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Match Thread Coventry City - Exeter City Match Thread - Saturday 23rd Sep (1 Viewer)

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higgs

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #526
Are we looking like champions?

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James Smith

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #527
Brilliant looking goals today and against the league leaders is even better. Just wish I hadn't left my phone at home.
 

Covstu

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #528
higgs said:
Are we looking like champions?

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I would say contenders at this stage but if they are top of the league then we haven't got anything to worry about but I think they played poor so we cannot get too confident. We need points on the road equally as a decent home form but it's a great starting point
 

Otis

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #529
Covstu said:
I would say contenders at this stage but if they are top of the league then we haven't got anything to worry about but I think they played poor so we cannot get too confident. We need points on the road equally as a decent home form but it's a great starting point
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Yep, before we even start to think about champions we need to sort out our away form. Seemingly though we HAVE deserved more from away matches, but it does need sorting out. Home form overall has been great and we should never have lost against Newport.

We have lost 3 in 9. Replicated over a season that would surmount to 15 loses. Only one team out of the top 7 last season lost 15 matches or more. The next worse was 12.

We need to turn these away defeats into draws at least.
 
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Otis

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #530
Last season, top 7

Portsmouth 11 defeats
Plymouth 11 defeats
Doncaster 11 defeats
Luton 9 defeats
Exeter 17 defeats
Carlisle 11 defeats
Blackpool 12 defeats
 

Otis

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #531
If we are looking at automatic promotion .....


Top 3 season before

Northampton 5 defeats
Oxford 8 defeats
Bristol 13 defeats

Top 3 the season before that

Burton 8 defeats
Shrewsbury 11 defeats
Bury 13 defeats

Before that

Chesterfield 8 defeats
Scunthorpe 5 defeats
Rochdale 13 defeats.

Bottom line is we need to only be losing around 11 or 12 games tops. Already lost 3, so probably no more than 9 more defeats for the rest of the season.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #532
I'm still not sure about automatics, I'm a bit worried about our injuries too for the season.

Anything less than playoffs and robins needs to have a word with himself.
 

Pete in Portugal

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #533
Otis said:
Yep, before we even start to think about champions we need to sort out our away form. Seemingly though we HAVE deserved more from away matches, but it does need sorting out. Home form overall has been great and we should never have lost against Newport.

We have lost 3 in 9. Replicated over a season that would surmount to 15 loses. Only one team out of the top 7 last season lost 15 matches or more. The next worse was 12.

We need to turn these away defeats into draws at least.
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Agreed Otis. To achieve that, we need strikers who can score goals. Hopefully, Nazon will decide to play for a full 90 minutes at some point, Biamou will improve, (he has some way to go yet), and McNulty will be back, wanting to impress. If we are to get an auto promotion place, We need 2 out of these 3 to do the business. Hopefully Beavon will chip in with a few too. There are reasons to be optimistic, but our strike-force is still very much a work in progress.
 

robbiekeane

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #534
We are extremely reliant on Jones which is very worrying given the amount of players we've lost already. One of these thugs are going to munch him sooner or later and our attacking threat is gone completely.
 
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Grendel

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #535
Otis said:
If we are looking at automatic promotion .....


Top 3 season before

Northampton 5 defeats
Oxford 8 defeats
Bristol 13 defeats

Top 3 the season before that

Burton 8 defeats
Shrewsbury 11 defeats
Bury 13 defeats

Before that

Chesterfield 8 defeats
Scunthorpe 5 defeats
Rochdale 13 defeats.

Bottom line is we need to only be losing around 11 or 12 games tops. Already lost 3, so probably no more than 9 more defeats for the rest of the season.
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Only 8 teams haven't already lost 3
 

Otis

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #536
Grendel said:
Only 8 teams haven't already lost 3
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Yep, clocked that.

It might look a good start to the season, but if we replicate that 3 losses in every 9 I don't think we will be close to top 3.
 

clint van damme

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #537
Otis said:
Last season, top 7

Portsmouth 11 defeats
Plymouth 11 defeats
Doncaster 11 defeats
Luton 9 defeats
Exeter 17 defeats
Carlisle 11 defeats
Blackpool 12 defeats
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but at this stage of the season Portsmouth had 2 more points than us, Plymouth 1 and Doncaster 1 less.
 

Marty

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #538
I thought it was a poor game, but I think we'll see that pattern continue, where we teams come and sit tight, then a goal for us and the game completely stretches and opens up.

The defence look rock solid, but for me, I'd love to see Kelly play slightly further up the pitch, I think we struggle up front. Jones is the only outlet and if we could get similar player on the other side we'd be strong contenders for the title, still a lot of improvement needed in both personal and performance, but I think we've made a solid start and hope we can continue.
 
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dazed&confused

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #539
dazed&confused said:
The first goal changed everything. And the first goal was fortunate. After the goal, we grew in confidence and their game plan went out of the window. In the end we should have won by three or four. But having non-scoring strikers in the team is a bit of a handicap.
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clint van damme

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #540
Marty said:
I thought it was a poor game, but I think we'll see that pattern continue, where we teams come and sit tight, then a goal for us and the game completely stretches and opens up.

The defence look rock solid, but for me, I'd love to see Kelly play slightly further up the pitch, I think we struggle up front. Jones is the only outlet and if we could get similar player on the other side we'd be strong contenders for the title, still a lot of improvement needed in both personal and performance, but I think we've made a solid start and hope we can continue.
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I'm sure Kelly played slightly further forward a few games ago and it did look more effective. Struggling to remember which game it was.
 

ceetee

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #541
Covstu said:
No Biamou was fucking awful.
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No he wasn't
 
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Ricketts

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #542
Jodi's goal wasnt as fortuitous as people make out. I was right behind it. The way the bunch of players were lined up, hard and low was always going to bounce off someone dressed like a steward. It was only a case of would it hit the keeper too. Nothing Sky Blue in sight. Good play.

I also thought Biamou had his best game, especially as we had lost Vincenti as the aerial outlet.

Duke and Jodi could each have given the other a sitter, but at HT Robins had told them all to take their chances, so maybe that is why.
 
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Esoterica

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #543
clint van damme said:
I'm sure Kelly played slightly further forward a few games ago and it did look more effective. Struggling to remember which game it was.
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2nd half at Carlisle.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #544
Esoterica said:
2nd half at Carlisle.
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I was thinking Carlisle but thought it couldn't have been due to the first half performance but you're right, it was for the 2nd 45.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #545
He has been higher up the pitch in the second half a couple of times, the game he put duke through for his goal as well.
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #546
It worries me how we can't even get through a game without a player picking up a niggle or serious injury. I think at this present time we have to be realistic and set the bench mark at play-offs considering the squad is at risk of being stretched thin.

The deciding factor is if we make movements in the transfer market in January. We'll certainly need strengthening. We've already lost Andreu for the season and considering how quickly the injuries are racking up replacements will be inevitably needed.
 
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mechaishida

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #547
covcity4life said:
And we only attack for 1 half a game. S0 many gears to go up yet

We are the immovable object

And working on become the irresistable force as well!
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Concrete Rod should start bellowing "THOU SHALT NOT PASSSSSSSSSS!!!!" at the enemy. With Braveheart face paint on.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #548
Lovely feint from JJ to get past 3 of their men for the own goal. Wasn't too keen on him last year but seems he's relishing being the main man this year.
 
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higgs

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #549
Jj looks class this season

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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #550
4 goals and 3 assists from 9 league games so far I believe
 

Adge

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #551
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Lovely feint from JJ to get past 3 of their men for the own goal. Wasn't too keen on him last year but seems he's relishing being the main man this year.
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Got to agree there. The other worrying thing is that at the minute we are pinning our hopes on a 19 year old.
 

Esoterica

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #552
It's Jodi's 20th birthday on October 22nd, day after the Colchester home game, we should let him know we appreciate his efforts!
 
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Rodders1

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #553
Great win - could have been 4-5. We will spank someone soon I think.

Not seen one decent team at the Ricoh this year - we've beaten top two as well.
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #554
Esoterica said:
It's Jodi's 20th birthday on October 22nd, day after the Colchester home game, we should let him know we appreciate his efforts!
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Sounds like a call for silly wigs and moustaches if you ask me.
 

Hobo

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  • Sep 24, 2017
  • #555
If you over analyse stuff you will always find something to be concerned about. The season has barely begun and we are doing ok.
 

covcity4life

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  • Sep 25, 2017
  • #556
mechaishida said:
Concrete Rod should start bellowing "THOU SHALT NOT PASSSSSSSSSS!!!!" at the enemy. With Braveheart face paint on.
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ajsccfc

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  • Sep 25, 2017
  • #557
Just watched the Youtube highlights which may as well have been called 'Jodi Jones and friends'

This bit in particular before the goal was ace, he just takes the entire wall out of commission

 
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The Penguin

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  • Sep 25, 2017
  • #558
You just have to ignore the frankly dreadful free kick beforehand, and it becomes a piece of pure magic :smuggrin:
 

ajsccfc

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  • Sep 25, 2017
  • #559
Jodi did that on purpose to bamboozle them I reckon.
 

The Penguin

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  • Sep 25, 2017
  • #560
Oh yeah, absolutely a tactical masterstroke
 
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