Match Thread Coventry City - Hull City Match Thread - Saturday 9th Aug (11 Viewers)

[stupot07]

That was pretty poor. We are so slow in the build up, and all our attacking play is based on winning headers from crosses.

 

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[Macca]

Did a good job of flattening the new season atmosphere

 

[Matt smith]

Rubbish

Wasn’t rubbish

just clear we need a forward

 

[Speedie's Head]

Hull are not the shit side many were expecting but not good enough from us

 

[Winny the Bish]

Good to see we’ve worked on breaking down low blocks in preseason

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Woeful. Squad full of talent but nobody that can score goals.

Quite happily get rid of all all strikers and you wouldn’t notice

 

[Shannerz]

That was fucking awful, quite frankly.

 

[Ashdown]

BTA = Passenger

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Pretty underwhelming, why can't we start a season looking like we are ready

 

[TomRad85]

Don't want to be too judgey, classic first day of the season stuff but fuck me it just confirms what most could already see. Our forwards are fucking wank.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We clearly don’t trust Raphael therefore we need a winger.

same for Simms

in reality we don’t want BTA so need a LW if he’s the cover there.

sheaf injured so need back up in CM

Yet we are bidding £8m for a CB

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Truth be told we are quite a boring side .. but he has to find a way to beat weaker sides as this is a continuation of last season against sides that will probably struggle

Its good we haven't lost , but we really ran out of ideas today and are far too one dimensional under frank at times

We move on to Luton

The ball needs to move with much more purpose and speed, players need to move more off the ball. What we said last season for the most part.

 

[Alkhen]

Limp, disappointing. Need some sparks in our squad

 

[Esoterica]

All we have is cross cross cross nothing else, no plan B

I'd like to see the wide players get narrower sometimes and drive between the full backs and centre backs, rather than always very wide and down the outside.

 

[SkyblueTexan]

That’s a poor performance

 

[Tommo1993]

Knock £7.5M off MvE

 

[Terry_dactyl]

First game folks! I reckon we’ll improve!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Clean sheet
Rudoni carrying an injury
We need to get forward quicker and get lower crosses into the box

Dasilva our mom
Keeper excellent

 

[The Nomad]

I reckon Haji Wright would be happier lying on a chaise longue modelling a pair of Calvin Klein underpants than playing centre forward in Coventry.

I would be happier if he was lying on a chaise longue modelling a pair of Calvin Klein underpants as well. Get him to fcuk.

 

[Evo1883]

On a whole though the football is fucking boring, let's be honest

 

[pusbccfc]

Need a number 10.

 

[Ashdown]

Wright now wants to look like him with a stupid bandage and play about the same.
STRIKER Frank FFS !

 

[Briles]

Bossed it and didn't get what we deserved. Ahh glad it's back.

 

[covcity4life]

Frustrating. Huffed and puffed but never truly threatened

Emc and bta poor. Rishworth looked v good for us though

On plus side we did control game still and got a clean sheet. That's a good basis to build upon and tweaks to find attacking output.

Gutted about sheaf. Really wanted to see him play this season . Maybe it's a good thing this happened so lampard knows to bring in another rnisfielder perhaps. Shame though as he would have played Vs Luton I think to give grimes a rest.

Still unbeaten this season. Onwards and upwards

Pusb

 

[Marty]

We're so predictable. BTA offers nothing and has a horrible habit of setting up the opposition through not looking where he's passing. Thought it was poor.

 

[Speedie's Head]

BTA = Passenger

Sounds like an airport code somewhere!

 

[Mr Panda]

The usual balanced reaction here I see

Got question marks for Frank on the Wright sub. 12 minutes of preseason vs Ellis Simms who at least has more fitness.

Feel for Sheaf. Feel for us more that Allen is now our main bench choice for the middle.

 

[Paul Anthony]

That... wasn't great. Absolutely toothless up front. Didn't look like we had any clue how to break them down. Our crosses offered no real threat at all. Set pieces were terrible. Wright clearly not fit. And yet...

Says a lot that Simms didn't get a sniff again.

Oh yeah, and add to that Sheaf injured. Again. That'll probably be the last we see of him until Christmas, because it's never a quick job where Sheaf is concerned

 

[Gint11]

Disappointing. Take the point and clean sheet and move on but same issues remain:

Toothless
No aggression or intent
Tippy tappy pointless possession
Sheaf is a sick note
We check back far more than driving forward
Grimes playing a false CB
Rushworth was quiet but did well
BTA not good enough

Probably forgot a few. Needed to score when we had the spell in the first half but 2/3 shots on target at home to Hull or I think will struggle shows no intent. If I was a neutral I’d fear nothing.

 

[stupot07]

BTA = Passenger

All fart and no poo.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Bossed it and didn't get what we deserved. Ahh glad it's back.

I mean we passed it around a lot without doing anything substantial, 'bossed it' not sure.

 

[Shannerz]

Don't want to be too judgey, classic first day of the season stuff but fuck me it just confirms what most could already see. Our forwards are fucking wank.

It's not just the forwards, though; it's the lack of conviction around the box. The lack of people attacking space. Twice we had brilliant balls put in across the box, but there was nobody running into the right area.

 

[robbiekeane]

fucking slept through just caught the last ten minutes…probably for the best it would seem

what the fuck is jamie allen doing on the pitch…

 

[Blind-Faith]

Glad I didn’t pay good money to watch that 0-0!

Rushworth looks like the best keeper we’ve had in quite some time. McBurnie is still a prick

Clean sheet is a solid start, but we need to be more ruthless in the final third

 

[shmmeee]