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

100% mate not pretty but job done so far to no complaints first goal Tuesday is massive we get it and I think Lampard falls apart

hahaha glad I wasn’t out watching it for that exact reason, crate of staropramen in the sun for me today letting all my neighbours know just how much mayenda hates sam fender

 

That's a shame. Season ticket holder all my adult life. Family season ticket holder. Had a good night. Been no trashing the club. You post this. Guess you can not change the man, reputation for a reason.

 

Yeah mate. I didn't think we played that well but that's my opinion. I don't like conceding so much possession and territorial advantage (75%) and lots of corners againt. However, the defence was excellent. Ballard a monster. And we took our chances and got the result.

It's really sad to see prominent posters on here go on this way.

 

It's funny about it. I hate us playing that way. Felt like the Alamo lots of the time and probability usually means a ball rolls over the line. That said the defence was that good Patterson didn't have a lot to do, which is surprising given the amount of ball and territorial advantage they had.

Reminded me of Mourinho performance

 

Just woken up feeling massively hung over and I only had 2 cans

barely any sleep because of adrenaline. Was that real?

 

Aye it’s not easy on the eye but didn’t expect us to go there and dominate the ball, hope we take that approach Tuesday mind

I’m not going to get involved in the bickering on here mate it’s starting to take over the place it’s a shame cos it’s been class on here for years now, don’t mind the uber positive or the more critical opinions it’s literally the point of a forum, it’s also dead easy to just scroll past an opinion you don’t agree with or even whack them on ignore, we should all just be buzzing with the result

 

By the way, apart from 1 dodgy moment. I thought Patto handled the high physical stuff as well as he's ever done.

 

I’m still buzzing.

Can’t see how anyone can say we didn’t play well.

Playing well doesn’t always mean free flowing football and dominating.

Playing well is executing a plan. We knew they’d have the ball so we set up to stop them damaging us and we did that brilliantly. 79% possession but did we give them chances? Barely.

We defended magnificently and Dan Baresi was absolutely imperious.

We carried a threat. We had the best chances and scored twice. They scored once. We won.

Some of the videos I’ve been sent of our fans in the stadium are absolutely brilliant, not just after the game and goals but throughout the game; well done again to our magnificent away support.

Reg looked absolutely calm after the game. We did exactly what he planned for us to do which makes the win a superb performance however you wanna look at it.

 

Spot on mate. It's funny the bickering and posts of that ilk only come from the same 3 or 4.

Anyway, great result, sets us up for Tuesday. Should be good. Got the biggest work presentation ever on Wednesday morning too haha

 

Think more credit to the coaches, as it was obviously a plan for Enzo to drift into the middle as he did it a few times, our second striker would move wider left and their right back Van Ejwik or whatever he is called got lost. He went to follow Enzo for the first goal and left the space for Wilson, and the second he looked to see where Enzo was but did not notice Mayenda had pulled wide.
This was obviously worked on in the run up and worked very well.

 

Why is the sky so bright this morning?
Why does my head hurt?

good morning

rough isn’t close

 

Ha.

Lovely day in Sunderland too today. 18/19 degrees. Definitely one for a back garden bbq!

 

It’s going to be about 22 in Keswick.
What a lovely day to walk to Threlkeld

 

Good luck with that mate

 

Anar. To 70 execs. Funny it's actually at the sheepfolds, might actually sleep there haha

 

Incredible result given we seem to be defending all the time... but fair play to RLB, his game plan worked like a dream. The stats look interesting..They had 75% possession yet only managed 3 shots on target...same as us.
Be really interesting how we line up on Tuesday...but whatever happens, last night will live long in the memory..games like this with all the tension, passion and a rse twitching moments is why we all love this club

 

Big hand for Patto's new goalkeeping coach. No fannying about at the back with 10 passes just to get out past the 18 yard line. Patto hoofed the ball central almost all night. Best performance from the lad for a while.
Apart from the dodgy moment as already mentioned

 

Really