Championship Season - 2022/2023

[UniFox21]

 

A second fixture postponed, another one having been fulfilled in another ground. 

At what point do the EFL decide this isn't acceptable? 

 

 

[StanSP]

20 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

 

A second fixture postponed, another one having been fulfilled in another ground. 

At what point do the EFL decide this isn't acceptable? 

 

 

It's not Coventry's fault is it? 

[UniFox21]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

It's not Coventry's fault is it? 

Surely it's Coventry's responsibility to ensure their home ground is fit for fixtures to be used? 

[when_you're_smiling]

39 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Surely it's Coventry's responsibility to ensure their home ground is fit for fixtures to be used? 

It’s not their ground. They only rent it after selling it years ago. No other word for it than an absolute shit-show decades in the making.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, UniFox21 said:

Surely it's Coventry's responsibility to ensure their home ground is fit for fixtures to be used? 

Don't think they can control when the rugby is played

 

[Jattdogg]

46 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Don't think they can control when the rugby is played

 

Need their own stadium end of really. But i get thats not possible right now for them.

[SAFC1]

Gutted. 

[StanSP]

Take a fvcking bow 

 

[Wymsey]

Think the league will be even more tight than it was last year, top and bottom.

Teams like even Hull and Sunderland can have a good go challenging towards the top this season.

[SAFC1]

Happy enough with our start but it could’ve easily been 3 wins from 3. Sheff United (A), Stoke (A) and Norwich (H) our next 3 games. Tough. Our starting XI could compete for play-offs but we’re massively short when it comes to back up. Big couple of weeks coming up in the transfer window…

[irishfoxkev]

Despite a two nil win tonight just watched big Nige’s  post match interview where he threatens to walk away from football altogether over the shambolic standard of refereeing .....Says he thought about it and came close to walking away last year and just a few games in this season he’s in the same place already

[Brizzle Fox]

18 minutes ago, irishfoxkev said:

Despite a two nil win tonight just watched big Nige’s  post match interview where he threatens to walk away from football altogether over the shambolic standard of refereeing .....Says he thought about it and came close to walking away last year and just a few games in this season he’s in the same place already

Well having seen the display of the ref tonight I ain't surprised.

 

On a separate note I do feel that something is starting to click with him and Bristol City. Totally different feel about the play. They were superb tonight 

[Koke]

What the hell is this, Swansea?

 

[Leicester_Loyal]

 

[BenTheFox]

On 14/08/2022 at 22:45, SAFC1 said:

Happy enough with our start but it could’ve easily been 3 wins from 3. Sheff United (A), Stoke (A) and Norwich (H) our next 3 games. Tough. Our starting XI could compete for play-offs but we’re massively short when it comes to back up. Big couple of weeks coming up in the transfer window…

What constitutes a good season? Are the expectations to push for the play-offs, finish mid-table or just to avoid relegation? First and foremost it must just be a relief to have finally gotten out of league 1. 

[Super_horns]

21 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

 

And this is after they won !

 

Guess he is talking about the lack of consistency in officials .

[ealingfox]

28 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

 

 

King Nigel spot on as per.

[Koke]

50 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

 

 

Love Nigel but he's not half behaving like a victim. Managers jobs are not in jeopardy because of refs. That's the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard.  Plus, Niger doesn't ever count the amount of times bad decisions have gone in his favour that has gained him 1 or 3 points. 

[BenTheFox]

I don't like digging out officials because it's a very difficult job and I always look to see what what we could have done better in the game to get a positive result. What I will say though is it really struck me how much better the standard of officiating was in the Euros last year. Even VAR worked relatively smoothly. I think the standard of officiating in this country is particularly bad.

[BenTheFox]

On 13/08/2022 at 12:10, StanSP said:

Don't think they can control when the rugby is played

 

I'm trying to figure out how their pitch is in such a bad state. The stadium was hosting sevens. Sevens is an open, running form of rugby. It's not like they are having 16-man scrums and mauls on there , which would chew up the surface. 

Edited 17 August 2022 by BenTheFox

[BenTheFox]

1 minute ago, BenTheFox said:

I'm trying to figure out how their pitch is in such a bad state. The stadium was hosting sevens. Sevens is an open, running form of rugby. It's not like they are having 16-man scrums and mauls on there , which would chew up the surface. 

And Wasps haven't played a home game there in two and a half months! 

[Super_horns]

30 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

I'm trying to figure out how their pitch is in such a bad state. The stadium was hosting sevens. Sevens is an open, running form of rugby. It's not like they are having 16-man scrums and mauls on there , which would chew up the surface. 

Goodness knows how bad it will be when the winter comes !

[CosbehFox]

39 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

And Wasps haven't played a home game there in two and a half months! 

They are blaming the Rammstein gig and that the pitch was covered for a long period

[Lionator]

57 minutes ago, Koke said:

 

Love Nigel but he's not half behaving like a victim. Managers jobs are not in jeopardy because of refs. That's the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard.  Plus, Niger doesn't ever count the amount of times bad decisions have gone in his favour that has gained him 1 or 3 points. 

Did you see their opening game against Hull? The penalty after the most blatant dive? And the non red card for Luton last night amongst other things? 

[Lionator]

48 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

And Wasps haven't played a home game there in two and a half months! 

It’s because wasps have couldn’t pay the contractor to fix the pitch after the gig/sevens, so they obviously refused to do it. They literally have no money.