Motivation- Down to the players (1 Viewer)

ccfc922 said:

I do question what's happened between Leeds and Blackburn for such a night and day performance.

We looked in control for 90 mins vs Blackburn whereas it took 90 mins for a decent attempt on goal vs Leeds at 3-0 down....

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It's quite simple really I think,we needed a midfielder for 18 months, two transfer windows and went and got another striker,exciting prospect, but one for the future!so either Torp is it or he's not and will be replaced eventually, only issue is we're on a tighter schedule than that!

wingy said:

It's quite simple really I think,we needed a midfielder for 18 months, two transfer windows and went and got another striker,exciting prospect, but one for the future!so either Torp is it or he's not and will be replaced eventually, only issue is we're on a tighter schedule than that!

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?? I meant Leeds on Saturday not 6 months ago

ccfc922 said:

?? I meant Leeds on Saturday not 6 months ago

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Yeah but I mean either or, we didn't have Torp last year, can't remember who was in midfield last year or was on Saturday gone either,was Hamer off by then?

wingy said:

Yeah but I mean either or, we didn't have Torp last year, can't remember who was in midfield last year or was on Saturday gone either,was Hamer off by then?

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Leeds away last season? Hamer was long gone. It was nearly Xmas if memory serves.
It was the game where Farke accused Robins of fielding 'anyone who can defend'. Simms up front on his own, Eccles and Sheaf as holding midfielders and a back 7.

The watchmaker said:

Leeds away last season? Hamer was long gone. It was nearly Xmas if memory serves.
It was the game where Farke accused Robins of fielding 'anyone who can defend'. Simms up front on his own, Eccles and Sheaf as holding midfielders and a back 7.

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Farke is fast becoming one of my most disliked managers.
A fucking buffoon

fernandopartridge said:

Remember there are two teams playing in each game though

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Although it seems obvious most fans don’t really appreciate this point when criticising performances.

Pusb1 said:

What i've consistently failed to understand about footballers.

If we had the same desire and appetite for the bigger games (Spurs, Utd, Wolves, Leicester at home last year)- where the players were visibly 'up for it', As a cold Tuesday night away at the Stokes, Plymouths etc. of this world, or even home games against less 'fancied' opponent's. We'd have been in the Premiership by now.

If we were consistently that up for a game. Every single game. Very few teams would be able to stop us.

Why can players only seem to get motivated for the glamour ties?

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It has been a common theme in the 54 years I have been watching Coventry City.

It is not always down to motivation. Some good sides give you more time on the ball in certain areas of the pitch which makes you look better in possession. Sometimes better side really attack you and are open and vulnerable on the counter-attack.

Poor sides often park the bus and are hard to break down or just generally spoil the game.

Also some of the better sides come to us and are a bit complacent.

Top sides aren't always at their best and even poor sides can play football and score goals. The real difference is consistency and the ability to grind our result even on an off day. The other factor is squad depth. City have always suffered if a couple are out injured and a couple are off form.

long way home said:

Destroyed him, FFS, he was already on the wrong path hence why he got charged with child abuse years later. He would not be someone id be using as a victim of the way Clough managed.

Others could of been named and they would be many. Pearce was called a fraud day after returning from England debut. Megson was called shit and worst player he signed. 10 youth kids minutes after losing heavy to in a youth FA cup final were told to go and be decorators, painters, factory workers while sitting in the kit in the changing room etc one by one.... That was Clough he treated everyone with truth and didn't care if they were offended. Truth hurts i suppose

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What on earth is the wrong path? Being gay in a religious black community?

He wasn’t a child abuser.

Not a victim

Ring Of Steel said:

partially agree- it’s the mental strength & leadership too, maybe more imho. We used to pull results out with much inferior teams than we have now ability-wise, and that was a mental thing- never stopping, plugging away, not letting heads drop if we conceded.

The issue has not been the results as much as the nature of them, we look dead & buried if we concede first, and everyone seems to hide or have zero confidence in what they’re doing.

McFazdean & Kelly were massive losses in this respect

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And Doyle

Johhny Blue said:

And Doyle

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Not really as we got promoted under his captaincy and his only decent season for us