Are Coventry City going to learn from the Three R's?
NO, not the familiar reading, writing and arithmetic ... more relegation, replacement and reincarnation. The manager's revolving door at the Ricoh has ejected yet another into the metaphorical Siberia of football, but the key question we are all asking is ... will this one pre-empt a change in approach and fortune for our beloved club?
The now familiar spring time discussions over "who will be the next one" is well underway and for my money Di Mateo is the logical choice, too bigger name and costs will be through the roof again and if there is any spare cash surely that has to be allocated to strengthening the team not to bolstering the coffers of a new manager, we appear to be doing more than enough old manager funding without making matters worst for ourselves!
Many people feel, including most importantly, West Bromich Albion fans, that Di Mateo can do a good job, particularly outside of the Premiership and the style of football and the run of results WBA had under him would certainly be a most refreshing change from the all to familiar "hit and hope that big guy at the front gets his head on to it" approach that we have relied on too frequently in recent months, if not years!
The players we have on the books are more feet rather than head men in any case; we need crosses and swift ones at that, coming into a CHALLENGED box. By that I mean, we should have at least 2, preferably 3 Coventry players in the box attempting to receive a swift, along the ground, cross since this I feel is what has been sadly lacking from our game.
How many times do we see opposition teams providing options to their midfield colleagues and gaining benefit from that tactic at least once in a game? Eastwood, King and Jutkiewicz would find the net more often if McSheffrey and Baker had more choices when making their crosses.
Di Mateo is that kind of manager, who promotes playing along the ground, finding your player, injecting speed and encouraging the players to track back and not allow the opposing team time on the ball.
Although I feel the natural adrenalin that emits from the players when a manager is removed, perhaps because they feel stripped of any wall to protect them from excuses for poor play anymore, will see us through to sufficient points to survive this year, but I would like to think that despite a much improved performance last night, that we don't settle for current caretaker incumbents too long since we could, potentially, end up missing out on what could prove to be the signing of the season!
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