Search results

You misread or I wasn't clear Only Baka arrived for the first season in L 1. The others were later or earlier. Even if you modify in the detail, the picture is clear that there is collosal turnover, with virtually a new team each year. It might be a function of being promoted twice. Players...

These are the contenders for the two central midfield slots (even if only in a our fevered imaginations) :- Kelly, Sheaf, James, Hamer, Eccles, Walsh, AN Other. We would not have all seven, but we would have 5 - with Eccles as the 5th. Kelly is obviously in, Hamer is saleable so not as...

Hamer's header - outrageous, I agree with others above that compared to the previous season this is poor fare and reflects our struggle to score at the higher level. In L 1 we scored a lot of top drawer goals - in fact we were light on those ugly scrambled goals that would have made some...

Continuity is an over rated virtue. One of the features of the last four years has been the almost total lack of it. Each year Robins has in effect built a brand new team - last season with 4 new loans plus Hamer & Walker it was bound to be, So that's 6/10 regular outfield players. Not one...

It was said often enough on here that one thing in our favour was the ease of our run in compared to our rivals and so it proved.

The branding police at the Building Society will probably do their damdest to ensure it is not called the Coventry Arena or Stadium. That implies no branding at all, just a geographical location, and that is not what they are paying for. So expect the likes of Jeff Stelling to be quite precise...

He injected pace, it's notb quite the same thing

Last season we blew a lot on O'Hare's wages; this is a comparable scenario. But does a central midfield duo of two from Kelly, James & Hamer cut the mustard? In a 3-4-1-2 formation, I'm not sure it does. One of the central pillars of 2019-2020 was Kelly in a defensive mode with Walsh injecting...

I just wonder if he was a bit down in the dumps and demotivated by being sent back to us, having hoped to be in a promotion chasing top team? He was below par for much of the season, and only perked up at the end - perthaps at the thought that his employers might be appraising his perfomance...

social distancing.......

Personally I shall be glad to be shot of 'The Ricoh'. Calling it the 'The Coventry Stadium' myself

A deal with the Sky Blues may have been a condition

absolutely right

As we now know the financial constraints, two strategic options seem to appear. Option 1. Last year, and with slightly less money than this year , the three main incomers were Hamer (wages and salary) allegedly for >£1m, Walker and O'Hare (both 'wages only'). Therefore all things being equal...

I think that just confirms my long held view that the standard of goalkeeping in L1 and L2 is dire. Wilson is League 1 level and actually pretty good for League 2, so it is unfortunate for him that he has been so repeatedly sidelined. I retain a soft spot for Burge purely because of the...

Everything we know is that Robins is one of the least sentimental managers in the business. He has no favourites (except possibly Kelly). His dealing with the goalkeeper situation was very direct. I would be gobsmacked if he believed players like Allen or Max are good enough, but they have to...

And for those who during the season will be moaning about the perfomance of x or y or z, remember you wanted to keep them. Of course the money is clearly not there. In simple terms my point was that we only have three players contracted to us who are definitely good enough for top half...

Possibly true. But even with two up front, we were hardly banging them in

You could say the same about the fan's response to the Super League. Delete 'Ashley' insert 'Super league' delete 'him' and insert 'mult-millionaire owner'

Not wholly true. The length of the rental agreement makes us a better bet. Also you make no allowance for SISU's own business needs. They have owned us for 15+ years, it has always been Joy and Timmy. That cannot continue for ever. Their reasons for persevering with us have long mystified me...