Simon Lillibury
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Would love Wharton, Eze and Mainoo all to go.
7 names on the chopping block for me:
Trafford
Quansah
Dunk
Jones
Maddison
Bowen
Watkins
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Denmark should have beaten Germany.
Slovenia take Portugal to extra time.
Maybe we were in the group of death after all.
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FA Cup replays gone because of an extended Champions League format nobody wants.
FA pandering to the big clubs yet again.
They'll continue to moan about fixture congestion, yet all jet off on worldwide pre-season tours starting in June.
Crazy decision for the smaller clubs.
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Cost of each of these midfield trios:
Man City: £160m
Chelsea: £222m
Man Utd: £117m
Coventry: 750k
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@andy_cov93
Different positions in midfield imo, Gallagher far more energetic and defensive, could partner Rice and is more experienced than Mainoo/Wharton so probs needed.
Comes down to Maddison or Eze for me and I just think Eze is a better option off the bench.
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@GaryLineker
The beauty of a World Cup is because it isn't played so regularly. It feels special because it is every four years and doing it every two years would detract from that.
Terrible idea.
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@FootballCliches
"Play for the name on the back of the shirt and they'll remember the name slightly lower down on the back of the shirt"
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This was the team Mark Robins picked in his first game back.
Six years, two promotions and one JPT later, Coventry are 8th in Championship with Viktor Gyokeres and Gustavo Hamer.
No manager in England has done a better job.
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The most annoying thing is that Gus Hamer is too good for Sheffield United.
Convinced he could play for any of the top ten in the Premier League. Great coup for them.
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#twitterblades
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I've never loved a Coventry City player as much as Gustavo Hamer.
If it was as simple as picking him or Gyokeres to stay, I'm picking Gus every day of the week.
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I know it might be reactionary but I think that might have been the best Cov performance of my lifetime.
Created so many chances against PL opposition, every player was incredible.
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How good were all of the subs that came on yesterday?
Dasilva the best I've seen him, Binks, Torp and Tavares all immense.
To make such a positive impact in front of 80k takes serious balls. A lot to be excited about as we move forward.
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Easy to forget with all the craziness that this man scored our first goal of the season.
A massive reason we are where we are. Can't wait to say a proper goodbye to him today.
KYLE MCFADZEAN 👏👏
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Cov's line-up the first game Fadz played for us.
Look where he started, and look where he leaves us.
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Callum Wilson isn't joining.
Gus Hamer isn't joining.
Adam Armstrong isn't joining.
Carl Baker isn't joining.
Leon Best isn't joining.
Dion Dublin isn't joining.
Micky Gynn isn't joining.
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@TheSportsman
People who say "offside is offside" miss the point by a mile.
Football is not, and has never been about getting every single paper thin decision correct.
It's about moments, and VAR is spoiling those moments for the sake of a toenail.
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@Jay75577255Jay
Was out of the game again today yeah, just think Toney is a better Kane replacement and better penalty taker which is all we really need from a second striker.
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🧵Cov focused, but it feels like this season, the era of three centre-backs is over.
This weekend in the Championship, only three of the 24 teams started with three at the back - Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield and Coventry.
All three sides are in the bottom five...
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Still more optimistic about next season than I've ever been.
EMC, Sakamoto, Torp, Wright, Simms + some new additions.
Bring it on.
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Bobby Thomas was absolutely phenomenal today.
I know Kelly and Godden aren't at the level anymore, but I'm actually glad they are getting some gametime towards the end of the season.
They've been incredible servants to the club, just as Fadz was.
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Thought Jay Dasilva was superb again last night BTW.
Unless we can massively upgrade with someone like Harrison Burrows, happy with him and Bidwell again next season.
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Trent this, Reece James that.
No one gets close to Kyle Walker at the minute.
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Always knew this boy would be good enough to start for England one day.
Today is that day.
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Devil works hard but Gyokeres' agent works harder.
🚨🇸🇪 Viktor Gyokeres’ agent Hasan Cetinkaya: “It will be difficult for Viktor to stay at Sporting if Ruben Amorim decides to leave the club”.
“We had 8 proposals for Gyokeres last summer and he decided to join Sporting for Amorim”, told Record.
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Reminder of the players we signed in 2016/17.
Seven years later we've signed a Dutch U21 international for £4m and spent almost £10m in one summer.
What a turnaround, what a club.
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Thought yesterday was Josh Eccles' best game for Cov.
He's turning into a great midfielder at this level and it's going to be tough for Torp to get into this team even when he's fully fit.
Belief clearly growing in Eccles that he belongs in the Championship.
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@footballontnt
Rio Ferdinand must be the only person who thinks about the Ballon d'Or while watching a major final.
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There should only be one coin toss for a penalty shootout.
You get to pick the end or if you take first, not both.
No, I'm not over the play-off final.
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Coventry have first refusal on another one of Peterborough's players this summer.
My educated guesses would be Ricky Jade-Jones, Kwame Poku or Ronnie Edwards🤞
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Not that many tickets left now, looks like the club got things exactly right.
Completely fair way of selling them, and stopped United fans getting in our end.
I'm seeing a lot of happy Cov fans on the timeline.
Bring it on!
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Might not have seemed important at the time but loved Josh Eccles keeping the armband when he came on.
Special moment for him.
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Tony Mowbray's Blackburn departure means Mark Robins is now the 7th longest serving manager in English football.
5th in the Football League.
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I'd rather overpay for a player that Robins wants than underpay for a player he doesn't.
Get Kitching in.
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Hopefully now people realise how important Josh Eccles is.
Midfield looks so flimsy without him.
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I'd like O'Hare to stay, but honestly as a club now we are doing everything right.
If he doesn't want to be a part of this journey that is going to end in promotion then that's fine.
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Hadn't seen this picture until now.
It's art.
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Coventry have submitted a bid for Heerenveen right back Milan van Ewijk.
22 years old, six goals in 34 Eredivisie appearances last season. Two years left on his contract, so likely to be a decent fee.
Anderlecht have also bid.
Via
@SanderVries_LC
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Tatsu Sakamoto is a better footballer than Antony.
By far.
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You know when people say as a joke Antony wouldn’t start for ‘insert Championship club’ — Antony genuinely wouldn’t start for a lot of Championship clubs
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Eight years ago Coventry were playing in Northampton in an old kit with the sponsor taped over.
Absolutely remarkable progress since then, mainly down to Mark Robins.
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On this day 2013 saw an amazing game at Sixfields ,City were 3 -2 up with just minutes left, then in a mad 3 mins city let two in against Preston but deep into stopped time Mathieu Manset got City a point
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Got to speak with QPR manager
@MichaelBeale
this afternoon and he was an absolute delight.
#QPR
have got themselves a gem.
Full interview out later this week.
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I'll be delighted with Ephron Mason-Clark, even with the loan back for this season.
We've got a good chance this year, but I'm not sure we'll go up even if we make the top six.
It's all about building a squad to challenge for the next three seasons.
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Cov appearances this season:
Simms 51
Eccles 49
Wright 48
Latibeaudiere 47
Thomas 47
Van Ewijk 47
Dasilva 40
Godden 40
Bidwell 36
Palmer 36
O'Hare 34
Sheaf 34
Kitching 32
Sakamoto 32
Imo Sheaf has missed too many games to win POTS - would go MVE or Haji.
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We haven't failed to score since the 11th November and have scored at least twice in seven of the last eight league games.
Think this striker 'issue' is being blown way out of proportion.
We create plenty of chances, just often not for the number nine.
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Impressed with
#RUFC
tonight, they look far better than the last few times they've been in the Championship.
Should stay up imo.
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@MarcusDavies26
Wow pretty sure Konsa is safe at this point, and can't see Jones going at all!
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Simms, Dasilva, Kelly and Binks all excellent so far.
Also I like Josh Eccles and what he brings to the team. He's not Gus, but he's decent.
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Not seeing many complaints about moving the away fans today 🤣
Gonna be incredible next season if season tickets are sold in those blocks.
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Kyle McFadzean.
A club legend in every sense of the word.
Linking back up with Dom Hyam at Rovers, hope he gets some deserved game time there.
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£3.5m up front for Simms is a fantastic deal. We probably only pay the full £8m if we get promoted and if that happens, he's a £25m player.
WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING FINE 🎶
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Apparently Premier League clubs wanting the best striker in the Championship counts as a 'shock'.
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Viktor Gyokeres 'wanted in shock Prem transfer' after impressing in Championship
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If we actually sign Ellis Simms as Gyokeres' replacement I'll be over the moon.
And all the Doug King doubters will be silenced. £5m plus on one player is the start of the new era.
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"They may not beat Man Utd... and that is not the point anyway. They will stand in those red seats and they will proclaim the saviour of something that they feared had been lost, perhaps for good. Once, they saw no escape. Now this is their escape."
@danielstorey85
👏👏👏
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- Sisu gone
- Wasps gone
- Relegation avoided
- New owner that cares
- New CBS deal
No matter what happens today it's been one hell of a season, anything else from here is a bonus.
Come on you beautiful Sky Blues.
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4th Nov: Taylor incorrectly awards Preston a penalty vs Coventry.
7th Nov: Coventry receive confirmation that the penalty Taylor awarded Preston was incorrect.
12th Nov: Taylor will referee Chelsea vs Manchester City.
There is simply no accountability for consistent mistakes.
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With living up north, the away ticket point system and now £33 for a home game, it's difficult to see how many games I'm actually going to be able to go to this season.
Wish the club would realise that not everybody can viably have a season ticket.
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They've smashed this.
Everyone can sit together if they've been to a few games, and everyone above 50pts should get a ticket.
Couldn't have done it any better.
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@mac_mccloskey
@Leahgardner20
Hi Mac. Supporters with 50+ points will have access to purchase and do not need to worry
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Quick Anthony Taylor timeline:
28th Oct: Taylor incorrectly awards Newcastle a penalty vs Wolves.
1st Nov: Wolves receive confirmation that the penalty Taylor awarded was incorrect.
2nd Nov: Taylor demoted to Championship.
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Best strikers in world football:
1) Haaland
2) Kane
3) Gyokeres
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Gyokeres… what a player and what form he’s in
Benfica’s defence on the other hand…
2-0 down to Sporting
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Jonny Rowe out of this weekend, massive boost for Cov.
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🗣 On fitness...
"Duffy is back in training and Jonny Rowe will miss this weekend."
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I know he's got his flaws but I really rate Jay Dasilva as a player.
Great footwork and crossing ability, such a threat in the final third.
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We are a bad football team at the moment. Huddersfield awful, and couldn't kill them off.
No pressure Callum O'Hare, but you've got to save our season single handedly.
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@dewg1978
This completely ignores the fact that Denmark had a goal disallowed and a minute later Germany were given the opening goal thanks to a terrible handball decision.
That goal changed the game completely. Don't think it's outrageous to think Denmark should have won.
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Last season fans complained because our pitch looked like a farm, we didn't play a home game until October and we were bottom of the league.
This season they are complaining because.. *checks notes* the kits aren't out yet.
Relax everyone, that's progress.
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Victor Torp is the best midfielder I've ever seen*
*on YouTube in the last five minutes.
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Tavares is an interesting one.
Thought he was poor on the wing for the majority but he's never claimed to be a winger.
Put him in front of goal as a striker and he definitely has some qualities. Great pace, movement and finishing.
Just not a wide man imo.
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@Of1889R
Yeah it's not meant as a dig at Blades in any way. Just he's a spectacular footballer.
Great signing 👍
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Even if we sign nobody and lose the expected players, we'll be able to field this team on the first day of the season:
Collins
MVE Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Sakamoto Sheaf Torp EMC
Simms Wright
Wilson
Dasilva
Lati
Eccles
Allen
Palmer
Tav
We're in such a strong position.
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I know it was only Huddersfield, but it feels like we might have found a way to win games from now until the end of the season.
MVE is terrific at right wing, trust Simms and Wright to score the goals. Defence and midfield picks itself.
Back four is here to stay.
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Obviously we need new players, but I can't shake the feeling that every player we are linked with is taking money away from Gus' new contract/signing on bonus.
Give him whatever he wants before anything else and get it done. Losing him would be catastrophic.
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@TheSkyBlueHub
No way Shaw misses out if he can play in the knockouts he's a guaranteed starter. Gomez possibly but versatile - Gordon has to go if he's fit to run in behind.
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The people that got Ladbaby to Christmas number one again are the same people who voted for Matt Hancock on I'm a Celebrity and think that Boris Johnson did a 'good job'.
#XmasNo1
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Coventry set to appoint AFC Wimbledon head of recruitment Jamie Johnson.
Could left-back Jack Currie now become an option in summer rather than Jay Dasilva?
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#BristolCity
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@TheSportsman
Would have won player of the tournament at Euro 2020 if England could take penalites.
How is anybody voting for anyone else?
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My club just got to its first FA Cup semi in my lifetime but nah let's have it in Albequeque.
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Everyone hates having the FA Cup semis at Wembley, could put them abroad and then come back to England for the final?
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Blackburn v Cov on Wednesday is a massive game, but not the biggest since 2001.
Without Notts County away there would be no revival, continued attendances of less than 10k - perhaps no club altogether.
Winning that changed everything.
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