Championship - 2022/23

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by StuBoy, May 10, 2022.

  1. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    Looking better and better for “Out of depth” Rob.

    Final will be a coin toss mind.
     
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  2. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    Coventry thoroughly deserved that.
     
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  3. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Yes better chances and defended.

    Hopefully they can v Luton .

    Be a very different style of play .
     
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  4. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Boro hit their peak a while back, whereas Cov were still only level on points with us after our draw with them just five weeks ago. They all looked crestfallen at the end, after dropping points in the push for a play-off place. None of our players even cared.
     
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  5. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Do have Coventry have any defenders who can challenge in the air?
     
  6. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    On the radio earlier they said they’ve conceded the fewest goals from set pieces this season.
     
  7. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Not sure but least Gy*keres can help from set plays .

    Luton will probably mark Hamer tightly .
     
  8. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    That has jinxed it !!

    :mad:
     
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  9. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    I do yes. They might have a squad of quality but they play a nice brand of football and are a much nicer outfit than those cavemen up the M1. Luton are going to very physical but I think Coventry have proven over the season they can defend well as a unit and I think it will be a good final. If Luton do win, than fair enough, but I really do feel Coventry have a real chance now. Boro' were poor tonight, and they put so much effort into trying to catch Sheff Utd these last two games have been exausting on them. A good side for sure, and I fully expect Boro' to be challenging next season, but this would be a great reward for long suffering Sky Blue fans.
     
  10. LondonOrn

    LondonOrn Squad Player

    To be precise they would've been level with us had we won, and would've been on exactly the same number of points and goals scored/conceded had they not scored - does that mean they would've been still ahead of us as they beat us in the reverse fixture?

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    It's really surprising looking back at that to think not so much that Norwich were above them but Preston could've actually made the play-offs but they collapsed, albeit in a tough run of games (Blackburn and Sunderland at home, and Millwall, in-form Swansea and Sheffield United away). Perhaps they were in a false position?
     
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  11. IRB

    IRB THe artist formally know as ImRonBurgundy?

    Luton are nailed on for promotion, have been for a while
     
  12. wfcSinatra

    wfcSinatra Predictor Choker 14/15

    Was always going to happen, call it destiny if you like. They deserve it and I hope it hurts Gino.
     
  13. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Guess you have to remember they did get to the play-offs last season too so not like it's totally out of the blue compared to Coventry.

    Just teams like us and Norwich didn't play like one and they have.

    I guess like we did in 1999 and 2006 up against bigger/richer clubs.

    Sure Nathan Jones will try to take all the credit if they do go up.

    TBH they only went down to non-league due to points deductions (might be us in the future!) and then kept bottling the play-offs.
     
  14. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Highly unlikely I'd say.
     
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  15. NathWFC

    NathWFC First Team

    He won't care.

    Our rivalry with them means nothing to him and he see and/or accept how laughable it is that the manager he sacked earlier in the season has gone there and taken them up.
     
  16. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    I hope so and maybe they can fixate on Palace as their new pretend rival. No matches against Luton is always a blessing.

    However, they are a much better run club than ours. Promotion achieved on the tiniest budget ever. Their 10-year story is a miracle. Their fans don’t deserve it though, as they are the vilest creatures ever to walk the earth, but the club itself is just fine.

    Luton, Bournemouth, Burnley all in the Prem. How boring is that. Leeds/Everton/Forest? and Leicester are far better fixtures on the football calendar for us next season.
     
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  17. LondonOrn

    LondonOrn Squad Player

    I thought there was a connection between Luton and Coventry but I couldn’t put my finger on it - then I remembered this (from the Wiki article on Luton’s 1991/92 season, their last in the top flight). Coventry were known back then as the great escapologists, but they also had their fair share of luck. Another interesting fact - Coventry were relegated to League 2 in 2017, 16 years after being finally relegated from the top flight, and likewise for Luton in 2008 (although they’d had an earlier relegation to the fourth tier when it was named Division 3).

    “In order for Luton to stay up, they would have to travel to already-relegated Notts County, win their first away match of the campaign, and hope for an Aston Villa victory over Coventry. Julian James gave Luton the lead required, but two goals from County's Rob Matthews put the seal on a dismal season that had gone by without a single away win. Despite losing 2–0 at Villa Park, Coventry stayed up – Luton were relegated after ten years of Division One football.”
     
  18. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    And missed out on the riches of the Premier league.
     
  19. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    If you’re still a Gino backer and wanted Edwards out, then if Luton go up, you have to square that circle in your head of our illustrious leader directly contributing to Luton being promoted due to a decision you agreed with. You reap what you sew.
     
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  20. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    And so they should, as they finished a comfortable third, (if a long way off the automatics). Sheffield United, Luton, Middlesbrough and Coventry all improved on last year. Luton repeated their 21/22 campaign number of wins, but the five extra draws got them a higher total than the 75 of 21/22. Clubs that improve their league standing year on year eventually hit a ceiling. Not sure Luton have hit theirs yet. The club has a Vision, a plan to deliver that vision and a strategy to deliver the plan. It’s basic organisational management.
     
  21. sydney_horn

    sydney_horn Squad Player

    Yeah, it must be a nice feeling to have that at your club. Not something we have been familiar with for a long long time.
     
  22. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    Uh oh @Keighley is not going to be happy…
     
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  23. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yes but wait until he destroys the squad during their pre-season.
     
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  24. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    Sunderland would have coasted to victory if they could defend set pieces. Luke O'Nien is about 5'6".

    Luton had no quality in the game and reminded me of Stokes Pulisball with less finesse. If they do sneak past Cov, they'll be labelled "plucky Luton" which will not suit them at all. Imagine if Edwards came in for Sarr?
     
  25. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    Luton, Burnley and Bournemouth is kinda funny playing mega rich Super League wannabe oil states.
     
  26. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    It’s funny until you realise that’s exactly what we desperately wanted to do but failed to achieve.
     
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  27. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    As hard as I try, it’s hard to imagine anything in the world less likely.
     
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  28. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    I've had months to get over not achieving anything this season.

    Edwards signing Sarr and then he scores 35 goals next year?
     
  29. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    It sounds like you watched the Luton game, and I assume you’ve seen at least one of our games this season. Edwards wouldn’t sign Sarr if he was the last professional footballer left on earth.
     
  30. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Did Coventry wear that kit when they won the FA Cup?

    Rearrange this sentence: At clutching straws.
     
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  31. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Try imaging Sarr being told to get stuck in , be physical etc !!

    Thoought he was being sarcastic tbh ..?

    They might not be pretty and easy on the eye but it was effective and exiting for their fans .

    Compare that to the football we played …
     
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  32. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    To make matters worse* one of the team is threatening to wear her orange shoes tonight at Cumberland. " ORANGE" **



    * " Making it worse,how could it be worse? Jehovah, Jehovah!"

    ** In a Robbie Coltrane/Dr Johnson voice.
     
  33. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    I wouldn't sign Sarr either. It's just a thought. And you asked for something less likely, so I added Sarr scores a hat-full as the more unlikely scenario.
     
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  34. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    At least Coventry look as though they can defend and also have the best striker in the league in my opinion. I'm just hoping and praying now
     
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  35. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    How lucrative was the Premier League back then? Teams like Oldham (who even managed to survive a year in the Prem, pipping the horrendously unlucky Palace who got relegated with 49 points from 42 games!) and Swindon appeared in the Prem in the early years, but it clearly had no transformational effect on those clubs (you could argue it doesn't even now, but that's probably more to do with clubs spending so much money to get there and then survive at that level)
     
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