Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Coventry City – Play-off Semi Final 2nd leg Tuesday 13th May 2025 - KO 20:00

It’s quite ironic that you use the bolded term! We had. 57% possession in the final, and hardly any in the semis. Yet we apparently got lucky in both ties! Despite having the better chances against Coventry, and creating better chances against Sheffield Utd (I.e., their 2 big chances were down to errors from us)

 

In the east stand ya always know things aren’t going quite right by a single kick or punch to the stadium roof.

I can’t help but laugh now at the absurdity.

 

I've never paid much attention but since the semi-final I've noticed that the whole Jimmy Hill adoration is slightly warped.

Imagine if Alex Neil, a Scot, came to manage SAFC and changed the club colours, strip and badge.

Then copied a song from a posh toffs school, changed the words a bit and told the supporters that was now the club anthem.

Not only that we had to learn a new catchphrase copied from Portsmouth, who used it in the 1890's, 'Play up Sunderland'.

That all happened to Coventry and they simply accepted that one man decided what they would wear, sing and call the club ...

... it's absolutely laughable

 

Had forgotten about those salty ****ers. Wonder if they've stopped crying yet....?

 

The 3-0 win over Sunderland and scraping into the playoffs has totally distorted their sense of reality, seriously it's weird.

They're convinced they're guaranteed the playoffs, contenders for the automatics and need to extend their stadium.

Am I missing something here?

In February Coventry were 11th with West Brom, Blackburn, Boro, Norwich and Wednesday all ahead of them.

In a normal season one or two of those team would've held their position, instead they all went on disastrous runs.

All Coventry had to do was make up four or five points which they did with a series of narrow wins over QPR, Preston, Sheff Wed, Oxford, Stoke and Portsmouth.

They barely created a decent chance in two games against Sunderland, in the playoffs ...

... they're in for a huge disappointment imo.

 

Boy, we've really hurt these Coventry fans

"Imagine how much Jack Rudoni would be worth if he was Jobe Bellinghams brother."

 

He's a canny player, I like him. But he's nearly 24. He won't be getting much better than he is now, though they'll find out what he's worth shortly, because he'll be off.

 

That's what I just told them

 

Believe he’ll play in the PL, still nowhere near as good as some of their fans claim

 

Coventry fans not happy with their 'call to arms' for season ticket sales ...'March to the City'.

Apart from the fact that it's shyte it doesn't actually make any sense, the stadium is three miles outside of the city

 

Wembley was amazing but I still can’t get over this night. The SoL’s greatest

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@Snaggey

 

I think he’s looking for the COVENTRY commentary

 

Yeah, the Coventry and Sheff Utd version of the commentary, if they do one.

 

Sky biased commentary again

 

I enjoyed this one from the first leg
So confident at the start
Absolute despair at the end

 

This is probably my favourite video of the goal and celebrations, I can watch it every day and still tingle and smile.

 

The Coventry fans are still obsessing about Sunderland, that defeat has caused lasting damage

https://x.com/i/status/1936853137735983569

 

We are still at early days for them Smug. They've got decades more of hurt to come yet.

Jobe will be inconsolable that they think Rudoni is better than him as well so they are winning all the way.

 

They've become convinced the second half of last season will be repeated for the whole of next season and they'll go up.

What they're missing is that half a dozen of the teams that were above them totally collapsed.

Boro, Norwich, West Brom, Blackburn, etc, were ahead of them after Christmas but went on horrendous runs.

That allowed Coventry to scrape into the playoffs despite losing to Luton, Plymouth, etc ...

... as you say they've some heartbreak again this season.