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Match Thread Coventry City vs Leeds United - Match Thread - Weds 5th Feb 7.45pm KO (14 Viewers)

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stupot07

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #736
Alkhen said:
Not really the same argument, Leeds have been consistently dominant for 2 and a half seasons. We can beat anyone on our day but takes a bit of luck as well as everyone being fully at it. Sadly today's not that day.

Doesn't mean all that much in the grad scheme really,
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They haven't been that dominant other wise they would have been promoted the last two seasons.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #737
fernandopartridge said:
Agreed. Solid player generally but just hasn't got that bit of extra class against the better teams.
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Like a lot of our players
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #738
in hindsight we should have set up in a 541 probably
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #739
Just hope this isn't 4/5-0. It will knock this fragile squad back 6 weeks. They already look shot on confidence.
 
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lifeskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #740
They could be 4 up and you couldn’t complain.
Defensively this the worst we played since Portsmouth. Midfield non existent in covering or being creative. Asante showing all his weaknesses. Simms a few dreadful touches but at least trying (that’s the only positive I can find)
 

Blind-Faith

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #741
There’s a right way and a wrong way to lose a game of football against a team who are clearly better than you, this is the wrong way to go about it
 
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TomRad85

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #742
The game has been awful but there's definitely some catastrophising going on here off the back of 4 league wins. Literally every player has been on a sliding scale of dreadful unfortunately, it happens. We need to do something at half time as the main concern now is that we get panned.
Grimes comes in for Allen I would hope and he probably just stays there now.
 
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steve101

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #743
Hardly saw Torp apart from one decent run. He needs to get himself on the ball and assert himself. Allen covering all across the pitch. Simms and Thomas-Asante are so poor at keeping the ball it is embarrassing.
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #744
Blind-Faith said:
There’s a right way and a wrong way to lose a game of football against a team who are clearly better than you, this is the wrong way to go about it
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Absolutely this
 
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Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #745
steve101 said:
Hardly saw Torp apart from one decent run. He needs to get himself on the ball and assert himself. Allen covering all across the pitch. Simms and Thomas-Asante are so poor at keeping the ball it is embarrassing.
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I’m sorry Allen has been anonymous today
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #746
The bottom line is if you play two up front and they BOTH can't control the ball and hold it up then you're always going to be under pressure.
 
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JoeCCFCPUSB

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #747
Always said it, we have to play a back 5 because our defenders shit. All 4 centre backs at our club are pure garbage, they have been all season.

Lampards tactics have moved 5 at the back and play a high line and it works a treat, that is until we play teams like Leeds United, star studied and will expose just how poor you are in your weak areas.

Our midfield has been invisible tonight, Simms is doing the best he can considering he just get fed scraps.

Half time bring on Samamoto, Grimes

Sakamoto for Asante
Grimes for Joel

Dovin
MvE Thomas Kitchig Bidwell
Allen Grimes Torp
Sakamoto Rudoni
Simms

Switch to a 4 3 2 1

We won't win with a 4 at the back but as it stands we are gonna get bitch slapped with the way things are currently.
 
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ccfc922

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #748
pusbccfc said:
Just hope this isn't 4/5-0. It will knock this fragile squad back 6 weeks. They already look shot on confidence.
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Poor lambs.
 
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steve101

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #749
Ccfcisparks said:
I’m sorry Allen has been anonymous today
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Anonymous on the ball but certainly not off the ball. He seems to be pressing on his own at times.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #750
Sakamoto coming on. Going 4?
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #751
We have good players who have quality. Tonight though they have looked intimidated.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #752
Nick said:
Sakamoto coming on. Going 4?
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Hope so, at least he can get them running the other way occasionally.
 
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Jimmy87

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #753
Disappointing half of football. We gave them far too much respect from the moment we kicked off. I thought we would go at them but we sat off and gave them easy control of the ball. They almost look scared. The front two look crowded out as soon as they get on the ball, which is leading to errors, pretty much the same all over really. Perhaps a change of tactics will come.
I'm not sure i expected us to get a result today, but i'd like to see some fight at least in the second half, something to take into our next run of league games. All is not lost if we lose to a team with as high cost and quality as Leeds.
 
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Esoterica

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #754
robbiekeane said:
i know BTA scored a worldie last week and he’s a nice bloke but he’s extremely poor with the ball at his feet, can’t get his head up, and has poor decision making. I am not sure what he offers at all in our current setup. Simms as i said earlier is like eeyore and i expect after thst clanger will be mentally absent again for a while

They are both not at the level. Infuriating
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Not quite covering it fully. Simms is like eeyore, if eeyore was the lead protagonist in the Green Mile
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #755
Ccfcisparks said:
We have good players who have quality. Tonight though they have looked intimidated.
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We haven’t had the ball
We haven’t been brave on it or trying to use it
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #756
Nick said:
Sakamoto coming on. Going 4?
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Across the middle yeah. Should have started with that.
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #757
Jimmy87 said:
Disappointing half of football. We gave them far too much respect from the moment we kicked off. I thought we would go at them but we sat off and gave them easy control of the ball. They almost look scared. The front two look crowded out as soon as they get on the ball, which is leading to errors, pretty much the same all over really. Perhaps a change of tactics will come.
I'm not sure i expected us to get a result today, but i'd like to see some fight at least in the second half, something to take into our next run of league games. All is not lost if we lose to a team with as high cost and quality as Leeds.
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Nothing wrong with the result. Performance has been disappointing so far
 
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Para1140

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #758
CovveeBreak said:
Feels proper mens against boys sadly. Can't understand how they're cutting us open so easily at the back.
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If you went to the reverse fixture you would
 

Winny the Bish

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #759
Leeds last 3 away games in the league:
0-0 vs Burnley
3-3 vs Hull
1-0 vs Derby

Why are people on here acting like they're some unbeatable super team?
 
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jordan210

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #760
gifting two goals to a team who are free scoring isn't ideal
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #761
Winny the Bish said:
Leeds last 3 away games in the league:
0-0 vs Burnley
3-3 vs Hull
1-0 vs Derby

Why are people on here acting like they're some unbeatable super team?
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More to the point why are the people in sky blue on the pitch acting like that?
 
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mrfr

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #762
lot of pissy mattresses in here tonight. You’d think we were 6-0 down to Farnham Town.
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #763
Leeds teaching us a footballing lesson!

Two poor goals to give away though... especially the second, that should have been Dovin's all day long!

Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk
 

MalcSB

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #764
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lifeskyblue said:
They could be 4 up and you couldn’t complain.
Defensively this the worst we played since Portsmouth. Midfield non existent in covering or being creative. Asante showing all his weaknesses. Simms a few dreadful touches but at least trying (that’s the only positive I can find)
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f only we had signed a half decent midfielder in the January window.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #765
Grendel said:
Bidwell is injured
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Unless he's thing 4 atb with kitching lb
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #766
Winny the Bish said:
Leeds last 3 away games in the league:
0-0 vs Burnley
3-3 vs Hull
1-0 vs Derby

Why are people on here acting like they're some unbeatable super team?
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Exactly the point I’ve been making. yes they have quality but we could have had a much better go at this
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #767
mrfr said:
lot of pissy mattresses in here tonight. You’d think we were 6-0 down to Farnham Town.
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Give it 45 mins
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #768
mrfr said:
lot of pissy mattresses in here tonight. You’d think we were 6-0 down to Farnham Town.
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Really odd. Can we not be critical of a poor performance?
 
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Alkhen

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #769
stupot07 said:
They haven't been that dominant other wise they would have been promoted the last two seasons.
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They got 90pts stop being petty, they are clearly miles ahead of where we've have been this season and last.
 
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StrettoBoy

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 5, 2025
  • #770
JoeCCFCPUSB said:
Switch to a 4 3 2 1
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