FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

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Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

I thought Pack did ok first half, NG was a threat on a few occasions, lovely cross for Collins’ debacle, Phillips didn’t have a lot to do, very good save with his feet late on though. The rest, dear me, Morrison looked like he had lead weights in his boots. Flint wins his fair share of tackles, comes away with the ball, then aims for a ball boy or a steward. Nelson, well, Nelson was just there. Poor, poor performance.

I think Pack is alright, this is Pack 'Mick style' he's still pretty ineffective for the best part, although under Mick, he's become a little more physical, at the front when there's any nonsense, leaves a foot in now and again and he's started doing a 'Hard Face' after he gobs. For those reasons, our fans will love him now. Player of the year.

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Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

Coventry are a decent side, we are a mid table team, with a few inexperienced youngsters who are going to be inconsistent as they gain experience. Surely nobody is surprised by this result.

Not the result, the performance. This was vintage shit.

[blue lewj]

Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

Of course we are cost cutting. If we still had parachute payments there's no way we'd be playing this many kids. But we don't, as so here we are.

Aren't we just.

With the third route one manager on the bounce picked by the fun boy three brains trust running the show. It is quite an achievement.

Has any club in history managed to pick three successive managers that play more direct and so little football? I can't think of one.

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Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

DML’s quiet tonight… 🤔

Leave it, he's just settled down for supper with his great Auntie in Coventry.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

Of course we are cost cutting. If we still had parachute payments there's no way we'd be playing this many kids. But we don't, as so here we are.

Just for argument's sake, what sort of football do the youngsters play at development level and is it similar to the game we play under McCarthy?

[Rjk]

Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

Just for argument's sake, what sort of football do the youngsters play at development level and is it similar to the game we play under McCarthy?

In recent seasons we've played a very good style of football to watch from what Ive seen.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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In recent seasons we've played a very good style of football to watch from what Ive seen.

I'm of a similar opinion. So we get youngsters who look good on the ball at development level, then play a totally different type of game for them to have to adjust to when they get to the first team. There's no consistency.

[WJ99mobile]

Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

So hoofball has never worked for us in the Premier League and it seems to have stopped working for us in this league. Many though still insist it is the only way we can play or can only make very incremental changes towards changing our style.

How we are 9th I'll never know.

That wasn’t even hoofball it was tactically devoid of any plan

[Bobby Dandruff]

Re: COVENTRY CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

The game could have continued for another 90 minutes and we would not have scored.
Moore seems completely off this season

Moore looked completely disinterested this evening.

[WJ99mobile]

Re: COVENTRY CITY v CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

Moore looked completely disinterested this evening.

Don’t blame him but doesn’t help the cause

[blue lewj]

Re: FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

I'm of a similar opinion. So we get youngsters who look good on the ball at development level, then play a totally different type of game for them to have to adjust to when they get to the first team. There's no consistency.

The board and owner have no clue.

They throw in a few phrases that makes them sound like they know what they're doing but scratch the surface and they are clueless.
Want to play more football while picking the three most direct footballing managers in the football league while insisting on kids that play football be shoehorned into a first team that is told to get rid of the ball as soon as possible.

The board is to blame. They have brought this all on themselves. It is OK though, they'll sack Mick if he keeps dropping down the league post Christmas and say it was him all along and the new man is the one to turn things round.

[surge]

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I'm of a similar opinion. So we get youngsters who look good on the ball at development level, then play a totally different type of game for them to have to adjust to when they get to the first team. There's no consistency.

If I recall correctly one of TOBW's recent comments on the youth system was that there is more consistency between youth and senior sides now though youth players still more skillful on the ball.

I inferred that we'd no longer say we're playing a "very good style of football to watch" but still playing a good style of football to watch and in a way that helps them step into first team.

[blue lewj]

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And to think DML has the gall to (falsely) accuse certain posters of going into exile after a win.

I wait with baited breath for him to tell the rest of us what we missed from that 'performance'.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Moore looked completely disinterested this evening.

Something's not right. I'm hoping it's not that he's peaked from his meteoric rise last season in front of no fans and it's something else. I don't think his head is in the right place (no pun intended!). The Covid stuff, vaccines and not starting, missing Wales' WCQs. It's beginning to look wrong to me. Just a feeling.

[surge]

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I just don't see how we play an attractive style of play with senior players we have. Think ideally we end up with Wintle and Bowen as midfield two but forcing them into the spotlight wouldn't be the best for their development, and anyway one isn't currently our player.

What to do with defence though? Some ask for Bagan as the LCB but LB/LWB is definitely best position for him currently, some ask for Pack as RCB but he's not quick enough especially if next to Flint...or are we dropping Flint, moving Morrison central and having Pack RCB? Still think that exposes us too much and our defence would become leakier without significant improvement if Ralls/Vaulks are the options directly ahead of them.

What do you do when best performing players weren't bought to play style of football fans want but you have no money to buy new and kids who can aren't fully ready yet? Do you sacrifice results? Huddersfield did last year and only just stayed up but by becoming more pragmatic towards end of the season. Or do you make changes but in a slower way?

It's a long ol' season if you're not looking for the positives: currently 9th place and lots of minutes for kids we have high hopes for. And TLG keeps telling us we're destined for play-offs. It would be unrealistic to say anything other than plenty more negatives than positives tonight.