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Match Thread Coventry City - Watford FC Match Thread - Saturday 25th Oct (1 Viewer)

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skybluecam

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #736
pusbccfc said:
Exactly. They played like heroes in the second half and people aren't happy because we've not scored against a side sitting deep. We won 3-1!
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They had 10 men and waltzed through our midfield at will. It was embarrassing.
 
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covmark

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #737
DT-R said:
Its all well and good having poor games, but to be completely outplayed for 45 mins by 10 men, at home, and pick up 3 yellows, a suspension and gift a daft penalty. Thats not having a "poor game". Thats just piss poor game management. Thankfully we were clinical when it mattered.

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We're not going to smash teams off the pitch all of the time. A bit of complacency set in, that's all. We still won comfortably in the end and we're 4pts clear, still unbeaten. Cheer up pal.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #738
DT-R said:
Its all well and good having poor games, but to be completely outplayed for 45 mins by 10 men, at home, and pick up 3 yellows, a suspension and gift a daft penalty. Thats not having a "poor game". Thats just piss poor game management. Thankfully we were clinical when it mattered.

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God help you when we eventually lose
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #739
pusbccfc said:
Rode our luck? Really!?
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In the first half, certainly.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #740
skybluecam said:
They had 10 men and waltzed through our midfield at will. It was embarrassing.
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Because we were 3-0 up FFS!

They had to work extremely hard to a 3-1 loss. We barely broke sweat.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #741
Not great today but oh well.
We will play better than that and lose this season. WE WILL LOSE THIS SEASON.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #742
Tommo1993 said:
In the first half, certainly.
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We could have scored 4/5 if Mason-Clark and Milan had composure in the first half.
 

Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #743
Sat in the car waiting to get out. 3 points, 2 more added to GD so all in all happy days.

Some nice football but Watford had too many decent chances for my liking.

Missed Torp which is weird to say as we won 3-1 and Allen scored.

Fair play to the Watford fans. Seemed in decent voice from the other end of the ground.

Wallet £200 lighter after a trip to the club shop before KO ‍.
 
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DT-R

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #744
As stupid as MVEs booking was, I also think it could be a blessing in disguise. Would rather him miss Wrexham, than play and get booked and miss the blunts. Glass half full look at it maybe?

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The Philosopher

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #745
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It all stemmed from being too light in the middle I think.
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Deffo missed Torp and although Allen did quite well we definitely needed some steel in there. Eccles should have come in to do that but ended up playing at the top of the mid triangle. Surely against 10 men Eccles goes deep with Grimes and Allen forward, no?
 

skybluecam

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #746
pusbccfc said:
Because we were 3-0 up FFS!

They had to work extremely hard to a 3-1 loss. We barely broke sweat.
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Why give them the chance?

They had multiple chances, only had to convert 1 and we would’ve been absolutely on the ropes at 3-2.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #747
pusbccfc said:
We could have scored 4/5 if Mason-Clark and Milan had composure in the first half.
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And Watford really could’ve had 3 in the time between our 2nd and 3rd goal.
 
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Viktor17

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #748
3 points. Move on.
Onwards! Rushworth MOM
 
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hamil99

Facebook User
  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #749
Terry_dactyl said:
Leicester to draw would be better I reckon…if that helps?
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I appreciate the effort, I was wondering if I draw would be better. If I don't have to hope one of them wins, its definitely better
 
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skybluecam

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #750
DT-R said:
As stupid as MVEs booking was, I also think it could be a blessing in disguise. Would rather him miss Wrexham, than play and get booked and miss the blunts. Glass half full look at it maybe?

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Sheff Utd are shit, not really worried about them.
 
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Northants Sky Blue

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #751
Sweating on the Torp news

If we play like that in the Prem we get our arse handed to us - Back 4 need some serious work at Ryton this week

But take the 3 today and bragging rights over Watford colleague
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #752
DT-R said:
As stupid as MVEs booking was, I also think it could be a blessing in disguise. Would rather him miss Wrexham, than play and get booked and miss the blunts. Glass half full look at it maybe?

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Defence is where we have real depth, KKH will be no problem.
 

Nick

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #753
Some over reactions in here
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #754
Tommo1993 said:
And Watford really could’ve had 3 in the time between our 2nd and 3rd goal.
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And we could have been 4 nil up if Haji wasn't hacked down. Ifs and buts.

The reason Watford didn't scored those goals is because we have a very decent goalkeeper.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #755
hamil99 said:
I appreciate the effort, I was wondering if I draw would be better. If I don't have to hope one of them wins, its definitely better
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I might be clutching at straws but a win for Wrexham would mean they’d have won 2 on the bounce coming into our match…
 
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The Philosopher

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #756
skybluecam said:
Sheff Utd are shit, not really worried about them.
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They are where we were last season. They have some decent players and a manager that will get them competitive around the playoffs.
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #757
Another 3 points, but that second half showing was pathetic

You have thought we had 10 men. Saw some cracks beginning to show which i know is mad to say after a 3 1 win
 
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shmmeee

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #758
Eccles and Allen aren’t top level championship midfielders really are they? That said BTA looked less like a striker playing 10 and more like a 10 today.

Really need reinforcements in Jan. Out wide too because again EMC had a nothing game. He needs a spell out the team IMO.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #759
pusbccfc said:
And we could have been 4 nil up if Haji wasn't hacked down. Ifs and buts.

The reason Watford didn't scored those goals is because we have a very decent goalkeeper.
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So yeah, rode our luck.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #760
Tommo1993 said:
And Watford really could’ve had 3 in the time between our 2nd and 3rd goal.
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I could have been a girl if i wasnt a boy mate
 
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shmmeee

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #761
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Eccles?
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He literally played today what are you on about?
 
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sc1940

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #762
DT-R said:
How can you feel so flat and deflated after winning 3-1? Because thats exactly how that feels!
Poor, poor game management. Out played again for large parts of the game. Really rode our luck. Thankfully we were clinical when it mattered.

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It feels a bit like last year's run of 9 out of 10. Some of those games we could easily have lost and we didn't play well in all of them. Sometimes it just goes like that.
6 wins on the bounce, averaging 3 goals a game, won the most games in the league with only Middlesbro being able to equal that with a win this afternoon. It doesn't feel flat to me at all.
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #763
skybluecam said:
They had 10 men and waltzed through our midfield at will. It was embarrassing.
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Embarrassing?! Christ, we won 3-1.

They only scores from a penalty.

Just read the last few pages. Surprised by such negativity (or am I?!). 2nd half wasn't great but we've had 3 games in a week, taken 9 points all despite not playing amazing.

It's fine to have bad performances now and then.

We're still winning.

Certainly anything but embarrassing today.
 
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The Philosopher

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #764
shmmeee said:
Eccles and Allen aren’t top level championship midfielders really are they? That said BTA looked less like a striker playing 10 and more like a 10 today.

Really need reinforcements in Jan. Out wide too because again EMC had a nothing game. He needs a spell out the team IMO.
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BTA in that 8/10 role pressing and intercepting is one of the main reasons for our form.
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #765
What a weird day we win 3-1 and still concerned about the performance

Think the fatigue hit us in the second half and we just got sloppy. Still top of the league and Rushworth bar the pen showing why we bid 5.5 million on him
 
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shmmeee

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #766
The Philosopher said:
BTA in that 8/10 role pressing and intercepting is one of the main reasons for our form.
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Just conceded a bit of control with him there but he was better at coming deeper and linking play today IMO.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #767
shmmeee said:
He literally played today what are you on about?
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Wasn’t fit enough to start, and only managed 20 minutes today. Sure if he were fit enough he starts, the midfield was badly overworked
 

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #768
Skyblueweeman said:
Embarrassing?! Christ, we won 3-1.

They only scores from a penalty.

Just read the last few pages. Surprised by such negativity (or am I?!). 2nd half wasn't great but we've had 3 games in a week, taken 9 points all despite not playing amazing.

It's fine to have bad performances now and then.

We're still winning.

Certainly anything but embarrassing today.
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Watford also had 3 games in a week and played more recently than us…

The main issue is our midfield. We aren’t going to keep winning with a 2 man midfield of Grimes and Allen.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #769
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Saddlebrains said:
Another 3 points, but that second half showing was pathetic

You have thought we had 10 men. Saw some cracks beginning to show which i know is mad to say after a 3 1 win
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i said that you cheeky little copy cat
 
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shmmeee

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  • Oct 25, 2025
  • #770
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Wasn’t fit enough to start, and only managed 20 minutes today. Sure if he were fit enough he starts, the midfield was badly overworked
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No way is BTA getting dropped for Eccles have a word.
 
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