Match Thread Coventry City - Ipswich Town Match Thread - Monday 29th Dec (32 Viewers)

Brighton Sky Blue · 2025-12-29T18:56:43+0000

Having a big fuck off squad allows you to do this in ways most teams in the league can’t.

Perennial Lurker · 2025-12-29T18:56:46+0000

Have the fullbacks been told not to overlap ?

wingy · 2025-12-29T18:57:12+0000

Come on Rudoni now we're not carrying passengers?

Ccfcisparks · 2025-12-29T18:57:33+0000

Sky Blue Pete said:
Grimes???? Mmmm he’s not been great

I think he has. He’s been the only one winning battles in midfield

Sky Blue Pete · 2025-12-29T18:57:59+0000

Rushworth
Kitching
Saka
Mve

ok no one else wants the ball

Nick · 2025-12-29T18:58:12+0000

They are getting so much time in midfield. Their players first touch was about 10 yards from him and he still got it.

The space between torp, grimes and rudoni is massive.

With both rudoni and Wright anonymous it means it is just coming back at us every time

AFCCOVENTRY · 2025-12-29T18:58:37+0000

wingy said:
Come on Rudoni now we're not carrying passengers?

He’s not at it and hasn’t been for weeks. Eccles is the sensible option to bring in for him and at least he will get stuck in and do some dirty work.

shepardo01 · 2025-12-29T18:58:46+0000

jto123 said:
Midfield just disappeared. Real problem.

Rudoni is hiding and taking himself out of the game.
Torp is being bypassed because Rudoni is nowhere to be seen (often out wide) and Torp is having to go higher leaving Grimes on his own.

Brau is killing us every time he has the ball - passing straight into crowds of players.

EMC is being bullied and everything is short of Wright.

A lot to be done here.

I'd sit Eccles or Torp in with Grimes and whoever isn't there play higher up. (Rudoni off)

Greaves is a winger - playing higher up so stifling MVE and Saka who are having to look after him and Clarke.

Either keep it like this or be brave....

Ccfcisparks · 2025-12-29T18:58:50+0000

Sky Blue Pete said:
Rushworth
Kitching
Saka
Mve

ok no one else wants the ball

I think Sakamoto has been really poor.

Part of me wants to go to a box midfield with EMC at the tip but that would expose Brau more.

BackRoomRummermill · 2025-12-29T18:59:03+0000

if we lose this it will give extra wings to ipswich - a draw is a good result here (please win CCFC)

Gint11 · 2025-12-29T18:59:15+0000

Really poor performance, completely out played. They are closing us down forcing errors with our ball retention yet we are not closing down allowing them space. It looks like they have an extra man.

Stupidly good save from Rushy and we are still in it. I’d consider a formation change but not sure we will. We just need to up our levels and stop showing them too much respect.

Jamesimus · 2025-12-29T18:59:26+0000

Grimes has essentially looked like the only midfielder at times, up against 3 Ipswich midfielders.

wingy · 2025-12-29T18:59:36+0000

You know what so long as we don't lose still 13 points ahead and that will do!

Sky Blue Pete · 2025-12-29T18:59:42+0000

We have to be much braver on the ball

shmmeee · 2025-12-29T18:59:50+0000

Fuk it go 532 Eccles on got Saka. Lats for Rudi.

Brighton Sky Blue · 2025-12-29T18:59:53+0000

BackRoomRummermill said:
if we lose this it will give extra wings to ipswich - a draw is a good result here (please win CCFC)

Draw’s sensational on this evidence

CovveeBreak · 2025-12-29T18:59:54+0000

I’m begging our fans not to start turning on players like Rudi because they’re out of form.

We know what he’s capable of. Get behind him.

BackRoomRummermill · 2025-12-29T19:00:06+0000

i think we all agree get Roudi off for Eccles

shepardo01 · 2025-12-29T19:00:07+0000

Saddlebrains said:
Our fans are simpletons

Clearly under instruction not to press yet everyone's fucking screaming at them to do so

However we have been utter wank

Trying to stop them giving it to #5 very obvious.
Making the keeper go wide or long.

Jamesimus · 2025-12-29T19:00:19+0000

Trust Frank to make the right call here, he was watching the same game as me!

Nick · 2025-12-29T19:00:23+0000

shepardo01 said:
Rudoni is hiding and taking himself out of the game.
Torp is being bypassed because Rudoni is nowhere to be seen (often out wide) and Torp is having to go higher leaving Grimes on his own.

Brau is killing us every time he has the ball - passing straight into crowds of players.

EMC is being bullied and everything is short of Wright.

A lot to be done here.

I'd sit Eccles or Torp in with Grimes and whoever isn't there play higher up. (Rudoni off)

Greaves is a winger - playing higher up so stifling MVE and Saka who are having to look after him and Clarke.

Either keep it like this or be brave....

To be fair to brau. He's playing it into where the striker should be getting it to feet. Wright isn't interested in that though.

Evo1883 · 2025-12-29T19:00:27+0000

Sky Blue Pete said:
Rushworth
Kitching
Saka
Mve

ok no one else wants the ball

Saka hasnt wanted to know

StrettoBoy · 2025-12-29T19:00:39+0000

This caps what has been a poor December for us

fatso · 2025-12-29T19:00:46+0000

wingy said:
Come on Rudoni now we're not carrying passengers?

He needs to come off, continuing to play him when hes so obviously way off form isnt doing him any favours.

Likewise Sakamoto

(Watch him score now)

Chris1987 · 2025-12-29T19:01:04+0000

We just aren't getting close to them at all. Regrettably Rudoni has been a passenger , Eccles would give more energy. Midfield is getting carved open too easily . But for Grimes and obviously Rushworth things would have been a lot worse. Thankfully 0-0 at HT . Big team talk for Frank .

Ccfcisparks · 2025-12-29T19:01:15+0000

StrettoBoy said:
This caps what has been a poor December for us

Well that’s nonsense lol

Nick · 2025-12-29T19:01:22+0000

CovveeBreak said:
I’m begging our fans not to start turning on players like Rudi because they’re out of form.

We know what he’s capable of. Get behind him.

Not sure it's turning on him to point it out. At the minute, he doesn't fit.

wingy · 2025-12-29T19:01:38+0000

AFCCOVENTRY said:
He’s not at it and hasn’t been for weeks. Eccles is the sensible option to bring in for him and at least he will get stuck in and do some dirty work.

Even Pop up with a goal.

shmmeee · 2025-12-29T19:02:01+0000

StrettoBoy said:
This caps what has been a poor December for us

If we lose this and beat Charlton we’ll have got 10 points from games 21-25. Which isn’t bad for a poor month really.

Gleneagles65 · 2025-12-29T19:02:05+0000

That was a hard watch. Surely we’ll be much better 2nd half.

Evo1883 · 2025-12-29T19:02:13+0000

StrettoBoy said:
This caps what has been a poor December for us

Weve 8 points from 5 games , not that bad

mrfr · 2025-12-29T19:02:35+0000

0-0 at half time against the second best team in the league. I really struggle to see why we’re wetting the bed. This will literally be our toughest test for the rest of the season. A draw would be a great result, but I still think we’ll win it. We will improve second half whilst Ipswich at their best couldn’t score.

OldBedrocker · 2025-12-29T19:02:41+0000

Prepared to get my head bitten off but both Wright and Rudoni are absolute passengers right now and have done nothing for weeks to justify their inclusion in the team. Eccles and Simms both deserve the starts over them right now.
Not excusing Torp who has been crap tonight

covmark · 2025-12-29T19:02:59+0000

The only way is up after that first half.

JulianDarbyFTW · 2025-12-29T19:03:05+0000

We were on top in the away game for the first hour, and still lost by 3 goals. Hopefully the reverse is happening tonight.

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