Coventry Match Thread

[LoftusRoadLad]

Michael Salisbury is in charge of QPR v Coventry WTF !! Hope he don't treat us like he did BHA

[daveshads]

Indeed! But let's not dwell on that too long. I see the match as eminently winnable and eminently loseable. Good luck to GA and the lads. Give it all you've got from the first second.

[LoftusRoadLad]

Sheaf, Moore, Allen, Kelly - Coventry City injury latest amid 'shocking luck' ahead of trip to QPR

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sp...moore-26292707

[3London]

feels like this is the game we really need to win

we know we never get much ut of Norwich and especially as our friend stroud is in charge
clearly Burnely and Stoke are places we are unlikely to do well

so we don't want to be part of the last day relegation montage on the football league highlights show.

What price a last minute Nakhi wells goal?

[SheepRanger]

feels like this is the game we really need to win

we know we never get much ut of Norwich and especially as our friend stroud is in charge
clearly Burnely and Stoke are places we are unlikely to do well

so we don't want to be part of the last day relegation montage on the football league highlights show.

What price a last minute Nakhi wells goal?

Stoke havent got anything to play for and we're capable of getting a draw there. Norwich should beat us, but hopefully we can nick a draw as theyre not on great form. Burnley going for the championship so will guve us a good hiding.

[Isleworth116]

Draw good result for us. Reading have Burnley, then Luton at home.

[Qpstranger]

Got my tickets after the WBA fightback, I'm actually really looking forward to the game now after showing a bit of bite at last....

[72bus]

Let's hope it's the same team that played Monday and not Friday .
This is a winnable game .

[Abseits]

Draw good result for us. Reading have Burnley, then Luton at home.

A draw will be pretty rubbish in my view. Would still be right in the relegation mix with a feeling of if we can't beat a disinterested Cov at LR then what hope is there in upcoming games?

A win puts pressure on teams immediately above us and makes the task of those below us far more difficult.

I shy away from saying it's a must-win only because we've had several of those in recent weeks and ballsed every one of them up.

[Sleeping Giants]

I like to think that away to Stoke is winable too and it is but you look at their stats and they've conceeded the same amount as Blackburn (in 6th) and scored 8 more than them, it just goes to show what fine margins can do in this league.

[Undecided]

I like to think that away to Stoke is winable too and it is but you look at their stats and they've conceeded the same amount as Blackburn (in 6th) and scored 8 more than them, it just goes to show what fine margins can do in this league.

I may be missing something here.

If they have conceded the same as Blackburn but scored more then them, doesn't that mean that when they lose, they lose big time?

[3London]

A draw will be pretty rubbish in my view. Would still be right in the relegation mix with a feeling of if we can't beat a disinterested Cov at LR then what hope is there in upcoming games?

A win puts pressure on teams immediately above us and makes the task of those below us far more difficult.

I shy away from saying it's a must-win only because we've had several of those in recent weeks and ballsed every one of them up.

Why would coventry be disinterested ? they are 3 points of 5th Place.

the fact that they are also having an injury crisis gives hope - but they still have a 19 goal striker up front - something we can only dream of!

[Sleeping Giants]

I may be missing something here.

If they have conceded the same as Blackburn but scored more then them, doesn't that mean that when they lose, they lose big time?

It probably does but, without checking, I'm guessing they've also had more than their fair share of narrow wins. That was my point.

[ConorQPR2000]

I think this is the sort of game where I wonder if Ainsworth might go to a 4-4-2.

I think it would make sense from a defensive point of view, especially as you would limit spaces for the likes of Hamer, Gyokeres and Godden to threaten.

Whilst its not the most attacking formation, you would be allowing the possibility of counter attacks.

[Abseits]

In all honesty we look toothless up front whether we play one OR two strikers. We have created a pitifully small amount of meaningful on-target strikes on goal for months now and it doesn't seem to matter how many strikers we play "up front" either.
GA needs to think about the supply... we need a much quicker transition through the thirds, midfielders breaking forwards to join our striker(s) and some bleeding width (lack of any forward impetus from our "wingbacks" has been shocking recently).

I think fixed formations are kind of redundant today too. Decent teams seem to play say, 5-4-1 when they don't have possession but quickly pivot to say, 3-3-4 when they have the ball. I suppose this only really works if you have very fit intelligent players who are confident on the ball and able to keep possession though. Unfortunately some of our players struggle to make a straight pass to a team mate only 10yds away.