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Match Thread Fleetwood Town vs. Coventry City Match Thread - Tuesday 27th Nov (7 Viewers)

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Grendel

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #526
Robins has signed forwards who don’t score goals. He’s banked his career here on Chaplin

Doyle must pick himself as robins indicated

Andreu is a waste of space

I still and always have believed this is a lower mid table side and that’s where we will end up
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #527
mark82 said:
Yeah, crazy, Husband shouldn't have been on the pitch because Thomas had frustrated so much. If we'd kept running at him he'd definitely have walked. Thomas is our best player, despite his frustrating lack of end product.
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We see teams do it with Doyle all the time, wind him up and take him out the game. As soon as Doyle gets booked he may as well sit on the sideline with no replacement.

He got away with it time and time again, why weren't we in his face? Why weren't we getting somebody to smash him to get a reaction to get him sent off? Why weren't we putting the ball on Thomas every time?
 
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Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #528
matesx said:
Too many fairies in the team.
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We should play them on the wings.
 

oucho

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #529
leicesterarenotourrivals said:
We’ve got to find some way out of this deal to sign Chaplin in January, lost patience with him weeks ago and not sure how much of him I can put up with, yes he’s won us points with the odd goal but he’s lost us just as many points surely with his misses.

No doubt they’ll be people on here tonight saying we should give him more time but if weren’t serious about this play off chase then we can’t give him much more chance before we leg him off.
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You get a like there for the phrase 'leg him off'
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #530
Dickie said:
Reading fans not pleased with McNulty
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I’d have him back here from Jan
 
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #531
Think the scapegoating of Chaplin is wankerish. Yes he missed the pen but he was involved in most of our decent bits of football. Same simpletons who had it in for McNulty.
 
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I was eleven in 87

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #532
If Thomas could shoot on target consistently i would be tempted to put him up front in place of Chaplin for a run of games.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #533
Ashdown said:
It's getting poor now. Keep making excuses for cup line ups or whatever but we are failing right now. Hiwula, JCH, Bakayoko, Chaplin......failing ! Sloppy goals, shit keeper as a rule, weak midfield. Things can change quickly of course but right now we are slipping badly.
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I think Chaplin will come good but not as prolific as some expected, he hasn’t played consistently and is only 21.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #534
fernandopartridge said:
Think the scapegoating of Chaplin is wankerish. Yes he missed the pen but he was involved in most of our decent bits of football. Same simpletons who had it in for McNulty.
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I'm not sure, McNulty had more about him.

Chaplin also missed the sitter that Thomas put on him.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #535
Very poor second half. Although quite a few of that team couldn't argue if they were dropped next game with the weekend off by the time we play again it'll have been forgotten a bit and MR will get away with picking the same lot again.

Be interesting to hear MR's comments after the game - if Baka had had the game Chaplin just had he'd be tearing him a new one.

Husband should've gone at least twice in that game and the ref bottled it, but as has been mentioned we should've been getting Thomas to terrorise him constantly instead of sporadically.
 

Otis

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #536
Grendel said:
Still laughing at posters who said a lot of the new signings were shite?
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Never laughed at anyone, but you and I both know some posters dismissed players after just 2 or 3 games.

Are you now telling me they were fantastic judges of character?

You simply cannot judge a player just on a couple of appearances and declare them to be crap full stop.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #537
I was eleven in 87 said:
If Thomas could shoot on target consistently i would be tempted to put him up front in place of Chaplin for a run of games.
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But then who'd be providing the chances for him?
 
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I was eleven in 87

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #538
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
But then who'd be providing the chances for him?
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Fuck knows to be honest!!
 

CovInEssex

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #539
Pretty much every game this season can be summed up with

"we should've been 2 or 3 up by half time but didn't make chances count and ended up losing or drawing late"
 
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Grendel

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #540
fernandopartridge said:
Think the scapegoating of Chaplin is wankerish. Yes he missed the pen but he was involved in most of our decent bits of football. Same simpletons who had it in for McNulty.
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The problem is he’s been signed for a big fee by our standards.

Robins has hung his hat on him and he’s s development player really.

Why robins spent nearly a million on him, Hiwula and Bakayoko should be questioned.
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #541
fernandopartridge said:
Think the scapegoating of Chaplin is wankerish. Yes he missed the pen but he was involved in most of our decent bits of football. Same simpletons who had it in for McNulty.
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He has a good touch. He clearly has a lot of potential but he's not doing it. I think he's similar to Bakayoko where he needs time to develop and we are overpaying for him. For 500k at this level you'd hope for someone a bit more rounded.
 

Grendel

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #542
CovInEssex said:
Pretty much every game this season can be summed up with

"we should've been 2 or 3 up by half time but didn't make chances count and ended up losing or drawing late"
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We’ve won several games in the last 5 minutes
 

Otis

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #543
fernandopartridge said:
Think the scapegoating of Chaplin is wankerish. Yes he missed the pen but he was involved in most of our decent bits of football. Same simpletons who had it in for McNulty.
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Totally agree. It's all a bit silly.

Thomas has been incredibly wasteful with som absolutely fantastic chances this season. JCH has been wasteful and Hiwula, especially wasteful too.

It's a shared problem and we can't just point the finger at Conor Chaplin.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #544
Otis said:
Totally agree. It's all about silly.

Thomas has been incredibly wasteful with som absolutely fantastic chances this season. JCH has been wasteful and Hiwula, especially wasteful too.

It's a shared problem and we can't just point the finger at Conor Chaplin.
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None as clear as a penalty or Chaplin's in the first half.
 
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Dickie

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #545
Clive just said Christian Bale scored for Real Madrid
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #546
Nick said:
I'm not sure, McNulty had more about him.

Chaplin also missed the sitter that Thomas put on him.
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Yep, McNulty was playing well but it just wasn't running for him. Biamou helped McNulty no end when he came in though.
 
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larry_david

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #547
Hiwula's chance in the first half was golden,GOLDEN. Watch it back again. it's unbelievable. 5 yards out, keeper at near post, whole of the goal open and he closes his eyes and laces it straight down his throat
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #548
Why doesn't jch put it about on the pitch a bit? He's a big unit, he's all about being gangsta yet doesn't come across like that at all to watch him play football.

Luke Thomas gets more stuck in.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #549
larry_david said:
Hiwula's chance in the first half was golden,GOLDEN
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Still nowhere near as easy as Chaplin's
 
I

I was eleven in 87

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #550
Grendel said:
The problem is he’s been signed for a big fee by our standards.

Robins has hung his hat on him and he’s s development player really.

Why robins spent nearly a million on him, Hiwula and Bakayoko should be questioned.
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I reckon....

Baka has potential to be a good signing for us so wouldn’t write him off just yet.

Chaplin is one for the future.

Hiwula has no bastard potential!!
 

Otis

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #551
Grendel said:
The problem is he’s been signed for a big fee by our standards.

Robins has hung his hat on him and he’s s development player really.

Why robins spent nearly a million on him, Hiwula and Bakayoko should be questioned.
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It should. Non of them have proved to be of anything like their supposed worth so far.

If they are work in progress, then fine, but three of them all at the same time?
 

usskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #552
Chaplin ‘needs time’ that we haven’t got if we want to push for the playoff spots. We need a striker in the first team that can convert when the opportunities arise. We can’t expect to make a push if we’re affording a project player a first team spot. That said, we don’t have a proven striker in the squad....and it’s not because MR wasn’t backed.
 
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Dickie

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #553
Sick Boy said:
I’d have him back here from Jan
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Me too
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #554
usskyblue said:
Chaplin ‘needs time’ that we haven’t got if we want to push for the playoff spots. We need a striker in the first team that can convert when the opportunities arise. We can’t expect to make a push if we’re affording a project player a first team spot. That said, we don’t have a proven striker in the squad....and it’s not because MR wasn’t backed.
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How much time though? That's the thing.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #555
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Very poor second half. Although quite a few of that team couldn't argue if they were dropped next game with the weekend off by the time we play again it'll have been forgotten a bit and MR will get away with picking the same lot again.

Be interesting to hear MR's comments after the game - if Baka had had the game Chaplin just had he'd be tearing him a new one.

Husband should've gone at least twice in that game and the ref bottled it, but as has been mentioned we should've been getting Thomas to terrorise him constantly instead of sporadically.
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Clarke Harris was far far far far worse than Chaplin.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #556
Otis said:
It should. Non of them have proved to be of anything like their supposed worth so far.

If they are work in progress, then fine, but three of them all at the same time?
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Bakayoko did more on Friday that jch has done for a few games. Robins doesn't seem to like him.
 

Otis

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  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #557
Nick said:
None as clear as a penalty or Chaplin's in the first half.
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Didn't watch tonight's game, but Thomas has had a number of one on ones hasn't he?

Thomas has missed so many great chances.
 

larry_david

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #558
Chaplin went low wich I guess they are taught to do. Keepers pulled off a worldie. From 5 yards he's stuck his boot out and flciked it wide. Yes CC should score but he's been taught to go low I imagine. Which brings me to his penalty...
 

usskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #559
Nick said:
How much time though? That's the thing.
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Time’s up m8
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • #560
mark82 said:
Yep, McNulty was playing well but it just wasn't running for him. Biamou helped McNulty no end when he came in though.
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Biamou featured in the vast majority of the first 18 games of the season

What do you mean “when he came in?”

Has he ever created one assist for mcnulty? He only has 3 in his career
 
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