Sky blue thinking... We're going to pick up three points.

[HoylandOwl]

Merry Christmas.. Match day thread Jonah here...

Let's have it!!!

 

[HoylandOwl]

Head to head v Coventry City

Wednesday wins - 29

Coventry City wins - 32

Draws - 23. 

Last time out against Coventry at the ground they were playing at, at the time (St Andrews)

Last time we played Coventry at the Soulless Bowl.

 

Officials for the game. 

REFEREE: OLIVER LANGFORD
Assistants Hristo Karaivanov and George Byrne
Fourth Official : Ed Duckworth

Mr Langford's record this season.

16 games officiated. 

58 yellow cards

3 red cards. 

Last time he reffed the Wednesday.

26 Oct 2022 Wednesday 1 - 1 Bristol R. 

[Tank_Owl2,0]

1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said:

Head to head v Coventry City

Wednesday wins - 29

Coventry City wins - 32

Draws - 23. 

Last time out against Coventry at the ground they were playing at, at the time (St Andrews)

Last time we played Coventry at the Soulless Bowl.

 

Officials for the game. 

REFEREE: OLIVER LANGFORD
Assistants Hristo Karaivanov and George Byrne
Fourth Official : Ed Duckworth

Mr Langford's record this season.

16 games officiated. 

58 yellow cards

3 red cards. 

Last time he reffed the Wednesday.

26 Oct 2022 Wednesday 1 - 1 Bristol R. 

Just looked at the table when we played the game in 2010 and who the other struggling teams were………

[mkowl]

The last time we beat Coventry away was 1995 - so we will be going against trend somewhat. Always thought they were a bit of a bogey side as well. 

A draw would be a good result in truth 

 

[Owling_Wolf]

I'll be ready at Coventry, whatever the result..

[TheExile]

Away points seem very hard to come by with this team. So anything would be welcome. If we were to stay up i’d envisaged it being wins at home and the odd point/win away from home. But given what happened the other day it feels like we need to recoup that with one of those bonus results today. Coventry are a side hard to predict as they’ve been poor at times but nailed Sunderland only a few days ago and are most likely  now on form as ours has suddenly stuttered. Can we play two goal keepers?

Edited December 26, 2023 by TheExile

[Teddy Nickelarse]

When I looked at the festive fixture list I thought 3 points v Cardiff and a loss this afternoon. Hopefully books will be balanced this afternoon..... tough ask but let's see. Play like we did on Saturday but with a little less seasonal generosity and you never know.

[mkowl]

It's the Championship, trying to predict anything is never straightforward. The important thing is we can generally match teams, which wasn't the case. Whether it's enough to get a result is whether we do that, a mistake, moment of skill, the ref etc etc 

It's the only division I know you could go unbeaten for 10, then not win for 10. 

[TheExile]

True. We just need one or two of those better runs to get out of this. We’ve had one, albeit cut shorter than needed to get level. Then we just need to keep some steady points ticking over. 30 points or so needed second half of the season.

[Chelters]

Here’s a cheery stat for you.

Since being relegated from the PL we have not won a second tier game at either Coventry or Preston.

We are 13 without a win at Coventry and only one win in 15 at Preston (which was in League One)

[HoylandOwl]

[Beaconowl]

Dawson must have some photos of some of the management team 

[Reesh]

VAR and Dawson starting, at a ground we are usually wank at, glad my broadband is playing up

[HoylandOwl]

VAR? 

[Reesh]

Just now, HoylandOwl said:

VAR? 

Very awful rightback

[Owling_Wolf]

2 minutes ago, Reesh said:

Very awful rightback

Get out!   😋

[HoylandOwl]

12 minutes ago, Reesh said:

Very awful rightback

Oh ffsake. 🤣

[Reesh]

24 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said:

Oh ffsake. 🤣

I'm not wrong though am I.

[Andyben]

44 minutes ago, Reesh said:

VAR and Dawson starting, at a ground we are usually wank at, glad my broadband is playing up

*puts Guns of Navarone on 

[Andyben]

Ffs Dawson 

[MAL]

FFS

[Andyben]

Fuck off Dawson

[owl4ever1867]

Not watching as been dragged out on a boxing day walk but how does Dawson keep getting game time??

[Beaconowl]

Didn’t see it. Was it a Dawson fuck up?

[dilts]

was it dawsons fault?

[MAL]

Just now, Beaconowl said:

Didn’t see it. Was it a Dawson fuck up?

No

[Andyben]

Down Palmers side 

[TheExile]

Wasn’t keeper but some very casual closing down and marking. 

Edited December 26, 2023 by TheExile

[Andyben]

Like I said, dwn Palmers side 

[Beaconowl]

42 minutes ago, Andyben said:

*puts Guns of Navarone on 

David Niven dead yet?

[Andyben]

Yeah got shot by a sniper down palmers side 

[mkowl]

20 minutes ago, Andyben said:

Like I said, dwn Palmers side 

Though it was Byers that pirouetted and let the cross in. 

And the left side is more open given that. 

 

 

[KrolMong]

Not sure what Dawson can do to stop that. Poor from Byers though, pitiful attempt at stopping the cross.

Its been fairly even to be honest, our issue has been the ball in from wide, particularly from Vaulks, Coventry are happy to allow us to cross.

[Andyben]

I've just grassed on my IPTV supplier so I don't have to warch any more of this shit 

[Andyben]

Just now, KrolMong said:

Not sure what Dawson can do to stop that. Poor from Byers though, pitiful attempt at stopping the cross.

Its been fairly even to be honest, our issue has been the ball in from wide, particularly from Vaulks, Coventry are happy to allow us to cross.

Our midfield 3 are being utterly outplayed by 10&7. Nobody anywhere near them 

[Andyben]

1 minute ago, mkowl said:

Though it was Byers that pirouetted and let the cross in. 

And the left side is more open given that. 

 

 

Yup butlike I said, down Palmers side again.

[Andyben]

2 minutes ago, mkowl said:

Though it was Byers that pirouetted and let the cross in. 

And the left side is more open given that. 

 

 

Have they scored from play down out left?

[HoylandOwl]

Not the best of halves from us, we've been so bad in possession and almost scared to keep it. All it's done is invite more pressure. Thankfully though, they've not had anyone in predatory mood.

[mkowl]

So last 5 / 10 mins slightly better. Get the ball in their fucking half, turn their defenders and give them something to concern them. And please can we stop with the shitting about at the back. Worse than not helping attacking wise, it constantly puts us under pressure 40 yards from our goal. 

[Kaveman]

I can't believe after Paterson being down for so long we didn't have a sub ready to come on, and then concede whilst we've got 10 men on the pitch. We were doing ok up to that point.

[mkowl]

1 minute ago, Andyben said:

Have they scored from play down out left?

Not yet but more luck than judgement. We need both a right back and left back - I think most accept that 

 

[HoylandOwl]

3 minutes ago, Kaveman said:

I can't believe after Paterson being down for so long we didn't have a sub ready to come on, and then concede whilst we've got 10 men on the pitch. We were doing ok up to that point.

Yeah, it wasn't a surprise Pato would come off. Getting up groggier than someone after 14 Xmas beers. 

[Owling_Wolf]

How to lose a game in a moment.  It was obviously a head injury, being looked at for ages. Why did we not even start to get Musaba match dressed and ready until Pato was actually off the pitch & down the tunnel?  I can't say that being down to ten players for several minutes cost us the goal but it certainly won't have helped. Absolutely amateurish.  

More generally, wtf is wrong with our marking today?  The amount of times, particularly since the goal, that they've accurately passed to completely unmarked players in miles of space is frightening. And it's on both wings.  The gulf between the teams since the goal has been scary.  That said, it looked like Byers could or should have scored just before h.t. with a free header from Marv's cross. We're looking down so difficult to judge relative heights though. 

[mkowl]

5 minutes ago, Andyben said:

Our midfield 3 are being utterly outplayed by 10&7. Nobody anywhere near them 

Sadly there is zero option to change it from the bench 

You can see the difference between a side that are well established in the Championship, flirted with the play offs and are strong in most positions.

The weak links in our squad are very evident in comparison

[mkowl]

1 minute ago, Owling_Wolf said:

How to lose a game in a moment.  It was obviously a head injury, being looked at for ages. Why did we not even start to get Musaba match dressed and ready until Pato was actually off the pitch & down the tunnel?  I can't say that being down to ten players for several minutes cost us the goal but it certainly won't have helped. Absolutely amateurish.  

More generally, wtf is wrong with our marking today?  The amount of times, particularly since the goal, that they've accurately passed to completely unmarked players in miles of space is frightening. And it's on both wings.  The gulf between the teams since the goal has been scary.  That said, it looked like Byers could or should have scored just before h.t. with a free header from Marv's cross. We're looking down so difficult to judge relative heights though. 

Didn't get over the header - should have hit the target 

[Owling_Wolf]

7 minutes ago, Kaveman said:

I can't believe after Paterson being down for so long we didn't have a sub ready to come on, and then concede whilst we've got 10 men on the pitch. We were doing ok up to that point.

Just read this after posting the same myself.   👍

[Andyben]

The Great Escape in C4 at moment...

[MAL]

18 minutes ago, mkowl said:

Didn't get over the header - should have hit the target 

He didn't even head it, it came off his shoulder.

[HoylandOwl]

How the hell we didn't score a moment ago... Madness.

[MAL]

udders 3 up

rotherham winning

the tunnel light is getting dimmer again