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Match Thread Coventry City - Oxford Utd - Match Thread - Friday 16th Aug 8pm KO (1 Viewer)

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Evo1883

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,366
If fans are moaning about our winning celebrations in the 96th minute , then maybe football isnt their sport after all
 
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stevefloyd

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,367
shmmeee said:
Can see it with Asante. No idea how Mason Clarke is worth £4m tho
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by the looks of him he doesn't seem to believe atm, hopefully that will come and hopefully sooner rather than later...look at what was said about Hadji and Simms and they both turned out ok
 
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chickentikkamasala

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,368
ptr said:
What was Bidwell doing with their second? He is normally excellent when defending the back post but he’s getting caught this year. Feel bad for Binks and Lati because I think both had good games but have conceded two.
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you tell me
 
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Seaside-Skyblue

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,369
David O'Day said:
Cold light of day and all that

Oxford could seriously go down if that is them being "good", they offered nothing that we didn't gift them on a plate.

Other teams won't waste the bags of chances we did.

We looked pretty good going forward, just got to not be so wasteful but once it properly click s we will start gubbing teams
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In my opinion other teams "will" likely waste lots of chances that we did. And they do. That's why games aren't 8 -0 week in week out. Our team aren't the only ones, it's about taking 25 / 30% of those chances and we will be alright. What probably looks like easy chances from the our seats up in the stand or on tv, likely isn't straight forward down there on the pitch.

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stevefloyd

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,370
Cally Fedora said:
Crikey, there’s some rot on here. We’ve absolutely battered Oxford and played sublime football. I know it’s frustrating if we aren’t winning but come on, that was superb. We’ll destroy a lot of teams this year. Wright, MVE, Saka, Binks superb. Also Lati had a solid game. I had my doubts but he was decent.
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I noticed with Lati that when he got the ball he was playing it to Binks for him to forward pass not sure if that was by design or just his
lack of passing ability in playing forward balls as was evident when he played in midfield last season
 

alexccfc99

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,371
pusbccfc said:
The village mob from Oxford stood gawping at the Coventry fans before the game and couldn't believe their eyes and ears at the end.

Absolute joy
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Was in the Longford Engine before the match and a group of their lads were utterly embarrassing themselves, think there was even a table of Oxford fans who were cringing at them
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,372
Fans stayed with the team well in the second half
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,373
I do like all the new scoreboard graphics for this season and little videos for each player, it's nice when actual effort is put into things again. No replays though, not sure if that was a sky thing or just a general change
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,374
ajsccfc said:
I do like all the new scoreboard graphics for this season and little videos for each player, it's nice when actual effort is put into things again. No replays though, not sure if that was a sky thing or just a general change
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I did find the word ‘COV’ flashing on the screen for a solid minute pretty amusing.
 

stevefloyd

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,375
larry_david said:
He was clearly knackered though
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He celebrated like he wasn't though
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,376
Evo1883 said:
If fans are moaning about our winning celebrations in the 96th minute , then maybe football isnt their sport after all
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I think modern stadia have sucked atmosphere out of football. It’s now more sterile and polite.

The newer football fans will only know that type of atmosphere. So the “limbs”is becoming more alien up the football pyramid
 
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covcity4life

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,377
djr8369 said:
Countless stray balls, Eccles was much better.
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Eccles was the worst midfielder by far.

Not that he was terrible but for me he was probably out worst player in a good team display so once again not that bad. Him or Simms.
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,378
alexccfc99 said:
Was in the Longford Engine before the match and a group of their lads were utterly embarrassing themselves, think there was even a table of Oxford fans who were cringing at them
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there was so plum of theirs bawling on about "enjoying 12th" by the roundabout, they were proper broken
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,379
We do seem to confuse people by cheering our team and being happy when we win. Is it that rare at other clubs?
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,380
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I think modern stadia have sucked atmosphere out of football. It’s now more sterile and polite.

The newer football fans will only know that type of atmosphere. So the “limbs”is becoming more alien up the football pyramid
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to be fair the oxford fans were just getting used to the stadium having 4 stands
 

larry_david

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,381
stevefloyd said:
He celebrated like he wasn't though
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And his composure and pace at the end was brilliant.

The guys gonna be a monster for us this season and if we don't go up, we'll get a shit tonne of cash
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,382
And let's have it right , oxford fans were very confident they would beat us on their forum .. maybe that's added to some of the sour comments .
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,383
larry_david said:
And his composure and pace at the end was brilliant.

The guys gonna be a monster for us this season and if we don't go up, we'll get a shit tonne of cash
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he reads the shite pass perfectly as well
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,384
Evo1883 said:
And let's have it right , oxford fans were very confident they would beat us on their forum .. maybe that's added to some of the sour comments .
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fuck them, they beat an in transition Norwich team and thought they were world beaters.
 
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Kneeza

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,385
David O'Day said:
to be fair the oxford fans were just getting used to the stadium having 4 stands
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Or one big continuous one?
Theirs, by comparison, ought to be in the Pitt Rivers.
Mind you, I do love that museum.
 

SkyblueTexan

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,386
Oxford fans on their forum seem to think the ref favoured us and that he was shit. They’re still fuming over 7 minutes of added time. I really don’t get it.
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,387
Thought the ref gave them everything TBH. Saw at least two blatant hand balls, Simms shoulder barge, and a couple of others.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,388
shmmeee said:
Thought the ref gave them everything TBH. Saw at least two blatant hand balls, Simms shoulder barge, and a couple of others.
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The 50/50 which was given against simms , I'd love to have the ref explain what he did wrong apart from win a duel
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,389
Kneeza said:
Or one big continuous one?
Theirs, by comparison, ought to be in the Pitt Rivers.
Mind you, I do love that museum.
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just not having a car park behind one goal really

being able to see down into that car park during the 3-3 confused me more than Dabo's own goals.
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,390
SkyblueTexan said:
Oxford fans on their forum seem to think the ref favoured us and that he was shit. They’re still fuming over 7 minutes of added time. I really don’t get it.
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fuck them, they are probably called Jeremy and wear colourful chinos
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,391
Yeah all the 50/50’s went Oxford’s way, it was starting to get ridiculous in the first half in particular.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,392
David O'Day said:
fuck them, they are probably called Jeremy and wear colourful chinos
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Take the last two words back
 

Tommo1993

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,393
Evo1883 said:
The 50/50 which was given against simms , I'd love to have the ref explain what he did wrong apart from win a duel
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It’s the defender waiting for contact shit. Wait for contact, go down. They’ll buy it every time.
 
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Otis

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,394
Evo1883 said:
Oh and my daughter was on sky View attachment 37845
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Wow

How often does she have to dye her hair to keep it that colour?
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,395
GrumpyGit said:
After sleeping on it, I’m pleased we (Oxford) played you early. If you don’t finish in the top 6 or can step up to become an automatic, then we are in for a hard season. For us, although I’m gutted you took all 3 points, I think it will be an eye opening lesson for us as to how big the gulf in quality is between League One and the Championship.
Our spending on players is in the region of £300-400k is completely dwarfed by your players worth, someone on here said you had CB’s worth £6.5 million sitting on the bench! Hopefully we’ll pick up a couple more before the window closes.
A great crowd, much better than when we were plying in L1.
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It took us a long while to get back here. Our outlay in our first 3 seasons back at this level was about 3 million.

In the third season we spent nothing and had to sell our main CB to pay for a pitch.

Luckily two of the players in that £3m were Gus Hamer and Viktor Gyokeres. Selling them at around £35-40m (and counting) has enabled us to spend on the squad. That development of players is so important at this level if you're going to compete.

Good luck for the rest of the season though. It's a tough one being back first time, the games don't lose any intensity and they come thick and fast. You'll wonder why your team hasn't turned up some weeks but they'll just be dead on their feet. Stick behind your team, it definitely helps not adding more pressure.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,396
ccfcchris said:
Lucky,lucky, lucky. Don't deserve it.
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What a load of rubbish
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,397
I rewatched the highlights and Haji’s anticipation for the winner was fantastic! Thought he had a superb game, instrumental in all 3 goals and frankly should’ve scored before the winner with 1-2 chances beforehand.

Tats too, linked up really well with MVE which was typified with how he set up the second goal. I still believe EMC will be first choice come end of the season, but Sakamoto is going to make him earn it!

As other people have said, MVE was fantastic and he will be a Prem player next season with or without us.

My only concern was spine of the team, we noticeably miss Sheaf when he’s out and feel that whenever Lati or Binks play, we’re a bit softer in defence.

We did leave it late, but the winner was deserved despite the gift of that back pass. A really poor goal for them to concede which was only fair given that we gave them 2.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,398
SkyblueTexan said:
Wright is my MOTM
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He set the tone from the first minute when he tried to knock the ball past his man and had tremendous pace.

He’s scoring 20+ league goals this season.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 17, 2024
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Mucca Mad Boys said:
He set the tone from the first minute when he tried to knock the ball past his man and had tremendous pace.

He’s scoring 20+ league goals this season.
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Aug 17, 2024
  • #1,400
Sky Blue Pete said:
Eccles had an excellent second half
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He put in some solid tackles but I don’t disagree with the view that Torp and Eccles struggled when pressed and I’ve felt all 3 games we’ve been open in midfield and defence.

That may be a tactical issue(s) that needs to be tweaked but I suspect that Sheaf will shore things up.
 
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