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Match Thread Coventry City - Watford FC Match Thread - Saturday 25th Oct (8 Viewers)

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Nick

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  • Wednesday at 10:00 AM
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Discuss the Coventry City - Watford FC match, tactics and predictions
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Wednesday at 10:05 AM
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About time Sakamoto got a bit more in on the goals. Hope he can grab one.

Same team as normal for me.
 

covcity4life

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  • Wednesday at 10:07 AM
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I would revert to 4 at back but either way I expect us to win
 
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chiefdave

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  • Wednesday at 10:08 AM
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If anyone says they'll settle for a point they should be banned from the forum
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Wednesday at 10:11 AM
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Watford have been pretty ropey away from home so far this season. Hopefully something we can capitalise on.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Wednesday at 10:14 AM
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chiefdave said:
If anyone says they'll settle for a point they should be banned from the forum
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And forwarded to give any season tickets they have to MMJs appeal.
 

TomRad85

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  • Wednesday at 10:17 AM
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It'll be more similar to the team that played vs Blackburn i think. I'd bring Eccles into the team like against Brum and have BTA starting wide instead of either Sakamoto or EMC, don't mind which.
 
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SkyBlueMatt

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  • Wednesday at 10:18 AM
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I was more confident about this game than last nights, I'll stick to that. I think we'll win but last night shows a game can be turned on its head with one defensive mistake.

As long as we play the way that we have and don't underestimate them, we'll have too much.
 
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CBS16

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  • Wednesday at 10:20 AM
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Brilliant that we managed to rotate at Pompey. As well as Simms did, and I'd back him for more starts away, I think in these games it has to be Haji up top.

Rushworth
Mve Thomas Kitching Da Silva
Grimes Torp
Saka BTA EMC
Haji

However, happy for Frank and his team to do the homework on Watford, the 3 CB system also works well for us so we just have to trust his judgement
 
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TomRad85

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  • Wednesday at 10:20 AM
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KenilworthSkyBlue said:
Watford have been pretty ropey away from home so far this season. Hopefully something we can capitalise on.
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Weird team who always seem to have a couple of really good players but overall aren't very good. Chakvetadze out with long term injury i think, Irankunda can be a threat and Louza is class in midfield (i'd take him in Jan now i think about it) but other than that you have to think we've got too much right now.
 

Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Wednesday at 10:22 AM
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Rushworth
KKH Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Grimes Torp
Sakamoto Eccles Asante
Wright
 

lord_garrincha

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  • Wednesday at 10:32 AM
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chiefdave said:
If anyone says they'll settle for a point they should be banned from the forum
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I'll settle for 2 then.

Pressure their midfield into submission and hopefully pick them off from there.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Wednesday at 10:35 AM
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TomRad85 said:
Weird team who always seem to have a couple of really good players but overall aren't very good. Chakvetadze out with long term injury i think, Irankunda can be a threat and Louza is class in midfield (i'd take him in Jan now i think about it) but other than that you have to think we've got too much right now.
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They're very lopsided as a Starting XI. Quality in some areas and just crap in others.

Definitely need to keep Louza quiet, he impressed last season and can dictate a game if he's given half a chance.

Irankunda - talented but crap discipline. If I were Kitching I'd be looking to try to get in his head from the off.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Wednesday at 10:36 AM
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nice that we get an extra days rest than them too, with them having a difficult fixture against WBA tonight
 

Londonccfcfan

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  • Wednesday at 10:47 AM
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I expect Frank and coaching staff will be watching their game closely tonight.

Will be tight.. they have their threats.

Back to back 4.

Haji in for Simms.

Simms impact Sub.
 

Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Wednesday at 11:39 AM
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Don’t fancy losing MVE for any of our upcoming games. He needs to be on his best behaviour
 
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CovRes

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  • Wednesday at 2:37 PM
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chiefdave said:
If anyone says they'll settle for a point they should be banned from the forum
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I'll settle for a pint.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Wednesday at 2:47 PM
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Must win
 
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Levship20

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  • Wednesday at 2:49 PM
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CovRes said:
I'll settle for a pint.
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@3.60 about time Doug got his finger out and launch the £2 pie offer
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Wednesday at 3:00 PM
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Can’t believe it’s not yet a sell out
 

Levship20

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  • Wednesday at 3:07 PM
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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can’t believe it’s not yet a sell out
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Won’t be far off on Friday I would think
 
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Ccfcsj

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  • Wednesday at 3:10 PM
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chiefdave said:
If anyone says they'll settle for a point they should be banned from the forum
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I'll settle for a point - as long as it's with another 2 added on
 

Hutch11

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  • Wednesday at 3:19 PM
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Just go out and tonk them
 
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DazzleTommyDazzle

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  • Wednesday at 3:48 PM
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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can’t believe it’s not yet a sell out
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A few years ago if you’d posted that, the men in white coats would have been along to take you away.
 
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Robinshio

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  • Wednesday at 3:49 PM
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DazzleTommyDazzle said:
A few years ago if you’d posted that, the men in white coats would have been along to take you away.
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correct, back in league 1 etc, people were discussing if we would get up to 20000 and were laughed off
 
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Offhegoes

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  • Wednesday at 3:54 PM
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Watford can be a dangerous team when they're on their game. Some great attacking players. Surely Sakamoto and Wright come back in. Simms doesn't deserve to be dropped, and nor does The Woolf but Frank clearly rested both last night with Saturday's game in mind. Outside chance Rudoni is on the bench? Eccles wasn't used last night either, so perhaps he might be a starter
 
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DT-R

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  • Wednesday at 3:56 PM
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covcity4life said:
I would revert to 4 at back but either way I expect us to win
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Yeah, definitely back to a back 4 for me! Far too often lastnight Pompey had far to much space in and around our box. How, with an extra defender did they end up with more space? Surely there should've been less?

Its almost as if they weren't 100% sure on their roles and who was marking who. Like they all thought somebody else was marking him instead. "Wasn't my man" sort of thing! With better finishing, we could've maybe been in a spot of bother.

I also feel it kept Grimes out of large parts of the game and his usual sitting in between Thomas and Kitch picking passes wasnt there so much.

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Potbellypig

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  • Wednesday at 4:03 PM
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DT-R said:
Yeah, definitely back to a back 4 for me! Far too often lastnight Pompey had far to much space in and around our box. How, with an extra defender did they end up with more space? Surely there should've been less?

Its almost as if they weren't 100% sure on their roles and who was marking who. Like they all thought somebody else was marking him instead. "Wasn't my man" sort of thing! With better finishing, we could've maybe been in a spot of bother.

I also feel it kept Grimes out of large parts of the game and his usual sitting in between Thomas and Kitch picking passes wasnt there so much.

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There was a point where he dropped in to receive the ball and we had a line of 6 across the back.
 

procdoc

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  • Wednesday at 4:12 PM
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Can’t see anything other than a comfortable win
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Wednesday at 4:37 PM
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procdoc said:
Can’t see anything other than a comfortable win
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Not bothered if we only win by half a goal tbh.
 
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SBT

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  • Wednesday at 4:56 PM
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Remember Jack Rudoni?
 
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standupforcity

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  • Wednesday at 5:16 PM
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Offhegoes said:
Watford can be a dangerous team when they're on their game. Some great attacking players. Surely Sakamoto and Wright come back in. Simms doesn't deserve to be dropped, and nor does The Woolf but Frank clearly rested both last night with Saturday's game in mind. Outside chance Rudoni is on the bench? Eccles wasn't used last night either, so perhaps he might be a starter
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Who's Rudoni? )
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Wednesday at 5:45 PM
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Found the build up to it on their forum quite interesting. The OP is pretty well written, but the predictions are also quite telling. Seems a question of which Watford turns up.

Coventry City V Watford Fc - 25th October 2025 12:30 Ko

[ATTACH] I will caveat this being written before the West Brom game this evening so bear that in mind! The honeymoon period with Javi ended before it...
wfcforums.com
 
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SBbucks

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  • Wednesday at 6:05 PM
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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Found the build up to it on their forum quite interesting. The OP is pretty well written, but the predictions are also quite telling. Seems a question of which Watford turns up.

Coventry City V Watford Fc - 25th October 2025 12:30 Ko

[ATTACH] I will caveat this being written before the West Brom game this evening so bear that in mind! The honeymoon period with Javi ended before it...
wfcforums.com
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It’s bizarre that he thinks we play 3-4-3. We’ve used that for about 10% of our season so far so he’s clearly posting on the basis of very little real knowledge.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Wednesday at 6:08 PM
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SBbucks said:
It’s bizarre that he thinks we play 3-4-3. We’ve used that for about 10% of our season so far so he’s clearly posting on the basis of very little real knowledge.
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Yeah that part is absurd, but I was looking more at what he’d written about their own performances. A lot like their faith in managers, very unpredictable and never long term.
 
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