Positives - today was better

[John Street West Terrace]

We played better & at least offered some threat at the top of the pitch , second and third goal mistakes by Davies and while we were making these errors we’re gonna keep conceding , if Coopers out for a while and we’re stuck with Davies for a few weeks god fkg help us !!
But gotta add to say Cov are top of the league & only lost 1 game and 3-1 flattered them , it’s a lot weaker league this season .. and we’re near the bottom of it due to some calamitous decisions & panic last minute signings which says it all really .. they’ve set the club back years here

 

[Berkshire Blade]

That’s lovely, but we are also still in the bottom 3 and continue to concede at an even more alarming rate.

It seems you have unrealistic expectations from a pretty shite side.

 

[S64 Blade]

It seems you have unrealistic expectations from a pretty shite side.

Quite the opposite!

 

[mattbianco1]

I think Wilder came back to prove a point and stick 2 fingers up at the owners.

I don't think he realised just how shite the players are compared to the squad we had last season.

If we have Adam Davies in goal for the foreseeable, we are fully screwed

 

[ekke287]

Played really well- took it to them (for once), that loss was on A Davies - all 3 goals Coventry got, Cooper doesn't concede.

This isn't on Wilder at all, he's got a lot of absolute dross to work with.

Sorry, but that’s genuinely wrong.

First goal McCallum and Tanganga wipe each other out, it falls to their lad who hits it low, hard and close, and Davies has little to no chance.

Second goal is Davies.

Third is Mee / Seriki leaving a massive gap, leaving Davies in no man’s land against two of the best strikers in the division.

I know we like a scapegoat but to shoulder all the blame at Davies door is ridiculous. Did he orchestrate our baffling forward play second half too? That point where Campbell is through and has a simple lay off to O’Hare, that doesn’t happen and doesn’t even trouble their keeper? Did Ings or Cannon actually do anything all game?

CW is not immune from criticism and it doesn’t take Pep to look at our first half and say to carry on, except we came out meek, backwards and invited pressure. Why? Just carry on as we gasp might get a second.

But no, let’s try and hold on to a weak lead, because that worked at Preston, checks notes, 2 games ago.

He doesn’t learn and is too stubborn to change.

 

[Jan Age]

Since Wilder has come in we have actually won games and even been in ones we lost. You have to be blind to see he hasn't improved us. Even got us scoring goals or creating something that we weren't before.


Do agree with the transfer window. Historically bad window.

It’s not a did at him … what he did from league 1 for 4 years was amazing however 4 years on he’s become part of the problem not the solution it happens in most teams/clubs

New direction and new ideas needed from top to toe as otherwise we will be stuck in league 1 for a fair old while again because make no mistake regardless of minor improvements we are down and out

 

[Berkshire Blade]

It’s not a did at him … what he did from league 1 for 4 years was amazing however 4 years on he’s become part of the problem not the solution it happens in most teams/clubs

New direction and new ideas needed from top to toe as otherwise we will be stuck in league 1 for a fair old while again because make no mistake regardless of minor improvements we are down and out

We did the new direction and ideas in June.

Guess what

 

[Jan Age]

We did the new direction and ideas in June.

Guess what

Just because we made one wrong decision (a reason Bettis is also part of the problem) doesn’t mean wilder is the right choice

If you broke up with your Mrs and it didn’t work out with a new one does that mean you go back?

The whole club is in danger of being left decades behind with no hope of catching up and if if you or anyone else can’t see that or refuse to see it then I’m ok with that but I know what I see and it ain’t any success in the next 5-10 years

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Just because we made one wrong decision (a reason Bettis is also part of the problem) doesn’t mean wilder is the right choice

If you broke up with your Mrs and it didn’t work out with a new one does that mean you go back?

The whole club is in danger of being left decades behind with no hope of catching up and if if you or anyone else can’t see that or refuse to see it then I’m ok with that but I know what I see and it ain’t any success in the next 5-10 years

The trends in football are actually swinging back to a more old school "big man long throws" trend.

Which is essentially what we have been using for years and had reasonable success.

We don't want to chase old trends like when we went into Belgium after the golden generation boom

 

[bakeblade]

You react to what they are doing, you can't just ignore it. Mason Clark comes on at HT and he's your man (Tanganga), but he's holding the width much more than Asante was. You can't just leave him and say "fuck that, let him have it".

After conceding the second and they slowed down, we played fairly well again imo. It's not as though we didn't stick to our guns, we just got properly tested for 15 minutes by the best team in the league, conceded one and the keeper gave them another.

Lamps worked out that Tanganga is not a RB, unfortunately Seriki is no better defensively.
RB has been a big problem all season, definitely needs addressing in January

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Lamps worked out that Tanganga is not a RB, unfortunately Seriki is no better defensively.
RB has been a big problem all season, definitely needs addressing in January

This coming January, or last January?

 

[bakeblade]

Sorry, but that’s genuinely wrong.

First goal McCallum and Tanganga wipe each other out, it falls to their lad who hits it low, hard and close, and Davies has little to no chance.

Second goal is Davies.

Third is Mee / Seriki leaving a massive gap, leaving Davies in no man’s land against two of the best strikers in the division.

I know we like a scapegoat but to shoulder all the blame at Davies door is ridiculous. Did he orchestrate our baffling forward play second half too? That point where Campbell is through and has a simple lay off to O’Hare, that doesn’t happen and doesn’t even trouble their keeper? Did Ings or Cannon actually do anything all game?

CW is not immune from criticism and it doesn’t take Pep to look at our first half and say to carry on, except we came out meek, backwards and invited pressure. Why? Just carry on as we gasp might get a second.

But no, let’s try and hold on to a weak lead, because that worked at Preston, checks notes, 2 games ago.

He doesn’t learn and is too stubborn to change.

If you watch the first goal again, O’Hare went to sleep and Sakamoto reacted quicker.
Cals been our best player this season but was poor there

 

[bakeblade]

This coming January, or last January?

Both, but Choudhury did well there

 

[Blacksea]

The trends in football are actually swinging back to a more old school "big man long throws" trend.

Which is essentially what we have been using for years and had reasonable success.

We don't want to chase old trends like when we went into Belgium after the golden generation boom

We haven't been playing anything like what the trend is swinging back to in recent years,we did that under Bassett,and something like it with Warnock,both who were looked down on by the purists,but as Pep has recently acknowledged,the trend is down to Pulis,another one who got panned by the purists

 

[Innuendoandouttheother]

Sorry, but that’s genuinely wrong.

First goal McCallum and Tanganga wipe each other out, it falls to their lad who hits it low, hard and close, and Davies has little to no chance.

Second goal is Davies.

Third is Mee / Seriki leaving a massive gap, leaving Davies in no man’s land against two of the best strikers in the division.

I know we like a scapegoat but to shoulder all the blame at Davies door is ridiculous. Did he orchestrate our baffling forward play second half too? That point where Campbell is through and has a simple lay off to O’Hare, that doesn’t happen and doesn’t even trouble their keeper? Did Ings or Cannon actually do anything all game?

CW is not immune from criticism and it doesn’t take Pep to look at our first half and say to carry on, except we came out meek, backwards and invited pressure. Why? Just carry on as we gasp might get a second.

But no, let’s try and hold on to a weak lead, because that worked at Preston, checks notes, 2 games ago.

He doesn’t learn and is too stubborn to change.

I don't think Wilder can be blamed for individual errors. I am not a fan of Wilder MK3, but a tad unfair to lay the blame on him here. Changed the formation and we looked decent for 45ish minutes.

What can be done? Sack the manager? It's not going to happen.

This bloated squad needs a huge trim in January. The balance isn't there - we are midfield heavy with sub-par players and drastically short of quality in attack. We might stand a chance if we pick up 3 or so wins before the New Year and shift some personnel in the JTW.

We're in a mess, but it can be fixed.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

FWIW, I think tactically Wilder got it largely right last night and set us up well. We played well and were competitive. Then, Davies.

 

[Dan Emery]

Played really well- took it to them (for once), that loss was on A Davies - all 3 goals Coventry got, Cooper doesn't concede.

This isn't on Wilder at all, he's got a lot of absolute dross to work with.

Cooper has worst save percentage in the division doesn't he? Not a given he'd have made a difference

 

[Panini]

This isn't on Wilder at all, he's got a lot of absolute dross to work with.

11 of the 16 players on the pitch last night were either in the playoffs final squad, were signed by Wilder, or both

 

[coolasanidiot]

11 of the 16 players on the pitch last night were either in the playoffs final squad, were signed by Wilder, or both

Anel Souza and Moore were decent and in my mind getting better with every passing hour. Barry Bindon Ogbene Godfrey McGuiness Ings are all dogshit no way in a month of Sundays is this on Wilder. What he served up last night was decent. Few changes in Jan and I think we will be alright.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

True, but we're clearly a worse team than we were last season. Compared with what we've seen this season that was better. We're in a relegation battle, if we play like we did in the first half we will stay up.

Problem is we haven't put two consistently good halves of football together in the league since last time we played Coventry.

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Ok far from perfect, but today was an improvement. More direct rather than hundreds of sideways passes that drive me mad. Finally we see Seriki play, we need him to feature on the right he is our best attacking option there. Peck's best game for a while and yes Cannon had a decent first half and showed us there can be a player there. We've fallen back and Coventry have improved, that's where we are. Bit today was much better.

Sign of a relegation team is when they up their game against better opposition but still lose and then are flat and against weaker opposition and lose.

That’s how I see us atm.
Up to Wilder/Knill etc to sort that out.

UTB

 

[Kevincarterversion2.0]

There are no positives from being in the bottom three - esp with our wage bill, a manager that is guaranteed to be here regardless of crap results and owners who want out. End of.

 

[Super Furry Blades]

Odd question...
If wilder had a crystal ball and could see that he would suffer 6 defeats in in his first nine games ...
And providing over an absolute shit show ....
Do you think he would have come back ?

 

[Servigliano]

They came out different. You can't always see everything from only our perspective because there's two teams on the pitch. They were fired up, aggressive and are a team full of confidence and goals, at home with the crowd behind them.

We seem to easily forget that the other team actually has a vote in how we play

 

[skegblade]

Coventry are a better side than us our leadervsaid after game