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coop

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #351
He can't play tonight according to sky sports
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #352
coop said:
He can't play tonight according to sky sports
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Knowing our top class organisation, the international clearance arrived at The Wheatsheaf 5 minutes after the deadline needed to play tonight.

If Beavon is out we need another option. Blame who you want, you know if he can't play tonight it will almost certainly be the clubs fault somehow for not getting their arses in gear.
 
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chinamans view

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #353
SuperFred said:
Yakubu: New Coventry signing says 'my heart was always in England'

He thinks we're in the championship...

"I know this league very well because I have played in it with Leicester City and Reading in the past."
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Fisher told him we are
 
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Corrado

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #354
Why is he on the fucking bench!
 

covkid69

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #355
seems the Yak is involved tonight
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #356
Corrado said:
Why is he on the fucking bench!
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Because he's too old to stand up
 
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SkyblueBazza

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #357
I don't know if the quote is accurate but I can't help being a bit worried. According to the BBC Sport app: -

"He's a one-in-every-two-games man goals-wise, so we had to be interested," Slade told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

In a decade in English football, Yakubu scored 114 times in 293 league appearances

...now forgive me worrying & being pedantic but 293/114 = 2.57. Most people would call that 2 in 5 games...or round it to 1 in 3. I'm all for positive thinking but it no wonder things don't add up!


...onwards & upwards PUSB
 
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robbiekeane

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #358
SkyblueBazza said:
I don't know if the quote is accurate but I can't help being a bit worried. According to the BBC Sport app: -

"He's a one-in-every-two-games man goals-wise, so we had to be interested," Slade told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

In a decade in English football, Yakubu scored 114 times in 293 league appearances

...now forgive me worrying & being pedantic but 293/114 = 2.57. Most people would call that 2 in 5 games...or round it to 1 in 3. I'm all for positive thinking but it no wonder things don't add up!


...onwards & upwards PUSB
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How many starts (genuine question)
 

steve82

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #359
How's he looking shape wise? Ripped or heavyweight
 
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SkyblueBazza

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #360
robbiekeane said:
How many starts (genuine question)
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Don't know (genuine answer
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...onwards & upwards PUSB
 

chiefdave

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #361
steve82 said:
How's he looking shape wise? Ripped or heavyweight
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Found this on twitter, doesn't really help
 
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steve82

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #362
chiefdave said:
Found this on twitter, doesn't really help
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I expect we will see soon! Fingers crossed
 

AStonesThrow

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #363
chiefdave said:
Found this on twitter, doesn't really help
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Makes Haynes look like Chesney from corrie pre 2010


Sent from my SM-T230 using Tapatalk
 

chiefdave

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #364
Better pic
 
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Ibby

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #365
I hope he ends up scoring quickly. 9 points off safety now.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #366
How did he do?
 

oucho

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #367
He looked pretty big, although hard to see if it was muscle or flab.

To be fair he did well enough - pretty beast-like in holding up the ball, brought others into play a couple of times after winning a long ball, crisp passing that took our players a bit by surprise with the power on the pass.....OK he had a couple of misplaced passes too, but it looked like he had the oppo defence worried and even looked like they had 2 men on him when 1 could have challenged Jones for the goal, so if he has that sort of impact it may be that he'll make space for others to create chances.

That said, after 15 minutes he was sweating buckets! He has no pace but in a way that's irrelevant, he seems to ensure he is in the right place and can make space for himself. For the limited amount we saw, that was a reasonably encouraging start.
 
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dongonzalos

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  • Feb 14, 2017
  • #368
Nick said:
How did he do?
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Read the other thread
Good review
 

Captain Dart

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #369
Ibby said:
I hope he ends up scoring quickly. 9 points off safety now.
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11pts, Port Vale have 11pts more than us.
 

Captain Dart

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #370
oucho said:
He looked pretty big, although hard to see if it was muscle or flab.

To be fair he did well enough - pretty beast-like in holding up the ball, brought others into play a couple of times after winning a long ball, crisp passing that took our players a bit by surprise with the power on the pass.....OK he had a couple of misplaced passes too, but it looked like he had the oppo defence worried and even looked like they had 2 men on him when 1 could have challenged Jones for the goal, so if he has that sort of impact it may be that he'll make space for others to create chances.

That said, after 15 minutes he was sweating buckets! He has no pace but in a way that's irrelevant, he seems to ensure he is in the right place and can make space for himself. For the limited amount we saw, that was a reasonably encouraging start.
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If he had been here in Dec then maybe we'd be 5 or 6 pts better off and there would be some hope... but think it is too late now, especially with the rubbish defence we've got.
 

robbiekeane

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #371
Captain Dart said:
11pts, Port Vale have 11pts more than us.
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We're gone
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #372
chiefdave said:
Found this on twitter, doesn't really help
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Did he shave his head while sitting on the bench? I swear it looks like he's got hair on the first but not the second.

chiefdave said:
Better pic
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pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #373
I'm still fucked off that he was called offside when he was through on goal about a minute before their equaliser. Linesman completely bottled it.
 

standupforcity

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #374
Yakubu is a touch of class...and he and Jones had an instant understanding. A case of class understanding class I'd say. I hope Slade has the nouse to make something of it. The game changed completely when those two came on. Shame we've left all this too late ...I'll be at Gillingham on Sat though, hoping to see more invention on the field.
 
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oucho

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #375
pusbccfc said:
I'm still fucked off that he was called offside when he was through on goal about a minute before their equaliser. Linesman completely bottled it.
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Correct - an absolute howler. Our fans were right in line with it and, to a man, we were up in arms.
 
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Dimi_Konstantflapalot

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #376
oucho said:
Correct - an absolute howler. Our fans were right in line with it and, to a man, we were up in arms.
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Shocker of a decision. He was at least a yard onside! Slade and all the fans inline with it were furious
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #377
Officials dont seem to like us

Will watch it on the extended highlights if they show it, they dont tend to show things like this though
 

oucho

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #378
Dimi_Konstantflapalot said:
Shocker of a decision. He was at least a yard onside! Slade and all the fans inline with it were furious
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Yes, and I was one of them!

Some on here were saying that Yak would be a liability - the glimpses last night suggest he could be pretty handy. He appears lumbering but in fact he is quite mobile when he needs to be. I think he'll put the wind up a few defences; if he can stay fit he is tailor-made for the target man role in Slade's long ball tactics.
 
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Monners

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #379
oucho said:
Yes, and I was one of them!

Some on here were saying that Yak would be a liability - the glimpses last night suggest he could be pretty handy. He appears lumbering but in fact he is quite mobile when he needs to be. I think he'll put the wind up a few defences; if he can stay fit he is tailor-made for the target man role in Slade's long ball tactics.
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And me - definitely onside. It seemed to me that the lino guessed.

Agree with the Yak assessment . Thought he did ok and it was nice to see a player with a half decent first touch for a change
 

Captain Dart

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #380
oucho said:
Yes, and I was one of them!

Some on here were saying that Yak would be a liability - the glimpses last night suggest he could be pretty handy. He appears lumbering but in fact he is quite mobile when he needs to be. I think he'll put the wind up a few defences; if he can stay fit he is tailor-made for the target man role in Slade's long ball tactics.
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Despite my cynicism about age etc. I thought he could either be excellent or prove too unfit.
On last nights showing he is tending towards the excellent side. He has a lot more class than all his team mates.
If only he was here 3 months ago then the situation might be much better than it is.
 
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Ibby

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #381
Captain Dart said:
11pts, Port Vale have 11pts more than us.
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Thanks. Its a massive asking now.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #382
standupforcity said:
Yakubu is a touch of class...and he and Jones had an instant understanding. A case of class understanding class I'd say. I hope Slade has the nouse to make something of it. The game changed completely when those two came on. Shame we've left all this too late ...I'll be at Gillingham on Sat though, hoping to see more invention on the field.
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I think you make it the Ricoh. B-)
 

oucho

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  • Feb 15, 2017
  • #383
Best thing about him is that he looks very hard for defences to out-muscle; he will do a good job in holding up the ball and then bringing others into play. Other teams won't be able to bully him like they can with Tudgay etc. Should be good at corners and free kicks too, provided we can get the ball past the first man.....
 
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