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Match Thread vs Cardiff (A) 19/09/23 (13 Viewers)

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DrPoolittle

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,296
SBT said:
The key issue here is that we got a whole new recruitment team just as we got our biggest cash injection in decades.

I can’t be the only one with the suspicion that Chris Badlan might have handled this summer better than Dean Austin has.
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Sooner or later though, we must assume that Robins agreed….
 

Skyblueweeman

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,297
Brighton Sky Blue said:
That performance was on a par with Norwich away last season. It hurt to watch.
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We only lost two of the next 14 after that. Like I said earlier, hopefully this is a galvanizing result.
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,298
Evo1883 said:
It could prove to be a terrible bit of business by the club
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If he’s a flop then it’s undoubtedly the worst signing in club history. Said at the time it was an almighty gamble.
 
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Marty

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,299
3 hours a day of running for the next week sounds about the right training for them if they want to turn in that kind of performance. The cunts need to up their fitness anyway.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,300
Grendel said:
He is in the ethos of a robins team. Let’s just hope o hare is back soon as well
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A Robins system needs energy at am it seems
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,301
Grendel said:
He is in the ethos of a robins team. Let’s just hope o hare is back soon as well
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The things I would do to be able to go back to the box of Allen and O'Hare...

If we did I feel we could even play Ayari next to Sheaf long term.
 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,302
Deleted member 5849 said:
Wright was abysmal today. Ignore his price tag, he can't control that, but given he's actually scored goals in Turkey, you have to ask how as it stands.
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He can’t control. Full stop.
 
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Finham

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,303
Macca said:
Really dont know what Bidwell has done wrong
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Need to get him back in ASAP.
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,304
Evo1883 said:
It could prove to be a terrible bit of business by the club
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We could be in a position where nobody wants him in a couple of years. No way in hell will we make any sort of profit on him if he keeps this up. So we have basically wasted almost half of the Gyokeres money which was meant to propel the team forward into a new era.
 
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ccfc1234

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,305
I hope I am wrong but Robins looks like he has invested millions of pounds unwisely. Wright, based on what I have seen so far, looks like a Baka level forward. Please those who disagree point me to what attributes I am overlooking. His first touch is shocking and at his age those are FUNDAMENTALS you would need to assess and do due diligence on for 8 million.
Lati and Saka are improvements on what we had and for the circa 1m they cost look decent value.
All our big investments look MVE aside like money badly or at best averagely spent.

Very annoyed and MR needs to own some of it and not blame 'mistakes' and 'individual errors'
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,306
Evo1883 said:
It could prove to be a terrible bit of business by the club
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And people want to drop Godden ...
 

Finham

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,307
Martin180 said:
Binks showed up well tonight , don't think Kitching will replace him anytime soon
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Binks looked the better player by far.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,308
DrPoolittle said:
We looked ponderous. Like England against Ukraine. Lots of possession but no incision. Cov just look better when they attack at speed.
Not convinced by Ayari but clearly, I am in a minority.
Oh! I pine for the sensible SISU spending of yore that delivered O’Hare, Gyokeres and Hamer. Instead of blowing £30 million on mediocrity
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joys Handbag investment is looking a lot better than Doug Kings atm
 
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Martin180

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,309
CCFC54321 said:
For the money spent on wright and simms I have to say they are dreadful. Don’t give me their young and need to bed in like gyokeres had to either.

At this moment in time I’d have that 50p that Robins wouldn’t have touched that pair if could turn back three months.
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Bit harsh on Simms , think he's showed he has something just needs a goal . Would've been easy to hide tonight and he didn't
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,310
hill83 said:
We could be in a position where nobody wants him in a couple of years. No way in hell will we make any sort of profit on him if he keeps this up. So we have basically wasted almost half of the Gyokeres money which was meant to propel the team forward into a new era.
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Hopefully he comes good , but I'd just like him to control a football first before we look any further
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,311
Deleted member 5849 said:
Wright was abysmal today. Ignore his price tag, he can't control that, but given he's actually scored goals in Turkey, you have to ask how as it stands.
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There is very little history of a prolific record in Turkey translating to similar success in England.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,312
Well that was dogshit
 

baldy

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,313
steveo1987 said:
That was very sobering, favourites need dropping, Fadz looked sadly very exposed, Palmer , Kelly, Eccles, awful, nothing upfront really, yes Godden scored but very ordinary. Saka looked OK, we are desperate for something creative and different, someone tell me what Bidwell did wrong...Kong hard look Robins because Cardiff were vert fucking ordinary, good sides will destroy us.
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I'd rather have an 'ordinary' Godden in the team & scoring goals at the same time - that's what he's there for ffs
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,314
Grendel said:
He is in the ethos of a robins team. Let’s just hope o hare is back soon as well
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Makes me think we’ve signed players off the back of XG bollocks or whatever and nothing else. I’m sure Allen’s stats look shite on a spreadsheet.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,315
Deleted member 9744 said:
And people want to drop Godden ...
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We'd be royally fucked without godden right now
 
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Marty

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,316
Even on his youtube highlights reel he looked a donkey for a lot of it.
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,317
Trying to be positive but that was awful. Needs to be a massive change next game. There needs to be a reaction.

On the plus side, we somehow currently own the Championship joint top scorer

 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,318
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
joys Handbag investment is looking a lot better than Doug Kings atm
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Heresy. But it was sensible, sustained spending. SISU In!
 

stupot07

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,319
fernandopartridge said:
Some of the clueless muffins on here who constantly criticise Allen, yet we suddenly look a bit more like a team when he's on and offering an option to recycle the ball. I wouldn't be bothered if I never saw Palmer play for the club again after that.

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Allen was brilliant when he came on, don't think he gave the ball away, always and option and always looking to play forward then move into space.

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mark82

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,320
Skyblueweeman said:
It was always going to be tough when you lose your two best players with a combined 50 goals/assists.
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Not replacing Hamer is a massive mistake.
 
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Esoterica

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,321
I'm not even convinced by Sakamoto yet. Yes, he's got a low centre of gravity and he's tricky but he slows the game down so much while he waits for the defender to catch him up, just so he can skin him again, that Cardiff had reorganised and had a box full of players every time he crossed the ball.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,322
Positive

fair fucking play Matty godden

been superb in front of goal

criticize him but I can’t at the moment, superb
 
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Quball

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,323
TomRad85 said:
Palmer was pathetic tonight tbf. Love to see his pass completion stats.

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22/31 71%
 

hill83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,324
Evo1883 said:
Hopefully he comes good , but I'd just like him to control a football first before we look any further
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He’s off and running before it’s even come to him like he thinks the defender isn’t there. Infuriating. And he’s lightweight. Can’t control, can’t shoot, can’t pass. Doesn’t know where to be. The midfield don’t want to pass to him as they know it’s coming straight back. He needs serious work. £7 fucking million or whatever it is. Jesus fucking christ.
 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,325
All that matters is avoiding relegation.

It’s just what Coventry exist for in football
 

usskyblue

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,326
There’s very little cohesion at the moment.. which we’ve made up for previously with quality moments.. but there was very little quality out there tonight. First touches were often poor and simple passes weren’t executed properly.

Robins needs to settle on a regular defensive line up. We looked so sloppy at the back at times. Allen will add some energy into midfield which has been lacking so far.. and Simms needs to start imo. Although he didn’t do much, what he did bring was some physicality and he made some good runs.

There’s still a lot of work to be done.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,327
Esoterica said:
I'm not even convinced by Sakamoto yet. Yes, he's got a low centre of gravity and he's tricky but he slows the game down so much while he waits for the defender to catch him up, just so he can skin him again, that Cardiff had reorganised and had a box full of players every time he crossed the ball.
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In a competent team Sakamoto has at least 1 to 2 assists tonight. His delivery into the box was superb.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,328
SBT said:
There is very little history of a prolific record in Turkey translating to similar success in England.
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Not that fussed about that. I mean we often sign players with dodgy scoring records, we nullified Chaplin, JCH and even Walker by trying to turn them into something they weren't... I'd love to know what system for the best out of Wright and what we thought we were buying. He's shown flashes, it's still really early to judge but... my that was bad from him today.
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,329
Matt smith said:
How bad?
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Real bad
 

SkyblueTexan

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,330
Everton and Wright’s former Turkish team must be thinking to themselves “wow we actually got paid millions to get rid of them”
 
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