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Match Thread Coventry City - Bristol City FC Match Thread - Saturday 18th Jan (2 Viewers)

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Nick

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Discuss the Coventry City - Bristol City FC match, tactics and predictions
 
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CV22SBA

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #2
Massive game for us as we need to close that gap with the teams just outside the playoffs. Lose and we'll be 11 points behind Bristol. Looks like they are brining 3K aswell as only a few tickets left. Sales in the home end not that great at the moment.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #3
I think we’re gonna win lose or draw here
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #4
CV22SBA said:
Massive game for us as we need to close that gap with the teams just outside the playoffs. Lose and we'll be 11 points behind Bristol. Looks like they are brining 3K aswell as only a few tickets left. Sales in the home end not that great at the moment.
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More chance of shitting £20 notes than play offs. Face it, best we can aim for tihs year is top half
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #5
Saddlebrains said:
More chance of shitting £20 notes than play offs. Face it, best we can aim for tihs year is top half
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Depends, Forest managed it in a tougher championship. Its all about momentum and consistency, which granted we have none, but when Haji and EMC come back we could find some, with a first choice back 5 found and 2 of our army of forwards scoring you never know
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #6
Saddlebrains said:
More chance of shitting £20 notes than play offs. Face it, best we can aim for tihs year is top half
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I agree but still no reason to not go for the top half. We have to get some belief back into the lads and into us as supporters.
 
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Domo

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
I think we’re gonna win lose or draw here
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i think you're being too optimistic
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #8
I would seriously consider playing Eccles RWB.
MVE is going to end up injured if he doesn't get a break in my opinion.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #9
Domo said:
i think you're being too optimistic
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You’re right I think we’re not gonna show up and just offer them the 3 points, as we’re gonna complain to the FA about the referee’s not protecting our players causing injuries
 

Domo

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
You’re right I think we’re not gonna show up and just offer them the 3 points, as we’re gonna complain to the FA about the referee’s not protecting our players causing injuries
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edgy

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Depends, Forest managed it in a tougher championship. Its all about momentum and consistency, which granted we have none, but when Haji and EMC come back we could find some, with a first choice back 5 found and 2 of our army of forwards scoring you never know
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If Haji and EMC were fit and available now, then it would still be a optimistic target. Fact is we wont see either of them on the pitch for a couple of weeks at the earliest. Probably another 3 or 4 games down the line.
 
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Potbellypig

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Depends, Forest managed it in a tougher championship. Its all about momentum and consistency, which granted we have none, but when Haji and EMC come back we could find some, with a first choice back 5 found and 2 of our army of forwards scoring you never know
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We said that for the first 10 games waiting for Sheaf to start playing football.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Saddlebrains said:
More chance of shitting £20 notes than play offs. Face it, best we can aim for tihs year is top half
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Top half wouldn't be a bad finish after a season of massive upheaval , and would still be one of our better finishes of the last 20 years
I'd take it
 
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Evo1883

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Think we will win this
 
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Nick

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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DaSilva had trick. One of them will be a header from a corner.
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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clint van damme said:
I would seriously consider playing Eccles RWB.
MVE is going to end up injured if he doesn't get a break in my opinion.
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Leeds used to play 60 games a season back in the day.
On shit pitches & what a team they were all 12 of them !!
MVE clearly wants to play the minutes he does ; another reason why he is sought after by other clubs.
 

Nuskyblue

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Depends, Forest managed it in a tougher championship. Its all about momentum and consistency, which granted we have none, but when Haji and EMC come back we could find some, with a first choice back 5 found and 2 of our army of forwards scoring you never know
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I get what you're saying but at this point they were within 4 points of the playoffs places.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Saddlebrains said:
More chance of shitting £20 notes than play offs. Face it, best we can aim for tihs year is top half
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11 points off the top 6, 6 above the bottom 3 yet talk of still trying to make the playoffs is reasonable whereas clearly relegation is off the table.

Astonishing arrogance on here sometimes
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Nuskyblue said:
I get what you're saying but at this point they were within 4 points of the playoffs places.
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Valid point, just more hope than anything would love something to come from this season
 

Otis

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Brighton Sky Blue said:
11 points off the top 6, 6 above the bottom 3 yet talk of still trying to make the playoffs is reasonable whereas clearly relegation is off the table.

Astonishing arrogance on here sometimes
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At the moment, I would say, we're not in a relegation battle. We're also not in contention for a top 6 place either.

Win 3 or 4 on the trot and that could change. Same thing on the flip side, if we were to lose say 3 in a row.

Let's just concentrate on getting up the league table and bagging as many points as we can to be well away from any possible relegation troubles
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Valid point, just more hope than anything would love something to come from this season
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Don't get me wrong, we could go on a run and win 5 on the bounce (and I hope we do!). We look a bit less fragile now but I can't see a miraculous spring up the table.

I think Steve Cooper had Forrest going at over 2 points a game when he was there, when he took over weren't on a point after 10 games or something?
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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I preferred playing Bristol City when we had Kasey Palmer to turn into Ronaldinho
 
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Gint11

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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pusbccfc said:
I preferred playing Bristol City when we had Kasey Palmer to turn into Ronaldinho
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And the following week he was Ronald
 
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Warwickhunt

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Saddlebrains said:
More chance of shitting £20 notes than play offs. Face it, best we can aim for tihs year is top half
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Bet they won't have the King's head on them notes
 

Captain Dart

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Gint11 said:
And the following week he was Ronald
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I presume you mean Ronald MacDonald.
 

blunted

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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CovValleyBoy said:
Leeds used to play 60 games a season back in the day.
On shit pitches & what a team they were all 12 of them !!
MVE clearly wants to play the minutes he does ; another reason why he is sought after by other clubs.
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And that is why some players from that era ended up struggling to walk or with Alzheimers. There is a reason Vic doesn't head the ball much for a centre forward.
Give a player an injection and send him out was the norm, along with try to cripple the opposition. Pele playing against Argentina in the 1966 World Cup comes to mind. That was not football.
That is why so many clubs rotate these days.
70s and 80s footballers were a load of pissheads, even our 1987 cup winning team.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #27
Always a tough one v Bristol. I’d be going in with:
Dovin
Ewijk Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Eccles Allen Torp Rudoni
Simms BTA
 

JSL

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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pusbccfc said:
I preferred playing Bristol City when we had Kasey Palmer to turn into Ronaldinho
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Only in the first half
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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blunted said:
And that is why some players from that era ended up struggling to walk or with Alzheimers. There is a reason Vic doesn't head the ball much for a centre forward.
Give a player an injection and send him out was the norm, along with try to cripple the opposition. Pele playing against Argentina in the 1966 World Cup comes to mind. That was not football.
That is why so many clubs rotate these days.
70s and 80s footballers were a load of pissheads, even our 1987 cup winning team.
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Gentleman Bobby Charlton for example would be surprised to hear he was a "piss head".
Not sure he touched a drop. I'm sure there were many like him in that respect.
 

Gint11

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Captain Dart said:
I presume you mean Ronald MacDonald.
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Gint11

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #31
Well Brizzle are one of 20 teams we consider to be bogies so 1-2 defeat for me
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Otis said:
At the moment, I would say, we're not in a relegation battle. We're also not in contention for a top 6 place either.

Win 3 or 4 on the trot and that could change. Same thing on the flip side, if we were to lose say 3 in a row.

Let's just concentrate on getting up the league table and bagging as many points as we can to be well away from any possible relegation troubles
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Our fortunes rest a lot on Wright returning to form promptly. Have we even been in the top half this season?
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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CovValleyBoy said:
Gentleman Bobby Charlton for example would be surprised to hear he was a "piss head".
Not sure he touched a drop. I'm sure there were many like him in that respect.
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But Bryan Robson, George Best & Jimmy Greaves were legendary piss heads.
 

rhino1002

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  • Jan 13, 2025
  • #34
blunted said:
And that is why some players from that era ended up struggling to walk or with Alzheimers. There is a reason Vic doesn't head the ball much for a centre forward.
Give a player an injection and send him out was the norm, along with try to cripple the opposition. Pele playing against Argentina in the 1966 World Cup comes to mind. That was not football.
That is why so many clubs rotate these days.
70s and 80s footballers were a load of pissheads, even our 1987 cup winning team.
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Brazil didn't play Argentina in the 1966 world cup they played Portugal Hungary and Bulgaria
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Jan 13, 2025
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Captain Dart said:
But Bryan Robson, George Best & Jimmy Greaves were legendary piss heads.
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& Best & Greaves footballing legends.
 
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