Coventry City away match thread

[Malago]

Thought our energy levels fell away second half.  Dabo coming on pushed Cam Pring back, which made a big difference to our attacking play.

Thought a draw was a fair result.

[Spike]

It's always good to get a point but at this point we really really need some wins or we're going to get in trouble. Another game where we've had good chance but not taken them and dropped points to poor defending. A better performance than many but still not clinical enough where we need to be.

[pongo88]

Two points from two difficult away games. Well done chaps 

[ExiledAjax]

Another hard fought point on the road. You've got to be happy with that. Vyner imperious, O'Leary solid, and Semenyo looked back to near his best.

[Red Exile]

Great game to watch. In a different season a more confident City side with a bit more fortune would be winning these matches, and have at Coventry in the past!

[Curr Avon]

MOTM, Zak Vyner. Outstanding. Bobby Moore like tackles, brilliant positional play and distribution and took one in the bread basket from Hamer's free kick.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by Curr Avon

[DaveF]

Vyner's best performance for us?

[And Its Smith]

2 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Very good point. Two huge away performances back to back off the back of a lot of negativity. 
 

Anyone who thinks these lot aren’t playing for Pearson, or that we are ‘sleepwalking’ after these last two games just have an agenda 

Agreed. Nobody is not trying their hardest 

[Malago]

1 minute ago, Spike said:

It's always good to get a point but at this point we really really need some wins or we're going to get in trouble. Another game where we've had good chance but not taken them and dropped points to poor defending. A better performance than many but still not clinical enough where we need to be.

The problem is our performances at home.  Birmingham at AG is a big game.

[Bizyer]

Just now, DaveF said:

Vyner's best performance for us?

He was excellent 

[BCFCGav]

We’re gonna go over a month without a league win. I think we can be better than this.

Some really good performances but it’s hard to be too pleased while our league position stays so precarious! 

Edited January 1, 2023 by BCFCGav

[TonyTonyTony]

A point away from home is never a bad result. Just need to find a couple of back to back wins to get us up the table. Table is still so tight

[Malago]

1 minute ago, DaveF said:

Vyner's best performance for us?

To MoM performances in a row for me.

[Alex_BCFC]

Good away point - should have won at Millwall but today was fair given they were better 2nd half 

[cityexile]

Fair result overall. Thought Coventry edged second half and us the first. Getting there in singles at the moment.

Its a balance between fresh legs and disrupting how they are doing, but wish NP had a little more confidence in the bench. Last ten we were hanging on a bit as some were a bit knackered. Andi like at Millwall our best chance to win it, but far from a push over last couple of matches.

[Top Robin]

A reverse of Millwall....good 1st half, poor 2nd half

[1960maaan]

Another important , solid performance. Lots of "8's".

Max's handling was brilliant, Pring forcing us up the left excellent but my MoM was Vyner. On a booking and he timed tackles brilliantly and covered everything. 

Hope Semenyo gets some confidence from the 90 & a goal as I feel too many balls just go past him. 

Overall a good point, possibly deserved more. 
We do need to start winning soon though.

[GrahamC]

Sides around us had a bad day, Rotherham lost (1 win in 12 now), Cardiff lost, Huddersfield lost.

Need to get back on track at home but think Wigan, Blackpool & those 3 sides are all poorer than we are.

Good to get Antoine back amongst the goals, too.

No league game for a fortnight now, let’s see what we look like by then.

[Mr Popodopolous]

2 minutes ago, Malago said:

The problem is our performances at home.  Birmingham at AG is a big game.

I'd say more of a results issue rather than performance issue at home, deserved more v Sheffield United, Watford and even arguably Stoke IMO.

[HOZDA]

Solid performance. That's two good performances away from home against good teams where we were arguably the better team in both games. Still think we need to do better with our chances and when on top, but you can't take away the desire and effort from the team. I'm not overly concerned with our position- COYR!

[Mr Popodopolous]

Happy with that. Goal down and slow start, played our way back in.

Had to take some more pressure 2nd half but that's good back to back away results with solid performances.

[miketh2nd]

 It is a Shame we couldn't make more of our chances espcially in the 1st half and do better with corners as Naismith did put some very good deliveries into the box . 

Still suspect in defence but we did very good to limit Gyokeres no real chances but he was a handful. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

The teams above us all play tomorrow so we could end up being the top of the bottom six, four points off seventh bottom if results don`t go our way. Worry about that tomorrow though.

[The Journalist]

Nice to put in back-to-back performances - it's the first time we've gone two games unbeaten since 31 Aug/3 September.

We all know we've got it in us, it's just repeating it. And that's a good start.

[Bazooka Joe]

A point gained when other teams near the bottom get none, is a good end to the day.

The players will have to battle hard every game to get the points needed to climb away from the danger zone.

Not a time for faint hearts.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Sides around us had a bad day, Rotherham lost (1 win in 12 now), Cardiff lost, Huddersfield lost.

Need to get back on track at home but think Wigan, Blackpool & those 3 sides are all poorer than we are.

Good to get Antoine back amongst the goals, too.

No league game for a fortnight now, let’s see what we look like by then.

Dont shout too loud we have had 1 win in 11 now and that win was v Rotherham

[Jerseybean]

Another solid away team performance, on balance  a draw was probably the right result. Our defense was very well organized and uncompromising, Vyner had an excellent game, Max looked very comfortable, there were a couple of uncharacteristically sloppy passes from Alex Scott which could’ve caused danger.

The point today and the one against Millwall + the overall team performances have been very much more encouraging and in both games we have shown great spirit, determination and commitment.

As always well done the traveling Cider Army.

[Offside]

Another good away point. But we really need to start chalking up more wins. 

[GrahamC]

1 minute ago, gl2 said:

Dont shout too loud we have had 1 win in 11 now and that win was v Rotherham

2 defeats in our last 7 league games.

[cityexile]

7 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Sides around us had a bad day, Rotherham lost (1 win in 12 now), Cardiff lost, Huddersfield lost.

Need to get back on track at home but think Wigan, Blackpool & those 3 sides are all poorer than we are.

Good to get Antoine back amongst the goals, too.

No league game for a fortnight now, let’s see what we look like by then.

Rotherham, Blackpool, Wigan, staying above those three does the job. I would also throw Hull in to the mix. Gut feel Cardiff and Huddersfield will be ok.

Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but we actually still have Hull, Wigan, Rotherham and Blackpool all to play at AG.