Match Thread Coventry City - Leicester City Match Thread-Sat 17th Jan 12.30pm (20 Viewers)

[TomRad85]

Bottle this season and I’ll take a respite from football to be honest.

Yeh same. Need to find something different to talk to weirdos on the internet about daily.

 

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[mark82]

Why is this American getting bummed? Reminds me of the Argentine guy.

He might get a game at this rate. Not sure what your issue is with it though.

 

[Ccfc_Addy]

I simply do not give a fuck about this American dickhead and will never do so no matter how much JD seems to want me to, I have no idea who he is and don't care to find out

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Only kitching has any fight in him.

This is genuinely one of the biggest issues. You can't always play well, you have to weather some storms. When that is happening, which it has been for some weeks now, you have to fight and scrap for everything.

Our team is currently far too weak and passive. Every team seems more up for it than us when we play them.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

This is genuinely one of the biggest issues. You can't always play well, you have to weather some storms. When that is happening, which it has been for some weeks now, you have to fight and scrap for everything.

Our team is currently far too weak and passive. Every team seems more up for it than us when we play them.

We need some experience of getting out of this league.

 

[Shannerz]

Easy to defend against, and easy to attack.

It's really hard to believe this is the same set of players that were playing early in the season.

How good is Lampard? Because getting a team to recover form is how a manager really earns their corn. He has to earn his corn now, because these performances cannot continue.

 

[Nick]

no shots on target just epitomises our issues since xmas

It's been the same for weeks but nothing to worry about it because opta and we had a bad run.

 

[CovLis86]

It's not luck
Take off the Sky Blue glasses. This has been awful

I've said we NEED luck. As desire, belief and effort isn't there right now. Wasn't hard to read.

 

[TomRad85]

We need some experience of getting out of this league.

Callum Wilson, welcome home.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

Very important 45 mins coming up for so many reasons

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Easy to defend against, and easy to attack.

It's really hard to believe this is the same set of players that were playing early in the season.

How good is Lampard? Because getting a team to recover form is how a manager really earns their corn. He has to earn his corn now, because these performances cannot continue.

I can't see it changing anytime soon. He's had 10 games so far to work it out.

 

[SkyblueTexan]

This decline didn’t happen overnight, but ever since the start of Dec or so I think. Trying to put a finger on it. Things that I can think of are: BTA going down injured, illness, suspensions of Da Silva and now Thomas, defensive frailties getting worse, being sussed out by teams, confidence low after losses to Ipswich perhaps, decline in form of key players like Wright, Rudoni, Grimes, Torp. Seems like a perfect storm of things. Just like when we were winning game after game, everything was clicking.

if we could at least start keeping clean sheets that would help bolster spirits, but we’re messed up mentally at the moment and disastrous in defence. We don’t know what to do at the moment and teams can sense that.

 

[Skyblue54]

Could be down to 3rd by Tuesday night..

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

I think some questions really need to start being asking about Lampard too in this run. Wrong set-up today, wrong set-up against Charlton, wrong set-up against Ipswich. The defensive set up is horrendous.

Tactics/formation not working for a while and looking even worse today. It’s all over the place. It’s a cliche but we’ve been found out.

Also Haji Wright gets absolute dogs abuse for that anonymous 45 minutes by Simms.

Being killed down the left but EMC looks the only threat.

 

[OldBedrocker]

Why aren’t we winning 2nd balls anymore???

We’re not trying to

 

[Ccfcisparks]

It's been the same for weeks but nothing to worry about it because opta and we had a bad run.

The line on opta and bad run youve used 15 times today is as bad as mine laughing at the ref berating.

 

[Shannerz]

I also think we would be no worse off playing Esse where Rudoni is and bringing Sakamoto on

Esse look extremely talented, but also extremely rusty (which is fair enough). You can tell he's not played much football lately.

 

[shmmeee]

wE’d HaVe TaKeN pLaYoFfS aT the StArT gUyS! ReMeMbEr SiXfIeLdS

 

[Nick]

I can't see it changing anytime soon. He's had 10 games so far to work it out.

The persistence of rudoni.

 

[Evo1883]

Think Eccles needs to come on soon for Torp

Eccles should be STARTING ahead of jack right now

 

[Match Plot]

Build up from us is slow and lethargic, allows Leicester to get 11 behind the ball and you lose space. Nowhere to go so it’s played backwards and out wide for crosses. Need to stretch them, they’re vulnerable in behind and with that it stops the defenders being able to step up and squeeze in transitions. Game needs to be played much faster and direct. That’s without mentioning the midfield stepping up allowing runners in behind time and time again.

 

[Mercian In Anglia]

We need some experience of getting out of this league.

Woolfy the only one atm?

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Woolfy the only one atm?

Believe so. Could be wrong.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

QPR put 4 past these in a single half.

 

[shepardo01]

Esse is hurting us with his fancy shite.
Dropped us in it on the counter a few times.
He's killing our previous width too by tucking very far inside (which he's obviously been told to do - but not sure why)


Rudoni seems to be slower than I previously remember... Again, no pace in moving the ball forward.
Simms is just "there" (said before we need a 9 with a nasty streak who will do anything to get in front/get the ball)

Bobby Thomas hasn't helped - Latibeudiere looks scared to death.

Great that Leicester have decided to turn to today too...cheers...

 

[fernandopartridge]

Build up from us is slow and lethargic, allows Leicester to get 11 behind the ball and you lose space. Nowhere to go so it’s played backwards and out wide for crosses. Need to stretch them, they’re vulnerable in behind and with that it stops the defenders being able to step up and squeeze in transitions. Game needs to be played much faster and direct. That’s without mentioning the midfield stepping up allowing runners in behind time and time again.

One of the underlying causes of this is Torp, early season he was willing to move into spaces and take the ball with players nearby, he's not doing it at all now.

 

[SkyblueTexan]

Gone from looking like breaking records to looking like we won’t make play offs.

Think we’ll at least make the playoffs, but that would be a disgrace after the start we had. Total bottle job.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We need to be much more careful with the ball when attacking
Rudi Esse and mve leaving us so open trying fancy flicks just past the halfway line

do them around the box and have patience
Grimes having to do so much defensive work

 

[skybluecb]

We are being overrun in midfield that's our biggest issue, rudoni needs to stay central and help out grimes and torp

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Jordan Ayew for them looks the type of player we need

 

[Evo1883]

One of the underlying causes of this is Torp, early season he was willing to move into spaces and take the ball with players nearby, he's not doing it at all now.

He kept hiding first half , actively walking behind players so he couldnt recieve the ball

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

One minute added ha ah ha

 

[Nick]

Esse look extremely talented, but also extremely rusty (which is fair enough). You can tell he's not played much football lately.

We need to think about what we want to do. Do we want to get him to whip crosses in?

If so, rudoni needs to be making runs in instead of trying to tackle our wingers

 

[Nick]

Why no booking for that on mve?

 

[jordan210]

What’s shit restart idea