pinevillawill Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Shrewsbury is a big game Liverpool is a very much wanted distraction as it is a good pay day for the club Nobody gets relegated at Christmas, we will improve, we will survive and we will make a push next season No need to worry We shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC0AFC Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 4 defeats in 20.. yet we're still struggling above the relegation zone - surely we'll come good soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 It's interesting how differently people view the game. I thought it was a decent enough away point and if we can improve our home form then we'll be OK. I came away with a few thoughts: - We were extremely lucky to go in one up - Connor Brown was great (again) - he's been very good every time I've seen him this season, much improved. - Tarkowski was lost playing just in front of defense. Often he didn't know who he should be picking up and there was a significant amount of confusion over who should head the high balls. Early signs to me are the formation will only work in a very small number of circumstances. - Korey Smith has great leadership attributes, even when he doesn't have a good game. Today he was below par as far as an individual performance but I cannot question his work ethic and captaincy. - Petrasso was bright at times but without any real end product. - Could see their goal coming for at least 10 minutes - I'm not sure if we changed anything in that time to try and stop their full backs pushing so far forward but it didn't appear to me that we did. - Rooney is not a right winger. No criticism of his at all but I'd rather not see our players played out of position. - Injuries are hurting us at the moment (Dayton / Philliskirk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinevillawill Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 It's interesting how differently people view the game. I thought it was a decent enough away point and if we can improve our home form then we'll be OK. I came away with a few thoughts: - We were extremely lucky to go in one up - Connor Brown was great (again) - he's been very good every time I've seen him this season, much improved. - Tarkowski was lost playing just in front of defense. Often he didn't know who he should be picking up and there was a significant amount of confusion over who should head the high balls. Early signs to me are the formation will only work in a very small number of circumstances. - Korey Smith has great leadership attributes, even when he doesn't have a good game. Today he was below par as far as an individual performance but I cannot question his work ethic and captaincy. - Petrasso was bright at times but without any real end product. - Could see their goal coming for at least 10 minutes - I'm not sure if we changed anything in that time to try and stop their full backs pushing so far forward but it didn't appear to me that we did. - Rooney is not a right winger. No criticism of his at all but I'd rather not see our players played out of position. - Injuries are hurting us at the moment (Dayton / Philliskirk) This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) Next month gets progressively harder. Shrewsbury and Stevenage need to bring at least 4 points to give us a spring board into the harder games. I have confidence in LJ, the squad and Corney to offer the funds for players if needed, but despite this we are too close to the bottom 4 for comfort. Edited December 29, 2013 by the_mighty_bosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dish Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) Don't worry, Tranmere will blow up and go down this season so that's one of the relegation places gone.... Edited December 29, 2013 by dish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddySmoker Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Don't worry, Tranmere will blow up and go down this season so that's one of the relegation places gone.... And Notts County will go down too, so that's 2 going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddySmoker Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Don't get me going on the need for an attacking central midfielder oafc1955, Why, have you mentioned it before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) It looks like we should have played the second half against ten men. http://the-fa.com/9ZrHzT JCH went down for a reason! Coventry Citys Daniel Seaborne has been suspended for three matches with immediate effect after he admitted an FA charge of violent conduct. The incident, which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video, occurred in or around the 42nd minute of his sides game against Oldham Athletic on 29 December 2013. Edited December 31, 2013 by opinions4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 It looks like we should have played the second half against ten men.http://the-fa.com/9ZrHzT JCH went down for a reason! They should have awarded us the 3 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 It was weird at the time. It did look like there was contact - and whilst JCH was on the floor, Korey Smith was really animated with the ref. I think JCH doesnt help himself though with how easily he goes down alot of the time. Boy who cried wolf with the ref on this occasion maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 It was weird at the time. It did look like there was contact - and whilst JCH was on the floor, Korey Smith was really animated with the ref. I think JCH doesnt help himself though with how easily he goes down alot of the time. Boy who cried wolf with the ref on this occasion maybe? I only saw him go down. Not the contact. My reaction was "get up you soft lump". I suspect ref and lino thought the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC_Ryan Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 The lad next to me said he saw him hit him in the face, I just saw JCH rolling around. Quite ironic considering we've been compared to a Graham Westley side by some Cov fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 The lad next to me said he saw him hit him in the face, I just saw JCH rolling around. Quite ironic considering we've been compared to a Graham Westley side by some Cov fans. At the time I said to my lad, that he looked like he had his hands raised, but I wasn,t 100% sure. Off the ball incidents some times you get away with them. And to be fair the officials normally get wrong the incidents they see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 The lad next to me said he saw him hit him in the face, I just saw JCH rolling around. Quite ironic considering we've been compared to a Graham Westley side by some Cov fans. True. And then there's their manager moaning about Oxley not getting sent off despite the ball being in the stands by the time he threw himself over the keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 It looks like we should have played the second half against ten men. http://the-fa.com/9ZrHzT JCH went down for a reason! Interesting....what did he do? could have been bad blood between the pair from the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Interesting....what did he do? could have been bad blood between the pair from the past. JCH went down off the ball, as if hit by fist or elbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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