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We are picking up points whilst playing well below our capabilities however we need to step up another level because teams are now seeing us as one of the scalps of the division and that was shown tonight by a Coventry side that had us on the back foot for large parts of the game and if any team deserved the victory, it was they. They played on the front foot with their pressing game causing us to back peddle and play on the counter-attack and its not often we see teams doing that to us.

Once we get through this slightly tricky spell, we will regain our passing game and start pressing the ball higher up the pitch and the results will no doubt follow.
 
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PENNYWHITE said:
To me, our current problem is that we're not getting hold of the game by the scruff of the neck in central midfield.
Lewis Neal has done enough to start on the left. He will take on the full back and get crosses in.
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Central midfield was shambolic tonight. McKenna and Sedgwick barely won a tackle, barely made a tackle even and spent the full 90 letting Coventry play the ball around them.

Both seem to think passing forward is illegal, but Sedgwick truly, badly, deeply had a shocker - back to his worst and that's bad. 😡 😡

Lewis Neal????? 😱 Just what exactly does that lightweight one-footer bring to the party???

Sorry, but Simmo got it wrong tonight. Wrong to keep Sedgwick in - then wrong to keep him on.

Wrong to replace Miller with Neal.

And worst of all, wrong not to drag Paddy off for Dichio well before the end.

Wasn't it Simpson telling us how good DD is at helping out the defence a few weeks ago? 😱

Coventry had a team of giants so we take off Miller, who won more than his share in the air, and replace him with a midget.

And we leave Paddy on for 20 minutes after his legs have packed up.

Don't get me wrong; Simpson's a superb manager - but he got it wrong tonight.
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I don't think we can put the blame on the manager - Miller was never gonna last 90 mins so Simmo had to make that change - the players are to blame a lot of them didn't turn up and fight for the win like they should do.

I bet they got a massive bollocking off the manager cos at the end of the day they lost most of the battles in the middle of the park and was on the back foot a lot of the time trying to depend too much on the pace of Paddy and Nuge upfront for counter attacks, well sorry boys that maybe the way to play away but not at home.... The players got it wrong for me tonight, not the manager...
 
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A fair assessment of tonight's game, but:
- We are still top, despite not playing too well in the last few games
- Our start to the season has meant the current "blip" (if it can be called that) hasn't been to damaging to our league position
- We now face a Luton side in terrible form

The game with Birmingham on the 9th will be tough, but if we go into the game with Plymouth with an extra 4 points I will be very happy.
 
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funkymunky05 said:
i think you'll find the brum game is on the 5th. the plymouth game is on the 9th. 🙂
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Think you'll find Brum is on the 9th and Plymouth on the 16th 😛 😉
 
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Staffordwhite said:
PENNYWHITE said:
To me, our current problem is that we're not getting hold of the game by the scruff of the neck in central midfield.
Lewis Neal has done enough to start on the left. He will take on the full back and get crosses in.
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Central midfield was shambolic tonight. McKenna and Sedgwick barely won a tackle, barely made a tackle even and spent the full 90 letting Coventry play the ball around them.

Both seem to think passing forward is illegal, but Sedgwick truly, badly, deeply had a shocker - back to his worst and that's bad. 😡 😡

Lewis Neal????? 😱 Just what exactly does that lightweight one-footer bring to the party???

Sorry, but Simmo got it wrong tonight. Wrong to keep Sedgwick in - then wrong to keep him on.

Wrong to replace Miller with Neal.

And worst of all, wrong not to drag Paddy off for Dichio well before the end.

Wasn't it Simpson telling us how good DD is at helping out the defence a few weeks ago? 😱

Coventry had a team of giants so we take off Miller, who won more than his share in the air, and replace him with a midget.

And we leave Paddy on for 20 minutes after his legs have packed up.

Don't get me wrong; Simpson's a superb manager - but he got it wrong tonight.
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Agree with all this. Central midfield was awful as was Paddy. I would have started with Ormerod.

Whaley and Nugent excellent as was the defence. Lewis Neal and Sedge can go in Jan for me. Need a natural goalscorer and a creative midfielder if we are to have any chance of getting to the promised land.

Best player tonight was Adebola - strong, pacey, and an intelligent footballer ( sounds like the best bits of DD, Paddy and Brett all in one!)
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whaley was poor tonight never man of the match i would have give it nash. nobody else stood out to me. miller understandably looked unfit i didnt realise he was playing in the 1st half. should be in the centre with macca anyway.
 
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my two pence worth is this

two poor games on sat and tonight but end of the day we didnt lose either of them and we are top of the league.
lets look at the positives
 
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Neaty said:
my two pence worth is this

two poor games on sat and tonight but end of the day we didnt lose either of them and we are top of the league.
lets look at the positives
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If ever there was a "head in the sand" post , this is it. For the last 2 matches we have been POOR - nowhere near top 6 material. Things need to change if we are to have a chance of promotion , and this this year that is a real chance. Simpson has had a great start, but he needs to earn his corn now, and that means dropping players - I would suggest Sedge and Aggy for starters, and dare I mention it, mcKenna.

I would put Wilson to right back, and move Alexander to central midfield. This is the area we are being outplayed.
 
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Earlier in the season I never felt that the opposition would score whenever they started to attck but last night I felt it was just a matter of time before they did and I was worried each and every time Coventry attacked. Also last night I couldn't understand the reasoning behind the long high balls being played forward instead of 'to feet' passing that both Nuge and Paddy require to be fully effective. We had our share of good and bad luck last night but still managed a draw so overall I am happy as I think Simmo and the team will respond favourably to last nights match. Perhaps it is time to play Brett instead of Paddy at the beining of matches with Miller instead of Sedge - some players are looking very tired after about 70 minutes so would benefit from such a rotation of players. The sign of a championship winning team is one picking up pionts when not playing particularly well - let's hope our fortunes turn for the better in the near future and we get back to winning ways. In the meantime let's enjoy the league position we are in - many, and I include myself, thought we would struggle all season and hoped to finish mid table at best.
 
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pornstar said:
Coventry were the better team and deserved more than the single point they got.

Nerves appear to be running through the team,especially in midfield.

Finally,Dichio has got to start and partner Nugent. Nothing was sticking up front for the 2nd game on the bounce.

We were very lucky to escape with the point truth be told.

Well done Coventry.
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aye top of the league and we've not hit top form. good innit! 😛
 
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pornstar said:
Coventry were the better team and deserved more than the single point they got.

Nerves appear to be running through the team,especially in midfield.

Finally,Dichio has got to start and partner Nugent. Nothing was sticking up front for the 2nd game on the bounce.

We were very lucky to escape with the point truth be told.

Well done Coventry.
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Good round up of the game pornstar

Complete different side to the team that came to deepdale last season were Coventry, they came with a game plan stuck to it (as did Palace) and in all fairness probably deserved more than a point.

Hope this is our 'bad' patch, and a win on Saturday would be a huge boost.

Come on Southampton!!
 
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I don't think we have hit our top form yet and we are STILL picking up points!!

Maybe now the pressure is getting to everyone at the club a little bit? perhaps? There is a lot at stake here and they know that.

In fairness I wasn't there last night so can't comment on the game but if the issues are similar to the recent ones (midfield not holding up etc) then I agree we need to sort it out to stay where we are.

But to be frank, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/table/default.stm

I will post that all day. Just feels good at the moment!!
 
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