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Match Thread Middlesbrough - Coventry City Match Thread - Tuesday 25th Nov (1 Viewer)

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Johhny Blue

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,751
wingy said:
BTA on hand to bury the Simms chance if it was parried or hitting the bar love it!
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We’ve had multiple players ahead of defenders for rebound situations this season. A huge improvement over recent seasons.
 
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Johhny Blue

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,752
Otis said:
Am I right in saying that there were no bookings in the game at all last night? For either side.

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Congrats Otis. Am I correct in saying this is the first time you’ve ever been right?
 
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Otis

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,753
Ccfcisparks said:
The biggest tell to know if a user is over the age of 55 on here is to get their opinion on xG
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What's XG?
 
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Johhny Blue

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,754
Skyblueweeman said:
Controversial...I thought the 2nd was better.

That ball from Grimes was world class and the header was powerful and well placed.
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I think the power was all Grimes
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,755
JohnWH said:
All-in-all, I give my predictions and baby update match thread a 10 out of 10. (See off topic thread PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT)

The New family of 3 is happy, healthy, and discharged after a couple of days at hospital.

Just got round to watching the replay without seeing the scoreline ahead of time. She was sleeping on my chest for the third goal, had to contain myself mightily.
It was an entertaining, hi octane game altogether, surprised I foretold an OG, thrilled for Simms, even more surprised for Liam K.

Bring on the next victim, we should have no fear.
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Congrats man!

I met this little bundle of cells today, they might only know Premier League CCFC (due next June) :O



Got naming rights if it’s a boy but already had Frank, Victor, Gustavo and Haji vetoed
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,756
shmmeee said:
Congrats man!

I met this little bundle of cells today, they might only know Premier League CCFC (due next June) :O

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Got naming rights if it’s a boy but already had Frank, Victor, Gustavo and Haji vetoed
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Liam??

congrats that’s so exciting
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,757
Sky Blue Pete said:
Liam??

congrats that’s so exciting
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Might give Tatsuhiro a shot
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,758
shmmeee said:
Congrats man!

I met this little bundle of cells today, they might only know Premier League CCFC (due next June) :O

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Got naming rights if it’s a boy but already had Frank, Victor, Gustavo and Haji vetoed
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Wait for the title winning goal
 
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JohnWH

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,759
shmmeee said:
Congrats man!

I met this little bundle of cells today, they might only know Premier League CCFC (due next June) :O

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Got naming rights if it’s a boy but already had Frank, Victor, Gustavo and Haji vetoed
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Much congratulations to you and your wife!

Start an Off Topic thread so we all can bask in your journey.

My own wife ceded naming rights to me for some strange reason (also with veto power). She was thrilled with the girl name but only tolerated my choice of boy name. We found out the baby set by accident through bloodworm, so for us saved months of anxiety.
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,760
JohnWH said:
Much congratulations to you and your wife!

Start an Off Topic thread so we all can bask in your journey.

My own wife ceded naming rights to me for some strange reason (also with veto power). She was thrilled with the girl name but only tolerated my choice of boy name. We found out the baby set by accident through bloodworm, so for us saved months of anxiety.
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Sadly I am exiled from OT by choice. We’ve got another 8 weeks until we know the sex then the naming gets serious.
 
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JohnWH

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,761
shmmeee said:
Congrats man!

I met this little bundle of cells today, they might only know Premier League CCFC (due next June) :O

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Got naming rights if it’s a boy but already had Frank, Victor, Gustavo and Haji vetoed
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Cyrille may get past the gatekeeper
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,762
baldy said:
The XG talk on here really is mind numbing
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Maybe we should have a designated thread for it, then all those who live and die by it can bore themselves silly, whilst the rest of us just go by goals scored and not fret over it???
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,763
robbiethemole said:
Maybe we should have a designated thread for it, then all those who live and die by it can bore themselves silly, whilst the rest of us just go by goals scored and not fret over it???
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Goal scored. Such a nerd with your maths. I just have a gut feeling about who won and go with it.
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,764
Sky Blue Pete said:
Liam??

congrats that’s so exciting
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Viorel

congratulations!
 
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rexo87

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,765
Didn’t Robins play Lati and Binks ahead of them both at some point last season
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,766
Gibbo said:
XG really is bollox
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It really isn't is it? It correlates pretty well with end league position. The top 6 in the league in the Championship last season were all in the top 9 in the xG table, with 5 of the top 6 in the top 6 slots.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 26, 2025
  • #1,767
shmmeee said:
Congrats man!

I met this little bundle of cells today, they might only know Premier League CCFC (due next June) :O

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Got naming rights if it’s a boy but already had Frank, Victor, Gustavo and Haji vetoed
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Congratulations
 

Bernie Rhodes Nose

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,768
TomRad85 said:
He's a Premier League player.
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...for Coventry!!!!
 

fatso

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,769
Gibbo said:
Oh and one other thing. It's going to have to be a bloody good goal to beat Simms' first for goal of the season
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It wasn't even the best goal of the night!
Go check out Stoke's goals from Tuesday!
 

Otis

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,770
fatso said:
It wasn't even the best goal of the night!
Go check out Stoke's goals from Tuesday!
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Oh, really?

I thought that two of the goals were reported as cross shots, as in they were meant to be crosses, but ended up in the net.

I'm sure that's how the Beeb reported them. Were they not then?

Just found the article..

 

fatso

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,771
Otis said:
Oh, really?

I thought that two of the goals were reported as cross shots, as in they were meant to be crosses, but ended up in the net.

I'm sure that's how the Beeb reported them. Were they not then?
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Does it matter?
They looked amazing.

Thomas said afterwards that he meant it, but I'd of said that too tbf
 
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clint van damme

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,772
robbiekeane said:
Do you think Tommy conways chance was a good chance? How good exactly? If a player had that chance 10 times from that same position, how many times do you think would result in a goal on average?

If you cant get your head around that being useful analysis you just dont have the mental capacity unfortunately
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To go off topic slightly, watched the hilights last night, I think Rushworth does really well with the Conway chance.
Get close enough to him that he can't dink it over him do he has to go high, and he goes very high!
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,773
clint van damme said:
To go off topic slightly, watched the hilights last night, I think Rushworth does really well with the Conway chance.
Get close enough to him that he can't dink it over him do he has to go high, and he goes very high!
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Agreed
 
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Ricketts

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,774
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Wait for the title winning goal
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That will be in February
 

AOM

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,775
blunted said:
Chris Cattlin levels of excitement
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Haha, I thought he had some decent insights and analysed the game well, but his own personal commentary while Rob was mid sentence was stressing me out. Especially each time he went 'Oh no..."
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,776
fernandopartridge said:
It really isn't is it? It correlates pretty well with end league position. The top 6 in the league in the Championship last season were all in the top 9 in the xG table, with 5 of the top 6 in the top 6 slots.
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It's a useful metric over a long period.

But using it in small sample periods can be misleading. A certain few on here will treat it as gospel after a handful of games, or even one game, without actually looking at the wider picture.

In that regard particularly it needs wider context applied to it. For instance, Southampton early this season had a high xG - with it claiming they should be 4th in the table under Still - but if anything their league position was continually getting worse.

There were people claiming they were almost guaranteed under Still to improve because of their said xG yet it was fairly obvious that there were wider issues and any real improvement was only likely to happen if a managerial change was made.

But yeah, on the whole xG is very good for cutting through the noise and spotting who’s genuinely good and who just lucky over a few weeks.
 
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Calista

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,777
shmmeee said:
Might give Tatsuhiro a shot
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How about Bright
 
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JSL

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,778
I have just been watching a post match analysis on YouTube of Tuesday's game and when I look at the Conway miss in the second half from behind the goal, I reckon Rushworth gets a slight hand to it to balloon it over. What an absolute great save if he did
 
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CovRes

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,779
JSL said:
I have just been watching a post match analysis on YouTube of Tuesday's game and when I look at the Conway miss in the second half from behind the goal, I reckon Rushworth gets a slight hand to it to balloon it over. What an absolute great save if he did
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Conway's reaction would suggest it was a miss. And I don't think any other player appealed for a corner. As Clint van damme days above, Rushworth forced him into going high.
 
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jordan210

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,780
If anyone was winding what Grimes was talking to the ref about after the 4th goal. you can see at 22:22

 
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DT-R

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,781
Ccfcisparks said:
The biggest tell to know if a user is over the age of 55 on here is to get their opinion on xG
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Im 40, and i think xG is a load of fucking pish.

Sent from my SM-S711B using Tapatalk
 
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SkyblueTexan

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,782
Was reading Adi’s post game comments and he’s really a class act I must say. Gives credit where it’s due. Stark contrast to Robins’ views the other day after the Stoke match which rubbed us the wrong way. Would love to have Adi back if he’s interested and join our ex-Chelsea coaching contingent.
 
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Calista

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,783
SkyblueTexan said:
Would love to have Adi back if he’s interested and join our ex-Chelsea coaching contingent.
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Can't help thinking it would be a huge risk to introduce such a strong character into what is clearly a setup that's working beautifully for us. If it ain't broke, don't fix it?
 
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clint van damme

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,784
CovRes said:
Clint van damme days
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Like the sound of these
 
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CovRes

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  • Nov 27, 2025
  • #1,785
clint van damme said:
Like the sound of these
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Ducking auto-defect!
 
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