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Match Thread Coventry City - Southampton Match Thread - Saturday 14th Mar (70 Viewers)

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Otis

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  • Today at 9:19 AM
  • #211
covcity4life said:
I'm not nervous at all


Which is kinda making me nervous

A draw not end of world so maybe that's why I'm not worried
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Yeah, same with me

I see that a draw would give us one more point towards our objective.

Whatever it takes to get there and as we have never won 7 games in a row, that plays on your mind too.

We won't just keep on winning. We will drop points at some point. Lampard knows that himself.

I could see Southampton winning this one, so a draw would be just fine.

Only needs a deflection, dodgy penalty, defensive mistake or mix up.

It's acan often be such small margins
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Today at 9:33 AM
  • #212
Rushworth
MVE
Woolfie
Lati
Dasilva
Grimes
Onyeka
BTA
EMC
Sakamoto
Wright

City 2 Southampton 1
 
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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  • Today at 9:34 AM
  • #213
Scienza out apparently

I think he’d do well in the prem, just on a side note
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Today at 9:35 AM
  • #214
I think we need 4 from these two games before the break. 3pts today would be just the job. Scienza's out hopefully.
 
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Lamps

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  • Today at 9:37 AM
  • #215
Otis said:
Yeah, same with me

I see that a draw would give us one more point towards our objective.

Whatever it takes to get there and as we have never won 7 games in a row, that plays on your mind too.

We won't just keep on winning. We will drop points at some point. Lampard knows that himself.

I could see Southampton winning this one, so a draw would be just fine.

Only needs a deflection, dodgy penalty, defensive mistake or mix up.

It's acan often be such small margins
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We've only ever beat Preston 5 times in the league. 2 of them wins have been in the last 2 seasons. Under Lampard we have broken a few records. This would be yet another one.

All we have to do is continue with our home form. They will be more worried about playing us than we are them.
 
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Lamps

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  • Today at 9:43 AM
  • #216
Speedie's Head said:
I think we need 4 from these two games before the break. 3pts today would be just the job. Scienza's out hopefully.
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Love it

We keep needing 4 points from the next 2 games yet we keep winning
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Today at 9:45 AM
  • #217
Otis said:
Yeah, same with me

I see that a draw would give us one more point towards our objective.

Whatever it takes to get there and as we have never won 7 games in a row, that plays on your mind too.

We won't just keep on winning. We will drop points at some point. Lampard knows that himself.

I could see Southampton winning this one, so a draw would be just fine.

Only needs a deflection, dodgy penalty, defensive mistake or mix up.

It's acan often be such small margins
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What is it with you? On Wednesday you were nervous today the same.Just sit down take a chill pill, go on "Championship table fishy"sit and look at our home record 14 3 1 for half an hour.Then go and change your sheets you'll feel much better
 
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Ricketts

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  • Today at 9:46 AM
  • #218
Get a grip you lot, it’s only Southampton. They’re not even in the top six. I bet a lot of of these worriers would be scared of Sheffield Wednesday too.
Until the sending off we were dominating them at their place.
The only times we’ve come unstuck common was when we’ve given teams too much respect, like against Ipswich, when our smaller squad was ravaged by illness.
There is a reason that we are top and you will see it today.
5-0. Haji becomes top scorer and yet another clean sheet for Rushworth.
We’re not called the mighty sky blues for nothing.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Today at 9:46 AM
  • #219
Snaily said:
Often misunderstood. It is better applied to stable means (toss of a coin, roll of a dice) rather than probability of winning football matches which is affected by which players play etc.

It simply states that if you have out/underperformed the mean in the short term, over time your short term mean will move back to the long term mean.

It does not say that the previous short terms sequence of events affects the next event

In City’s case: if we assume our (ahem) long-term mean wins is 6 out of 10 (or 0.6, ie close to this season), but short term mean is 6 out of 6, then although the chance of us winning the next game is unchanged (6/10), our average will move back to the mean:

Short term run: 6 games, 6 wins: Short team mean is 1
Next 10 games, 6 wins (ie no change to probability of winning any single game), total run is now 12 wins out of 16 games: Short term mean is now down to 0.73 ie it has reverted to mean despite no change in the probability of us winning any single game.

The belief that the short term run of events affects the probability of the next event is called Gambler’s Fallacy and has lost a lot of people a lot of money!!!
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Yeah I clarified a bit that I was being facetious and not actually saying it was a statistical likelihood .

shmmeee said:
It absolutely is true. For footballing not statistical reasons though tbf. Players become over confident, opposition sets up more defensively.

Also if you think our streak matters then so does their unbeaten streak.
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Speedie's Head

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  • Today at 9:46 AM
  • #220
Lamps said:
We keep needing 4 points from the next 2 games yet we keep winning
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And promotion in the bag by Easter Monday...
 

Balli001

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  • Today at 9:48 AM
  • #221
Speedie's Head said:
And promotion in the bag by Easter Monday...
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Very unlikely. More likely the Sheffield or Blackburn games
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Today at 9:51 AM
  • #222
Balli001 said:
Very unlikely. More likely the Sheffield or Blackburn games
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The statement was that we keep winning. 85pts will probably secure a top 2 spot now, which I think we could manage over the holidays "pretty easily"
 

Otis

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  • Today at 9:52 AM
  • #223
Lamps said:
We've only ever beat Preston 5 times in the league. 2 of them wins have been in the last 2 seasons. Under Lampard we have broken a few records. This would be yet another one.

All we have to do is continue with our home form. They will be more worried about playing us than we are them.
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Definitely.
 

Otis

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  • Today at 9:55 AM
  • #224
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
What is it with you? On Wednesday you were nervous today the same.Just sit down take a chill pill, go on "Championship table fishy"sit and look at our home record 14 3 1 for half an hour.Then go and change your sheets you'll feel much better
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Feel just fine and am relaxed about today's game too.



I can be a City fan and a realist too. I'm sure that's allowed.

I am chilled about today's game, but think it will end as a draw.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Today at 10:00 AM
  • #225
I reckon Eccles and Wright come back in for Simms and BTA, Lati onto the bench, I think we’ll need a stronger control of the midfield hence the BTA back to the bench, but its definitely harsh in him after a good performance Weds night.

I think we’ll start well nick an early goal and they’ll come out at us and it’ll go 1 of 2 ways:
1. Tight scrappy game that ends 1-1 or 2-1
2. We hammer them by exploiting the space
 

Great_Expectations

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  • Today at 10:01 AM
  • #226
Having to leave about 20 minutes early so I can get to a kids party.

Be nice if we have it wrapped up by then…..

Overall I am feeling confident.

Another Sakamoto masterclass incoming.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Today at 10:02 AM
  • #227
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
Scienza out apparently

I think he’d do well in the prem, just on a side note
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Hope so, their best player by a mile
 
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Tealeaf

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  • Today at 10:05 AM
  • #228
Otis said:
Yeah, same with me

I see that a draw would give us one more point towards our objective.

Whatever it takes to get there and as we have never won 7 games in a row, that plays on your mind too.

We won't just keep on winning. We will drop points at some point. Lampard knows that himself.

I could see Southampton winning this one, so a draw would be just fine.

Only needs a deflection, dodgy penalty, defensive mistake or mix up.

It's acan often be such small margins
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You have just described Coventry win over Preston
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 10:05 AM
  • #229
Saddlebrains said:
Hope so, their best player by a mile
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Yes was the only one causing us problems in that previous game before the red
 
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skyblue_55

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  • Today at 10:05 AM
  • #230
Another professional performance, to stamp our position on to the also fans .
Can’t see anything other than a comfortable win , with us fans starting the promotion party .
City 4 also rans 0
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Today at 10:07 AM
  • #231
Saddlebrains said:
Hope so, their best player by a mile
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They have Norwich at home on Wednesday so maybe resting him, they might be writing this game off and thinking of the games after this one
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Today at 10:07 AM
  • #232
Gynnsthetonic said:
They have Norwich at home on Wednesday so maybe resting him, they might be writing this game off and thinking of the games after this one
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Hope so
 
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covcity4life

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  • Today at 10:09 AM
  • #233
Otis said:
Yeah, same with me

I see that a draw would give us one more point towards our objective.

Whatever it takes to get there and as we have never won 7 games in a row, that plays on your mind too.

We won't just keep on winning. We will drop points at some point. Lampard knows that himself.

I could see Southampton winning this one, so a draw would be just fine.

Only needs a deflection, dodgy penalty, defensive mistake or mix up.

It's acan often be such small margins
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10 draws would likely see us promoted!
 
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Graham64

Member
  • Today at 10:09 AM
  • #234
Gynnsthetonic said:
They have Norwich at home on Wednesday so maybe resting him, they might be writing this game off and thinking of the games after this one
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There not writing a game off with 9 games left and 6 points adrift of the play offs
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Today at 10:18 AM
  • #235
covcity4life said:
10 draws would likely see us promoted!
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Shame there's only 9 games though. That strategy is doomed from the off
 
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Sky Blue Wozza

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  • Today at 10:25 AM
  • #236
Mildy confident of a win today. We were the better team at their place until the sending off.

Would keep Kitching in alongside Woolfenden, Eccles in for BTA and Wright back instead of Simms.
 
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MTK

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  • Today at 10:25 AM
  • #237
Hincha said:
Surprised Soton have got time for this game considering the amount of time they spend writing evidence reports
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I think it’s called creative writing
 

Otis

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  • Today at 10:31 AM
  • #238
Tealeaf said:
You have just described Coventry win over Preston
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I thought Preston was more of a banana skin.

I was convinced they would defend really deep and make it hard for us to break them down.

Completely different to Southampton, who I feel will play a much more open game.

We got frustrated against Oxford and I could foresee that maybe something similar might happen against Preston. I still can't fathom what Preston set out to do though. Seemingly just keep hitting the ball long. Their game was all over the place and they were very poor.

Different game today and different tactics.

I am thinking this might well be more end to end.

We can definitely win for sure. I think the never having won 7 in a row is lodged in my brain though and we won't just keep winning until the end of the season, or indeed play well every single game.

As long as we don't lose, I think I am going to really enjoy this game today.
 

StrettoBoy

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  • Today at 10:34 AM
  • #239
The thing about football is that it is just so predictable. Just follow the form guides and you can work out the result in advance.


We’ll lose



Looks like we’ll win



Nah, we’ll lose



Victory is assured



Looks like a draw



 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Today at 10:36 AM
  • #240
Gynnsthetonic said:
We dominated at their place until we went down to 10 men.
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We did but we have changed our way of playing a little bit to leave ourselves less vulnerable
 
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Otis

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  • Today at 10:36 AM
  • #241
fernandopartridge said:
We did but we have changed our way of playing a little bit to leave ourselves less vulnerable
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We look much more solid these days don't we.
 

Great_Expectations

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  • Today at 10:41 AM
  • #242
I really don’t want to have to leave early. Especially if it’s tense.

Obviously the roads are closed from a certain time. If I was to stay until nearer the end / the actual end - where is the best / easiest / most viable place I could get an uber from?
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Today at 10:41 AM
  • #243
Controversial last minute winner, bench emptying brawl in front of the away end, £50k fine, Doug sends Sky Blue Sam to the EFL offices with £60k cash in a suitcase and tells them to keep the change.

Saints miss playoffs by two points and go into administration as they can't pay their legal fees.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Today at 10:42 AM
  • #244
Expect Eccles and Wright to come in for BTA and Simms.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Today at 10:44 AM
  • #245
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Expect Eccles and Wright to come in for BTA and Simms.
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Ilthink wright definitely comes back in

Would like to see bta get another start personally.
 
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