Match Thread Coventry City vs Middlesbrough Play off Semi final 1st leg Match Thread -Sunday 14th May (1 Viewer)

[Garlana86]

Meaningless to run a game and do fuck all with it though. Without doubt their arse is as twitchy as ours going into the second leg level.

Of course, I hope you're right. It's all to play for still. One win away and we're in the final.

My worry is what can we do differently? Godden was non existent today, and they marked gyokeres well. Hamer had a great game but spent a lot of it putting in decisive tackles. Lack of options off the bench hurts us. We were never favourites going into this game, I just hope we go into this away game with nothing to fear. Who knows what will happen but the odds are against us now.

 

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[David O'Day]

We are more than capable of beating a team that finished 5 points and 1 place above us away from home.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We are more than capable of beating a team that finished 5 points and 1 place above us away from home.

Unbeaten in 9 away

 

[Matt smith]

We are more than capable of beating a team that finished 5 points and 1 place above us away from home.

Not without Gus

with him yes

 

[ccfc1234]

Of course, I hope you're right. It's all to play for still. One win away and we're in the final.

My worry is what can we do differently? Godden was non existent today, and they marked gyokeres well. Hamer had a great game but spent a lot of it putting in decisive tackles. Lack of options off the bench hurts us. We were never favourites going into this game, I just hope we go into this away game with nothing to fear. Who knows what will happen but the odds are against us now.

We can do quite a bit differently.

Play Allen for Godden and Vik up top by himself? Would allow us to press more in the midfield and get runners getting forward and breaking from midfield.

Play Sheaf for Eccles or Kelly and play both Sheaf and Gus as box to box midfielders with Kelly or Eccles protecting the back 3?

 

[David O'Day]

Unbeaten in 9 away

Exactly, all to play for.

 

[Garlana86]

Not without Gus

with him yes

Is he confirmed injured? I know he struggled after that tackle but haven't seen anything about him being out.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Is he confirmed injured? I know he struggled after that tackle but haven't seen anything about him being out.

All about recovery and attitude

 

[David O'Day]

Is he confirmed injured? I know he struggled after that tackle but haven't seen anything about him being out.

No, nothing confirmed

 

[David O'Day]

Be surprised if Hamer doesn't start on Wednesday, even if he is carrying a knock.

 

[Matt smith]

Be surprised if Hamer doesn't start on Wednesday, even if he is carrying a knock.

Same David

we just rely on him

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

Not without Gus

with him yes

Not without O‘Hare
not without O’Hare, Hamer and Palmer
not without O’Hare and Sheaf
not without O’Hare, Palmer and Allen
yet still in the play offs, go figure...

 

[Grendel]

Same Wank chops

we just rely on him

Edited for accuracy

 

[Matt smith]

Is he confirmed injured? I know he struggled after that tackle but haven't seen anything about him being out.

Read the cet

Edited for accuracy

 

[Matt smith]

Not without O‘Hare
not without O’Hare, Hamer and Palmer
not without O’Hare and Sheaf
not without O’Hare, Palmer and Allen
yet still in the play offs, go figure...

Gus is vital

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

Gus is vital

Who said he isn’t?

 

[David O'Day]

Edited for accuracy

I saw you at the game today

 

[higgs]

Anyone have any idea whether he genuinely could feature Wednesday

Must have a chance wouldn't be pushing him so hard if he hadn't a chance

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[Walsgrave]

One thing I noticed is that it looks like there is a real opportunity for Norton Cuffy to hurt Middlesborough and Giles down our right hand side. I think he showed promises of that today but if he can get to the byline more often and cut it back for Gyokeres or someone else in the box, then it could cause them problems.

 

[GIMOC]

disappointed with the performance but happy with the result. I’d drop godden and Eccles and bring in sheaf and allen

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Of course, I hope you're right. It's all to play for still. One win away and we're in the final.

My worry is what can we do differently? Godden was non existent today, and they marked gyokeres well. Hamer had a great game but spent a lot of it putting in decisive tackles. Lack of options off the bench hurts us. We were never favourites going into this game, I just hope we go into this away game with nothing to fear. Who knows what will happen but the odds are against us now.

Carrick will have a few players back from injury he didn’t have this week, we might have Allen ready to start, maybe Sheaf too.

I would play a box midfield to be honest. The two up front today were feeding off scraps and when they did get the ball there wasn’t much support.

 

[Macca]

To manage expectations and rationalise disappointment. From 72 teams in 3 leagues only 10 will be promoted. So if we miss out we will be 1 of 62 in the same boat

 

[shmmeee]

Will people really be upset if we don’t go up?

 

[David O'Day]

One thing I noticed is that it looks like there is a real opportunity for Norton Cuffy to hurt Middlesborough and Giles down our right hand side. I think he showed promises of that today but if he can get to the byline more often and cut it back for Gyokeres or someone else in the box, then it could cause them problems.

Yep, Giles as we know is pretty bad at defending

 

[Macca]

Will people really be upset if we don’t go up?

Not me. I have never quite been able to visualise it, hope more than belief

 

[Matt smith]

Must have a chance wouldn't be pushing him so hard if he hadn't a chance

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Yeah fair comment

 

[CCFC54321]

Be surprised if Hamer doesn't start on Wednesday, even if he is carrying a knock.

If his injury was that bad he wouldn’t have continued on.

 

[Matt smith]

Will people really be upset if we don’t go up?

Yes and no

proud of the team regardless

 

[Matt smith]

If his injury was that bad he wouldn’t have continued on.

I think he’ll start he has to

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Will people really be upset if we don’t go up?

Healthy disappointment for most I’d have thought

 

[Nobbie_67]

Will people really be upset if we don’t go up?

Not me, but the payments from being in the Premier League and subsequent parachute payments on relegation would be transformational for City, provided we have good heads at the helm and in charge of the team.

 

[pusbccfc]

Will people really be upset if we don’t go up?

Not really. It's more the fear of the summer when we lose Vik and probably Hamer while also have a big clear out.

 

[shmmeee]

Healthy disappointment for most I’d have thought

We’re past that for me. If we beat Boro then we’re well past what I thought we’d achieve sneaking in a year early IMO. Even if we get hammered up there it’s a massively successful season.

 

[shmmeee]

Not really. It's more the fear of the summer when we lose Vik and probably Hamer while also have a big clear out.

Totally get that. Don’t want this era to end. But equally exciting to see what we can do from the proceeds of some of the best players we’ve had for decades.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Could be the last time I see yok and Hamer in a city shirt in the flesh it’s why I stayed so long to applaud