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Match Thread Coventry City vs. Peterborough United Match Thread - Friday 23rd Nov (8 Viewers)

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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #71
JamesCCFC said:
I think they have to bridge around a £1.5 million loss every single year so that's probably the initial priority you'd hope.

Despite his faults Evans is a good manager at this level. He's got a good track record so you'd think they'd be a safe bet to be up there towards the end of the season. But this season is probably one of the most competitive seasons there's been in League One so it's not going to be easy. IMO I don't think they'll go up through the automatics as Sunderland and Portsmouth look unstoppable at the moment. So it'll probably boil down to the play-offs which as we know full well is a complete lottery.
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Evans is the perfect fit for them, knows the level well.

I share you predictions too, very hard league this year


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bawtryneal

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #72
steve82 said:
Whilst I’m not 100% sure on how long they’ve taken the stance of any player not engaging into a new deal coming into the 12 months they are placed on the transfer list. However under the ownership of the current chairman they’ve had 2 automatic promotions and also two top 6 finishes with one of those resulting in another promotion, so 3 promotions and the 2 relegations from the championship. That’s near as much success as in the entire history under him.

I like how open he is with the fans, they are aware of what’s happening within their club. I’m not sold on his social media interaction tho so that’s discounted from my thinking, as that’s not for me but he’s done good for the club.

I’ll go against the grain completely and accept the backlash as I like Steve Evans too. Yes he’s a clown, says and does things he shouldn’t but he’s a character who wants to win at all costs and backs his players to the hilt. Generally leaves a club in a far better stable condition than he takes them over in.
A poor mans Harry Redknapp.


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With regards to your comments about Steve Evans leaving clubs in a better condition than he found them. Suggest you speak with a couple of his ex Chairman and you may change your opinion.
 

Nick

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #73
bawtryneal said:
With regards to your comments about Steve Evans leaving clubs in a better condition than he found them. Suggest you speak with a couple of his ex Chairman and you may change your opinion.
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #74
What's the deal with block 16? Tried to buy some tickets but it won't let me.

Is there a restriction for non-season ticket holders? Seem to remember something about it.
 

steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #75
bawtryneal said:
With regards to your comments about Steve Evans leaving clubs in a better condition than he found them. Suggest you speak with a couple of his ex Chairman and you may change your opinion.
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Which ones?
Like him or not he’s left his last 4 jobs far better off that’s fact


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bawtryneal

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #76
Depends how you measure "better off"
Despite Nicks attempt at humour with his empty fridge pic ( initially thought his giro hadn't arrived so he couldn't feed his family) it could be liableous to post on here what I know, so will refrain from commenting.
Last four jobs include Mansfield and Leeds so not sure how you measure those as successful
Jury still out at Peterborough. They are at same point as he joined them currently having spent all his budget for the year. We will see at the end of the season.
Rotherham .....granted he had two promotions but at a great cost internally.
 
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Johhny Blue

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #77
Can we start a Coventry thread somewhere?
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #78
bawtryneal said:
Depends how you measure "better off"
Despite Nicks attempt at humour with his empty fridge pic ( initially thought his giro hadn't arrived so he couldn't feed his family) it could be liableous to post on here what I know, so will refrain from commenting.
Last four jobs include Mansfield and Leeds so not sure how you measure those as successful
Jury still out at Peterborough. They are at same point as he joined them currently having spent all his budget for the year. We will see at the end of the season.
Rotherham .....granted he had two promotions but at a great cost internally.
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Well by better off I mean....

When he took over Mansfield they were 3 points of the bottom yet bizarrely 3 points off the play offs in 19th spot. They were a side who’d won 1 game in 11. By the end of 2016/17 season they missed out on the playoffs by 4 pts in 12th spot.

The following season when he left for Peterborough they were 2pts off the autos in the play offs.

The attendances at Mansfield had also gone up 25% too from a average of 3,439 to 4,757.

At Leeds they were 1pt off the relegation spot and finished 13th with a toxic regime begins the scenes with massimo cellino being disqualified as owner.

Rotherham both he and chairman Tony Stewart parted amicably with differing opinions to the direction of the club, after he took them to the championship from league two.

At Crawley he gave them promotion to the football league leaving them in the play offs before leaving for Rotherham.

So he’s left them all far better off.



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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #79
Johhny Blue said:
Can we start a Coventry thread somewhere?
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7.45 Friday evening sound good


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clint van damme

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #80
steve82 said:
Well by better off I mean....

When he took over Mansfield they were 3 points of the bottom yet bizarrely 3 points off the play offs in 19th spot. They were a side who’d won 1 game in 11. By the end of 2016/17 season they missed out on the playoffs by 4 pts in 12th spot.

The following season when he left for Peterborough they were 2pts off the autos in the play offs.

The attendances at Mansfield had also gone up 25% too from a average of 3,439 to 4,757.

At Leeds they were 1pt off the relegation spot and finished 13th with a toxic regime begins the scenes with massimo cellino being disqualified as owner.

Rotherham both he and chairman Tony Stewart parted amicably with differing opinions to the direction of the club, after he took them to the championship from league two.

At Crawley he gave them promotion to the football league leaving them in the play offs before leaving for Rotherham.

So he’s left them all far better off.



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are you his wife?!
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #81
clint van damme said:
are you his wife?!
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No, just level headed.


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clint van damme

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #82
steve82 said:
No, just level headed.


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shame, she must be a great cook.
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #83
clint van damme said:
shame, she must be a great cook.
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My guess he’s a take away man


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clint van damme

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #84
steve82 said:
My guess he’s a take away man


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take away without paying if his reputation is correct!
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #85
clint van damme said:
take away without paying if his reputation is correct!
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He likes a “deal” and has previously had his “fingers in a few pies”


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no_loyalty

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #86
I hope it's as good as our last Friday night football match.
 

Nick

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #87
steve82 said:
He likes a “deal” and has previously had his “fingers in a few pies”


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The way you go on it's like you want him to finger your pie.



Sorry, just couldn't let that term go un-noticed after you had written his CV!
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #88
Nick said:
The way you go on it's like you want him to finger your pie.



Sorry, just couldn't let that term go un-noticed after you had written his CV!
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Good work, I’ll give you that one.
I did say I’ll take the backlash, appreciate why he’s not liked but I also see what he can do for a side at L1 and L2.


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Nick

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #89
steve82 said:
I did say I’ll take the backlash
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steve82

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #90
no_loyalty said:
I hope it's as good as our last Friday night football match.
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In terms of Stevenage and Wycombe I hope... not Darius Henderson’s big moment on sky at Peterborough!


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bawtryneal

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  • Nov 21, 2018
  • #91
steve82 said:
Good work, I’ll give you that one.
I did say I’ll take the backlash, appreciate why he’s not liked but I also see what he can do for a side at L1 and L2.


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I agree, as long as you are prepared to take all the shit that goes on behind the scenes.
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #92
Tom Davies is back in training, no mention of Dujon Sterling.
 

cov_george

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #93
2-1 city
 

covcity4life

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #94
clint van damme said:
are you his wife?!
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he has a thing for dinosaur managers who like to play hoof

bet he was crying when big sam lost england job
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #95
bawtryneal said:
I agree, as long as you are prepared to take all the shit that goes on behind the scenes.
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Go on, give us a couple of "allegedly"
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #96
I want to win with a contentions penalty after they have a perfectly good goal disallowed, their man gets sent off after we dive and Doyle doesn't even get booked for assault off the ball. Full gammon Evans after.
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #97
covcity4life said:
he has a thing for dinosaur managers who like to play hoof

bet he was crying when big sam lost england job
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Here he is PepGuardiola4life.

I get you appreciate beautiful football, I think we all do however we’re not looking to reinvent the wheel at this level.
A winning brand of football, 3pts on a Saturday evening and promotions are all that’s desired at this level.

And on the point of Steve Evans I go against the majority and just offered the facts as I would on many different subjects. The world is full of sheep who don’t make there own judgements and hang off those of others.
All you can do is offer facts and then people can do as they please. Many are aware he’s a clown with his antics but not what he does as a manager of a football club.

I like to be different and form my opinion, just like you. We’re just polar opposites.
Doesn’t make either of us right tho does it.


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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #98
steve82 said:
Here he is PepGuardiola4life.

I get you appreciate beautiful football, I think we all do however we’re not looking to reinvent the wheel at this level.
A winning brand of football, 3pts on a Saturday evening and promotions are all that’s desired at this level.

And on the point of Steve Evans I go against the majority and just offered the facts as I would on many different subjects. The world is full of sheep who don’t make there own judgements and hang off those of others.
All you can do is offer facts and then people can do as they please. Many are aware he’s a clown with his antics but not what he does as a manager of a football club.

I like to be different and form my opinion, just like you. We’re just polar opposites.
Doesn’t make either of us right tho does it.


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Steve Evans said Robins was after the England job after a 1-1 draw with Mansfield in league 2 #steveevansfacts
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #99
Liquid Gold said:
Steve Evans said Robins was after the England job after a 1-1 draw with Mansfield in league 2 #steveevansfacts
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Ha ha, well nearly....
what he actually said after 1-1 draw with the Stags: "I’ve just watched Robins, little Robins, the manager who thinks he should be the manager of England, absolutely slaughtering Danny Rose on the field of play - ignored.

"We’re going to have counter attacks when they’ve got players like [Marc] McNulty, [Jonson] Clarke-Harris and [Michael] Doyle on big money, and little squeaky Robins, who says that they don’t do all that stuff.
#steveevansfacts


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fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #100
steve82 said:
Ha ha, well nearly....
what he actually said after 1-1 draw with the Stags: "I’ve just watched Robins, little Robins, the manager who thinks he should be the manager of England, absolutely slaughtering Danny Rose on the field of play - ignored.

"We’re going to have counter attacks when they’ve got players like [Marc] McNulty, [Jonson] Clarke-Harris and [Michael] Doyle on big money, and little squeaky Robins, who says that they don’t do all that stuff.
#steveevansfacts


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It was bitterness as both McNulty and JCH turned the fat twat and his tinpot team down before signing for us
 
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clint van damme

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #101
steve82 said:
Here he is PepGuardiola4life.

I get you appreciate beautiful football, I think we all do however we’re not looking to reinvent the wheel at this level.
A winning brand of football, 3pts on a Saturday evening and promotions are all that’s desired at this level.

And on the point of Steve Evans I go against the majority and just offered the facts as I would on many different subjects. The world is full of sheep who don’t make there own judgements and hang off those of others.
All you can do is offer facts and then people can do as they please. Many are aware he’s a clown with his antics but not what he does as a manager of a football club.

I like to be different and form my opinion, just like you. We’re just polar opposites.
Doesn’t make either of us right tho does it.


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HAHA!!
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #102
fernandopartridge said:
It was bitterness as both McNulty and JCH turned the fat twat and his tinpot team down before signing for us
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Was it... maybe more frustration as what could of been for his team as yes he almost got McNulty and was interested in JCH if I recall.

He was very complimentary to us in fact.......”credit to Coventry players, I’m not faulting their players, they’ve run to the end for their team, they’ve put bodies on the line, the supporters were tremendous, the atmosphere was like a play-off game”


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covcity4life

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #103
i like pepguardiola4life.

and yes agree we polar opposites. but i can appreicate hoof if it works. i just hope you are not the guy at pub who calls pep boring etc

for the record i fear playing steve evans side tommrow
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #104
covcity4life said:
i like pepguardiola4life.

and yes agree we polar opposites. but i can appreicate hoof if it works. i just hope you are not the guy at pub who calls pep boring etc

for the record i fear playing steve evans side tommrow
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No I appreciate what he’s installed at Man City and how it works. It takes a good group of talented players to adapt to that way tho, it’s top level football to be played on elite pitches.

It’s not something thats practical to install lower down the leagues tho hence I’m in favour of a dinosaur manager say at this level. Reality is the quality of the players mean they would not be able to implement it.
For the record I’m a fan of Eddie Howe in the top flight.

In short football is in reality a simple game over complicated with tactics.

They are good on there travels this season, lost one away from home this season (happened to be the week they was in my accy) they have recruited well, counter attack well and can score freely at times.

You’d like to think we’ve enough to give them a good game for sure







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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 22, 2018
  • #105
Once Pep has won the world with City he should try his hand at a club going broke in the lower leagues, see how he takes on that challenge. He could even pick one with a similar kit colour if it made him feel better...
 
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