nelford_safc
Striker
35 min HT. Sigh.
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The Situation
Striker
Yawn. He is a regular starter, the only problem being we also have Matty Godden and Robins has to ensure each forward gets equal time on the pitch.
And we play 1 up front in a 4-2-3-1 formation
But otherwise, your comment has one correct fact. He cost us £3.5m
He has started a total of 56% of Coventry's league games this season. On what planet does that make him a regular starter?
In addition to your other nonsense, Coventry's most used formation this season has been a 3-4-1-2 formation, by a distance.
Unbelievable that I know more about your own team than you like, but there you go
Mackem00
Striker
First racism and now this trans hater. @chunkyshanhawk53
Maidstone who beat Ipswich, who beat us. Twice…
He didn’t start much earlier in the season. Hes a regular starter more recently.He has started a total of 56% of Coventry's league games this season. On what planet does that make him a regular starter?
In addition to your other nonsense, Coventry's most used formation this season has been a 3-4-1-2 formation, by a distance.
Unbelievable that I know more about your own team than you like, but there you go
I watched National League South at the weekend. It’s really not that good.
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ferryhill mackem
Striker
He has started a total of 56% of Coventry's league games this season. On what planet does that make him a regular starter?
In addition to your other nonsense, Coventry's most used formation this season has been a 3-4-1-2 formation, by a distance.
Unbelievable that I know more about your own team than you like, but there you go
they changed to 4-2-3-1 early november with wright now playing from the left
ThreadBumper
Goalkeeper
And this is what I don't get with your setup. You have an amazingly attack minded team. Any striker would relish that opportunity. But those that have been with you haven't.
Not to be taken as a jibe but your fans have very short fuses so players are under more pressure than they need to be.
If your board ever decide to back the manager and buy a central striker, you have to allow them time to settle. And you will see success.
SAFC11
Striker
Not sure why people are getting het up about simms. He's playing against a national league north team, which is 4 levels below Coventry. Yes he would be better than the strikers we had but he wasn't overly a convincing footballer and often looked quite clumsy or lethargic,which a lot of people used to comment on. Even at 3.5mil it was more than KLD would give speakman to spend, its about the same we paid for 3 strikers. We definitely wouldn't have paid the guarantee towards 5mil and possibly add ons to 8mil, so it's a moot point anyway.
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The Situation
Striker
9 starts in 16 between 2nd December 2023 to-date.
10 starts in 18 between the start of the season and 1st December 2023.
Much of a muchness really and pretty consistent with that starting 56% of games figure across the season as a whole.
Agree. We seem to buy strikers who are big lumps and don’t fit our style, or the likes of Rusyn and then don’t play him. At east next season when Clarke has gone we’ll need to change it up.
PS
Striker
So what would you rather have? Them or him?
We’ve all got a short fuse? I think you need to stop listening to rubbish like talk sport
ThreadBumper
Goalkeeper
He has started a total of 56% of Coventry's league games this season. On what planet does that make him a regular starter?
In addition to your other nonsense, Coventry's most used formation this season has been a 3-4-1-2 formation, by a distance.
Unbelievable that I know more about your own team than you like, but there you go
This comment is worthy of a serious guffaw. Stop reading The Athletic. Transfermrkt has breakdowns for each player and shows time on the pitch.
We played 3 CB for the first 10-15 games. Robins changed the formation in October to 4 at the back and with a solo striker. This created our successful run, allowing us to claw our way up the table.
And as I have said, Robins has had to rotate our strikers to keep everyone happy.
You may try and sound intelligent but in this instance, you are found wanting.
The Situation
Striker
This place is mental like, an actual Coventry fan that watches him week in week out is wrong and the know nowts on here are right.
More mental is how an actual Coventry fan that watches him week in week out thinks he's a "regular starter", when he has only started 19 of their 34 league games.
woodlebert
Striker
That's not quite right. Simms had 0.56 goals per 90 with us last year (more than this season) and Stewart had 0.86.
Different issues this year which are probably more to do with quality/readiness of the signings
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SAFC11
Striker
Not saying that, what I'm saying is we couldn't afford him, and he is pretty average as a footballer. Equally just because he is better than what we have doesnt mean thats the player id want us to sign, theres plenty more players out there to search for
we had no CFs and needed cover even if they aren't ready, we didnt even have any youth strikers to use as cover. His wage will even be more than all our strikers combined I'd imagine.
We just don't have the financial muscle for whatever reason to sign a competent ready striker
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ThreadBumper
Goalkeeper
Sorry, wasn't meant to be a dig. But when I come on here, posters are regularly complaining about players. One game you have brilliant worldbeaters, next after a loss, you're relegation fodder and some shouldn't even be in your squad.
No, I won't say all your fanbase is the same but players need time to settle. Took ours 15 games before they gelled this season.
Do you have a log-in on the Sky Blues Talk forum ? Member there called Grendel is the same. Argumentative, always thinks he's right and never gives up chasing a point.
Being pedantic, you've said he's started 56% of games. That's over half, that could be classed as regular as it's more than his squadmate.
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woodlebert
Striker
I think the Athletic is an ok source for transfer figures tbh. Transfermarkt I find can be hit and miss.This comment is worthy of a serious guffaw. Stop reading The Athletic. Transfermrkt has breakdowns for each player and shows time on the pitch.
We played 3 CB for the first 10-15 games. Robins changed the formation in October to 4 at the back and with a solo striker. This created our successful run, allowing us to claw our way up the table.
And as I have said, Robins has had to rotate our strikers to keep everyone happy.
You may try and sound intelligent but in this instance, you are found wanting.
I checked fbref (which I find reliable) and it agrees with you about formations & 1 up top. Although it suggests it shifted early November, not October
The Situation
Striker
A very quick glance and it seems your own forum is no different, for example:
Robins has to own that one
Robin’s got it wrong tonight. we knew Preston would press hard and be physical yet we ignored the more physical and experienced Kitchin and Bidwell in favour of Binks and Da Silva . He waited until half time to alter anything and somehow managed to make us even less effective in the second...
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All football forums are the same. Win and everything's perfect, lose and everything's a disaster. This place is exactly the same but hardly an outlier and your own supporters are no different.
