Match Day Thread Coventry City v Sunderland AFC – Play-off Semi Final 1st Leg - Friday 9th May 2025 - KO 20:00

Ridiculous decision dropping Mepham for Ballard

 

Andy Hinchcliffe

 

Ballard doing well imo?

 

I don't think it is. I would have dropped with 09.

We are doing ok but we look very weak and vulnerable. We look like we are willing to take pressure.

Why not attack ?

 

Arm on the shoulder there

a red in a game couple of weeks back

 

Nervy as **** watching a defensive unit all game ahha. Doing it well. Need another counter attack. Lads look up for every challenge

 

Seems like the game plan is to take the pressure and catch them out with a ball through for the front two?

 

Ballard brings us a lot more from set pieces for me

 

09 is untouchable unfortunately.

Ballard was holding his shoulder there. Thats a reoccurring injury for him

 

Hume = Red card. Coventry = No foul

 

That was a great run by ELF and great vision from Roberts but ELF was soft as ****e.

 

Twice now mayenda has ignored isidors run

 

Aye been really poor getting out with the ball so far. Thought we’d at least try and hit them when they’re pushing everyone up for long throws but we just don’t look arsed.

 

Maybe we’re playing percentages but repeated balls into the box means repeated half chances

I want more control but this is what we’ve done all year

 

Mayenda needs to release that early and Isidor was clean through from half way. They're the opportunities we need to make more of.

 

All second half of the season that's been the plan and it hasn't been good.

I will be happy with 0-0 here but I think we have the players to actually cause them issues ?

 

Don’t agree with not looking arsed I think the lads are throwing themselves at everything and Mayenda and Isidor are running as soon as we can counter

 

Seems to want to always run with it!

 

I think once they tire we will start. Need to zap their energy and confidence

 

Every time Patto takes the ball he slows it down, I don’t mean the lads don’t look arsed I mean we don’t look arsed about trying to counter. Looks like we’ve came here for a 0-0