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Post by davidm on Nov 21, 2016 20:52:14 GMT
After Saturday's impressive performance, we are all probably expecting an easy win.
Coventry had been on a mini- run before the 4-1 walloping at Oxford.
I expect the side that finished on Saturday to start tomorrow, particularly as Trotter is suspended.
We have an amazing run of home games coming up - 5 out of next 7 games - so let's get some good wins.
Confident of another win, probably another 2-0
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Post by one2many on Nov 22, 2016 10:37:56 GMT
I will also go for a 2-0 win which almost certainly will curse the team to lose 0-5 in a freak result with Sordell scoring a hat trick.
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Post by Trotter on Nov 22, 2016 16:06:30 GMT
Sordell one of the worst strikers in BWFC history is surely going to score so I'm going for a 2-1 win.
Bolton Wanderers 2 - 1 Coventry City
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 22, 2016 20:27:47 GMT
COYWM
1-0 up
I see Samizadeh has scored two in two for Chorley!
Different level but good experience all the same.
Good enough = Old enough?
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 22, 2016 21:58:22 GMT
The warning signs are there!! We need some more goals from the January transfer window and surely we must be a tempting proposition for other strikers in the lower reaches of the Championship or in our league!!
Oxford smashed 4 past these and we struggle for 1
Still, a win is a win
Shame for Bury as they nearly helped us out until the 93rd minute..
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Post by andyl on Nov 22, 2016 23:10:40 GMT
Phew! After a dominant first half in cruise control a quick, nippy team once again embarrassed us and it took a lot of excellent, last ditch defending and some very fine saves to secure the points. We began brightly. Madine got a cross shot on target and then missed a great chance. But his back header soon afterwards led to a delightfully executed chip by Clough for what turned out to be the game's only goal.
In the second half we struggled from the off but nevertheless Ameobi mishit a shot accurately enough to make the keeper scramble. Clough who earlier had spurned a chance to place a shot hit a delightful free kick which came back off the post with Madine following in indecisively. And that was just about it until a late Henry chance teed up by Madine and Taylor.
A comprehensive,more balanced report would major on Coventry. They were the only team in it. Our swaggering three man defence was forced back until a limping Ameobi and Taylor took up full back roles. There was relentless pressure some splendid blocks and some profligate shooting. Alnwick was surely MoM- I think he made 5 or more full length saves. As I say phew!
Alnwick 9 Wilson 8 Derik 7 Beevers 7 Taylor 7 ( some great positions first half too often ignored) Spearing 8 Vela 7 (brilliant early but faded) Thorpe ( good but passed backwards too much and looked ponderous and jaded late on) 6 Ameobi 8 mainly for defensive work Madine 6 Clough 7( gave us our two best moments) Henry 5 ( good chance rushed) Taylor 5 ( two or three good touches but lightweight Proctor ( three minutes only but some fabulous skill in the corner-yes really
The team played well defensively but for me was too passive when in the ascendancy and in the end was outplayed by a quite impressive Coventry midfield
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Post by davidm on Nov 22, 2016 23:57:10 GMT
Well, how tense was that at the end? Our first half display was excellent. We pressed Coventry endlessly, took the ball off them easily and played some good crisp passes. BUT we cannot score.This failure to score when on top will catch us out soon. Of course, we did score one. Clough clipped in off the post when their centre half misjudged Madine's flick on. Madine won his fair share of headers tonight. Clough should have made it 2 when a Madine air shot left him clear on goal but he shot straight at the keeper. We should definitely have been 2 or 3 ahead by half time. Coventry pressed more after the break and stopped us passing it about between our defenders. Credit them for that because it totally threw us and we lost all rhythm and became sloppy. All passing skills left us. Coventry dominated nearly all the half other than a wonderful free kick from Clough which hit the post. There was no one following up of course. Ameobi and Henry had shots but these were isolated occurrences and Coventry had all the possession and shots. Alnwick made some good saves and we scrambled the ball away on many occasions. Our manager reverted to type and took off our 2 most creative players, Clough and Ameobi, with 20 minutes to go and decided to hold out for the 1-0 which he got but it was scary. Alnwick - 8 lot of good saves - just one flap Wilson - 6 steady but a couple of dreadful defensive headers in second half. He also did too much passing back when forward passes were on. Taylor A - 7 good again. Tested in second half. Beavers - 7 strong again. A couple of panics. Derek - 7 another good display bar a couple of wayward clearances. Thorpe - 6 very good first half but totally out of it in second half Spearing - 8 excellent first half. Bit panicky in the second Vela - 7 good again in the no 10 role. Ran out of steam late on Ameobi - 7 dangerous again. I wish he would get in the box when the play is on the other side to give us more chance of scoring Clough - 8 class at times. Could have scored 3.
Madine - 7 much much better. Gave the defenders loads of problem. Wish he could score though.
Henry - 5 wasted 2 breaks in the second half. Missed a good chance.
Taylor C - 6 set up Henry for chance he missed Proctor - 7 only on a few minutes but gets a 7 for excellent time wasting.
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Post by Pedro on Nov 23, 2016 11:15:38 GMT
Agree with the posts above. Yet another team that showed us up in the quick/instant pass and move department. Some of their moves almost Prem. class. We were pretty good in the first half but awful in the second. Excellent stats in the first half of 6 shots and all on target  What happened in the second half Parky? And from the off too. "The BWFC lull" as I call it, started straight after the whistle to start the second half. Coventry went at us as we should have done against them and Keystone cops defending reared its ugly head again. Some terrible Zat/Moxey type cock ups and then panic set in. Just very lucky that the Coventry players had attended the Bolton school of shooting. Great to see Marvin still as useless as he was with us and hear chants of "What a waste of money"  As Andy said, Taylor did a great job of getting himself in space on the left wing but was ignored to the annoyance of the crowd around me. The constant back passing also received some very loud barracking. BUT we cannot score. (More than one in a game!) |
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Post by greydad on Nov 23, 2016 12:24:57 GMT
A strange hybrid of a game, but nonetheless a welcome 3 points..at times in the second half Spearing was almost a one man team! I wondered whether Beevers had fallen out with A. Taylor, especially in the first half, and as has been well documented previously the score should have been at least 3-0 at half-time. Whether the failure to consolidate the slender lead played on the players' minds as the second half progressed I don't know, but it became a frustrating performance that led to considerable anxiety as the pressure on the Whites steadily increased. A surprisingly hard-earned, and perhaps even fortuitous clean sheet, with much credit to Alnwick.
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Post by Trotter on Nov 23, 2016 18:39:39 GMT
Agree with the posts above. Yet another team that showed us up in the quick/instant pass and move department. Some of their moves almost Prem. class. We were pretty good in the first half but awful in the second. Excellent stats in the first half of 6 shots and all on target What happened in the second half Parky? And from the off too. "The BWFC lull" as I call it, started straight after the whistle to start the second half. Coventry went at us as we should have done against them and Keystone cops defending reared its ugly head again. Some terrible Zat/Moxey type cock ups and then panic set in. Just very lucky that the Coventry players had attended the Bolton school of shooting. Great to see Marvin still as useless as he was with us and hear chants of "What a waste of money" As Andy said, Taylor did a great job of getting himself in space on the left wing but was ignored to the annoyance of the crowd around me. The constant back passing also received some very loud barracking. BUT we cannot score. (More than one in a game!) |
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Post by Trotter on Nov 23, 2016 18:42:06 GMT
David Nugent would be the missing link, he knows where the net is and in this league he would be our guarantee for promotion, Anderson needs to dig deep into his pockets for him.
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Post by Pedro on Nov 23, 2016 18:59:06 GMT
One thing I forgot was the complete Horlicks made of the tribute to Gary Speed. Well advertised by the club on Twitter the "Portrait screen" was still showing ads (almost never shows the time anyway) I would have thought a great picture of Gary would have come up on the 6th minute but no. And another thing - I thought that at one time, after the new installation, the clock still showed above the ads - am I dreaming or just having a senior moment?  |
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