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Marlon King has spoken to the Club's Sky Blue Player about why he chose to join Coventry City an dhow hard he found the training after his release from prison.
Coventry City fans remain divided over the issue whether the club should have employed the 30 year old striker because of his history of criminal offences, but since he has become a Sky Blue he has worked hard and has started to show the sort of form that made him a Premier League player.
He regularly receives abuse form opposition fans and sometimes fans of is own club, but he doesn't let it bother him, although he did admit that the warm welcome he received from the club has helped him regain his fitness and confidence.
Speaking to the Sky Blue Player about his first training session at Ryton, King revealed, “I think I was running on adrenaline. The body was hanging in there but the mind wanted to do things and the body wouldn’t allow it."
“I had kept myself fit and focused, but unless you are actually touching the ball and doing match stuff it will be different. You can go running as much as you like, but as soon as you touch the ball you are going to find that tiredness because it’s two different types of fitness."
“It was hard to get back in the groove because the body needed a good few months to adjust. I kept getting little niggles that would put me back a few weeks but I would say by the end of October I managed to kick on and hopefully I am finding form now which I can continue right until the end of the season.”
King then spoke about why he chose to join Championship side Coventry City to reignite his career, despite interest from many other clubs and about how easy he settled in once he has signed for City.
“The biggest factors were obviously that the club were the first to show interest and that I had worked with the gaffer before,” he said.
“He showed me the club and I trained with the players for a few weeks and everybody made me feel welcome so I just wanted to come here, get my head down, get fit and try and do well for the club. The fans have been excellent with me and the whole club has been brilliant.”
King went on to speak about his relationship with players from other teams and the abusive chants from opposition fans.
“I haven’t had any abuse or anything like that, you just get on with it and if you do its nothing you pay any mind to," he said. “It is what the game can be all about, having a dig at each other and if it happens you just brush it off."
He then spoke about the hopes for the rest of the season saying, “Going forward it is all about points mainly, it is always nice to score but if I get selected, put in a shift and we get three points I’m satisfied. As a striker you want to score, so hopefully we get some points to go along with my goals as well.”
The full interview is available now as part of the latest edition of Singers Corner on Sky Blues Player and can be accessed at www.ccfc.co.uk/player
Marlon King has spoken to the Club's Sky Blue Player about why he chose to join Coventry City an dhow hard he found the training after his release from prison.
Coventry City fans remain divided over the issue whether the club should have employed the 30 year old striker because of his history of criminal offences, but since he has become a Sky Blue he has worked hard and has started to show the sort of form that made him a Premier League player.
He regularly receives abuse form opposition fans and sometimes fans of is own club, but he doesn't let it bother him, although he did admit that the warm welcome he received from the club has helped him regain his fitness and confidence.
Speaking to the Sky Blue Player about his first training session at Ryton, King revealed, “I think I was running on adrenaline. The body was hanging in there but the mind wanted to do things and the body wouldn’t allow it."
“I had kept myself fit and focused, but unless you are actually touching the ball and doing match stuff it will be different. You can go running as much as you like, but as soon as you touch the ball you are going to find that tiredness because it’s two different types of fitness."
“It was hard to get back in the groove because the body needed a good few months to adjust. I kept getting little niggles that would put me back a few weeks but I would say by the end of October I managed to kick on and hopefully I am finding form now which I can continue right until the end of the season.”
King then spoke about why he chose to join Championship side Coventry City to reignite his career, despite interest from many other clubs and about how easy he settled in once he has signed for City.
“The biggest factors were obviously that the club were the first to show interest and that I had worked with the gaffer before,” he said.
“He showed me the club and I trained with the players for a few weeks and everybody made me feel welcome so I just wanted to come here, get my head down, get fit and try and do well for the club. The fans have been excellent with me and the whole club has been brilliant.”
King went on to speak about his relationship with players from other teams and the abusive chants from opposition fans.
“I haven’t had any abuse or anything like that, you just get on with it and if you do its nothing you pay any mind to," he said. “It is what the game can be all about, having a dig at each other and if it happens you just brush it off."
He then spoke about the hopes for the rest of the season saying, “Going forward it is all about points mainly, it is always nice to score but if I get selected, put in a shift and we get three points I’m satisfied. As a striker you want to score, so hopefully we get some points to go along with my goals as well.”
The full interview is available now as part of the latest edition of Singers Corner on Sky Blues Player and can be accessed at www.ccfc.co.uk/player