Match Thread Coventry City - Queens Park Rangers Match Thread - Saturday 23rd Aug (14 Viewers)

lifeskyblue said:

He was their only player who looked up for the game.

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SomersetSB said:

I bet the Oxford defence are looking forward to next weekend, another 5?🩵

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Evo1883 said:

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Danceswithhorses said:

Been out all day at a bbq and missed the match (doh !!), but followed the game on my mobile via goal alerts.
There were so many of those, that my battery almost died lol
Just watched the highlights, and to be honest, we could have had 10, due partly to our great play, but also QPR's awful defending.
My thoughts :

-Top scorer last year was Wright (striker) with 12.
At this rate, we could not only have a couple of strikers beating that, but we could also have 2 midfielders with more than that as well.
That's extraordinary really, and makes you wonder how insanely valuable, Frank's midfielder knowledge and experience is.
Both Rudoni and Torp have improved immeasurably under Frank, Joe, and the coaching team.
Torp's 2nd goal today was filthy.

-Matt Grimes for £3m is looking like an absolute bargain.
He looked like he controlled the game today, with his usual understated style and coolness on the ball. He's such a good link player between defence and midfield. I don't think there's a better player in his position, in this division.

-BTA is improving, game by game, and surprising many of us. Keep it up BTA
Excellent goal today, and used his immense upper body strength, to set up Wright's 2nd goal.

-And finally...the club and ground are reunited.
That's something i didn't think i'd see again my life time (i'm in my 50s)

I have to say, DK has done a cracking job as owner, even more so when you compare him to the inept SISU clowns who owned us previously.
How can one owner be so bad, and another be so successful (so far at least) ?
The main concern in my mind, is whether DK sticks to his 5 year plan and sells up...in which case buying the stadium is a smart move, as that asset (when added to a successful team), will greatly improve the club's value, and be attractive to a prospective new owner.
Or will his (so far) successful time at Coventry, turn him into a real fan, and encourage him to stick with us.
Personally, based on his record so far, i'd want him to stay, due mostly to the numerous squad and infrastructure improvements that he's instigated.
He also seems an honest and likeable chap.
New wealthy/foreign owners sounds great, but they don't always work out well...just ask Wednesday fans.

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Tommo1993 said:

Imagine if we managed to score against Hull.

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wingy said:

Slow starters.

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Mucca Mad Boys said:

Apparently Sakamoto had 0.7-0.8 xG over two chances v Hull, one chance being over 0.5 xG… I can’t recall 2 such chances.

It’s not an arbitrary measure, there’s clearly a mathematic formula behind it.

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shmmeee said:

I don’t think yesterday is an example of xG being wrong, our first dive shots on goal all went in. One was massively deflected, we hit an absolute screamer for one second half. Their keeper had a proper mare. It doesn’t take away from us, but in another game with and other keeper it could easily have been fewer goals and outside the goals we didn’t create lots of clear cut chances that we missed. We romped to 5-0 up with our first 5 shots on goal and took it pretty easy second half.

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