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RE: Town v Coventry - theo_luddite - 11-12-2021
Coventry weren't that great. Neither were we. We let them have the ball and they did what we do with loads of possession, passed it sideways. All those shots on target look impressive but Nicholls's gran could have saved them that were straight at him. In fact, had we not laid her to rest 40 years ago so could mine and no doubt yours. Many were straight a him for a reason, they were shooting at any opportunity, regardless of how good it was and defensively we mostly cut down the angles. We'd left Godden unmarked a couple of minutes before their goal by Nicholls left side of the box. By the look of the photo on the BBC website we did it again when he scored.
Huddersfield Town 1-1 Coventry City: Matt Godden leveller earns Sky Blues a draw - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59529351
We score early, they score late, creatures of habit. Exactly as predicted, except I said 2-2. Could have bet my mortgage on it, but it's long since paid off and I'm not that daft either.
We scored from 50% of our shots on target. Now if Coventry had scored from 50% of theirs ....
We tried to soak up whatever pressure they applied and hit them on the break. It kind of worked but then we too often lost the ball as a chance beckoned. Had Holmes shot gone in we'd have had all 3 points. Fine margins. Huggins of Coventry's shots were never going in. We've allegedly battered other teams before and come away with a point or less. We were allegedly battered today, but really, we weren't.
Neither side good enough for top six on this evidence.
RE: Town v Coventry - Lord Snooty - 11-12-2021
Well yes, we weren't battered, theo. But they were by far the better team today. Couldn't have complained if they'd walked off with all three points.
And I don't mean that in a bad way,because I thought we defended quite well again today. It's just that we look directionless. What are the tactics?
RE: Town v Coventry - theo_luddite - 11-12-2021
Careless and Nicholls on Radio Local post match
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b9glrv
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b9gmk1
Personally, l might accept they were marginally better because they had more ball and more shots, but overall, they are not Liverpool or Man City. It took 93 minutes or more to put one out of Nicholls reach with 2/3rds possession and over 20 pots at goal. Sorry but that is not a good display. They did not play well at all, neither did we.
In other words, would you be happy if Town played like Coventry today and scraped a draw in injury time? I wouldn't.
RE: Town v Coventry - Lord Snooty - 11-12-2021
Absolutely not, theo. Our performances have been kakk lately. But there's a great satisfaction from getting a late equaliser, even if you think you deserved to win.
RE: Town v Coventry - jjamez - 11-12-2021
I think it's just how we play and the general set up, sure we don't have great players, but we were told that this guy would bring high octane football.
I just don't see it, I don't see players buying into it on a Saturday, maybe it's a language thing, maybe at training where he can work through things at a slower pace they understand more, then on a Saturday they struggle because it's gotta be instant. I don't know.
From my perspective, we were told we'd attack and that's exactly what we aren't doing, we're defending and really struggling to play football, so what's gone wrong? Has the beatings of last season ruined him much like the Millwall playoff ruined Clark or the Tottenham thrashing ruined Wagner?
I said last week that I feel a real disconnect from the side and the coaching staff and I think that doesn't help him. But the actual product that he's producing makes makes me want him out, I don't see signs of improvement, I don't see signs of progressive football we was told was coming.
RE: Town v Coventry - Lord Snooty - 12-12-2021
Just listened to the musical interlude, Theo. Very good choices. You could save one on your YouTube limit by ignoring Clueless in future. Nobody listens to him anymore. Too much hard work.
RE: Town v Coventry - theo_luddite - 12-12-2021
I'll spare you all the 10 minutes highlights
RE: Town v Coventry - WakeyTerrier - 12-12-2021
CC can go for me, we were lucky to come away with a point yesterday.
His subs are negative, two midfielders off for 2 defenders which meant we were defending too deep and encouraging Coventry on to us.
The football is poor, the signings in general have been poor, his tactics are poor.
RE: Town v Coventry - theo_luddite - 12-12-2021
The Coventry goal, analysed.
We can blame Careless all we want but this is piss poor defending and decision making by our two so called "experienced" centre backs (or at least one of them). You can't coach stupidity.
Image 1 - Nicholls has just thumped the ball away from goal due to indecisiveness in our back line. Knocking it for a corner might have been a better idea but it gave the 9 outfield players hanging around our box like a bad smell a chance to regroup, or file their finger nails. Only one chases the ball, two do from Coventry. Everyone else watches the ball, including players near the edge of the box. Nobody goes to cover the runner coming down the right wing for the pass from the corner flag.
They have two in the middle and we have two central defenders capable of picking them up plus their No. 6 is lurking on the edge of the box.
![[Image: T5pnOen.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/T5pnOen.jpg)
Image 2 - Coventry central attacker starts to lean on one of our defender (Lees?) is it a block or an attempt to get to a cross due to be coming in? Our other one (Pearson?), despite seeing Godden in front of him, makes no move to get near him, he actually moves the wrong way, towards goal. Additionally all the ball watchers are not picking up their No. 6.
![[Image: p7q0ggd.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/p7q0ggd.jpg)
Image 3 - Our central defenders run up each others backsides, I'll say Pearson ran into Lees despite (if you watch the video, Lees tells Pearson to take him, but I may be wrong), for reasons only they can decide and leave Godden with a free header. If my grandma could have saved most of Coventry's shots, my grandad, who was about 5'6" on tiptoes and wearing my grans high heels, could have scored that one, though to be honest, I never saw him leap like a salmon, a trout, or a goldfish for that matter or wear my grans shoes. I'm also not sure if he ever headed or kicked a football in his life.
![[Image: NkCHk2S.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/NkCHk2S.jpg)
I'm not a great fan of Careless (as if you hadn't worked it out
), we've had one good manager way too far back for us to remember that came from L666s, but you can't coach nut jobs that can't see what is in front of their own eyes to do the job they are paid to do, if they deliberately decide to do it wrong or not do it at all. So in addition to that goal scorer and that midfielder that can provide the ammo, we need another central defender that can organise and do the central defensive job properly. How much do you think Deano will have to loan us to get those 3 in then?
So that's my Gary Neville/Jamie Carragher coaching master class done for the weekend, who's up next?
Do I get paid by Sky for this analysis, or is it free again?
PAH!!!
RE: Town v Coventry - Lord Snooty - 12-12-2021
I've said it before. If we're bringing on defenders to hang on to a lead, surely the man to bring on is big Naby. Because we can't stop the crosses coming in, so we might as well get the big lad in.
Good analysis theo.