Team V Coventry

[KMC-1889]

Agree Soumare is a big risk….and I was concerned when he came on as sub as Wednesday but to be fair he played really well.

Soumare is such a weird player to assess.
He’s generally crap most matches…..to be fair think he’s struggling to adapt to the speed and physicality of English football.
When up against good/ physical midfields…..Soumare looks a bit out of his depth as the game often passes him by.

HOWEVER he DOES show odd moments of real quality and you feel there’s a player in there.
I remember he had a great 1st half in a home game recently when he did a good impression of Patrick Viera and looked the best player on the pitch.
However in that game during the 2nd half he did his usual disappearing act and hardly figured.
Makes me wonder whether it’s better to play him as sub later in the game so he’s fresh against a more tired midfield.

He’s talented but inexperienced, especially at this level. If he was coming through our youth ranks people would be raving about him.

Done more for the team than someone like Coulibaly did in this season alone.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

If we come out the gate quickly against Cov, our finishing needs to be much better, we squandered so many chances in the early stages against Boro. We could have been home and hose before they got to grips with the game.

 

[wizadry]

Coops, Seriki, Tangs, Bindon, Burrows, Brooks, Peck, Jairo (if fit), Soumare (if not), Hamer, O’Hare, Bamford.

The midfield will be crucial in this game, we’ll need to be on top of our game and use the flanks to counter when Dasilva and Van Ewijk bomb forward, could be a great game.

 

[MayorOJC]

He's used his good day up on Sunday for Feb. Gets another one in March. Gotta be Riedewald

Oh definitely Jaïro if fit

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Oh definitely Jaïro if fit

I think Jairo will get at least half a game…or until he starts breathing through his arse.

 

[Keen Blade]

Hopefully the Coventry lads won't concentrate on kicking Blades players up in the air like the dirty pigs did for the whole game apart from a short spell after they scored.
It should be a fabulous match for the neutral like Boro ,
But again the visitors having the edge in midfield unless Hamer is told to help in there.
Coventry should win but if we play to our max and they don't , it could be our night.
But anything less than our max and Coventry will walk it

 

[Sky Blues]

Our problem this season has been that we don’t play in the middle. All play comes down the wings as it’s where we’re the strongest.

Fans obsess over our midfield two because if teams decide to play through the middle we need our best two players there because they’re usually outnumbered.

Our plan for Grimes will be to press him and go around Onyeka rather than through him.

Going to be a good battle on the wings then. Mason-Clark on the left Sakamoto on the right. Change Esse for the one who has the most work on about 70 minutes, normally Sakamoto. Maybe van Ewijk will sit back a bit but he does love going forward.

Onyeka is class. He seems to know where his opponents are going before they do, and his skill levels have been good to watch. Looking forward to watching him again.

 

[Large Mendonca]

Nevermind the team, what cunt of a ref do we have for tomorrow??

 

[Nick Jansky]

Did you see his goal against WBA? Got the ball in his own half, ran with it until 25 yards out and hit an unstoppable shot into the top corner with the outside of his boot. Has struggled getting over an injury but lately has been improving.

Yes, I saw it, very good goal but he’s far from consistent. His stats this season are dogshit compared to a player like, say, Callum O’Hare.

It’s a particularly poor league this season. The top 3 are miles off the quality of last season’s top 3, and I expect normal service to be resumed next season with all the promoted clubs coming straight back down. The only team that has really impressed me is Boro, but they are still very much a work in progress.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Yes, I saw it, very good goal but he’s far from consistent. His stats this season are dogshit compared to a player like, say, Callum O’Hare.

It’s a particularly poor league this season. The top 3 are miles off the quality of last season’s top 3, and I expect normal service to be resumed next season with all the promoted clubs coming straight back down. The only team that has really impressed me is Boro, but they are still very much a work in progress.

We helped Boro out by playing Peck and Arblaster in midfield together. They should only play together as part of a 3 with one of the 3 playing just in front of the defence. The problem with doing this is that we sacrifice a lot of attacking intent as it means O’Hare can’t play as an attacking midfielder.

It might be an option we use tomorrow at some point though, if we go ‘toe to toe’ with Coventry in midfield we’ll lose. We need to play like last season’s Wilder team and try to pinch a win by the odd goal.

Would love to see Riedewald back and it negates the need to have 2 young lads getting overrun.

 

[Nick Jansky]

We helped Boro out by playing Peck and Arblaster in midfield together. They should only play together as part of a 3 with one of the 3 playing just in front of the defence. The problem with doing this is that we sacrifice a lot of attacking intent as it means O’Hare can’t play as an attacking midfielder.

It might be an option we use tomorrow at some point though, if we go ‘toe to toe’ with Coventry in midfield we’ll lose. We need to play like last season’s Wilder team and try to pinch a win by the odd goal.

Would love to see Riedewald back and it negates the need to have 2 young lads getting overrun.

We were hamstrung by so many important absences v Boro. But with a much stronger team tomorrow night, if we attack Coventry in the way we did Ipswich I would be hopeful of a similar outcome.

 

[Ned the Donkey]

He's a liability.

100%

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

Riedewald is crucial and was the heart of our upturn in form from the first derby onwards, excellent player.

Assuming we don't go up, I'd still be happy about going into next season with a spine that includes the likes of Cooper, Tanganga, Riedewald, Peck, O'Hare and Bamford.

 

[Sky Blues]

Yes, I saw it, very good goal but he’s far from consistent. His stats this season are dogshit compared to a player like, say, Callum O’Hare.

It’s a particularly poor league this season. The top 3 are miles off the quality of last season’s top 3, and I expect normal service to be resumed next season with all the promoted clubs coming straight back down. The only team that has really impressed me is Boro, but they are still very much a work in progress.

As I said he has been struggling with fitness after an injury. Has been poor considering how good he was last season, but lately we have seen him getting back to his usual self.

If you mean it's a poor quality Championship because of how poor the relegated sides have been then I agree, but this doesn't mean it's been poor overall. We would normally be the side in 2nd or 3rd with the amount of points we have.

Middlesbrough have a very good midfield but are poor elsewhere. Their GK looks like a competition winner and their defence not much better. They don't have a decent striker. However if you let their midfield have time and space they will control the game.

 

[Nick Jansky]

As I said he has been struggling with fitness after an injury. Has been poor considering how good he was last season, but lately we have seen him getting back to his usual self.

If you mean it's a poor quality Championship because of how poor the relegated sides have been then I agree, but this doesn't mean it's been poor overall. We would normally be the side in 2nd or 3rd with the amount of points we have.

Middlesbrough have a very good midfield but are poor elsewhere. Their GK looks like a competition winner and their defence not much better. They don't have a decent striker. However if you let their midfield have time and space they will control the game.

The performance of the relegated teams is a part of it, but I think the quality generally is poor compared to last season. When you look at bang average teams such as Millwall, Hull and Wrexham occupying three of the play off spots, it tells a story. And the top three are a long way off the quality of Leeds, Burnley and us last season.

 

[Old Programme seller]

Imo if we don’t win tonight the playoffs won’t be reached, we really are at the business end of the season and we need to make this match a win to show other clubs and especially ourselves that we believe we can make 6th place come the end of the season

 

[Tony Currie]

Riedewald is crucial and was the heart of our upturn in form from the first derby onwards, excellent player.

Assuming we don't go up, I'd still be happy about going into next season with a spine that includes the likes of Cooper, Tanganga, Riedewald, Peck, O'Hare and Bamford.

Wilder confirmed trained fully and could have played against Wednesday. We certainly need him for this one.

 

[Hallamboy87]

Wilder confirmed trained fully and could have played against Wednesday. We certainly need him for this one.

If he can start that would be a positive as Coventry normally come out the blocks wanting an early goal. If we can shut up shop till 60. Hopefully they have got a few tired legs and bring a replacement on (whoever that maybe) and nick a goal in the last 10/20 mins

 

[Dkc]

Imo if we don’t win tonight the playoffs won’t be reached, we really are at the business end of the season and we need to make this match a win to show other clubs and especially ourselves that we believe we can make 6th place come the end of the season

Draw tonight and win at QPR or the other way round wouldn't be too bad

 

[Agreasychipbutty]

This. He looked very good in his cameo yesterday. Ideally Riedewald will have enough to come on on 60 for him, although I wouldn't want Peck to play b2b 90s (a double swap of Peckmare for Jairoblaster could work?)

Jairoblaster sounds like a temu "massage" machine

 

[pollster]

Well I'm picking out a pre-orwellian team
The BEST players
in their BEST positions
utilising the BEST tactics
eg
If in doubt get it out
Make the ball do the work
Good teams do the same things BUT QUICKER
Attack Wide
Wingers crossing not full backs
Pace
Turn the defence
If you don't shoot you don't score
etc

Cooper
Bindon McGuiness Mee?/NewBloke
Seriki Peck Rotweiller?/Soumare Burrows
Hamer Campbell Brooks

question marks over selections of best players Mee and Rotweiller re fitness.

NO CHANCE Orwellian nightmare manager Wilder will do any of that
Hence another defeat BECAUSE of Wilder
Just as we luckily won against the worst (part) team ever in the Championship on Sunday despite him. not because of.

 

[ancientblade]

another free hit imo coventry should win but its the type of game we always seem up for and so should our fans a draw wouldnt be a disaster provided we get 3 at loftus road

 

[NathTheBlade]

Cooper
Seriki
Bindon
Tanganga
Burrows
Peck
Jaro
Brooks
O hare
Hamer
Bamford

 

[Sky Blues]

The performance of the relegated teams is a part of it, but I think the quality generally is poor compared to last season. When you look at bang average teams such as Millwall, Hull and Wrexham occupying three of the play off spots, it tells a story. And the top three are a long way off the quality of Leeds, Burnley and us last season.

I agree, but we have never had any Prem parachute payments. It's taken a long time of building a squad to get where we are and were never going to be a Leeds or side coming down with a lot of money.