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Match Thread Leeds United - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 16th Dec (4 Viewers)

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David O'Day

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,016
SkyblueTexan said:
Thinking back about that chance Palmer missed at the end, I bet Godden would’ve scored if he’d come on.
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yeah but godden wouldn't have tried to knock one their players out twice so swings and roundabouts
 
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Chris1987

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,017
On my way back from Leeds . Very happy with the point. Initially I was disappointed with the line up but what do I know ? Robins got it right. Kitching was immense as was MVE. Captain next season
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,018
Great point, good performance. I've been to the match and coming away it felt like a win tbh, responded well to their goal and looked dangerous on the counter.

We restricted them to very little first half, a bit more second but we looked dangerous on the counter.

I think Robins got it right all in all.

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Evo1883

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
 
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Matt smith

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,021
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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Superb point, great performance
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,022
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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Burner account confirmed
 
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Martin180

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,023
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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By many others do you mean your other clueless accounts on here ?
 

Alkhen

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,024
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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Instantly discount anything you say due to your stupid user name
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,025
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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It's easy to invent a hypothetical scenario when the reality is that we played a team full of attacking talent we just couldn't go gung ho against, it was the right choice imo to stop them first. We'd have been torn apart on the breakaway by eg James.

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higgs

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,026
Squad gelling nicely battling for each other hard earned point

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Evo1883

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,027
fernandopartridge said:
It's easy to invent a hypothetical scenario when the reality is that we played a team full of attacking talent we just couldn't go gung ho against, it was the right choice imo to stop them first. We'd have been torn apart on the breakaway by eg James.

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I thought Leeds looked a far better team than Southampton
 
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covcity4life

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,028
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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I think you make some fair points here tbh. Hope you ain't a wum like others are saying though.
 
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,029
maybe
fernandopartridge said:
It's easy to invent a hypothetical scenario when the reality is that we played a team full of attacking talent we just couldn't go gung ho against, it was the right choice imo to stop them first. We'd have been torn apart on the breakaway by eg James.

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maybe yes, and I’m no tactical genius, but like I say if some of their players had been more on the ball they could’ve had two or three in the first half, let alone the 20 minute spell after the break - so we didn’t stop them as much as they fluffed their opportunities. In the end whatever we did we came away with a point so thumbs up, and maybe going gung ho would’ve been footballing suicide, but we’ll never know will we.

it’s nice to see people on here like a discussion rather than simply rubbishing others’ opinions though

just for clarity I don’t have any other accounts, never had, and I don’t know who ‘Boosh’ is - I only joined here a few weeks ago to have a bit of constructive back and forth, but most people prefer to just shout you down if they don’t agree
 
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AJB1983

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,030
Daniel Farke not bitter at all….
Did a number on them ultimately….
 

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Happy_Martian

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,032
Evo1883 said:
I thought Leeds looked a far better team than Southampton
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Would home advantage have played a part in that?
 
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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Evo1883 said:
I thought Leeds looked a far better team than Southampton
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Leeds definitely played better football, Southampton tried to bore us off the park - both decent teams though, I’d be surprised if they weren’t both in the top six at the end of the season (states the obvious before anybody else says anything)
 
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play_in_skyblue_stripes

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,034
I disagree with "Sky Blue tinted glasses".
A very good performance by City. Plan for first half worked and all playeers did their job. Under some pressure in 2nd half but deserved the draw definitely. Leeds could have scored towards the end.

BTW, Away section is very outdated and no longer suitable .
 
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Speedies_Chips

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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hamertime said:
Hamer and vik got us to that final not Robins. Our negative dire first half performance lost us that final and that was Robins.

Id rather us loose today trying to win it showing some guts. It comes from the Top and it’s what Robins is lacking and will ultimately be our down fall.

Bury your head in the sand.
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Can’t take anyone who doesn’t know the difference between lose and loose seriously.
 
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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play_in_skyblue_stripes said:
I disagree with "Sky Blue tinted glasses".
A very good performance by City. Plan for first half worked and all playeers did their job. Under some pressure in 2nd half but deserved the draw definitely. Leeds could have scored towards the end.

BTW, Away section is very outdated and no longer suitable .
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fair enough, I think I’d agree to an extent the plan worked but we still could’ve been two or three down by half time - I think Farke makes some fair points although ultimately with a degree of bitterness given if they were good enough they would’ve taken their chances…

we could’ve won it really, and I’m sure most on here would agree that we wouldn’t have deserved that?
 

clint van damme

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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AJB1983 said:
Daniel Farke not bitter at all….
Did a number on them ultimately….
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Farke is a wank
 
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Boicey

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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Will be interesting when they come to our place towards the end of the season.
Hope we can open up and give them a real hammering.
 

fatso

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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Tile Hill Phil said:
Great battling point but not sure about Collins,he parries too many shots. He got away with it today but on another occasion
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He's been sick the last couple of days, and only trained yesterday, so I thought he did OK under the circumstances.
 
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Macca

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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2 pts from last 2 fixtures is a great effort. Now let’s sneak another off Sunderland
 
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itsabuzzard

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,041
AJB1983 said:
Daniel Farke not bitter at all….
Did a number on them ultimately….
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Chewing lemons.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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David O'Day said:
yeah but godden wouldn't have tried to knock one their players out twice so swings and roundhouses
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FFY
 
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PVA

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,043
Happy_Martian said:
View attachment 32843
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That's strange, that coincides with the exact moment that Robins had taken us as far as he could according to some
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,044
AJB1983 said:
Daniel Farke not bitter at all….
Did a number on them ultimately….
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another arrogant fucking arsehole
 

SkyBlueSoul

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,045
play_in_skyblue_stripes said:
BTW, Away section is very outdated and no longer suitable .
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I sat in the home end for an England women's game last season and it wasn't much better. Reminded me of the concourse behind the west stand at Highfield Road in the early 00's. Very cramped and sticky.
 

fatso

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,046
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
there are a lot of ‘sky blue tinted’ specs on here…yes it was a good point won, and in parts we looked ok but what does it say when you’re ecstatic with one point and the other team are gutted?

if Leeds were more clinical they could’ve had two or three before we had a chance to pull level, and that’s not down to our tactics, more that they missed a couple of sitters.

I’m pleased with the point, and in parts the performance of most, but can’t help thinking with a different approach we could’ve taken the game to them and got more.

Whilst I’m not aligning myself with hamertime, I think there is some truth to the fact Robins is a ‘cautious’ (read negative) manager which can sometimes cost us points / opportunities. It’s not a ‘Robins out’ post because he’s still doing ok, but I (and many others) do wonder how far he can take the team.

I’d love him to be at the helm in a couple of years as we sit debating the whys and wherefores of his team selection against Arsenal away as we sit comfortably mid prem - time will tell.

My feelings today, a lucky point won against a decent team with a fair few premiership quality players - we could’ve nicked it but wouldn’t have deserved it, they were the better team. By hook or by crook we are slowly becoming more difficult to beat which is a good quality in this league - onto the next one!
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I'd say MR isn't negative, I'd say he picks horses for course's, he certainly wasn't negative against Birmingham or Southampton,

but today he probably thought we'd struggle to get much of the ball, and with Wright rumoured to have a knock, and O'hare and Palmer not 100% fit yet, and Allen not able to tackle himself out of a brown paper bag, it made sense to be more defensive, and Desilva and Eccles offered fresh legs and are more tenacious than our attacking playmakers.

In the end we got what we set out for, and we were still able to create the odd chance.
 
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slowpoke

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  • Dec 16, 2023
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That performance will make opponents think, on paper it was almost a reserve team kicking off tactics bang on could have nicked it just had that wobble for a few minutes when they scored.
 

Hobo

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  • Dec 16, 2023
  • #1,048
Great away point that. Good tactics and a lot of graft from the players.
 

2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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Macca said:
2 pts from last 2 fixtures is a great effort. Now let’s sneak another off Sunderland
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Sunderland will arguably be a test of where we are given, in my opinion, we should be at a similar if not slightly better level than them

are we setting up to nick a point? will we be happy with that? should we play more offensive from the off?

I’ll say it again, I think if we are serious about being a top six team in this league we should be looking to win these games rather than being happy with a point
 
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2024/25 League 1 Champs?

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fatso said:
I'd say MR isn't negative, I'd say he picks horses for course's, he certainly wasn't negative against Birmingham or Southampton,

but today he probably thought we'd struggle to get much of the ball, and with Wright rumoured to have a knock, and O'hare and Palmer not 100% fit yet, and Allen not able to tackle himself out of a brown paper bag, it made sense to be more defensive, and Desilva and Eccles offered fresh legs and are more tenacious than our attacking playmakers.

In the end we got what we set out for, and we were still able to create the odd chance.
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some good points - and I’m not necessarily meaning today in terms of negativity, he is in the main good with setting the team up tactically for what’s in front of them, but what I’m saying is if we are aiming for top six for three out of five years then perhaps sometimes we need to be a bit more fearless? One point is better than none, sometimes three is there for the taking too…
 
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