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quinn1971

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,191
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
"we won't keep playing like this" we had one against Blackburn followed it up with 1 point in 3 games against mediocre opposition there is no "normal" in football ."we normally do better against the better sides" myth the 7 side that finished above us last year W4 L8 D2 if my counts right.
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wev’e started the last 3 seasons poorly, everyone needs to just calm down a bit, 35 games left, 100 % we turn it around, I’d take another draw Saturday,1 step at a time,
 
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Deity

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,192
Boicey said:
I personally think Robins has so much credit in the bank with fans, the majority would back him even if we were relegated. That's largely an emotional decision.
Doug has a business decision. Relegation will be hugely damaging to the club. Can he oversee that without trying a new manager?
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I don’t think so. It was unthinkable at Wembley last year that any City fan wanted Robins gone, now 1/3rd seem to. If we are bottom 3 end Of Nov that will be over 50%, End of Dec it will be 70% + …..

No such thing as a job for life. Nor would Robins expect there to be.
 

alfielloyd

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,193
quinn1971 said:
wev’e started the last 3 seasons poorly, everyone needs to just calm down a bit, 35 games left, 100 % we turn it around, I’d take another draw Saturday,1 step at a time,
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It is brilliant that we now accept starting the season like a sack of shit as normal, mind the way we ended last season was also like a sack of shit. Hopefully, the middle of the season will be astounding.
 
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itsabuzzard

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,194
wingy said:
Your wouldn't believe what Oggy said just prior to them scoring
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I was shouting at him through the trannie as soon as he said it, but to no avail.
 
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GaryJones

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,195
M3rcian said:
You didn't mention the outstanding miss 3 yards from goal. Hadji-esque
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He got the assist for that bit of fancy footwork
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,196
quinn1971 said:
wev’e started the last 3 seasons poorly, everyone needs to just calm down a bit, 35 games left, 100 % we turn it around, I’d take another draw Saturday,1 step at a time,
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As they say when your buying stocks and shares previous performance is no guarantee future profits.Wish I had your "100%" thoughts.
Just a thought where do you think we will finish?
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,197
stupot07 said:
I don't think you can really include cup games, they are completely different to league games.

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Why not?

My post was in reply to comments about whether or not we perform better against top teams. We only get to play the best teams (Premiership clubs) in cup matches.
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,198
Deity said:
I don’t think so. It was unthinkable at Wembley last year that any City fan wanted Robins gone, now 1/3rd seem to. If we are bottom 3 end Of Nov that will be over 50%, End of Dec it will be 70% + …..

No such thing as a job for life. Nor would Robins expect there to be.
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If Robins gets the sack there will be numerous other clubs trying to sign him up.
 
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Deity

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,199
StrettoBoy said:
If Robins gets the sack there will be numerous other clubs trying to sign him up.
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Totally agree but that’s football.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,200
alfielloyd said:
It is brilliant that we now accept starting the season like a sack of shit as normal, mind the way we ended last season was also like a sack of shit. Hopefully, the middle of the season will be astounding.
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not Being funny but what were you thinking the last 2 seasons when we started poorly ?
 

rob9872

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,201
itsabuzzard said:
I was shouting at him through the trannie as soon as he said it, but to no avail.
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Gonna have to get you on a diversity course
 
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covboy9

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,202
fernandopartridge said:
What a load of drivel
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Cos you know best
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,203
rob9872 said:
Gonna have to get you on a diversity course
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The trannie was just as raging as I was.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,204
covboy9 said:
Robins slaughtered simms and dovin, whilst he was right you can’t do that in the media, I think he knows he’s getting the boot

robins clearly has stuff going on and isn’t committed like he was, he probably fell out with viveash and it’s fallen apart

I think king will give the job to George
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There nothing whatsoever to suggest he’d get the job. It’s a rumour that started on here based on nothing.
 

alfielloyd

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,205
quinn1971 said:
not Being funny but what were you thinking the last 2 seasons when we started poorly ?
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I was thinking that our leader would evaluate why and make sure we would make a positive start to this season. This season we have not yet played the teams most likely and the end of last season was concerning. Making the same mistakes repeatedly is a big concern.
 

FergieTheFinisher

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  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,206
AFCCOVENTRY said:
It might be Robins can’t work in this culture and Doug finds someone who can?
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Well there could well be something in this.

Robins has been at his best when we’ve had no resources, not even a ground, let alone a large amount of back room staff. It may well be he knows the new culture and environment is the way modern successful teams are structured, but it’s not a structure he can thrive in. If this was the case then a replacement who embraces this might do wonders.
However, as this is all conjecture I remain Robins IN for now.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 23, 2024
  • #1,207
stupot07 said:
We were underdogs against Leeds away this season. "Free hit" people said.

People saw us as dark horses for a top 6 finish, no one had us down as red hot favourites.

Good news is now we're bottom 3 we will be underdogs in every game.
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This is one group of players where saying ‘we’ve got 35 cup finals now boys’ might actually work.
 

clint van damme

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,208
Nick said:
Sisu in
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They can bring Slade back with them to keep you and a few others happy.
 
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Otis

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,209
clint van damme said:
They can bring Slade back with them to keep you and a few others happy.
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As my mum used to say, some people aren't happy unless they're moaning.
 
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torchomatic

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,210
This forum has pretty much always been the same. We're either world beaters or relegation fodder. There are no shades of grey.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,211
Brighton Sky Blue said:
This is one group of players where saying ‘we’ve got 35 cup finals now boys’ might actually work.
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Football 365 website had as down for automatic promotion. Maybe they had their table upside down.
 

Chris1987

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,212
torchomatic said:
This forum has pretty much always been the same. We're either world beaters or relegation fodder. There are no shades of grey.
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Problem is there isn't much grey about the current situation. I wouldn't regard us as relegation fodder but it's fair to say that the situation is becoming more concerning with the passing of each game and the fixture run coming up doesn't exactly inspire huge optimism. We are in a scrap that's for sure and something has to change quickly in terms of form or management. It remains to be seen which way things go.
 

torchomatic

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,213
Chris1987 said:
Problem is there isn't much grey about the current situation. I wouldn't regard us as relegation fodder but it's fair to say that the situation is becoming more concerning with the passing of each game and the fixture run coming up doesn't exactly inspire huge optimism. We are in a scrap that's for sure and something has to change quickly in terms of form or management. It remains to be seen which way things go.
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We will never have another manager who has pushed this club forward and brought us so much to cheer about than Mark Robins.

It's my birthday on Monday. My first game was on my birthday in 1972. In those 52 years I've seen plenty of lows and a few highs (87). The majority of it was pretty lean though.

In the last 7 years I've not known such tremendous continued success (however you gauge that) and progression than under Mark Robins. He "gets" Coventry City. He's experienced our worst. He's brought us the best.

If King pulls the trigger and sacks MR then I can't see things getting better any sooner than if he'd backed him.

Some fans should be mindful of what they wish for.
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,214
torchomatic said:
We will never have another manager who has pushed this club forward and brought us so much to cheer about than Mark Robins.

It's my birthday on Monday. My first game was on my birthday in 1972. In those 52 years I've seen plenty of lows and a few highs (87). The majority of it was pretty lean though.

In the last 7 years I've not known such tremendous continued success (however you gauge that) and progression than under Mark Robins. He "gets" Coventry City. He's experienced our worst. He's brought us the best.

If King pulls the trigger and sacks MR then I can't see things getting better any sooner than if he'd backed him.

Some fans should be mindful of what they wish for.
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agreed, and I will not remember on Monday so an advance Happy Birthday to you
 
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Grendel

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,215
quinn1971 said:
yes You can,we’ve played better when we’re the underdog, this season we were hot favourites,looks like the plsyers believed it, perfect game for us Saturday,nobody’s expecting anything
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To put this into context against the top half last season I believe this was our points tally

P22 W5 D3 L14 Pts 18
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,216
Grendel said:
To put this into context against the top half last season I believe this was our points tally

P22 W5 D3 L14 Pts 18
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I quoted to him earlier on here,us against the 6 above us.Those figures look even worse in the 8 games those directly below us we only won 1 drew 1 and lost 6 .
 
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Deity

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,217
torchomatic said:
We will never have another manager who has pushed this club forward and brought us so much to cheer about than Mark Robins.

It's my birthday on Monday. My first game was on my birthday in 1972. In those 52 years I've seen plenty of lows and a few highs (87). The majority of it was pretty lean though.

In the last 7 years I've not known such tremendous continued success (however you gauge that) and progression than under Mark Robins. He "gets" Coventry City. He's experienced our worst. He's brought us the best.

If King pulls the trigger and sacks MR then I can't see things getting better any sooner than if he'd backed him.

Some fans should be mindful of what they wish for.
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I don’t disagree.

to play devils advocate though you can have a successful manager plateau and need a different calibre again to make the next step.

Brighton did well under Potter but are better without him. Bournemouth did well under Howe but better without him. Cooper over achieved at Forest but they are better without him.

England did well under Southgate but we would all have swapped him tor Pep or Jurgen in a heart beat.

Robins deserves longer to turn this around and I think he might well still do that but if he doesn’t then it’s all about the quality of the person we bring in.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,218
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
I quoted to him earlier on here,us against the 6 above us.Those figures look even worse in the 8 games those directly below us we only won 1 drew 1 and lost 6 .
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just trying to get some positivity going,you could have just gone with it
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Oct 24, 2024
  • #1,219
quinn1971 said:
just trying to get some positivity going,you could have just gone with it
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Me all for positivity and will be Saturday cheering them on but won't tell lies just to make a point.Your the one would said we do better the better the opponents.NO
 
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quinn1971

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  • Oct 25, 2024
  • #1,220
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Me all for positivity and will be Saturday cheering them on but won't tell lies just to make a point.Your the one would said we do better the better the opponents.NO
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lighten up mate, our best games this season have been against spurs and Blackburn, so Technically I’m right
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 26, 2024
  • #1,221
Much better fight and passion today from the players.

Rudoni played really well and was a good change I think, not sure he can play there full time but in that game he made a difference getting down the pitch.

Reserving judgement until Christmas
 
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Otis

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  • Oct 26, 2024
  • #1,222
Nick said:
Much better fight and passion today from the players.

Rudoni played really well and was a good change I think, not sure he can play there full time but in that game he made a difference getting down the pitch.

Reserving judgement until Christmas
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Yep, Robins has definitely earned the right to be given more time to change our fortunes.

We do need to stop keep having these awful starts to seasons though. Needs addressing as a matter of urgency.
 
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Skybluecol

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  • Oct 26, 2024
  • #1,223
Nick said:
Much better fight and passion today from the players.

Rudoni played really well and was a good change I think, not sure he can play there full time but in that game he made a difference getting down the pitch.

Reserving judgement until Christmas
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He's great in possession, poor when we don't have the ball.....if that gets sorted he'll be a cracking player for us
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Oct 26, 2024
  • #1,224
Yes, and his set piece delivery is probably worth 10 goals a season
 
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quinn1971

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  • Oct 26, 2024
  • #1,225
he’s lost the dressing room? players. Aren’t good enough, coaches aren’t good enough ? Fuck off, quality today, even at 2-0 down , never gave up, proper fans stuck with them ,
 
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