Match Thread Coventry v Sunderland Championship Playoff 1st Leg Friday 9th May (24 Viewers)

Captain Dart · May 8, 2025

TomRad85 said:
Surely we could buy up the Connexion land with Prem money. That's a fairly sizeable chunk of land. Could even buy some land over the road and have a little footbridge going over if you were feeling really fancy.

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It used to belong to the club, building the Connexion was an initiative of Jimmy Hill when he was Chairman of the club, it wasn't a success but times have changed. I don't think the club are contemplating a move of training base because they've invested in Ryton but buying up that adjacent land now would probably be a sound enough move by Doug King.

The Sky Blues Move to Ryton

It’s a highly topical subject at the moment, and we’ll ignore that particular elephant in the room. It was the early 1960s when Coventry City Football Club moved their training base ...

www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk

Super Frank · May 8, 2025

Liquid Gold said:
WE should be ok because we'll be picking first in the PL draft

I tried to avoid all that and you went and ruined it, mate.

Liquid Gold · May 8, 2025

Super Frank said:
I tried to avoid all that and you went and ruined it, mate.

With the 1st pick of the 2024 Premier League draft, Coventry City select... Billy Baldhead, centre back out of Loughborough University...

napolimp · May 8, 2025

Liquid Gold said:
With the 1st pick of the 2024 Premier League draft, Coventry City select... Billy Baldhead, centre back out of Loughborough University...

I heard we were trading 1st pick with the Bournemouth Broncos, for three 5th picks in 2032, 2033, and 2059.

shmmeee · May 8, 2025

JV with UoW, 15k stadium for Uni/Academy/Reserves/Early cup rounds/when were back in L2, all their fancy sports science shit, bunch of pitches.

Super Frank · May 8, 2025

Liquid Gold said:
With the 1st pick of the 2024 Premier League draft, Coventry City select... Billy Baldhead, centre back out of Loughborough University...

Which is exactly why I’m having trouble following local FC Cincinnati. No relegation, weird playoffs that make regular season not as important, draft picks.

Sky Blue Pete · May 8, 2025

shmmeee said:
We 100% would need a new training ground. Ryton has had a makeover since Doug came in but is still miles off even upper Championship quality for a modern club. I’m hoping some deal with Warwick Uni would be possible.

I’d like to see us get the academy to Category One as well. But that may be more nostalgia than business sense.

They were annoyed when Doug said new stadium was just a stupid non starter
Might be tricky

shmmeee · May 8, 2025

Sky Blue Pete said:
They were annoyed when Doug said new stadium was just a stupid non starter
Might be tricky

That’s OK they’ll be desperate for cash once Reform get in and ban foreign students.

Sky Blue Pete · May 8, 2025

shmmeee said:
That’s OK they’ll be desperate for cash once Reform get in and ban foreign students.

You’re absolutely right
On Facebook I’m arguing over the Indian trade deal and how all Indians overstay their student or work visa

ffs I’m trying to say all Indians and it’s yes bloody hell this is an intelligent man

clint van damme · May 8, 2025

Sky Blue Pete said:
They were annoyed when Doug said new stadium was just a stupid non starter
Might be tricky

Really? Well it was wasn't it?

Sky Blue Pete · May 8, 2025

clint van damme said:
Really? Well it was wasn't it?

You and I may agree

ccfcchris · May 8, 2025

torchomatic · May 8, 2025

Captain Dart said:
It used to belong to the club, building the Connexion was an initiative of Jimmy Hill when he was Chairman of the club, it wasn't a success but times have changed. I don't think the club are contemplating a move of training base because they've invested in Ryton but buying up that adjacent land now would probably be a sound enough move by Doug King.

The Sky Blues Move to Ryton

It’s a highly topical subject at the moment, and we’ll ignore that particular elephant in the room. It was the early 1960s when Coventry City Football Club moved their training base ...

www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk

Had to sell it due to the Washington Diplomats debacle.

Simpson · May 8, 2025

shmmeee · May 8, 2025

ccfcchris said:

That landscaping paying off now.

Sky Blue Pete · May 8, 2025

Simpson said:

That’s great isn’t it

Captain Dart · May 8, 2025

torchomatic said:
Had to sell it due to the Washington Diplomats debacle.

I forgot about that little adventure. I wasn't in Coventry at that time.

PUSB-We_are_going_up · May 8, 2025

Simpson said:

Until the end there is no Cov in there its all the other 3 mainly

SkyBlueBarmy84 · May 8, 2025

Macca said:
There isn't really a bad outcome in my mind. Its either a novelty season in the Premier League for those who haven't experienced it before or another season at the business end of the Championship.

My 8 year old daughter called out the most exciting opportunity ahead: the Sky Blues in a Premier League sticker album for the first time in her life (RIP Panini). #GotGotNeed

Covcraig@bury · May 8, 2025

Going for a very tight 4-1 win with Rudi & Hadji scoring after they take the lead after 10 minutes

torchomatic · May 8, 2025

Hate shit like this. Makes us look arrogant. Whose idea was this i wonder?

SkyBlueBarmy84 · May 8, 2025

torchomatic said:
Hate shit like this. Makes us look arrogant. Whose idea was this i wonder?View attachment 43048

Monzo’s marketing department…

coop · May 8, 2025

Is there £20 million loan player fit again?think it's Enzo or something

covboy9 · May 8, 2025

Wilson
MVE Thomas kitching JDS
sheaf grimes
sakamoto rudi BTA
wright

Sky Blue Pete · May 8, 2025

covboy9 said:
Wilson
MVE Thomas kitching JDS
sheaf grimes
sakamoto rudi BTA
wright

No chance

fernandopartridge · May 8, 2025

coop said:
Is there £20 million loan player fit again?think it's Enzo or something

He's back in the side yeah, Le Fee. He's been mentioned in this thread.

koelarc · May 8, 2025

What we thinking then, Wilson or Collins to start?

shmmeee · May 8, 2025

koelarc said:
What we thinking then, Wilson or Collins to start?

Almost certainly.

wingy · May 8, 2025

fernandopartridge said:
He's back in the side yeah, Le Fee. He's been mentioned in this thread.

Gonna switch him central Maybe try and surprise us?

quinn1971 · May 8, 2025

Same as boro, not sure about da/silva bidwell, think after his mistake against Luton da silva on the bench can’t afford to do that again ? bidwell played well,

DACMAC · May 8, 2025

Interesting to see FL reference the Norwich game as the turning point today. Talk about it always being darkest before dawn. The nature of that loss was tough to take but we showed some real fight. We had 29 points from 26 games after that game. 11 points off 6th. I think most thought "season over". If someone had told you after that game we would take 40 points from the final 20 games and finish 5th.... I really want us to go up, but even being in the play offs is a great achievement from 4 months ago. Fingers crossed we put in a convincing performance tomorrow.

quinn1971 · May 8, 2025

DACMAC said:
Interesting to see FL reference the Norwich game as the turning point today. Talk about it always being darkest before dawn. The nature of that loss was tough to take but we showed some real fight. We had 29 points from 26 games after that game. 11 points off 6th. I think most thought "season over". If someone had told you after that game we would take 40 points from the final 20 games and finish 5th.... I really want us to go up, but even being in the play offs is a great achievement from 4 months ago. Fingers crossed we put in a convincing performance tomorrow.

Said the same before the Sunderland, West Brom and Mboro games, these are the big games we turn up for , its Some place to come to now, we go up a level,

fernandopartridge · May 9, 2025

quinn1971 said:
Same as boro, not sure about da/silva bidwell, think after his mistake against Luton da silva on the bench can’t afford to do that again ? bidwell played well,

Bidwell imo, looked far more like his old self v Boro and defensively just much better than JDS

oscillatewildly · May 9, 2025

This will be their first ‘competitive’ game in almost 2 months.
I’m gonna stick my neck out and predict that they will go at it in a competitive manner.
Don’t necessarily think that they will score against us but have a strong hunch they will go all out to stop us from doing so.
0-0.

Liquid Gold · May 9, 2025

Go at them from the start. Play with an intensity they're not expecting and put it to bed tonight.

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