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Match Thread Coventry v Sunderland Championship Playoff 1st Leg Friday 9th May (25 Viewers)

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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,436
Chris1987 said:
So you don't restrict your full profile ?
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You don’t need that to browse his posts.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,437
Chris1987 said:
So you don't restrict your full profile ?
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You can literally search my posts at the top of the forum with the magnifying glass
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,438
Brighton Sky Blue said:
You don’t need that to browse his posts.
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Bless him.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,439
Ccfcisparks said:
We go into next week now as the underdog. It’s the position we have thrived in the last 7 years. Go and play with freedom and treat it with no pressure and I think we can win. The pressure is on them now.
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The 'pressure' is most certainly not on them now with a 1 goal lead.
All level and they have to adopt a different tactic at home to please a bloodthirsty, baying crowd then yes, but not while they retain that one goal lead.
 

Paxman II

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,440
Disappointing for sure but when you shoot yourself in the foot you have to accept it, move on and recover.
The mistake from MVE was uncharacteristic and one he will recover quickly from, becuase he is a very god player.
But Sunderland played well defensively, and never looked like doing anything bar a mistake from us.
Credit to Sunderland for getting away with it though, and having the good fortune of our own mistakes.

But while we bossed possesion we did little with it. Their two banks of 4 made life difficult and needed someone to open up their defensive lines, and play through them. Torp is a miss in this area. For us Sheaf was just not contributing enough, and on Tuesday I would make a change there. Asante proved to be a bad decision against a strong centre back, and Simms would have given him more concern and added ariel power on crosses. Tuesday we have to look for goals and EMC must start with Wright and Simms down the middle. A busy Allen can give Sako and Rudoni time to create. Grimes is excellent. I'm just not sure about Kitching. Would Latibeaudiere be the energy to clean up and have pace alongside Thomas and give Grimes more opportunity to stamp out their midfield?

Not over by a long shot. We got it wrong, and we have a chance to put it right. I really don't think Sunderland are tough oposition if we bring our A game.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,441
oscillatewildly said:
The 'pressure' is most certainly not on them now with a 1 goal lead.
All level and they have to adopt a different tactic at home to please a bloodthirsty, baying crowd then yes, but not while they retain that one goal lead.
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We have nothing to lose now
 

Chris1987

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,442
Ccfcisparks said:
You can literally search my posts at the top of the forum with the magnifying glass
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Thanks for the educational. I really can't be arsed to research .
 
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Otis

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,443
gruffskyblue said:
People need to relax. It’s the away leg in a play off semi final. We’ll win it. We won 4-1 at Notts County. We won 1-0 at Middlesbrough. We’ll be fine. It’s just an extremely annoying night. But Sunderland were a poor side tonight. And now have a very strange predicament of whether they stick or twist.
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Well said, that man.

I don't think we played badly at all. We just struggled to break them down, but we are still in this tie and if we score first on Tuesday, it's all to play for.

Don't give up heart just yet.

Last time we played Sunderland, they didn't set up like they set up last night and Wright got a hat-trick.

We can still do this.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,444
Nick said:
Issue was the crosses were all floaty nonsense that made it easy to defend.
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For the goal it came in with pace and the keeper had no chance. He’s brilliant in the air and we’re topping the charts for headed goals anyway.

Get good deliveries in that box, bypass the sideways passing to nowhere. Get the wide players whipping crosses in until Tuesday.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,445
Otis said:
Well said, that man.

I don't think we played badly at all. We just struggled to break them down, but we are still in this tie and if we score first on Tuesday, it's all to play for.

Don't give up heart just yet.

Last time we played Sunderland, they didn't set up like they set up last night and Wright got a hat-trick.

We can still do this.
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They will only change tack if we score twice. And without putting several million crosses into the box I don’t see it.
 

Otis

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,446
Brighton Sky Blue said:
They will only change tack if we score twice. And without putting several million crosses into the box I don’t see it.
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If we score first, it's back to even stevens.

I think they may well change taxt, because their fans will start to get on their back.

We only have to win 1-0 for it to go to extra time.

We are still in with a very good chance.
 
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SBT

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #1,447
Brighton Sky Blue said:
For the goal it came in with pace and the keeper had no chance. He’s brilliant in the air and we’re topping the charts for headed goals anyway.

Get good deliveries in that box, bypass the sideways passing to nowhere. Get the wide players whipping crosses in until Tuesday.
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Watch it again - it wasn’t a pacy cross by any definition.

If our tactic is going to be endless floated crosses and throws into the box then I’d consider playing one of our tall strikers up front
 
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napolimp

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  • Saturday at 12:00 AM
  • #1,448
We can beat Sunderland, home or away. Still well in the tie, score first and it's all level.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Saturday at 12:00 AM
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To be fair, Sunderland beating Coventry City in an association rules game of football has completely blown away this weeks headline news of a new pope and the 80th year commemoration of the end of the second world war in yurp.
 

clint van damme

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  • Saturday at 12:01 AM
  • #1,450
jto123 said:
The high line is a strange one for me. Do we have the quality for it? Feels like premier league tactics for a championship team
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Probably the best post on here all night.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Saturday at 12:03 AM
  • #1,451
oscillatewildly said:
To be fair, Sunderland beating Coventry City in an association rules game of football has completely blown away this weeks headline news of a new pope and the 80th year commemoration of the end of the second world war in yurp.
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Though still takes 2nd billing to a couple of hobos chopping down a tree.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Saturday at 12:03 AM
  • #1,452
SBT said:
Watch it again - it wasn’t a pacy cross by any definition.

If our tactic is going to be endless floated crosses and throws into the box then I’d consider playing one of our tall strikers up front
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Yes. Without checking, at least half of Simms’ few goals have either been headers or involved him challenging for one.

The point is crudely, we score a lot of headers. So against a team sitting in deep, that’s probably our best bet. We obviously struggle to pass through them.
 

Evo1883

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  • Saturday at 12:05 AM
  • #1,453
BTW

What the actual fuck is Wilson doing for their first goal
 
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Simpson

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  • Saturday at 12:06 AM
  • #1,454
Paxman II said:
Disappointing for sure but when you shoot yourself in the foot you have to accept it, move on and recover.
The mistake from MVE was uncharacteristic and one he will recover quickly from, becuase he is a very god player.
But Sunderland played well defensively, and never looked like doing anything bar a mistake from us.
Credit to Sunderland for getting away with it though, and having the good fortune of our own mistakes.

But while we bossed possesion we did little with it. Their two banks of 4 made life difficult and needed someone to open up their defensive lines, and play through them. Torp is a miss in this area. For us Sheaf was just not contributing enough, and on Tuesday I would make a change there. Asante proved to be a bad decision against a strong centre back, and Simms would have given him more concern and added ariel power on crosses. Tuesday we have to look for goals and EMC must start with Wright and Simms down the middle. A busy Allen can give Sako and Rudoni time to create. Grimes is excellent. I'm just not sure about Kitching. Would Latibeaudiere be the energy to clean up and have pace alongside Thomas and give Grimes more opportunity to stamp out their midfield?

Not over by a long shot. We got it wrong, and we have a chance to put it right. I really don't think Sunderland are tough oposition if we bring our A game.
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To be fair, that was the entire game plan, we have the players who can capitalise on mistakes.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Saturday at 12:07 AM
  • #1,455
clint van damme said:
Though still takes 2nd billing to a couple of hobos chopping down a tree.
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Not just the tree, there was damage to a wall as well.
Come on, Clint, not like you to skirt the full facts.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Saturday at 12:07 AM
  • #1,456
Evo1883 said:
BTW

What the actual fuck is Wilson doing for their first goal
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Wondering where his defence is
 
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chiefdave

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  • Saturday at 12:08 AM
  • #1,457
Nick said:
Let's face it, he should have known them way in advance.
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This is what annoyed me tbh. It was like Sunderland had pulled off some tactical masterstroke but pretty much everyone could have worked out what they were going to do in advance, and even if they couldn't 10-15 minutes in it was obvious.

Why did we have no plan for this or do the fake injury and adapt?
 
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HerneBayGaz

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  • Saturday at 12:09 AM
  • #1,458
jim20 said:
There’s always next season, in all honesty though I don’t think we will ever go up through the playoffs
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Well we ain't going up automatically that's for sure
 

HerneBayGaz

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  • Saturday at 12:10 AM
  • #1,459
Nick said:
Wright has been fucking terrible
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AGAIN
 
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Otis

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  • Saturday at 12:11 AM
  • #1,460
HerneBayGaz said:
Well we ain't going up automatically that's for sure
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Which just leaves us with bribery, or at least 6 teams getting points deductions for breaking the rules
 

Evo1883

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  • Saturday at 12:11 AM
  • #1,461
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Wondering where his defence is
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I'm wondering where his fucking wrists went
 
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clint van damme

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  • Saturday at 12:11 AM
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HerneBayGaz said:
AGAIN
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OLE, OLE
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Saturday at 12:11 AM
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Evo1883 said:
I'm wondering where his fucking wrists went
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I don’t hold him responsible for a player being allowed to walz through on goal unopposed.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Saturday at 12:11 AM
  • #1,464
Evo1883 said:
BTW

What the actual fuck is Wilson doing for their first goal
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He always has been suspect in those situations. Never seems to set his feet early enough or be in the right position
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Saturday at 12:13 AM
  • #1,465
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I don’t hold him responsible for a player being allowed to walz through on goal unopposed.
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I'm sure there would be a lot more criticism had Collins been in goal . It was a pretty awful effort to save it
 
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Evo1883

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  • Saturday at 12:13 AM
  • #1,466
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I don’t hold him responsible for a player being allowed to walz through on goal unopposed.
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Its a simple save , he pushes it into his own net
 

Evo1883

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  • Saturday at 12:15 AM
  • #1,467
@Brighton Sky Blue

Have no idea what this kid is saying but this video shows how poor wilson was

 

Otis

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  • Saturday at 12:16 AM
  • #1,468
Perennial Lurker said:
I'm sure there would be a lot more criticism had Collins been in goal . It was a pretty awful effort to save it
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It wasn't good, for sure.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Saturday at 12:17 AM
  • #1,469
Evo1883 said:
@Brighton Sky Blue

Have no idea what this kid is saying but this video shows how poor wilson was

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I thought it was just a clinical finish and still do watching it. Wilson isn’t the fall guy for the goal in any case
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Saturday at 12:19 AM
  • #1,470
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I thought it was just a clinical finish and still do watching it. Wilson isn’t the fall guy for the goal in any case
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Not angling for an argument but which side did you think the attacker would try and put the ball in ?
For me it was pretty obvious he was going to go across Wilson but he positioned himself poorly
 
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