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On the plus side, Matt, it was nice to see Adam Idah back in the fold today, thought he looked lively when he came on. Watched him as a 17-year-old in your u23's at Reading where he was one of the most impressive strikers at that level I'd seen. Career seemed to take off meteorically then fall flat equally quickly (think he had off-field issues!) but now he seems to be on the mend again. Wish the lad luck, hundreds of others have done what he's done and not come back.

Think he got that one right. Neck and above is usually a straight red, chest and below is a yellow. His inconsistency on the high boot was clear to be seen as was his eagerness to give burly centre half Grant Hanley a free kick every time he fell over.

An excellent summary if I may so, E. I'd add a few of my own thoughts... Think there was a tweak in formation last night with Grace Clinton playing deeper rather than alongside Abi Harrison and Shania Hayles which in itself made the midfield area more congested with a five in there rather than the usual four. Any tweak will take a little while to get used to but eventually we got there last night. Emily Syme was superb last night, she stepped up. Aimee Palmer is usually consistently very good but Em raised her level last night a notch or two. Rachel Furness is a great signing. Her record speaks for itself and is exactly the sort of player City needed as the right time. In her 20-25 minutes last night, she could have scored twice; against less organised teams, she could be a real attacking force. As have been Gracie Pearse and Grace Clinton, Lauren has been impressive in the transfer market and at last, I feel City have strength in depth. Finally, the tired old cliche of the best teams winning when they aren't playing at their usual level? I'll happily use that here... against Coventry, the girls were dead and buried and struck twice in stoppage time to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Against London last night, they thwacked them with two goals in five minutes after half time and had scored the first against the run of play, as Erithacus states correctly. This team are finding the habit of winning when they maybe shouldn't; make no mistake, last season they would have lost that game for sure. COYR.

It was 726, Shahan.

I saw Kane play several times last season for FGR and he is an incredibly exciting player to watch, so attacking. Feel for him right now as his injury has meant City fans haven't seen the best of him but he will come good, given time.

Yep, couldn't edit my post quick enough. ?

This was the fourth game in the last sixteen, four more to play then quarter finals will be later this month, I think.

With her scoring record, she must be more of an attacking midfielder than a defensive one so maybe Lauren is going to play a CAM off Harrison/Hayles rather than three up top. The side certainly has better strength in depth this season, that's for sure.

Presumably either.. 1. The deal was done ahead of the transfer window closing and they've just managed to keep it quiet for a few days. 2. The transfer window for Championship clubs is different, or maybe even doesn't exist. 3. She and Liverpool have mutually terminated her contract, making her a free agent and avaliable to sign for City.

Wow, as signings go, this would be a big one! Rachel Furness to sign before the weekend; 85 caps for Northern Ireland and has played at the highest level for Sunderland, Reading, Tottenham & Liverpool. Would just hope that this is in addition to what we have and not replacing someone that is leaving. https://twitter.com/TomJGarry/status/1621228721028964353

Talking of which, they have not one, not two but THREE games live in March!

Spot on. Absolutely nothing wrong with getting giddy with excitement over playing one of the best sides in Europe. I'm a YTFC fan and although we've obviously spent almost all our history miles from the Prem (so the gap is bigger!), the days I look back on are the days where we had little or no chance of winning against the giants. Arsenal x 2, Liverpool, Man United x 2 and even some of the Championship sides we didn't have a prayer against. Once queueing out all night in the drizzle to get tickets for Liverpool at home.... these days literally don't come around very often so don't let anyone rain on your parade and say it's anything but fantastically exciting.

Probably the website's default setting for midweek games. Won't have been decided yet.

It's week commencing the 27th. Guess the website has to pin the date somewhere so it does it on the first possible day.

Scotty Murray's phone has already blown up!!

Part of the reason that the attendances have gone up and you can now attract a decent crowd to the Gate is that the players are incredibly accessible to the fans. Last night's crowd contained the usual high amount of youngsters and women and the players still came over to see the fans despite the thumping. At the HPC, quite often the most popular players are still out with the fans half an hour after the game having selfies, signing merchandise etc... it's brilliant to see but then the crowd is a slightly different demographic for the Women's games. Point taken though.

Was inside the restaurant today @shahanshahan (not the first time I've said that!) as was a few from Coventry's media team there in my usual place. Saw you walk past and later met one of your friends handing out the newsletters... Great to see Paul Wheeler today, one of the Championship's biggest advocates of women's football too.

Just got back.... Wow, as games go, wasn't expecting that finish. Last time I saw Coventry was the most sensational ending I've seen at a football match; they scored an absolute worldie on 90+7 to retain their Championship status last season and relegate their opposition that day, Watford. And although they are bottom of the league without a point, they've brought in four or five players this week and they made a difference today for sure. If they play like that for the rest of the campaign, they will pick up points and wins! City started well but spurned chances and, well, we've all been at games where you're one up and worried because you need a second to kill the game off. Coventry have an awful habit of conceding early goals - a stat I've read says that they have been a goal behind after ten minutes in more than two thirds of their matches this season. City added to that stat but couldn't get the second or third to kill them off. Cov equalised then that goal boosted their confidence and they went 2-1 up on 82 minutes. They then made four subs (one of which must have been a concussion sub as they made six in total) and that allowed City to regroup for one final push. Clinton, who was superb when she came on the field on 63, grabbed the equaliser before Abi Harrison scored a fantastic winner deep into stoppage time. We even had the spectacle of a false final whistle too, not sure what happened there, ref? But the scenes of joy at the end, haven't seen at a City Women's game for a while and who better to score the winner than Abi who has never stopped working hard for the team despite not reaching the prolific heights of last season. Other highlights for me was seeing Max, Tommy and Andy King there watching; Elyssia Boddy looked lively coming on, the two teenage wing backs show the academy is working on this side of the club too and it's clear that the club IMO are going for it this season, the signings of Clinton and Pearce suggest that. Can they do it? They can, but will they?

Messaged someone a few minutes ago that played for him and with him, said he was a top, top fella. Lovely guy, generous with his time and a genuinely decent human being. RIP Luca. 58 is way too young.

Thanks for the warning, Robbo, will be sure to turn off when that happens (if it's on!). From what I've seen in the post-match stuff, Part is head and shoulders above Mardle who seems a bit excitable for his role.

As I said, this is the first day I've watched it, just offering my thoughts on it. Don't recall it being this bad before.

First day I've sat down to watch the darts in these championships and 100% agree, pathetic. "Boring, boring tables". "Stand up if you love the darts", "Kolo/Yaya Toure song", "Chase The Sun" after every set and that's about it. Oh, and "Don't take me home".... And some of the announcers think they are celebrities with the way they shout the scores, Russ Bray being the worst. Almost unwatchable now with the sound up.

Sorry, have only just spotted this Dave. It's probably the wrong time of the year to ask such a question as everyone in the office is flat out over Christmas but a couple of points... firstly, a shot on target doesn't have to be saved by the keeper; it can be blocked by a defender (or indeed, a team mate!). Secondly, the in-ground analyst will call it "off target" or "on target" and this will be reviewed by two analysts in the office almost immediately. It will then be reviewed later on too by someone else so AFAIAA, four people. I obviously didn't see the game you are referring to but the fact that four people would have reviewed all the attempts on goal during the match and then calculated whether they were on or off target tends to suggest that the published stats are pretty safe to use.

I'd happily give you a lift but (a) I obviously have to stay till the bitter end and (b) it will cost me £9 to get my jalopy into town.

Can you get there before your work do?