It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread 13:12 - Aug 21 with 48611 views | FDC | In 20 odd years I don't think I've ever started one of these. I'm thinking (hoping) we will go with a three man midfield this weekend, with Morgan, Field and Varane. Coventry scored five last weekend! We can't afford to concede too early, and will need to score first to get anything out of it IMO. An early Coventry goal, supporters getting aggy... gulp. We all want a box-to-box no. 8, but these players are high value and not easy to sign on the cheap. He's young, and a bit slight, but I wonder if we need to start thinking about cultivating Morgan in this role as a long term solution? We know he can get stuck in, he's got bags of energy, and popped up with an absolute thunder-bastard last weekend. Poku being out actually makes this an easier decision to make, because we can play Chair and Dembele either side of Burrell (or Kone if fit) without agonizing over who gets left out. Presumably Dunne returns at RB, Esquardinho returns at LB, and Morrison and Mbengue start at CB. |  | | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:23 - Aug 23 with 1861 views | joolsyp | Oh deary deary me. That was awful from Morgan. |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:23 - Aug 23 with 1858 views | 08olesen | We have been so far off it physically this season. Fitness team need to have a long hard look at themselves. Very depressing |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:23 - Aug 23 with 1835 views | derbyhoop | Dreadful error from Morgan. Thomas-Asante for 2-0 |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:23 - Aug 23 with 1809 views | aston_hoop | so sick of this club. every dawn is falser than the last |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1804 views | QPROslo |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:22 - Aug 23 by Logman | We are being totally out-played. Everything is amiss. Questions need to be asked. |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1789 views | CamberleyR | FFS! |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1769 views | qprd | terrible mistake from morgan but can someone remind me why we insist on playing out of the back with a keeper who is so uncomfortable with ball at feet? |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1756 views | queensparker | Fk me. This is plumbing new depths, even for us Our ball retention is woeful. So casual and half arsed and slow to everything |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1728 views | kensalriser | WTAF. That was unbelievable. |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1710 views | FDC | At thai stage we just have to pray Coventry have a breather and call off the dogs |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1701 views | kropotkin41 | Well, gentlemen, it's been lovely. I'm going to go and potter about the garden now. Good afternoon to you all. |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:25 - Aug 23 with 1680 views | QPunkR | WHAT THE FESTERING KUNT IS THAT?? If this manager continues with this fuxxing sorry goal kick routine with this goalkeeper and these players then he's clinically fuxxing insane |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:25 - Aug 23 with 1670 views | actonman | WTAF !! We are fking sh!te |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:25 - Aug 23 with 1667 views | Wilkinswatercarrier | Just WOW! Well the 3 man midfield made a difference 🤣. I'm not getting angry as they could run in 6 here. |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:25 - Aug 23 with 1620 views | Mick_S | Trying to play out from the back with two cov forwards pressing the box. What the actual feck are they thinking? |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:25 - Aug 23 with 1618 views | MedwayR | For the first I thought Morgan should've pressed the CB rather than drop off and let him progress/leave it to Burrell, he then let the scorer run in untracked and unchallenged, he let the game completely pass him by. And for the second...wow! He's having a 'mare here. [Post edited 23 Aug 15:29]
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:26 - Aug 23 with 1550 views | SteveB | The performance is as ugly as that abomination of a shirt.. Have we crossed the halfway line? This is going to be 4 or 5 - 0. |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:26 - Aug 23 with 1510 views | rbee |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:18 - Aug 23 by aston_hoop | Coventry look better, quicker, fitter, stronger than us in every department. They look disciplined, they look drilled. We look none of these things |
To be fair when was the last time we looked quicker, fitter and stronger than our opponent? A depressing watch but keep plugging away boys. |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:26 - Aug 23 with 1491 views | connell10 |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:25 - Aug 23 by QPunkR | WHAT THE FESTERING KUNT IS THAT?? If this manager continues with this fuxxing sorry goal kick routine with this goalkeeper and these players then he's clinically fuxxing insane |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:26 - Aug 23 with 1484 views | aston_hoop | We nearly had a shot. Cooking. |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:27 - Aug 23 with 1410 views | Jigsore | ohhh this could get ugly. we're owed an injury or two as well. |  |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:27 - Aug 23 with 1389 views | flynnbo | The Cov fans are laughing at us. Shambolic. Too slow and too lightweight. |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:27 - Aug 23 with 1384 views | mart_Goblin | You see, you can play whoever you like , wherever you like ….BUT THE METHOD / PATTERN OF PLAY / SET UP DOESNT WORK with this set of players . Said it every week practically and we still F*ck about hoping this week it will work . Stéphan has to change it and throw Nourry’s dogs*it in the bin . NOW !! Or it’s his reputation that will sink with us . And I’m still reading crap this morning that ‘we look much better than years before ‘. You and this coaching staff are on a different planet . Wise up ! |  | |  |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:27 - Aug 23 with 1358 views | qprd |
It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:26 - Aug 23 by aston_hoop | We nearly had a shot. Cooking. |
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It's only August and Julien is already being sent to Coventry - Match Thread on 15:27 - Aug 23 with 1325 views | stainrods_elbow | What the living f*ck was that? That 'pass' from Morgan was so shocking, so utterly self-destructive, it actually looked to me corrupt. Game over - probably now just a question of how many Coventry score/when they declare. |  |
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