Coventry forum

[BigTone]

55 minutes ago, Homer Simpson said:

Would you be showing your condensed version?

If its cold then yes

[22A]

2 hours ago, Selred said:

Knight, Naismith, Wells, Tanner all out. Going to be a TOUGH game.

City struggle after every international break.

[W-S-M Seagull]

45 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

As we know, Pring is a very good centre back when he needs to be.

I think if Coventry play that Wright guy then playing Pring at CB may work put OK  as that Wright is quite pacey.

[W-S-M Seagull]

57 minutes ago, Phil White said:

How about Sykes as RB & TGH to give some creativity in midfield would be my only variation to the consensus of most of those above (based on worst case scenario) ?

Not the worst idea in the world. Coventry play a 352 so I'd fancy Sykes to get the better of Dasilva. 

I think TGH will be needed more in the middle for this game imo. 

[RedEyez]

Hopefully Kal will have come through todays session in which case the back 4 would pick itself. He has trained and wouldn’t have done if it was really bad, which gives me hope.

If Knight is ill then I would be inclined to think that he is the more likely of the 2 to miss out. 

I wonder if Nige may play TC in the 10 behind Cornick? 

[W-S-M Seagull]

33 minutes ago, RedEyez said:

Hopefully Kal will have come through todays session in which case the back 4 would pick itself. He has trained and wouldn’t have done if it was really bad, which gives me hope.

If Knight is ill then I would be inclined to think that he is the more likely of the 2 to miss out. 

I wonder if Nige may play TC in the 10 behind Cornick? 

I'd play Sykes at rb and Cornick on the right. Dasilva will struggle with the overload. 

[Rocking Red Cyril]

3 hours ago, Phil White said:

How about Sykes as RB & TGH to give some creativity in midfield would be my only variation to the consensus of most of those above (based on worst case scenario) ?

Mmmmmm interesting. Could work well but could see it going wrong. What are Coventry's attacking options on that side of midfield and wide attack ?

[Rocking Red Cyril]

4 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Pearson said he is ready to start.

Yeah home win Conway Hat Trick

[Rocking Red Cyril]

14 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I'd play Sykes at rb and Cornick on the right. Dasilva will struggle with the overload. 

Cornick down the middle cause more harm there 

[reddoh]

4 hours ago, BigTone said:

I'd ride naked on a horse through their city centre

Get it wrong and it will end in Tears.

[Selred]

5 hours ago, Phil White said:

How about Sykes as RB & TGH to give some creativity in midfield would be my only variation to the consensus of most of those above (based on worst case scenario) ?

I’d argue Sykes gives more creativity than TGH. 

[Lavington Robin]

21 minutes ago, Selred said:

I’d argue Sykes gives more creativity than TGH. 

Well it’s all about opinions & I like Sykes although  he often doesn’t support the full back but does offer more in an attacking role. As for creativity’s I can’t see how he is anywhere near the level of TGH in terms of his passing range or dead ball delivery… as I say just my opinion.

[Redrascal2]

7 hours ago, petehinton said:

Most telling thing in that pre match, is it sounds very much like there’s going to be no contract decision for Nige until the end of the season at best. 
 

“up to the club to decide, but would suggest all the hard work that’s been put in shows that we’re starting to go in the right direction”

Baffling decision. 

[Wanderingred]

I don’t understand why people are so bothered by my post. Coventry are on a good little run at the moment. They’ll probably look at our inconsistent form, particularly at home and be confident that they can come away with a win. We’d be exactly the same wouldn’t we? 

[robinforlife2]

I would be tempted to put Cornick in at centre back. He's not slow, but he's a big lad, rather solid with the ball at his feet, and would give solidity. Yes I know he is not a defender, but I would rather go with Sykes, Bell and Conway up top and the majority of our central defenders are out. Cornick would offer experience and strength at the back and is not afraid to get stuck in. The other option is Andy King. 

[RedEyez]

38 minutes ago, robinforlife2 said:

I would be tempted to put Cornick in at centre back. He's not slow, but he's a big lad, rather solid with the ball at his feet, and would give solidity. Yes I know he is not a defender, but I would rather go with Sykes, Bell and Conway up top and the majority of our central defenders are out. Cornick would offer experience and strength at the back and is not afraid to get stuck in. The other option is Andy King. 

This absolutely HAS to be banter….surely?

[supercidered]

24 minutes ago, RedEyez said:

This absolutely HAS to be banter….surely?

He is serious and stop calling him Shirley.

[bpexile]

15 hours ago, BigTone said:

I'd ride naked on a horse through their city centre

Careful what you wish for Tone 

[spudski]

Can see a certain SL being down the ground, and rolling out the red carpet for the manager...

There's.

[LondonBristolian]

What I do wonder, as well as Sykes has played this season, is whether there'd be a value to Cornick in the middle with Bell and either Conway (if fit) or Weimann either side cutting in.

The logic being that I think Cornick is effective in the centre but does tend to drop deep. At Leeds that left us with few options in the box but having strikers playing wide who could cut into the space Cornick leaves could be effective...

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

15 hours ago, tin said:

Yep. Never mind, as long as Steve’s got his £30m nest egg 

Aye, outrageous that he doesn’t just hand over all his money for the benefit of Bristol City.  How dare he keep some for himself.

[Selred]

9 hours ago, Phil White said:

Well it’s all about opinions & I like Sykes although  he often doesn’t support the full back but does offer more in an attacking role. As for creativity’s I can’t see how he is anywhere near the level of TGH in terms of his passing range or dead ball delivery… as I say just my opinion.

Dead ball delivery can be taken as a RB or a CM. That doesn't matter.

[tin]

46 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Aye, outrageous that he doesn’t just hand over all his money for the benefit of Bristol City.  How dare he keep some for himself.

£30m* was made by football; and he said what football makes, football can spend. At no point have I asked or inferred he should spend “all his own money”. It’s not outrageous to expect him to stick to his word.

*£30m is a ball-park figure following the sales of Semenyo (£10m) and Scott (£25m), minus around £5m-£6m spent in 2023.

[City1984]

1 hour ago, spudski said:

Can see a certain SL being down the ground, and rolling out the red carpet for the manager...

There's.

The face palm reaction is because I can well believe it myself

[Barrs Court Red]

5 hours ago, spudski said:

Can see a certain SL being down the ground, and rolling out the red carpet for the manager...

There's.

I had the exact same thought. 

[Cityboy1954]

23 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

My patience is starting to wear thin with all these continued injuries. But more so that once again i'm going to be paying to watch us play with the 1 recognised CB. All that money we got for Scott and still we find ourselves possibly playing with 1 cb. 

The reason why we never progress treading water trying to survive on a shoestring .

Edited October 20, 2023 by Cityboy1954

[mozo]

20 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I'd play Sykes at rb and Cornick on the right. Dasilva will struggle with the overload. 

If Conway can start, then Cornick may well he the right forward. If Knight is ill, Sykes could play the advanced midfield role.

[Son of Fred]

3 minutes ago, mozo said:

If Conway can start, then Cornick may well he the right forward. If Knight is ill, Sykes could play the advanced midfield role.

Weimann up top, Tommy in the hole.

[Curr Avon]

3 minutes ago, Son of Fred said:

Weimann up top, Tommy in the hole.

Dickie Naesmith charging the enemy machine gun nest. 

[Major Isewater]

8 hours ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Aye, outrageous that he doesn’t just hand over all his money for the benefit of Bristol City.  How dare he keep some for himself.

This has been done sooooo many times. Yes it’s his money but equally it’s his debt. He is responsible. The buck stops at Guernsey.

The issue is not that he hasn’t spent the money but that he has spent it badly and when we have a top man in place he hasn’t come through with his promise of ‘ what football earns football keeps ‘. 
Uncle Steve has confused the hell out of us by telling us one thing and ,  apparently, doing another.