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Match Day Thread Coventry City FC v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 26th August 2023 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Aug 25, 2023.

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Your prediction

Poll closed Aug 26, 2023.
  1. Home win

    28.6%
  2. Away win (safc)

    34.3%
  3. Draw

    37.1%
  1. Sour Patch

    Sour Patch Guest

    Rancid that. Only positive is the fact they haven’t scored
     
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  2. Dave_39

    Dave_39 Well-Known Member

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  3. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Is he ****e. He’s been around in the championship for years he’s bang average, wasn’t even a starter for these last season.
     
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  4. Prehab26

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    Been great.
     
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  5. Chunksafc

    Chunksafc Well-Known Member

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    I'd say that was job done, been fairly even chance wise, I don't feel like that have dominated us, it's just ebbed and flowed between 2 fairly evenly matched teams
     
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  6. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    Dunno if I would call them awful, thought Neil and Ekwah are playing well. I think we need to get the ball wide quicker, everything seems to be going through the middle
     
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  7. Reggie the Cheddar

    Reggie the Cheddar Well-Known Member

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    Don't think we've been too bad. For all the possession there's no real momentum with Coventry. We look a bit toothless but we are able to get into the final third quite regularly.
     
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  8. Southern A

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    I think Ba needs a loan. I reckon with a solid season of football he could be special. But he looks a bit aimless at the moment
     
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  9. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    stats.GIF
     
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  10. Mackem-Tiz

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    He was great last season but seems to have gone backwards.
     
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  11. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Just needs to play regularly but difficult to fit him in at the minute. Playing someone off the bench for 10 mins here or there does nothing for them.
     
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  12. Southern A

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    think it was easier when it was a team full of confidence playing like Barcelona versus being one of the players responsible for making that happen
     
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  13. Flash Gordon

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    They're a good side and are on top, but we've largely kept them at bay. Godden probably had the best chance. Palmer and Sheaf are outplaying Neil and Ekwah currently.

    We're still getting the ball in attacking positions, but we have no clue what to do with it. Coventry have 2 strikers making runs for their midfielders to find. Our attacking players are playing slowly, holding it up and passing it backwards. Someone needs to take a risk.

    I'd like to see Pritchard on the pitch in the second half.
     
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  14. Milton Nunez's Thong

    Milton Nunez's Thong Well-Known Member

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    Or more opportunities in our side. Even 25 mins every week would help.
     
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  15. marcusblackcat

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    Someone text me from the ground saying he dived over Patterson after that? Obviously I only have the text to go by
     
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  16. Mackem-Tiz

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    We don't seem anywhere near like we were last season imo. No zip! I feel we have lost our swagger.
     
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  17. Monkey69

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    For me Ba is lacking a bit of confidence and Roberts has looked a big miss.
    Would like to see a change at half time as we need to take a bit more control in midfield but to be fair 2 teams pretty much cancelling each other out with Coventry probably just edging it for the neutral.
    Could we maybe go 3 at the back add jobs into midfield and bring on Hemir ?
     
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  18. clockstander

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    or Amad maybe, early doors mate.
     
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  19. Smug in Boots

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    FFS <laugh>
     
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  20. Chunksafc

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    There's no way this is finishing 11 a side either
     
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