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Match Thread Coventry City - Portsmouth FC Match Thread - Wednesday 9th Apr (1 Viewer)

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Johhny Blue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,156
skybluecam said:
Come off it lol great goal but EMC offers a lot more from what I’ve seen.
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You’ve been off the mark lately but I agree with this. I thought he had a really good game. Very strong with the ball.
 

Grendel

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,157
TomRad85 said:
EMC gets a lot of stick in here, he was far better than Wright last night. I like Wright, he's great but i think people see what they want to see sometimes.
Paterson might actually need to start soon regardless with the games coming thick and fast. Could always hook him at half time if he's blowing.
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Wright is better on the left and running at defenders - he should get back there and use his pace
 
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clint van damme

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,158
TomRad85 said:
EMC gets a lot of stick in here, he was far better than Wright last night. I like Wright, he's great but i think people see what they want to see sometimes.
Paterson might actually need to start soon regardless with the games coming thick and fast. Could always hook him at half time if he's blowing.
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Thought Wright was terrible last night. Yakubuesque levels of non movement at times.
Even though I didnt think it was a great performance I thought everyone was OK individually apart from him.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,159
Grendel said:
Wright is better on the left and running at defenders - he should get back there and use his pace
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He is better in that position but that doesn't mean shield from all criticism, he was poor last night. Didn't look after the ball, didn't make himself a handful for defenders, didn't make good runs. He's capable of all those things.
Sending him back to the left also means bringing Simms back in and i know many aren't a fan of that either so you can't really win.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,160
Wright needs to go wide left again really. The EMC signing has always been a weird one in terms of squad building regardless of his quality level.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,161
shmmeee said:
Wright needs to go wide left again really. The EMC signing has always been a weird one in terms of squad building regardless of his quality level.
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EMC is busy trying to tackle himself these days in any case
 
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Lamps

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,162
Gynnsthetonic said:
Just noticed Brad Collins kick set up the goal, it went direct to Rudoni. Good on him!
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At last a bit of praise for Collins. Personally I think he had a good game. His distribution was good.

Some people need to get used to the fact that our season depends on him and he needs our backing. If it was Dovin in goal last night he would have got nothing but praise.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,163
clint van damme said:
Thought Wright was terrible last night. Yakubuesque levels of non movement at times.
Even though I didnt think it was a great performance I thought everyone was OK individually apart from him.
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I agree Clint. Most performances i'd just rate as beige as fuck. His was the only one i'd call out as been actually bad.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,164
shmmeee said:
Wright needs to go wide left again really. The EMC signing has always been a weird one in terms of squad building regardless of his quality level.
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I can't agree with that, its given us great depth out there. Wish we had similar on the right.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,165
Lamps said:
At last a bit of praise for Collins. Personally I think he had a good game. His distribution was good.

Some people need to get used to the fact that our season depends on him and he needs our backing. If it was Dovin in goal last night he would have got nothing but praise.
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In all fairness he only had to face one shot, and it was a tame one. Although they broke well, particularly in the first half, Portsmouth's end product was pretty toothless for the most part.

Distribution was very good from him throughout though.
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,166
TomRad85 said:
I can't agree with that, it’s given us great depth out there. Wish we had similar on the right.
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A lot to spend for depth when you look at other areas of the squad.
 

Nuskyblue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,167
Skyblueweeman said:
As someone who's live in a few places in the UK and travelled it extensively with work, I can assure you it's really not.

Granted, like everywhere, it's got it's problem areas but it's a really nice city. Coastline all around it, nice beaches, good shopping at Gunwharf and nice marina at Port Solent. There's a lot to do for families and it's generally a clean enough city.

The people are genuine and down to earth as well. Salt of the earth types.
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I've travelled extensively for work and I don't doubt there are some nice bits but where I have worked down there have been boggin.
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,168
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
In all fairness he only had to face one shot, and it was a tame one. Although they broke well, particularly in the first half Portsmouth's end product was pretty toothless for the most part.

Distribution was very good from him throughout though.
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Thought he had the game he needed: uneventful clean sheet.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,169
Tommo1993 said:
If Sheaf was slow and laboured (he wasn’t), I wonder what that makes sloth Grimes…
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He was LOL
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,170
TomRad85 said:
I can't agree with that, its given us great depth out there. Wish we had similar on the right.
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I get the need for squad depth put spending £4m on a backup LW is a pretty bizarre use of budget.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,171
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
I get the need for squad depth put spending £4m on a backup LW is a pretty bizarre use of budget.
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Is he backup? He plays a lot for a backup.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,172
shmmeee said:
Thought he had the game he needed: uneventful clean sheet.
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He was flapping in no man's land again when Kitching headed against our bar from their corner
 
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shmmeee

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,173
clint van damme said:
He was flapping in no man's land again when Kitching headed against our bar from their corner
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Eh that’s par for the championship goalkeeper course.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,174
TomRad85 said:
Is he backup? He plays a lot for a backup.
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Funnily enough that will happen when the first choice LW has been out for nearly 4 months....
 

Matt smith

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,175
Such a huge 3 points

Simms deserves a go next game

Ground it out and did what we needed to
 

Matt smith

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,176
clint van damme said:
Thought Wright was terrible last night. Yakubuesque levels of non movement at times.
Even though I didnt think it was a great performance I thought everyone was OK individually apart from him.
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Haji has those games though, when he’s poor he’s really poor.

Comes up with clutch moments at big times which is why it’s a tough decision to sub him
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,177
shmmeee said:
Thought he had the game he needed: uneventful clean sheet.
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If we are to get into the POs and there's far more at stake his mentality does worry me though.

He's not going to get the same luxury against better teams.
 

clint van damme

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,178
shmmeee said:
Eh that’s par for the championship goalkeeper course.
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Not really. Another one where if he wasn't sure he should stay on his line.
I'll be amazed if he doesn't cost us another goal soon.
 
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SBT

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,179
Not that Haji Wright had a good game last night, nor do I doubt he'd be more effective at LW. But he's scored four goals in four games since moving to CF, so I'm not sure we're about to abandon this experiment just yet.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,180
Matt smith said:
Haji has those games though, when he’s poor he’s really poor.

Comes up with clutch moments at big times which is why it’s a tough decision to sub him
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I think it's more that this is where Wright is very much exposed as a 9. He's nowhere near physical enough and looks very uncomfortable playing with his back to goal, especially when defenders are tight on him. Which they were pretty much all game until he went off.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,181
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
Funnily enough that will happen when the first choice LW has been out for nearly 4 months....
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He's back and EMC is still playing? You seem desperate for an argument but its almost like some players aren't bought as backup, we bought him because we thought he would add to the group and presumably given the amount we paid we hoped he'd push for a starting place. He has...
 
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shmmeee

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,182
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
If we are to get into the POs and there's far more at stake his mentality does worry me though.

He's not going to get the same luxury against better teams.
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Mentality is built on easy clean sheets and being thrown into the home fans after a win tho. Wilson has taken on mackem Buffon levels of mythology since his injury but is and has been second and third choice for a reason. Just got to hope Collins can dust himself off, the squad and management seem to be backing him.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,183
shmmeee said:
Mentality is built on easy clean sheets and being thrown into the home fans after a win tho. Wilson has taken on mackem Buffon levels of mythology since his injury but is and has been second and third choice for a reason. Just got to hope Collins can dust himself off, the squad and management seem to be backing him.
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Fans just need to suck up their Wilson cope and back Collins for 5 games (hopefully more.) I doubt we see either of them next season.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,184
shmmeee said:
Wright needs to go wide left again really. The EMC signing has always been a weird one in terms of squad building regardless of his quality level.
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I think he was intended as the Wright replacement but at this point he’s looking more like a decent back-up player (if we’re serious about winning promotion). I’ve said it plenty of times but we overpaid by a couple of million for him.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,185
TomRad85 said:
Fans just need to suck up their Wilson cope and back Collins for 5 games (hopefully more.) I doubt we see either of them next season.
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I imagine we’ll try to move Collins on and Wilson will continue getting paid for not doing a lot as third choice for the next 2 years.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,186
clint van damme said:
He was flapping in no man's land again when Kitching headed against our bar from their corner
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It wasnt Kitching. It was Poole.
 

TomRad85

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,187
Sick Boy said:
I imagine we’ll try to move Collins on and Wilson will continue getting paid for not doing a lot as third choice for the next 2 years.
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That's how i see it playing out. Linked with another keeper as soon as Dovin got injured weren't we?
 
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Matt smith

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,188
Sick Boy said:
I think he was intended as the Wright replacement but at this point he’s looking more like a decent back-up player (if we’re serious about winning promotion). I’ve said it plenty of times but we overpaid by a couple of million for him.
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I like EMC but I think we need a little more if he’s going to be our starting frontline left winger
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,189
TomRad85 said:
He's back and EMC is still playing? You seem desperate for an argument but its almost like some players aren't bought as backup, we bought him because we thought he would add to the group and presumably given the amount we paid we hoped he'd push for a starting place. He has...
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What are you on about?

At the time he was brought in, Wright was the first name on the team sheet at LW.

Hence why it was a strange buy. EMC's strongest position is LW and we already had a player there who unless sold was never going to be replaced. He's also looked very uncomfortable when tried out in other positions.

Wright is being shoehorned into the 9 role, which for the most part he isn't all that suited to. He'll no doubt still score some goals but I'd much prefer him on the left where he's far more effective.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Apr 10, 2025
  • #1,190
TomRad85 said:
That's how i see it playing out. Linked with another keeper as soon as Dovin got injured weren't we?
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Collins will move on and become first choice in league 1 or a lower championship side
 
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