli a start after integrating him back into the side and it’s paid dividends, could be a prize asset in the coming games

Plenty could be better overall but the season target is still on.
Cheer up.
PUSB



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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #579
'Up to 40 men' brawl and 'smoke canisters lobbed' in town centre

Looking forward to the Cheltenham match, but had to smile when there is what sounds like organised violence between Cheltenham and Forest Green - the world's gone mad!!
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #580
Admittedly I wasn’t at the game today, and I’m sure someone said earlier Haynes lost his man for their goal.

I’ve just watched the goals, and I have to defend the guy. I honestly thought it was a well worked goal, that league 2 defenders wouldn’t really stop.

Thought It was a nice piece of one touch passes.

Overall great win under pressure. I made a point last week about us not winning big games, following the Mansfield game earlier, the team shoved that one down my throat and I for one couldn’t be happier
 

Nonleagueherewecome

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #581
Nick said:
Still have no idea how this went in


2nd goal, tilt your head

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I know what you mean. For both, in a way-the second beat a lot of bodies on the way in too. I'm going with the theory that he expertly placed both of them! They were both beautifully curved. I bet he's good at golf. Or snooker.
 
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Otis

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  • Apr 14, 2018
  • #582
mark82 said:
Football is an emotional game. People don't always give rational opinions during or just after a game.
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Or any other time either.
 
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Irish Sky Blue

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #583
I thought that after the first 20 minutes or so we managed the game pretty well (one chance for Crawley in the second half that they really should have taken). As the game wore on I felt we were more and more on top and for the ten minutes before we scored the second had really started to turn the screw. Biamou made a big impact yesterday, putting their defenders under pressure and making them make mistakes. He was the difference between a win and a draw. I have not been that impressed with JCH since he arrived. One great shot yesterday but apart from that largely anonymous. He often gets caught on the ball and goes down far too easily. I am not sure he is the answer to our attacking problems either in this league or the one above. For all of their critics. I thought that both Kelly and Haynes did okay yesterday. However Doyle is a real driving force and needs to stay fit if we are to be promoted.
 
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ccfctommy

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #584
Sick Boy said:
Surprised to see there were no flares! They had some very heavy handed security and they ambushed two pissed up blokes and then forced them to leave the area with the help of the police, very strange.

It looked like it kicked off in the corner after the pitch invasion? The atmosphere was very flat today.

It's also pointless us having set pieces, we are useless at them.
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Tha steward went apeshit! Some bloke took a swing at him and he lost it and had to be restrained. He showed his tattoo to someone and said 'I used to be a royal marine!'. He then took his bike from behind the burger bar and went home! If he hit the bloke back the game over
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #585
ccfctommy said:
Tha steward went apeshit! Some bloke took a swing at him and he lost it and had to be restrained. He showed his tattoo to someone and said 'I used to be a royal marine!'. He then took his bike from behind the burger bar and went home! If he hit the bloke back the game over
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Not surprised if people are swinging at him
 

steve82

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #586
Had a mate send me this. Thought this be the best place to share it.



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Cov kid 55

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #587
Really pleased that we got the win yesterday, with Mansfield’s win, it was vital that we took 3 points. To be fair, I thought we were pretty poor on the day, there were long periods when we just couldn’t keep the ball, our passing was inaccurate and there was a lack of ball control. The City crowd behind the goal were pretty frustrated with the way things were going, and I reckon that we struggled after about 10 minutes until well into the second half. We then picked up around 20 minutes into the second half and JP scored that excellent goal. After that, we managed the game out very well, Crawley only had one chance which fortunately they passed up.

JCH is really frustrating, spends far too much time on the floor looking for unjustified free kicks. He also looks sulky, although in fairness, for much of the game the service to the front players was poor. I’m not sure that he will improve, he should be trying to impress at the moment, and he doesn’t seem to be totally on it. Think he has talent, but is the aptitude there?
 

Otis

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #588
steve82 said:
Had a mate send me this. Thought this be the best place to share it.



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Only caught the end of the game, but just shows the polar opposites of fans.

Close up camera on Jose as he makes his way back to the tunnel upon the final whistle and some fans are smiling at him and giving him warm applause as he passes and others are incandescent with rage and giving him some right old dogs' abuse.

You have to laugh.
 
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steve82

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #589
Otis said:
Only caught the end of the game, but just shows the polar opposites of fans.

Close up camera on Jose as he makes his way back to the tunnel upon the final whistle and some fans are smiling at him and giving him warm applause as he passes and others are incandescent with rage and giving him some right old dogs' abuse.

You have to laugh.
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Sounds familiar don’t it.

Hopefully the sky cameras have a different view for our point of view and chants of there’s only one Mark Robins ring out! On the other hand...


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Cov kid 55

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #590
steve82 said:
Sounds familiar don’t it.

Hopefully the sky cameras have a different view for our point of view and chants of there’s only one Mark Robins ring out! On the other hand...


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yep, I see that same polar opposite reactions from our fans every time we lose. Last time was Notts County where most fans applauded our players for their efforts, but as I looked across the stand, I could see different groups of fans making abusive gestures (I’m sure I don’t need to spell it out) and shouting abuse. Guess what, teams lose football matches, it’s disappointing, and often a real sickener, but get over it! - man up!!
 
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Otis

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #591
With some fans I honestly believe that it doesn't matter how well we have played if we have lost.

Seen us play well and been a bit unlucky, but as soon as an opposition goal goes in, some are frothing at the mouth and getting really irked and angry.

It can go from happy and excited by the play, to 'you're shit' and 'Robins out' in the bat of an eyelid.
 
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steve82

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #592
It’s funny at times....sort it out Robins!! Useless!!

Because it’s all MR fault that his players misplaced a pass or made a hash of things or been caught out of position.




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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #593
Agree with above comments, but a game we have won 1-0 that we could easily have lost 1-0, the result from the same match influences massively how we feel about how the team has played (well it certainly colours my judgment, and I consider myself fairly sanguine when the game is over).
 

Ricketts

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #594
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Agree with above comments, but a game we have won 1-0 that we could easily have lost 1-0, the result from the same match influences massively how we feel about how the team has played (well it certainly colours my judgment, and I consider myself fairly sanguine when the game is over).
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The match I was at we won 1-2.

I was sitting with the Crawley Mayor, and also the previous chairman. He said that the current Crawley players are the worst squad they have ever had.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 15, 2018
  • #595
Ricketts said:
The match I was at we won 1-2.

I was sitting with the Crawley Mayor, and also the previous chairman. He said that the current Crawley players are the worst squad they have ever had.
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Worse than the players pre-2004?
 
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