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Match Thread Doncaster Rovers vs. Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 18th Jan (1 Viewer)

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mrtrench

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #666
Grendel said:
They would rather we were bottom of league 2 if they could get their grubby hands on the club for a pound
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Hoffman really is a fan; I was at school with him - he was a regular in the West End.
 
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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #667
SlowerThanPlatt said:
I don’t want anyone who managed to get fooled by Dale Evans anywhere near the club
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He’s probably told them he’s just won a football stadium in a poker game
 

SkyBlueSoul

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #668
better days said:
With the U23s the players sometimes swap numbers if the shirt sizes are wrong for them but probably the best indicator is whether he makes the 18 in the first team squad when he's fit
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Cheers, didn’t know that. Nowhere near the 18 yesterday, really does look like he’s done.
 

SkyBlueSoul

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #669
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Never understood why U23 get given a 1-11 cos players of different sizes can play at the same number - must use up a lot of shirts. As those in U23 are most likely to have a squad number why not have them play in their normal squad number/name shirt? Always the right size then.
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It feels a bit Sunday league doesn’t it. It would make more sense to me too, just play in “your” shirt every game regardless of level. Unless there’s a rule about U23’s having to be 1-18 on match day
 
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ccfchoi87

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #670
Let's talk about the Coventry City game - Viking Chat

General consensus is we are the best team to play there this year
 
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Frostie

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #671
Darren Moore said we are very good too.

But then he did say that's because we've had this team together for 2-3 years...
 
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MalcSB

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #672
Frostie said:
Darren Moore said we are very good too.

But then he did say that's because we've had this team together for 2-3 years...
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From kindergarten.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • #673
Frostie said:
Darren Moore said we are very good too.

But then he did say that's because we've had this team together for 2-3 years...
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The majority of our match day squad has been together for 2-3 years (seasons is probably what he means) to varying degrees.

More importantly, in my view, is that Robins has brought some continuity because he’s been with the club for nearly 3 years so there’s a settled framework at the club. To be fair to Robins, he’s been adaptable in his 2nd spell, going from 4-2-3-1, to 4-4-2 in two separate seasons, switched to 4-3-3 this season, which looked quite good before injuries and varied the wingback formations before settling on 3-4-2-1. Which is probably the perfect system for our personnel at present.

I am intrigued to see if Jones fits in well - if he does, he’ll give us an added dimension.
 
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Philosoraptor

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  • Jan 20, 2020
  • #674
If this has already been talked about then I do apologise.


Since the midway point of the season Coventry has won against Tranmere Rovers. What was a red on the above chart has turned into a yellow seeing that the home and away fixtures ended in an equal result with one win each.

The same has happened with Milton Keynes Dons. A draw, home and away for both team has ended with an equal result.

The home draw and away win against Doncaster Rovers has scored a different type of yellow which can be seen again in the chart.

Whilst this system is a measure of Coventry's balance (Ceteris Paribus) against other teams in the league instead of the scoring system of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. I thought it would be interesting to measure Coventry's current position, against the top 3 places of last season, and see where the away win against Doncaster Rovers fits in to the bigger picture.

There are always patterns in the data.

 
Last edited: Jan 20, 2020

itsabuzzard

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  • Jan 20, 2020
  • #675
Philosorapter said:
If this has already been talked about then I do apologise.


Since the midway point of the season Coventry has won against Tranmere Rovers. What was a red on the above chart has turned into a yellow seeing that the home and away fixtures ended in an equal result with one win each.

The same has happened with Milton Keynes Dons. A draw, home and away for both team has ended with an equal result.

The home draw and away win against Doncaster Rovers has scored a different type of yellow which can be seen again in the chart.

Whilst this system is a measure of Coventry's balance (Ceteris Paribus) against other teams in the league instead of the scoring system of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. I thought it would be interesting to measure Coventry's current position, against the top 3 places of last season, and see where the away win against Doncaster Rovers fits in to the bigger picture.

There are always patterns in the data.

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What a tease! Are you going to tell us what the patterns are?

Sent from my LG-H850 using Tapatalk
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 20, 2020
  • #676
Mucca Mad Boys said:
The majority of our match day squad has been together for 2-3 years (seasons is probably what he means) to varying degrees.

More importantly, in my view, is that Robins has brought some continuity because he’s been with the club for nearly 3 years so there’s a settled framework at the club. To be fair to Robins, he’s been adaptable in his 2nd spell, going from 4-2-3-1, to 4-4-2 in two separate seasons, switched to 4-3-3 this season, which looked quite good before injuries and varied the wingback formations before settling on 3-4-2-1. Which is probably the perfect system for our personnel at present.

I am intrigued to see if Jones fits in well - if he does, he’ll give us an added dimension.
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The only players that were at the club this time 2 years ago from Saturday's starting squad are Shipley, Biamou, Kelly and Hyam. 7 of the starting 11 signed this season
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 20, 2020
  • #677
fernandopartridge said:
The only players that were at the club this time 2 years ago from Saturday's starting squad are Shipley, Biamou, Kelly and Hyam. 7 of the starting 11 signed this season
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It’s probable that Moore meant ‘seasons’ rather than years since Robins hasn’t been back for 3 years.

You’ve got 8 players from the match day squad who have been with the club for while around 2 seasons or more:
Mason
Bakayoko
McCallum
Kelly
Biamou
Westbrook
Hyam
Shipley

There’s probably more continuity there than a lot of clubs in the division. Again, I stress the importance of having Robins here for nearly 3 years. This is the season is what we’ve been working toward since he came back, stylistically.

Frankly, I think Robins will probably learn from the last time he left and look at the experiences of Nathan Jones, he’ll probably stay for a while longer too.
 

Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 20, 2020
  • #678
Philosorapter said:
If this has already been talked about then I do apologise.


Since the midway point of the season Coventry has won against Tranmere Rovers. What was a red on the above chart has turned into a yellow seeing that the home and away fixtures ended in an equal result with one win each.

The same has happened with Milton Keynes Dons. A draw, home and away for both team has ended with an equal result.

The home draw and away win against Doncaster Rovers has scored a different type of yellow which can be seen again in the chart.

Whilst this system is a measure of Coventry's balance (Ceteris Paribus) against other teams in the league instead of the scoring system of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. I thought it would be interesting to measure Coventry's current position, against the top 3 places of last season, and see where the away win against Doncaster Rovers fits in to the bigger picture.

There are always patterns in the data.

Click to expand...

 
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