ccfcdale
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I've posted the same thread on GMK.
The whole team on Saturday was poor very poor probably one of the worst performances I've seen this season. The team lacked passion, in conditions like that I used to love playing in conditions like that, we didn't have a stand out performer at the weekend, no one who grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck, as the guys said on the podcast last week we need a gritty midfielder. I for one was looking forward to seeing some of the fringe players coming into the match day 11 and staking a claim, not one of them did that. I have said I really rate Daniels, he was poor he kept giving the ball away, passes were intercepted. The same goes for Thomas, he was awful, he started the game poorly and it just slowly dwindled from then onwards. The midfield was just completely overrun by Crawley. They were willing to make the tackles, there wasn't such thing as a lost cause.
The passing ability of the team as a whole was shocking to watch. The basics in football and they couldn't get it right, yes the pitch was very wet and a greasy surface but it was the same for both teams, Crawley handled it much much better. The back 4 were passing it around each other racking up stats, but not chances, according the the stats we had 9 shots on target?! I think I can remember 3 clear cut chances. The amount of times we had the ball in good shooting areas outside the box and we didn't have a dig at goal was unbelievable. Our midfield was often bypassed by balls over the top, our back four to some extent was the same. Im a fan of Wood but I thought he had a poor game.
The first touch from the whole team was abysmal, I remember Jordan Clarke controlling the ball, he moved his foot and the ball just rolled out of play? I actually laughed that a professional could make such a basic error. For pressley to make one change and bring Ball on who is not the best of players, was laughable, one change in a game where there was nothing to lose or play for, and he didn't do anything, Philliskirk was on the bench he could of made a real difference had he come on, key word COULD. It was one of the worst performances I've watched this season. I just don't know how we can actually play so bad, we do have a good squad here, yet none of them seem able to play.
Ratings.
Murphy. 6
Clarke 5
Martin 6
Wood 5
Stewart 4
Thomas 4
Daniels 4
Fleck 6
Moussa 5
Baker 6
Wilson 5
Ball -1
What are other peoples views on Saturday's game?
Also I would like to add that Coventry City Supporters FC left cov at 6:30 am Saturday morning to play a supporters game in the morning which we won 2-0 which saw us score our 100th goal for the season.
The whole team on Saturday was poor very poor probably one of the worst performances I've seen this season. The team lacked passion, in conditions like that I used to love playing in conditions like that, we didn't have a stand out performer at the weekend, no one who grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck, as the guys said on the podcast last week we need a gritty midfielder. I for one was looking forward to seeing some of the fringe players coming into the match day 11 and staking a claim, not one of them did that. I have said I really rate Daniels, he was poor he kept giving the ball away, passes were intercepted. The same goes for Thomas, he was awful, he started the game poorly and it just slowly dwindled from then onwards. The midfield was just completely overrun by Crawley. They were willing to make the tackles, there wasn't such thing as a lost cause.
The passing ability of the team as a whole was shocking to watch. The basics in football and they couldn't get it right, yes the pitch was very wet and a greasy surface but it was the same for both teams, Crawley handled it much much better. The back 4 were passing it around each other racking up stats, but not chances, according the the stats we had 9 shots on target?! I think I can remember 3 clear cut chances. The amount of times we had the ball in good shooting areas outside the box and we didn't have a dig at goal was unbelievable. Our midfield was often bypassed by balls over the top, our back four to some extent was the same. Im a fan of Wood but I thought he had a poor game.
The first touch from the whole team was abysmal, I remember Jordan Clarke controlling the ball, he moved his foot and the ball just rolled out of play? I actually laughed that a professional could make such a basic error. For pressley to make one change and bring Ball on who is not the best of players, was laughable, one change in a game where there was nothing to lose or play for, and he didn't do anything, Philliskirk was on the bench he could of made a real difference had he come on, key word COULD. It was one of the worst performances I've watched this season. I just don't know how we can actually play so bad, we do have a good squad here, yet none of them seem able to play.
Ratings.
Murphy. 6
Clarke 5
Martin 6
Wood 5
Stewart 4
Thomas 4
Daniels 4
Fleck 6
Moussa 5
Baker 6
Wilson 5
Ball -1
What are other peoples views on Saturday's game?
Also I would like to add that Coventry City Supporters FC left cov at 6:30 am Saturday morning to play a supporters game in the morning which we won 2-0 which saw us score our 100th goal for the season.