Match Thread Coventry City - Derby County Match Thread - Friday 3rd Apr (25 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Pete]

Rudoni and wright start imo

Imagine beating a team that hadn’t lost in 10 games at home without our star striker and the best player in the championship last season
Absolute madness

 

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[SleepyGinger]

Rudoni and wright start imo

Are they available?

 

[StrettoBoy]

I have some concerns about this match, given that we may not be at full strength as there are a few carrying injuries and some will come back from international duty with tired legs, knocks and/or jet lag.

Thankfully we have good squad depth now and I fancy us to shade it 1-0 or 2-1. If we can get 4 points out of Derby and Hull then we really can start to relax as, to be mathematically certain, we will only need a few more points from the remaining five games.

 

[Paxman II]

A win which ever way you play it.

 

[Matt smith]

Imagine beating a team that hadn’t lost in 10 games at home without our star striker and the best player in the championship last season
Absolute madness

I agree Pete, they’ll be ready for this one though fingers crossed

 

[Marty]

I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

 

[clint van damme]

I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

Southampton are in FA cup action

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

I'm not confident about friday or monday. But its more that they're teams that usually put a spanner in our works. Derby will spoil and bully, whilst i just don't generally like Hull (they're a side whom i think our record is similar to that we have with preston in recent years)

If we take it in isolation though, we're the best team in the league, we should beat both of these.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I think we may drop points. Our left side will be disrupted, back to winning ways at Hull and keep the 2PPG ticking over. We know either (possibly both) Middlesbrough or Millwall will drop points. Why aren't Ipswich playing Friday?

1-1.

Saints

 

[MAFF]

They’re a decent side. Really rate Eustace as a manager. Can see it being a draw.

 

[alexccfc99]

They’re a decent side. Really rate Eustace as a manager. Can see it being a draw.

Touchwood, our record against Eustace managed sides is very good if I am not mistaken?

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

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Touchwood, our record against Eustace managed sides is very good if I am not mistaken?

it is - interestingly our record against Derby itself over the last 25 years i decent.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Cov 2-0 Derby​

Rushworth

van Ewijk - Thomas - Kitching - Dasilva

Grimes - Torp

Sakamoto - Rudoni - BTA

Wright
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Think it’ll be a tough game but they’ll lack the forward importance without Szmodics and Agyemang, I think Wright comes back firing and bags both goals as he’ll be hungry to show he deserves a call up for the world cup and to win the golden boot as BTA is on his tail now too!

 

[skybluecam]

Unless I've missed something I'd be very surprised if Wright starts or plays at all really?

I know the injury wasn't as bad as feared, but he wouldn't have pulled out the US squad for nothing. And you'd think they will be cautious given the situation and our depth.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Unless I've missed something I'd be very surprised if Wright starts or plays at all really?

I know the injury wasn't as bad as feared, but he wouldn't have pulled out the US squad for nothing. And you'd think they will be cautious given the situation and our depth.

players are pulled out of international friendlies all the time. We didn't send him as he needed to rest up. He'll be fine for friday

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Cov 2-0 Derby​

Rushworth

van Ewijk - Thomas - Kitching - Dasilva

Grimes - Torp

Sakamoto - Rudoni - BTA

Wright
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Think it’ll be a tough game but they’ll lack the forward importance without Szmodics and Agyemang, I think Wright comes back firing and bags both goals as he’ll be hungry to show he deserves a call up for the world cup and to win the golden boot as BTA is on his tail now too!

No Onyeka?

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

No Onyeka?

Travelled with Nigeria, better to let him rest up and be ready for the next game against Hull 3 days later

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Travelled with Nigeria, better to let him rest up and be ready for the next game against Hull 3 days later

He only played about 5 mins of the first game didn’t he? He’ll be fit and firing.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

He only played about 5 mins of the first game didn’t he? He’ll be fit and firing.

Im thinking more of miles travel through time zones, and I’d rather him be more involved against Hull

 

[edgy]

Yeah looking like the Wright / USA thing was a bit staged in our favour. I expect him to be in the side on Friday.

 

[procdoc]

We will win this

 

[long way home]

Nigeria play Jordan tomorrow in Turkey, so unless the tank gets injured he will be in contention.

Im more worried about Lats and EMC making the squad and Wright, Rudoni and BTA getting over injuries. If those 3 are fit to be in the squad then resting EMC and Lats is probably going to happen.

 

[shmmeee]

Im thinking more of miles travel through time zones, and I’d rather him be more involved against Hull

Turkey is only two hours ahead and a four hour flight.

 

[shepardo01]

 

[Ooh Ah]

Zimmer frames at dawn

Going to borrow the son’s CP gear for Derby then. Need to look like I can still do something on the streets… albeit in a pair of 9 year olds shorts restricting movement

Now the clarion call has gone out, thought I'd get into a bit of training.
Tried a bit of bouncing around with arms spread to start off with, but agony on the knees. So gritted my teeth, and fixed a grin. Looks fairly intimidating to be fair, but got 30 seconds to a minute of that tops at this age. Thought I'd throw in the 'signature' drawing a finger across the throat and pointing. Turns out my arm/hands start to shake if holding up for any length of time. Speeding it up works. Little depressing, but just need to pick out an 'outfit' and get my crew back together, and I reckon it could get lively on Friday!

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

All these concerns about playing Derby, people were saying the same thing before we played Swansea.

 

[coop]

We are better than Derby by along way but football doesn't work like that, hopefully we come out full guns blazing.Then another 3 points ticked off.

 

[coop]

3 points at home followed by a draw away at Hull then another 3 against Wednesday would do nicely.

 

[tom88]

3 points at home followed by a draw away at Hull then another 3 against Wednesday would do nicely.

That would pretty much mathematically seal promotion, wouldn't it?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

That would pretty much mathematically seal promotion, wouldn't it?

Very tall order to win all 3 but yes it would.

 

[StrettoBoy]

3 points at home followed by a draw away at Hull then another 3 against Wednesday would do nicely.

I would be thrilled to get 7 points from those matches. We would then have 4 games to get another 3 points to take us to 90, which would almost certainly clinch the title for us. In fact, we might not need any of those final 3 points at all

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Turkey is only two hours ahead and a four hour flight.

More travel than Torp has had to do

 

[Covkid1968#]

Now the clarion call has gone out, thought I'd get into a bit of training.
Tried a bit of bouncing around with arms spread to start off with, but agony on the knees. So gritted my teeth, and fixed a grin. Looks fairly intimidating to be fair, but got 30 seconds to a minute of that tops at this age. Thought I'd throw in the 'signature' drawing a finger across the throat and pointing. Turns out my arm/hands start to shake if holding up for any length of time. Speeding it up works. Little depressing, but just need to pick out an 'outfit' and get my crew back together, and I reckon it could get lively

You need to do it in a live environment…..On Friday…I’m going to point at a random stranger in the away end… and then I’m going point in the general direction of outside followed by me walking aggressively up the steps to the exit. Then because of my age and having had a couple of beers…I’m going to stop for a wee and wait for it all to blow over outside the ground.

 

[skybluelee]

Isn’t it the JSB open training session tomorrow? Get your kids to keep an eye out for Wright and Rudoni’s involvement!