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Aidy Boothroyd began his reign at Coventry by leading the Sky Blues to their best start in a decade. Expectation duly rose and the much needed invigoration Boothroyd provided raised optimism that Coventry's reputation as perennial relegation battlers could be over.
Wrong. Again. For Boothroyd has become the latest manager to suffer the frustrations of working at the Ricoh Arena and all his decent work at the embryonic stages of this campaign has gone to waste.
Coventry's draw at Doncaster on Tuesday means Boothroyd has only won one of the last 15 games and his side are dropping like a stone towards the Championship relegation zone.
Only seven points separate them from the bottom three and the alarming slide of this season has a depressing familiarity about it for Coventry's long-suffering supporters.
The wicked whispers are suggesting Boothroyd could become the next Championship manager to be handed his P45 after such a dreadful sequence, with rumours he has also had a bitter row with much maligned chairman Ray Ranson.
Whatever the truth, one thing is clear. Ranson needs to support his manager by staying calm in the eye of the storm because sacking managers won't change anything if he doesn't loosen his notoriously tight purse strings.
The ramifications could not be more serious if Ranson fails to assist Boothroyd by making some signings in the loan market to breathe new life into their flagging season.
Iain Dowie, Chris Coleman and Micky Adams have all tried and failed to revive this once proud Midlands club but the lack of support from the board room has made it almost the impossible job in such an unforgiving division.
Indeed, the achievements of Adams - who is currently struggling at Sheffield United - now look even more impressive. Adams was the last manager to secure a top ten finish in the Championship and, despite a number of false dawns, Coventry have never come close to that since.
It is difficult to see Coventry ever progressing in their current financial climate. The continuing failure of the club to purchase the Ricoh Arena from the collection of bodies that own it has been a millstone around Ranson's neck.
Until that situation is sorted, Boothroyd and his predecessors have had to accept that funds will be restricted.
Typically, Boothroyd has endured a miserable run of luck. His decision to recruit Marlon King drew much controversy but he has undoubtedly been the club's best player and Coventry fans have drawn up statistics that prove how much of a difference the striker has made when he was in the team.
King is one game into a four-game suspension and will be sorely missed while goalkeeper Kieren Westwood - one of the best in the Championship - cannot make his return from injury soon enough, possibly against Hull this weekend.
It promises to be a tense end to what has been another tumultuous season.
Storm clouds may have removed Sky Blue skies but Boothroyd has 11 games to guide Coventry away from danger and to survival. Ranson's decisions over the next two or three weeks - before the loan window closes - could prove to be just as vital.
Wrong. Again. For Boothroyd has become the latest manager to suffer the frustrations of working at the Ricoh Arena and all his decent work at the embryonic stages of this campaign has gone to waste.
Coventry's draw at Doncaster on Tuesday means Boothroyd has only won one of the last 15 games and his side are dropping like a stone towards the Championship relegation zone.
Only seven points separate them from the bottom three and the alarming slide of this season has a depressing familiarity about it for Coventry's long-suffering supporters.
The wicked whispers are suggesting Boothroyd could become the next Championship manager to be handed his P45 after such a dreadful sequence, with rumours he has also had a bitter row with much maligned chairman Ray Ranson.
Whatever the truth, one thing is clear. Ranson needs to support his manager by staying calm in the eye of the storm because sacking managers won't change anything if he doesn't loosen his notoriously tight purse strings.
The ramifications could not be more serious if Ranson fails to assist Boothroyd by making some signings in the loan market to breathe new life into their flagging season.
Iain Dowie, Chris Coleman and Micky Adams have all tried and failed to revive this once proud Midlands club but the lack of support from the board room has made it almost the impossible job in such an unforgiving division.
Indeed, the achievements of Adams - who is currently struggling at Sheffield United - now look even more impressive. Adams was the last manager to secure a top ten finish in the Championship and, despite a number of false dawns, Coventry have never come close to that since.
It is difficult to see Coventry ever progressing in their current financial climate. The continuing failure of the club to purchase the Ricoh Arena from the collection of bodies that own it has been a millstone around Ranson's neck.
Until that situation is sorted, Boothroyd and his predecessors have had to accept that funds will be restricted.
Typically, Boothroyd has endured a miserable run of luck. His decision to recruit Marlon King drew much controversy but he has undoubtedly been the club's best player and Coventry fans have drawn up statistics that prove how much of a difference the striker has made when he was in the team.
King is one game into a four-game suspension and will be sorely missed while goalkeeper Kieren Westwood - one of the best in the Championship - cannot make his return from injury soon enough, possibly against Hull this weekend.
It promises to be a tense end to what has been another tumultuous season.
Storm clouds may have removed Sky Blue skies but Boothroyd has 11 games to guide Coventry away from danger and to survival. Ranson's decisions over the next two or three weeks - before the loan window closes - could prove to be just as vital.