Coventry v Blackpool Official Matchnight Thread 08.02.21

That was a good point , Coventry are a very good side who play very fast passing football. Sometimes we can’t play our game to our full potential because we’re playing a decent team who won’t let us play our game, Coventry deserve credit tonight, but so do we . Oh, and I would have taken a draw before kick off.
 
Fair result that, good contest in a mid table dead rubber. Don't think either side did enough to win it. A point away in this Division is always well earned.
 
tangysider said:
Negatives
Not doing a Coventry and leaving players upfront when opponents have a corner.
We have loads of pace so I do not understand it.
Dougall looks knackered he has held the midfield together for months, so not going to be critical of his play
Reece James not match fit and struggled
Keogh injury

Positives
In spite of AVFTT detractors Robson battled Well and to me still has a future here.
For 70 minutes Dale showed class touches
We are excellent at battling performances, we did not play well at times but stopped them taking control and as previously stated Coventry are a bloody good team.
Sterling again did well and I cannot see him breaking into Chelsea team so maybe a decent bid in summer.
Thorniley and Connolly may be squad players but they step up to the plate every time when asked.
Bowler is one of the best wingers in the Championship and scares opponents, can see players being red carded trying to stop him
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That's a bloody good point about battling performances, we don't give ourselves enough credit for it, we're a difficult team to beat.
 
tangysider said:
Negatives
Not doing a Coventry and leaving players upfront when opponents have a corner.
We have loads of pace so I do not understand it.
Dougall looks knackered he has held the midfield together for months, so not going to be critical of his play
Reece James not match fit and struggled
Keogh injury

Positives
In spite of AVFTT detractors Robson battled Well and to me still has a future here.
For 70 minutes Dale showed class touches
We are excellent at battling performances, we did not play well at times but stopped them taking control and as previously stated Coventry are a bloody good team.
Sterling again did well and I cannot see him breaking into Chelsea team so maybe a decent bid in summer.
Thorniley and Connolly may be squad players but they step up to the plate every time when asked.
Bowler is one of the best wingers in the Championship and scares opponents, can see players being red carded trying to stop him
Piont gained
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Totally agree with everything you’ve said here !
 
2 very tired looking teams. I'm not seeing what James or Robson add but maybe it's a game time thing? Dale looked OK. Hoping Keogh, CJ and Gabriel return for the next game.
 
rememberlesshannon said:
Thorniley looked good again when he came on, he must be one of the unluckiest players we've signed.
Amazed we didn't play 5 in midfield after the way they dominated us at home. Would have settled for a point before the game, so not too disappointed.
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I had a look at his stats earlier and we’ve lost just four games out of 30 he’s played for us
 
I think that performance showed that Sterling at left back and Gabriel at right back is the option, at least until Husband or Garbutt are back.

Dougall and Robson were over run in midfield so I would start Dougall and Stewart on Saturday or Dougall and Connolly.

Dale did okay but CJ is a better option, so much quicker and looking really good since his return, that also takes pressure off Bowler,

Thorniley has been excellent since his return and deserves to be playing, with Keogh injured he could get a few more games now. I like him and he has a great left foot too.

Madine and Yates are a really good front 2 and having Lavery and Beesly chomping at the bit is a great thing for us.
 
hertfordseasider said:
I think that performance showed that Sterling at left back and Gabriel at right back is the option, at least until Husband or Garbutt are back.

Dougall and Robson were over run in midfield so I would start Dougall and Stewart on Saturday or Dougall and Connolly.

Dale did okay but CJ is a better option, so much quicker and looking really good since his return, that also takes pressure off Bowler,

Thorniley has been excellent since his return and deserves to be playing, with Keogh injured he could get a few more games now. I like him and he has a great left foot too.

Madine and Yates are a really good front 2 and having Lavery and Beesly chomping at the bit is a great thing for us.
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Can’t argue with any of that herts👍
 
20togo said:
A point I've been making for months. Bowler so often has very few options when he has the ball.
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We tried to hit him occasionally with early diagonals which didn’t come off...the front 2 never really went to him to take defenders away and with no forward thinking midfielders Josh has it all to do... that said Cov did a good job doubling up and forcing him outside ( which is still his weakness). Good hard fought point ... the missed header by Rose on half time was our bit of luck👍
 
Doesn't help Bowler's options when Jerry is struggling like he is. Looks a shadow of last seson's player. Works hard still, so hopefully he will come again.
 
Wizzerboy said:
I agree to an extent but we did not dominate the 2nd half.
We were lacklustre going forward, it looked as if they'd run out of ideas.
Any team scouting Blackpool will realise send Bowler right and he's ineffective.
However IF the forwards had had any support they may have played better. Was Kenny knackered after marking Massengo out the game last Saturday?
Robson cramping up near the end🤷‍♂️
Defence as a whole was a 9/10 some dodgy moments but on the whole did their job well.

I often wonder how well we could have done with only half the injuries we've sustained this season
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I disagree about the second half. I don’t know how it looked on the TV but from ten minutes into the half we ran things, kept the ball really well.
 
Since1967 said:
I disagree about the second half. I don’t know how it looked on the TV but from ten minutes into the half we ran things, kept the ball really well.
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Yeah that’s pretty much how it looked until the last 10 minutes or so, although we didn’t look like too much like scoring.
Maybe if we hadn’t suffered the injuries we might have seen some forward changes, which might have helped late on?
 
Last night I thought a poiNt was ok, this morning, looking at the table, I’m disappointed. We had them in the second half, pressed them back way into their own half and we didn’t take advantage. We need to improve crosses, free kicks, corners and throw ins, because too many are poor,
 
JJpool said:
Keogh also looked rusty at the start which was why he wasn't rated as high as now, no one had got going really yet, cj was a shadow of himself when he came on and missed that chance he should have scored to make it 1 all.

We actually still came back into the game and could have levelled it and had a spell of dominance.

Its a different side in many way to then and some key personnel too.

Still a tough game.

We'll see how far we have come, we need to use the ball better than some games I feel.
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Gary said:
Afraid not.
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I suspect our number 14 posts under GoalsMachine
 
Yates last scored against Huddersfield on Boxing Day. Lavery has scored just two since. Both are good players and Critch sees fit to rotate the two which is hard to disagree with. 50'spoolfan loved making an issue of it when Lavery was starting a few consecutive games ahead of Yates saying that was Critch's preferred choice. Said it before, he loves to build up one player in order to put asnother down and his his post is yet another example of that. Rather pathetic that a so called Blackpool fan needs to do that.
 
It's all cycles within a season.I would hazard a guess Lavery will start in Saturday with Yates back on the bench but football being what it is nothing to say Jerry doesent arrive in the 70th minute and score the winner.

They are all adjusting to a higher level and intensity this season so in that sense it's transitional for everyone.

Considering the number of games Yates has played from the bench i think he has done very well and the same for Madine and Lavery.

2 of those 3 may finish in double figures come the seasons end.We wouldn't have put money on that in August.
 
20togo said:
Yates last scored against Huddersfield on Boxing Day. Lavery has scored just two since. Both are good players and Critch sees fit to rotate the two which is hard to disagree with. 50'spoolfan loved making an issue of it when Lavery was starting a few consecutive games ahead of Yates saying that was Critch's preferred choice. Said it before, he loves to build up one player in order to put asnother down and his his post is yet another example of that. Rather pathetic that a so called Blackpool fan needs to do that.
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The pathos is all yours. Like most I come on here to express an opinion ,some positive some not, such is the natural conflict in both our world and our football club unlike you who spends half your time pursuing sad and bitter personal vendettas with me and others too whilst exhibiting extreme intolerance of views that disagree with yours whilst showing total intransigence in your own know all opinions.

As I`ve said before you`re a very sad case who would benefit from treatment for your serious mental health issues ,you certainly need it but are probably quite incapable of recognising it.

It`s utterly pointless debating with you as of course you always have an obsession with having to have the last word no matter what vacuous and often very personal unpleasant rubbish you may spout. So feel free but don`t forget the treatment, you do so desperately need it .
 
Sooty59 said:
It'll help Bowler no end if the rejuvenated CJ plays on Sat & Gabriel at RB. I still think Critchley tinkers too much.
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Agree but I think Critch does a great job rotating players and keeping the squad happy without weakening the team line up too much.
Resting CJ the right thing to do considering he’s just back from a bad injury.
 
CAGU said:
Agree but I think Critch does a great job rotating players and keeping the squad happy without weakening the team line up too much.
Resting CJ the right thing to do considering he’s just back from a bad injury.
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You maybe right but they are two effective players who were certainly missed last night . As was Lavery too.
 
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1950`spoolfan said:
The pathos is all yours. Like most I come on here to express an opinion ,some positive some not, such is the natural conflict in both our world and our football club unlike you who spends half your time pursuing sad and bitter personal vendettas with me and others too whilst exhibiting extreme intolerance of views that disagree with yours whilst showing total intransigence in your own know all opinions.

As I`ve said before you`re a very sad case who would benefit from treatment for your serious mental health issues ,you certainly need it but are probably quite incapable of recognising it.

It`s utterly pointless debating with you as of course you always have an obsession with having to have the last word no matter what vacuous and often very personal unpleasant rubbish you may spout. So feel free but don`t forget the treatment, you do so desperately need it .
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my mental health is fine thanks. There again I haven't got an ego like you. Amazing how you criticise me for personal abuse yet here you are doing just the same. And all my criticisms of you are always to do with sport and how you like to put people down.
 
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