Coventry City V Swansea City
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Yankee_Jack
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This is nothing like Andy Pandy football. A solid victory and excellent performances by a number of players. Smith worked his balls off throughout the game.
We came closest to scoring in the second half with Bidwell’s header of the bar.
4 wins 5.
We came closest to scoring in the second half with Bidwell’s header of the bar.
4 wins 5.
CroJack
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Poor performance by the Swans. Disorganised, disjointed, and too sloppy in possession. I didn't like it at all. Too many players were passengers today. If they think the possession football without effort will win them games, then they are terribly wrong.
But I like the 3 points.
But I like the 3 points.
The Blobster
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Think you read that a bit wrong , Coventry played well and gave us no room to play , I thought it was a great resilient effort from our boys .(in reply to CroJack)
Victoria Swan
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I'm with @The Blobster, Coventry were pressing us very hard for nearly the whole second half and we kept our cool and as Alan Curtis said our game management for the last ten minutes was sublime. For the last five minutes we hardly let them have the ball. No @CroJack, this was the case of us coming up against a side that plays the same kind of game we do (and might even be better at it some of the time) but who we didn't allow to overcome us. And our first fifteen minutes were high energy and sublime. Well done for those three points!
Thought we defended well but Coventry put us under the cosh a lot and, as CJ said, I thought we were often sloppy. That said, as Blobs posted, it was a resilient effort and I won't be moaning about 3 points against a decent side. We had some good possession right at the end as Yankee pointed out and we saw the game out well. Definitely a lot more work required though but a battling display tonight. Well done, lads.
CroJack
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Apart from the first 15 and last 5 minutes we were poor. That's 70 out of 90 minutes. Our passing was sloppy, we didn't run as much as Coventry did to receive the passes, we played too many backward passes, we got dispossessed 17 times, and we didn't exploit Coventry's high press. I know you are all happy for the 3 points we earned tonight as much as I am, but we didn't play well and we shouldn't have won this game. I hate to say it but Coventry are a better team than the Swans, and they will be the better team as long as they play with more energy and passion than we do.
CroJack
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That's exactly what I don't want to hear. I want to hear these words from the opposition manager, players and fans.
It's what I said several times during the thread - so I agree with you.
For much of the game I felt we were on the back foot but fair play to the lads they hung in there for 3 points against a good team. However, let's not paper over the cracks because there was a lot wrong with our game and we never got near to Coventry in terms of intensity, I'm sure it will come but we are still very much a work in progress. Some stats:
POSSESSION: 45-55 SHOTS: 11-9 OT: 4-4 CORNERS: 7-3 FOULS: 12-8 GOALS: 1-2
Saw a comment from a Coventry fan about us which broadly said that we have some good players but are the slowest team he'd seen in years. Bit harsh that but the message is clear and I similarly commented on our lack of pace and tempo during the game. We have to become more dynamic, more explosive, to keep other teams on the back foot. That said, it was still an excellent win for the lads and we are now well in touch with the top six.
Yankee_Jack
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@ivoralljack … I guess that Coventry fan must have blinked when Laird skinned their defenders for the second goal, which was a breakout from box to box. We may look slow when the ball is doing all the work and their players are the ones chasing it and shuttling back and fore but not getting a sniff.
For longer periods than I was happy with, Yankee, that was us. Sure, we had some great spells and we looked really good but so did they and we had to do our share of chasing. Nothing wrong with that because we did it well and won the game but other teams play good football as well, usually at a quicker tempo overall. I'm sure we'll up our intensity though as the season wears on.
As Brendan Rodgers once said " when we have the ball we are resting, they are the ones doing all the running."
I still stand by my previous observations. We certainly played well in periods but so did Coventry and we were second best when they stepped on the gas. This is not to disparage our overall display because, as I also said, this was a very good win against a very good team. I just feel there's a lot more to come from us and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Fair comment. We'll need all our energy to get something down there. Good to see a close rival in Blackburn getting a good hammering at home from Fulham. They are 0-4 down (great for our goal diff) and playing with 10 men. Every little helps.
And a little more jam on the bread, Scum are 1 down to QPR at 80 minutes.Fair comment. We'll need all our energy to get something down there. Good to see a close rival in Blackburn getting a good hammering at home from Fulham. They are 0-4 down (great for our goal diff) and playing with 10 men. Every little helps.