Coventry away post match 3-1 defeat

[dynamark]

Forgot to mention the ref who I thought lost his way and then hit the yellows to try to get it back Was he the guy on the my mates the ref thread a few years back?

[Sampson]

On 14/01/2024 at 09:26, Mickyblueeyes said:

One thing I will say. Happy to be proven wrong. This game is very much a Derby and perhaps even The Derby for us and Cov. Perhaps it was because we hadn’t played each other for a while and with the first game being straight after last seasons horror, this was the first time in a long time, we’ve experienced it. 
 

The atmosphere. The build up. The bite within the game etc. was great (albeit, Cov pushed the limits when they really didn’t need to). 
 

Would be good to see the game in the PL soon. 
 

Also, the defeat hurts more today. 

I think it probably is a generational shift. It definitely feels like games vs Coventry feel like noticeably bigger games than games vs Derby these days. There was a time in the early 90s where Derby games had a lot of needle to them but I haven’t really felt that for 15-20 years now and you have to be in your 40s now to have real memory of those days really. We had that period in the 00s where it felt like we beat them 4-0 twice a season and it felt like a bit of a procession and lost its edge. Feel like many younger fans don’t really see Derby as much of a rival these days nor get up for those games. 
 

While Cov in the early 90s probably would’ve been seen as the 4th or 5th rival behind Villa and Wolves even whereas nowadays it definitely feels like a much bigger game with more riding on it. 
 

Not sure Coventry feels quite as big as Forest yet overall, but it wouldn’t surprise me if in 10 years or so the Cov games felt the biggest. Feels like many younger fans see it as a bigger game than Forest and you can definitely feel the bigger bite to Cov games these days than it used to be.
 

Coventry definitely seems to overtaken Derby as the 2nd biggest rival in general at least 

Edited 18 January by Sampson

[SemperEadem]

15 minutes ago, Sampson said:

I think it probably is a generational shift. It definitely feels like games vs Coventry feel like noticeably bigger games than games vs Derby these days. There was a time in the early 90s where Derby games had a lot of needle to them but I haven’t really felt that for 15-20 years now and you have to be in your 40s now to have real memory of those days really. We had that period in the 00s where it felt like we beat them 4-0 twice a season and it felt like a bit of a procession and lost its edge. Feel like many younger fans don’t really see Derby as much of a rival these days nor get up for those games. 
 

While Cov in the early 90s probably would’ve been seen as the 4th or 5th rival behind Villa and Wolves even whereas nowadays it definitely feels like a much bigger game with more riding on it. 
 

Not sure Coventry feels quite as big as Forest yet overall, but it wouldn’t surprise me if in 10 years or so the Cov games felt the biggest. Feels like many younger fans see it as a bigger game than Forest and you can definitely feel the bigger bite to Cov games these days than it used to be.
 

Coventry definitely seems to overtaken Derby as the 2nd biggest rival in general at least 

Playing Derby in a pre season with about 3k in the whole ground killed it off. Cov id agree felt on a much bigger level this tome compared to last, a lot of hate.