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Maybe Sorenson is not 100% fit yet, and that would be a better time to assess? I do agree that he appeared to be taking up positions where he wasn't going to get the ball vs Bristol City, but maybe he was just knackered and also worth noting it took players time to get used to Thorrup's method at the start of the season and Sorenson will have that to contend with too.

Maybe they brought Jack in to play, short term signing, fits the Hoff philosophy....

Even a broken clock is right twice a day... hope you have more to cash in on than just Russel Martin for 3 years of statements... 🤣 On a serious note though, time (or supporters) will look more favourably on what Robins has achieved for Coventry than what Martin has achieved to date. Robins has done for Coventry what Lambert / Holt / Hoolihan did for us, well almost.... Martin got So'ton up via the play offs (and a top 6 finish for them was almost a given?).

With all the keyboard critics these days it is hard sometimes to pick the jokers… well from the jokers. I often struggle, so much easier in real life to spot a snakepit divorcee with 10 pints on board spitting his venom and label him…

You are my hero... wonder if you will still be here in 45 years time😄

Look at our managers interview post match, he would as well.

Good question, I was wondering the same about the Snake Oil Salesman - and would have guessed Hoff too. Currently: This time last year One game less, 1 point more.... we have lost Sara, Rowe & Idah - a lot of goals. Wagner did reasonably well when we were fully fit, but when we weren't full strength he struggled. You could make the same argument against Hoff, but I think the selling of £40m of goals and the youth we have brought in is huge context. While I wanted Wagner to succeed, I never truly believed he would. I feel different about Hoff.

I did find that later in the day actually, and if you see where the ball is it has already travelled 35 yds I would say, and Long is running there. It was a brilliant pass to be fair, and when you are not in a good space like Long right now, every little error seems to cost....

From the outside looking in, strange decision indeed.

By giving Long a new contract recently, I think the decision has already been made. To drop Long for Mair would mean he is now 3rd choice keeper. Pretty sure Long will play and witch doctors an all sorts will be brought in to heal Angus before we play again. Long will get the cup game in Jan, but it is a long way back for him now to restorre his confidence, his team mates, his managers let alone the fanbase. Generally, you would want your first choice option playing, and a younger player ready to step in. Perhaps goalkeeper is seen as such a key position that experience is thought necessary... but the case with Long is at odds with our policy to create a pathway for youth.

Hindsight is wonderful, but the ask pre-window, from most, was young and hungry... Marcondes was considered in the summer, but we went for younger targets, that was stated by Thorrup. Gordon came in late for Kamara when he went to Hull. It was thought that Long was the right level to provide back up i.e. probability of playing vs cost. There was a time the money we spent on Sargent didn't look a great investment, Crnac will need a season, but he has potential. Our best investment to me has probably been the coach 🙂

It was hard to tell exactly where he was watching on TV, but I thought he was too far right, not really sure about his depth... but I agree that a better starting position he would have cut the ball out. As a rule of thumb, I draw a line from the centre of the goal to the player who passed the ball and largely he should be within 5 yds of that depending on his depth and what else is going on. He seemed 10-15 yds to the right.... It seemed a bigger error than the other goal on first watch, it is easy to say the header was right at him, but it was right down by his feet and would have needed a good reaction to save, and the guy has a virtually free header (defending was poor) from 6-7 yards so he has a lot to cover... whereas basic positioning / concentration seems very hard to mitigate.

Interesting that this discussion (starting with the OP) takes a headline of 'Joint top scorers' and descends that to a narrative about being poor in defence, oh and by the way we always have been... LOL When you consider we sold most of our firepower in Idah, Sara & Rowe from last season, and have had Ashley Barnes out all season and even our own Parma is rueing our lack of weapons, that's a pretty amazing stat. Worth mentioning because we could be in for a bumpy few weeks now... for me, time to rally support rather than finger pointing or making lemons out of lemonade....

And also some great officaiating by Tim Robinson....😀 I usually think about probabilities rather than absolutes when it comes to human decision making, so... Without bias, Ipswich pen 8 times out of 10 given, Phillips 7/10 booking. With bias, great decision....

Word is he will be up against Callum Chambers…