Match Thread Coventry City - Ipswich Town Match Thread - Monday 29th Dec (105 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Pete]

Better team won but two absolute nailed on penalties not given the one on haji very likely to change the course of the game

 

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[Ccfcisparks]

And yet the subs came on 15 too late

Yep anyone could see they should have been on by latest 60 mintues.

 

[southern_comfort]

I feel we have been ridding our luck for a while now, we were turned over to easily tonight by the better team.
Hope we can get back on track asap

 

[Evo1883]

Some think we have individual quality all over. We don't, champ.

I think we do and every team has poor performances

 

[OldBedrocker]

We’ve had to play them twice in a month with an illness ravaged squad.

They had an illness ravaged squad tonight and they played us off the park. 2-0 flattered us

 

[xcraigx]

Second best all over the park apart from Rushworth. We must have given the ball away under lno pressure more tonight than any other game this season by far.

Slightly concerning that its 4 goals scored in 6 games now.

 

[Liquid Gold]

And yet the subs came on 15 too late

Because Frank doesn’t rate them as much. he’s complained about the squad all season and this is why.

 

[skybluecam]

I'll be honest Frank got that wrong.

We did well to get out the first half at 0-0 and there should have been alarm bells to solidify the team and grind out a result.

Eccles should have come on for Rudoni at half time and we should have been making the game as bitty as possible.

We were much better 2nd half

 

[jto123]

Can't be bothered to read through the thread to be honest.

The sensible take from all this though is, we were very poor first half, but second half, much, much better and we were beginning to dominate the game.

One very unlucky deflection later and it turned the whole game back round again and we looked lost.

These things happen. We corrected what was wrong at half time and looked like the team who were going to score next

That Clarke goal really looped into the net. Not a lot you can do about that.

Now we have to just get back on track again against Charlton. Win there and we are into the January transfer window.

Keep the faith.

I disagree with the common consensus that we were hugely better in the second half. It was hard to be worse than the first. I felt throughout Ipswich were likely to win it.

 

[mark82]

That’s not the point. Tactically he’s outsmarted us. That’s a fact.

They have better players too, let's not forget that. If we go up, we'll have a lot of work to do.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Tonight also signalled to me what I have been saying about Grimes' suitability for the Premier league. He came up against a really athletic and strong midfield today and really struggled.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It is an absolute cucks performance of the highest order.

This is more or less the only one team we could do with not really losing against, especially after getting smashed at their place, so it isn't really like any other game at this point. I can take a loss if it just isn't our day, but not if we play like a bunch of pussies and don't even put up a fight. They have looked better than us all game and have wanted it more than we have.

People can play it down, but it has pissed me off.

Much better second half would have been one up if rhe ref had done his job though

 

[Ccfcisparks]

We were much better 2nd half

I'd say we were better but we didnt lay a glove on them really. They won at a canter.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

They had an illness ravaged squad tonight and they played us off the park. 2-0 flattered us

Did they? I couldn’t tell. When you can replace Philogene with Clarke that parachute cash flexes its muscle.

 

[mrtrench]

Thoroughly outplayed throughout. How can we go from the first half at Portman Rd to that?

 

[Briles]

Tonight also signalled to me what I have been saying about Grimes' suitability for the Premier league. He came up against a really athletic and strong midfield today and really struggled.

Whole team did

 

[Evo1883]

Because Frank doesn’t rate them as much. he’s complained about the squad all season and this is why.

But the game was going away from us again , he had eccles , simms and bidwell to get on atleast

 

[skyblu3sk]

i’m being kind to the posters that tend to focus on the ref’s here, but i expect it’s because they know little and therefore cannot comment on what’s actually happening football wise.

It’s easy to just shout ref whenever they get a free kick or we dont

It goes way deeper than that is changes the mindset of our players they get frustrated and do daft things like EMC shoulder barging furlong at every chance and stops the flow. We weren't at our best tonight but let's not pretend we should have had at least one penalty.

 

[larry_david]

Can't be bothered to read through the thread to be honest.

The sensible take from all this though is, we were very poor first half, but second half, much, much better and we were beginning to dominate the game.

One very unlucky deflection later and it turned the whole game back round again and we looked lost.

These things happen. We corrected what was wrong at half time and looked like the team who were going to score next

That Clarke goal really looped into the net. Not a lot you can do about that.

Now we have to just get back on track again against Charlton. Win there and we are into the January transfer window.

Keep the faith.

Two poor passes. Two reflections. 2-0

 

[Sick Boy]

They have better players too, let's not forget that. If we go up, we'll have a lot of work to do.

Yeah there have been those going on about how at least half the current team would start in the PL - haha.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

We were much better 2nd half

We really weren't, we were more competitive but the quality was just as poor

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Much better second half would have been one up if rhe ref had done his job though

We deserved absolutely nothing from that game, Pete.

 

[Matt smith]

Worried we’re going to seriously implode

this team needs 4/5 signings

 

[Evo1883]

We were much better 2nd half

A bit sure .. still poor

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I disagree with the common consensus that we were hugely better in the second half. It was hard to be worse than the first. I felt throughout Ipswich were likely to win it.

Well in it second half

 

[Liquid Gold]

eccles , simms and bidwell

What riches we have

 

[shmmeee]

Four in five actually.

You know what I mean.

 

[Joe King]

Middlesborough losing at home

 

[Evo1883]

What riches we have

Well they are all capable championship footballers

 

[Ccfcisparks]

It goes way deeper than that is changes the mindset of our players they get frustrated and do daft things like EMC shoulder barging furlong at every chance and stops the flow. We weren't at our best tonight but let's not pretend we should have had at least one penalty.

Yet some people didnt even think EMC did anything wrong!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

You know what I mean.

That Sheffield United aren’t a parachute team?

 

[Osullivan18]

We lost, we move on. Ipswich are a better squad who have just not been as consistent. FL with that team would be undefeated

 

[CovveeBreak]

Not insanely good though is it, come on

Ok if they weren’t insanely good what does that make us?

 

[Matt smith]

I think we do and every team has poor performances

Was it poor or is that just us we’ve been getting away with it

 

[CovLad94]

They have better players too, let's not forget that. If we go up, we'll have a lot of work to do.

I think that Egeli was upwards of £16 million alone, says it all, no panic yet, transfer window could be the catalyst