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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Today at 10:01 AM
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What impressed me so much about yesterday was how Woolfy and Lati stepped up and into the leadership roles of Bobby and Kitch and it then got me thinking

Especially with Dasilva and Haji both playing their 100th games for the club.

Who do people identify with as the player that epitomises the Coventry spirit in this current team?

My two penneth

Grimes but then he’s only been in the team for about 40 games or so. He’s quietly massively efficient never gets too overly excited or mad when we concede

Mve clearly the clown who does get massively over excited

Bobby is for me the true leader in the team and you feel he would run through a wall for any of his team mates and smile about it

Rushworth coming into his own so calm and so brilliant he was the one calming Frank down and moving him away after the game. Again though he’s on loan and has only played 20 odd games for us

I suppose ultimately the leaders are Frank and Joe to enable a 10 man team finding with Kkh, Lati, wolf, brau, Bidwell, Allen to play with such passion and fire and no little skill it obviously comes from their ability to engender a sense of togetherness and belief in the overall team and club

Who are your leaders who epitomise Coventry city at the moment?
 
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JSL

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  • Today at 10:07 AM
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For me Mason Clarke is starting to flourish. That fist when he was being stretched off against Stoke and the goal celebration against Bristol City shows that he cares and shows winning mentality.
 
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MacReady

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  • Today at 10:10 AM
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Mason Clarkes massive grin when it was all kicking was ace
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Today at 10:11 AM
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MacReady said:
Mason Clarkes massive grin when it was all kicking was ace
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Even haji pushed thb and pointed his finger
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Today at 10:14 AM
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MacReady said:
Mason Clarkes massive grin when it was all kicking was ace
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I need to rewatch!
 

pusbccfc

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  • Today at 10:22 AM
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Sky Blue Pete said:
Even haji pushed thb and pointed his finger
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I was speechless watching him get stuck in
 
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mmttww

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  • Today at 10:24 AM
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I remember seeing the expression on Liam Kelly's face as he was about to lead the team out vs. Boro in the second leg at their place and thinking we had nothing to worry about. Grimes looks the same. He's quietly made an enormous difference to the attitude of the squad IMO.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Today at 10:24 AM
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Clear leaders for me are Grimes, Thomas, Rushworth and Rudoni
 
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mmttww

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  • Today at 10:27 AM
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and I think Torp does a lot more organising and maintaining standards during games than you'd expect.
 
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Gint11

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  • Today at 10:30 AM
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Bidders was well up for a scrap yesterday
 
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Deity

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  • Today at 10:37 AM
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Cally Fedora said:
Clear leaders for me are Grimes, Thomas, Rushworth and Rudoni
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Not Kitch ?
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Today at 10:37 AM
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Gint11 said:
Bidders was well up for a scrap yesterday
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Still one of my favourite descriptions made on here a few years back…”Bidwell looks like Todd Kane’s drug dealer”.
Apologies but I can’t remember who posted it.
 
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Boicey

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  • Today at 10:59 AM
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Bobby is a totally committed player you want in your team, I'm not sure he's a leader though. Too much of a joker.
Grimes is the only standout leader.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Today at 11:07 AM
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Deity said:
Not Kitch ?
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Not as much. No criticism, he seems like quite a quiet character. I think he likes a bit of biff when wound up though.
 
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larry_david

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  • Today at 11:22 AM
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The wolf showed signs yesterday of it. Hitting Rushworth with a slap on the chest after he made a save, roaring when a late offside was given, and he was giving it large in the scrap after.

I also enjoyed Haji getting involved. He's so so so laid back, too much at times so was good to see.

We've got them all over the pitch. JDS is secretly a huge player in this squad. You can see from the unseen training videos he's got a persona about him.

And when you hear grimes talking after a game, hes a manager in the making
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Today at 11:34 AM
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There are many leaders in the team, and across the management. It is a team of winners.

Despite some comments that 'having a good captain was not important', since our last one left, and we implemented a proper one, we seem a lot more resilient and tougher. We don't seem to shit the bed, and you always think we can bounce back if we concede a goal. The amount of balls we have is encouraging, as is the organisation.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Today at 11:35 AM
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For me Kitching is the one, with players like Bobby, Rudi, MvE and Grimes falling into like mini catagories of different types of leaders
 
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Bigelvesy

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  • Today at 11:43 AM
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I think what we’re seeing at the moment is this squad is absolutely united in the goal and vision. First 11 or not, they are completely with each other and the team spirit is phenomenal. That only comes through time and shared experience, whilst we all expected a lot of turnover in the summer, its really looking like now that keeping them together and sprinkling with magic like rushworth was 100% the right thing to do and is paying dividends.

An important thing to note going into January, its clear we need to add a couple to bolster depth (3/4 academy boys on the bench yesterday) but they have to be the right people to add to the overall effectiveness of the team on and off the pitch.
 
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Bigelvesy

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  • Today at 11:44 AM
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
There are many leaders in the team, and across the management. It is a team of winners.

Despite some comments that 'having a good captain was not important', since our last one left, and we implemented a proper one, we seem a lot more resilient and tougher. We don't seem to shit the bed, and you always think we can bounce back if we concede a goal. The amount of balls we have is encouraging, as is the organisation.
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I do love this at the moment. The WBA and Charlton games when we conceded there was absolutely no negative reaction on the pitch. We just go again with complete confidence we’ll score.
I 100% felt it in the stands, both games i sat there thinking we WILL win this, its inevitable
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Today at 11:48 AM
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Bigelvesy said:
I do love this at the moment. The WBA and Charlton games when we conceded there was absolutely no negative reaction on the pitch. We just go again with complete confidence we’ll score.
I 100% felt it in the stands, both games i sat there thinking we WILL win this, its inevitable
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Eve n at 5-0 against qpr i wast celebration
 
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Bigelvesy

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  • Today at 11:49 AM
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Sky Blue Pete said:
Eve n at 5-0 against qpr i wast celebration
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I suspect this has something to do with our respective ages and past traumas
 
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eastwoodsdustman

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  • 25 minutes ago
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larry_david said:
The wolf showed signs yesterday of it. Hitting Rushworth with a slap on the chest after he made a save, roaring when a late offside was given, and he was giving it large in the scrap after.

I also enjoyed Haji getting involved. He's so so so laid back, too much at times so was good to see.

We've got them all over the pitch. JDS is secretly a huge player in this squad. You can see from the unseen training videos he's got a persona about him.

And when you hear grimes talking after a game, hes a manager in the making
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If you closely at the footage of the after match melee, Wolfenden is gunning for Welington and you can see Welington run away at the bottom of the screen.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • 21 minutes ago
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eastwoodsdustman said:
If you closely at the footage of the after match melee, Wolfenden is gunning for Welington and you can see Welington run away at the bottom of the screen.
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I would too
 

fernandopartridge

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  • 14 minutes ago
  • #24
Boicey said:
Bobby is a totally committed player you want in your team, I'm not sure he's a leader though. Too much of a joker.
Grimes is the only standout leader.
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Kitching is as well, certainly on the pitch. I think Grimes is a great all rounder.
 
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Shannerz

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  • 11 minutes ago
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Terry_dactyl said:
Still one of my favourite descriptions made on here a few years back…”Bidwell looks like Todd Kane’s drug dealer”.
Apologies but I can’t remember who posted it.
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The best description of one of our players on here was, 'Brad Collins doesn't look like a footballer, he looks like a man who would try to sell you mastiff puppies in a flat-roofed pub.'

No idea wh'os post it was, but it proper made me laugh.
 
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long way home

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  • 10 minutes ago
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I always thought we were a bit soft as a collective group, a bit nice. Even with Fadz, Vik and Adi on the side it was a calm group. In my opinion yesterday showed another difference between the management and coaching styles of the two coaching groups.

FL did start that and i wonder if he did it with a touch of trying to find out about the group. Perfect time when your backs are against the wall to use that fight at the end to show togetherness. He will do the same woth the refs and be in the changing room telling the players its the world against us. If it is deliberately done, its genius and makes the group closer and the fans feel that all the support, cost and effort is worth it.
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • 9 minutes ago
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long way home said:
I always thought we were a bit soft as a collective group, a bit nice. Even with Fadz, Vik and Adi on the side it was a calm group. In my opinion yesterday showed another difference between the management and coaching styles of the two coaching groups.

FL did start that and i wonder if he did it with a touch of trying to find out about the group. Perfect time when your backs are against the wall to use that fight at the end to show togetherness. He will do the same woth the refs and be in the changing room telling the players its the world against us. If it is deliberately done, its genius and makes the group closer and the fans feel that all the support, cost and effort is worth it.
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It's very Mourinho, isn't it?
 
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