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Season 1
The Sky Blues
February 2016
Shrewsbury, the last time we faced them it ended in a 0-0 draw. This time we are home though, and we expect much more than that. They are 22nd in league play and only 1 point ahead of last place Swindon. Shrewsbury run a 5-3-2 formation and even though it hasn't been working for them, they stick with it. As usual against a 5-3-2 we send out a 4-5-1 with the intention of attacking through the wings. Cole is back in the lineup as well as Jones out on the right wing. Conor Thomas completes the personnel changes coming in for Andy Rose in the middle.
Coventry City 0 - 1 Shrewsbury FC
SHR - Akpa Akpro 29'
MOTM: Burton
Unbelievable. For some reason we just cannot score on Shrewsbury. We put 7 shots on their goal, and Callum Burton turned each one of them away. A first half header by Akpa Akpro off of a free kick was all it took to make the difference and we let them come into our stadium and embarrass us. The frustrating part is with them in the relegation zone we may not get another chance to make up for this one any time in the near future.
Alright I'm pissed. I can't stand losing to a relegation candidate, especially when we are at the opposite end sitting on top of the table. These boys need to take it out on the next opponent, and the lucky team is Rochdale. They are in the bottom half, and even though we are going into their stadium, I expect nothing less than a win. Rochdale use a 4-2-3-1 so we switch back to our 4-3-2-1 that we've used many times this season and we've had a lot of success with it. Maddison is back in the XI and he has finally found his form after struggling for a good portion of the first half of the season and Lameiras fills in on the right wing as well. Gadzhev fills in for the injured Vincelot who will be out 3 weeks, and we are ready for this one. Our goal is to control the midfield and dominate every part of the game. Don't let me down.
Rochdale AFC 0 - 0 Coventry City
MOTM: Leutwiler
Okay that's it, back to the basics. Not only did we not win this one, we didn't score once again. And to top it all off, we were lucky to even get a point. Rochdale out possessed us, they out shot us, but luckily our keeper didn't fall asleep along with our supporters watching this one and he salvaged a point for us. We definitely need to make some changes before we end up slipping down the table. There are lofty expectations in front of us, and I refuse to let anyone down.
Training as all business these past few days. I broke it down, and reigned everyone's focus in. We got too used to the top of the table, and even though we are still there, it was obvious we got too used to it. If we don't get back to what we've done all season here we can lose that spot. Walsall, in Ricoh Arena, 4-5-1 against their 4-4-1-1. We are going to keep this one simple. Win the midfield, win the game.
Coventry City 0 - 0 Walsall FC
MOTM: Leutwiler
I just don't know anymore. 3 straight matches we haven't scored. 2 of those were on our own field. It's embarrassing, but at this point I'm at a loss for how to fix it. Our saving grace has been our back line and Leutwiler in goal. I laid out a simple ultimatum, win the midfield, win the game. We lost the midfield and it shouldn't be a surprise that this was the result.
This is not a good time to be out of form. The F.A. Cup round of 16 is knocking on the door, and our opponent is Premier League side, Swansea. We were fortunate enough to get this one at home, but that has clearly been far from a fortress lately as our scoring troubles continue. Armstrong has been largely missing in action lately and this might be his last chance to get it going before we have to resort to other options at forward for now. Swansea run that 4-2-3-1 that is so popular in the top division, and we send out our usual 4-3-2-1 to fight against it. How I wish we had Vincelot in the lineup to keep us organized, but his injury woes have been a story of it's own this season.
F.A. Cup Round of 16
Coventry City 0 - 0 Swansea City
MOTM: Leutwiler
At this point I'm starting to wonder if we will ever score again. Another scoreless affair, and our crowd has resorted to bringing pillows with them to each match and I can't say I blame them. Once again the silver lining was we kept a clean sheet of our own, but that silver lining is sure losing it's shine pretty quickly.
Back to league play, and it's been 4 matches straight since we lost saw a goal. This one comes against Bradford City who are having a perfectly average season sitting at 15th in the table. They usually send out a flat 4-4-2 so we switch up our midfield into a 4-2-3-1 and make some changes throughout. The most noticeable one was one that I warned of and that is Armstrong sitting this one out. When a striker can't score you begin to wonder why he's even out there. Let's see if any of our other guys can make anything happen.
Coventry City 2 - 0 Bradford City
COV - Thomas 75', Fortune 90'
MOTM: Thomas
We did it! Praise the Lord we did it! We scored, TWICE! Romaine Vincelot returned from his injury and subbed on in the 71st minute, and just 4 minutes later we broke our drought with a goal from Conor Thomas. He truly is our talisman on the field. And then we had a striker score to wrap it all up in the 90th minute. We disturbed the naps of all the fans who had started coming to the matches for some rest, but I don't care, please let this be the start of a new run!
We broke the drought, now we have to avoid starting a new one. Off we go to Peterborough who are 10th and still fighting to climb into a playoff spot. They run a 4-4-2 wide diamond and we move back to a 4-3-2-1 for this one. Vincelot is making his full return to the starting XI and we are sending Joe Cole back out to see if he can get back into the swing of things as well. Fortune, one of our goal scorers from last match enters into the XI and Armstrong finds himself sitting on the bench for this one as we see if Fortune can turn in a second performance in a row or not.
Peterborough United 0 - 2 Coventry City
COV - Murphy 34', Fortune 37'
MOTM: Cole
Another two goal performance and it's nice to know that last game wasn't just a fluke. Murphy got it going with a bit of luck and persistence as the ball kept falling back to him as he cut into the box and his shot even hit the keeper but still went in. Fortune rewarded my faith in giving him a starting spot when he added a second goal in as many games with a nice shot to beat the keeper. Joe Cole was instrumental all match and actually set up both of the goals. After that it was smooth sailing to see out the rest of the match and we keep our grip on the top of the table.
It feels like we are finally on the right track again, and we managed to pull it back together just in time to avoid dropping from the top of the table. Next up we are away to Port Vale. They run an odd 5-3-2 and we send out a 4-5-1 to match their midfield while keeping our wingers in play. The plan will be for the wingers to focus on catching their wingbacks out of position and causing havoc of their own when given the chance. Fortune keeps his place up front after two straight matches putting the ball in the net, and we make a few other changes in the XI as we look to keep our players fresh for our upcoming Capital One Cup final against Leicester.
Port Vale 0 - 4 Coventry City
COV - Rose 33', 85', Maddison 43', Fortune 61'
MOTM: Rose
Now that's how you want to leave it heading into a cup final. We flat out destroyed them. Rose got it started in the first half with a great goal that hit off the crossbar and in. He then set up Maddison for the second just before the half ended. Fortune added his third goal in as many games as he continues to cement his place over Armstrong, and then Rose wrapped it all up with his second of the night to cap off his man of the match performance. I can't find one thing to fault in this performance, and now our confidence is officially back just in time to face Leicester with some silverware on the line.
The Capital One Cup final. Here we are, against all odds. A third division side against a Premier league club waiting to roll us over and take the trophy. We won't go that easily though. We proved it against Liverpool, and we are ready to prove it again. We have been very up and down this month, but we come into this match having scored 8 goals over the past 3 matches. Leicester will likely field a flat 4-4-2, and we move to a 4-2-3-1 to keep the numbers advantage in the midfield while keeping two holding midfielders to take care of their 2 forwards. Fortune has given me no reason to drop him, and Joe Cole comes back into the lineup to sit in the hole behind him. Murphy and Lameiras will be out on the wings, and our captain Vincelot will partner with Andy Rose in the holding positions. The back line gets 1 change and that is Andy Taylor coming back in for the injured Stokes. This is it, this is our time. Can we finish this magical run of ours?
Capital One Cup Final
Youth Academy
The trip to Scotland has wrapped up and we have ended up with 3 new players in our academy a a result. We already discussed Greg Fox, and this month we added Jamie Gordon and Michael Harkins into the mix. Gordon is a right sided midfielder and Harkins is a central midfielder. Both of these kids seem like they have loads of potential, at least according to our scout. So we will be watching them to make sure that he wasn't just blowing a bunch of hot air.
Jamie Gordon - 17 years old, Scotland, RM, 53 OVR, 68-94 POT
Greg Fox - 17 years old, Scotland, CB, 51 OVR, 78-94 POT
Matthew Cox - 16 years old, England, LB, 52 OVR, 68-76 POT
Michael Harkins - 15 years old, Scotland, CM, 40 OVR, 75-94 POT
Amari'i Seager - 15 years old, England, CB, 59 OVR, 70-74 POT
The Sky Blues
February 2016
Shrewsbury, the last time we faced them it ended in a 0-0 draw. This time we are home though, and we expect much more than that. They are 22nd in league play and only 1 point ahead of last place Swindon. Shrewsbury run a 5-3-2 formation and even though it hasn't been working for them, they stick with it. As usual against a 5-3-2 we send out a 4-5-1 with the intention of attacking through the wings. Cole is back in the lineup as well as Jones out on the right wing. Conor Thomas completes the personnel changes coming in for Andy Rose in the middle.
Coventry City 0 - 1 Shrewsbury FC
SHR - Akpa Akpro 29'
MOTM: Burton
Unbelievable. For some reason we just cannot score on Shrewsbury. We put 7 shots on their goal, and Callum Burton turned each one of them away. A first half header by Akpa Akpro off of a free kick was all it took to make the difference and we let them come into our stadium and embarrass us. The frustrating part is with them in the relegation zone we may not get another chance to make up for this one any time in the near future.
Alright I'm pissed. I can't stand losing to a relegation candidate, especially when we are at the opposite end sitting on top of the table. These boys need to take it out on the next opponent, and the lucky team is Rochdale. They are in the bottom half, and even though we are going into their stadium, I expect nothing less than a win. Rochdale use a 4-2-3-1 so we switch back to our 4-3-2-1 that we've used many times this season and we've had a lot of success with it. Maddison is back in the XI and he has finally found his form after struggling for a good portion of the first half of the season and Lameiras fills in on the right wing as well. Gadzhev fills in for the injured Vincelot who will be out 3 weeks, and we are ready for this one. Our goal is to control the midfield and dominate every part of the game. Don't let me down.
Rochdale AFC 0 - 0 Coventry City
MOTM: Leutwiler
Okay that's it, back to the basics. Not only did we not win this one, we didn't score once again. And to top it all off, we were lucky to even get a point. Rochdale out possessed us, they out shot us, but luckily our keeper didn't fall asleep along with our supporters watching this one and he salvaged a point for us. We definitely need to make some changes before we end up slipping down the table. There are lofty expectations in front of us, and I refuse to let anyone down.
Training as all business these past few days. I broke it down, and reigned everyone's focus in. We got too used to the top of the table, and even though we are still there, it was obvious we got too used to it. If we don't get back to what we've done all season here we can lose that spot. Walsall, in Ricoh Arena, 4-5-1 against their 4-4-1-1. We are going to keep this one simple. Win the midfield, win the game.
Coventry City 0 - 0 Walsall FC
MOTM: Leutwiler
I just don't know anymore. 3 straight matches we haven't scored. 2 of those were on our own field. It's embarrassing, but at this point I'm at a loss for how to fix it. Our saving grace has been our back line and Leutwiler in goal. I laid out a simple ultimatum, win the midfield, win the game. We lost the midfield and it shouldn't be a surprise that this was the result.
This is not a good time to be out of form. The F.A. Cup round of 16 is knocking on the door, and our opponent is Premier League side, Swansea. We were fortunate enough to get this one at home, but that has clearly been far from a fortress lately as our scoring troubles continue. Armstrong has been largely missing in action lately and this might be his last chance to get it going before we have to resort to other options at forward for now. Swansea run that 4-2-3-1 that is so popular in the top division, and we send out our usual 4-3-2-1 to fight against it. How I wish we had Vincelot in the lineup to keep us organized, but his injury woes have been a story of it's own this season.
F.A. Cup Round of 16
Coventry City 0 - 0 Swansea City
MOTM: Leutwiler
At this point I'm starting to wonder if we will ever score again. Another scoreless affair, and our crowd has resorted to bringing pillows with them to each match and I can't say I blame them. Once again the silver lining was we kept a clean sheet of our own, but that silver lining is sure losing it's shine pretty quickly.
Back to league play, and it's been 4 matches straight since we lost saw a goal. This one comes against Bradford City who are having a perfectly average season sitting at 15th in the table. They usually send out a flat 4-4-2 so we switch up our midfield into a 4-2-3-1 and make some changes throughout. The most noticeable one was one that I warned of and that is Armstrong sitting this one out. When a striker can't score you begin to wonder why he's even out there. Let's see if any of our other guys can make anything happen.
Coventry City 2 - 0 Bradford City
COV - Thomas 75', Fortune 90'
MOTM: Thomas
We did it! Praise the Lord we did it! We scored, TWICE! Romaine Vincelot returned from his injury and subbed on in the 71st minute, and just 4 minutes later we broke our drought with a goal from Conor Thomas. He truly is our talisman on the field. And then we had a striker score to wrap it all up in the 90th minute. We disturbed the naps of all the fans who had started coming to the matches for some rest, but I don't care, please let this be the start of a new run!
We broke the drought, now we have to avoid starting a new one. Off we go to Peterborough who are 10th and still fighting to climb into a playoff spot. They run a 4-4-2 wide diamond and we move back to a 4-3-2-1 for this one. Vincelot is making his full return to the starting XI and we are sending Joe Cole back out to see if he can get back into the swing of things as well. Fortune, one of our goal scorers from last match enters into the XI and Armstrong finds himself sitting on the bench for this one as we see if Fortune can turn in a second performance in a row or not.
Peterborough United 0 - 2 Coventry City
COV - Murphy 34', Fortune 37'
MOTM: Cole
Another two goal performance and it's nice to know that last game wasn't just a fluke. Murphy got it going with a bit of luck and persistence as the ball kept falling back to him as he cut into the box and his shot even hit the keeper but still went in. Fortune rewarded my faith in giving him a starting spot when he added a second goal in as many games with a nice shot to beat the keeper. Joe Cole was instrumental all match and actually set up both of the goals. After that it was smooth sailing to see out the rest of the match and we keep our grip on the top of the table.
It feels like we are finally on the right track again, and we managed to pull it back together just in time to avoid dropping from the top of the table. Next up we are away to Port Vale. They run an odd 5-3-2 and we send out a 4-5-1 to match their midfield while keeping our wingers in play. The plan will be for the wingers to focus on catching their wingbacks out of position and causing havoc of their own when given the chance. Fortune keeps his place up front after two straight matches putting the ball in the net, and we make a few other changes in the XI as we look to keep our players fresh for our upcoming Capital One Cup final against Leicester.
Port Vale 0 - 4 Coventry City
COV - Rose 33', 85', Maddison 43', Fortune 61'
MOTM: Rose
Now that's how you want to leave it heading into a cup final. We flat out destroyed them. Rose got it started in the first half with a great goal that hit off the crossbar and in. He then set up Maddison for the second just before the half ended. Fortune added his third goal in as many games as he continues to cement his place over Armstrong, and then Rose wrapped it all up with his second of the night to cap off his man of the match performance. I can't find one thing to fault in this performance, and now our confidence is officially back just in time to face Leicester with some silverware on the line.
The Capital One Cup final. Here we are, against all odds. A third division side against a Premier league club waiting to roll us over and take the trophy. We won't go that easily though. We proved it against Liverpool, and we are ready to prove it again. We have been very up and down this month, but we come into this match having scored 8 goals over the past 3 matches. Leicester will likely field a flat 4-4-2, and we move to a 4-2-3-1 to keep the numbers advantage in the midfield while keeping two holding midfielders to take care of their 2 forwards. Fortune has given me no reason to drop him, and Joe Cole comes back into the lineup to sit in the hole behind him. Murphy and Lameiras will be out on the wings, and our captain Vincelot will partner with Andy Rose in the holding positions. The back line gets 1 change and that is Andy Taylor coming back in for the injured Stokes. This is it, this is our time. Can we finish this magical run of ours?
Capital One Cup Final
Spoiler
Youth Academy
The trip to Scotland has wrapped up and we have ended up with 3 new players in our academy a a result. We already discussed Greg Fox, and this month we added Jamie Gordon and Michael Harkins into the mix. Gordon is a right sided midfielder and Harkins is a central midfielder. Both of these kids seem like they have loads of potential, at least according to our scout. So we will be watching them to make sure that he wasn't just blowing a bunch of hot air.
Jamie Gordon - 17 years old, Scotland, RM, 53 OVR, 68-94 POT
Greg Fox - 17 years old, Scotland, CB, 51 OVR, 78-94 POT
Matthew Cox - 16 years old, England, LB, 52 OVR, 68-76 POT
Michael Harkins - 15 years old, Scotland, CM, 40 OVR, 75-94 POT
Amari'i Seager - 15 years old, England, CB, 59 OVR, 70-74 POT
I'm trying a different style for this new CM with Yeovil so I hope you guys enjoy it.
Ince 25'
Tyler Blackett suffered a sprained ankle in training and the initial assessment is that he will be out for about three weeks.
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