posted Jan 18, 2007

Is the sacking the right thing to do? Too be honest I am not sure. Coventry City's problems run a lot deeper than the decisions the manager has recently made.

Firstly for any team to do well in this division one of two things need to be in place 1.) money 2.) Decent youth system. Neither seem to be in evidence at CCFC at the moment.

To increase revenue, we need to get bigger gates. So what is keeping people away? Two things, first the standard of football we are forced to watch and secondly and most importantly the transportation situation at the Ricoh is riduculous. I have been a lifelong cov fan, I live in Leamington, which is only a stones throw from Cov, but driving to the Ricoh and Parking is a nightmare. Where is the Rail link. If this was in place, more people would go, which means more money for players, which means we should perform better and perhaps look like a team that could get promoted.

I received the open letter from the chairman who made the right noises about being commercial etc, in order for Coventry City to be successful, the board must get in an experienced manager, not some ex player who doesn't have a clue and will make mistakes on the job. Sort out our youth system and not sell the end product. Sort out the transport system to and from the ground and make us proud of the team we love.

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posted Jan 18, 2007

I personally think that Mickey Adams is a decent manager and would have turned your fortunes around eventually. As a Plymouth fan I am a bit worried about your next fixture against Plymouth because once a manager is axed all the players seems to want to pull together for the next watching manager and most of the time get a win. I saw that CARRUMBA stated in his message something about a 1 million pound donkey. Is he referring to Elliot Ward? If so Elliot was superb down at Plymouth on loan so If u dont want him anymore please send him down to us. Anyway I dont think Coventry will be in the bottom 7 or 8 come the end of the season. Once your next match is over against Plymouth then a wish u all the luck for the rest of the season.

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posted Jan 18, 2007

Megson to enter discussions at the Ricoh this evening - just been on Beacon FM

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posted Jan 18, 2007

The 1 million pound donkey he is referring to is Kevin Kyle.

Please lets hope this Megson thing is a load of tosh. He is really bad. Just look what he did with Forest.

Dowie, Macca or Black. Come on City. Get some one the fans want in!

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posted Jan 18, 2007

Eric Black all the way for me, cant believe we are even entertaining the idea of Megson, as so rightfully pointed out, look at forest now he has left!!

Dowie wouldnt be a bad appointment either as he knows the championship, did a good job at palace and then suffered the most ridiculously timed sacking after 12 games at Charlton. That in itself isnt too disimilar to our situation, a complete kneejerk reaction by a board although charltons situation is (hopefully) worse than ours.

As for Kevin Kyle, I hated the player at Sunderland and almost cried when I read, not only that we had signed him but paid £1m for him!! Hopefully mifsud will come good as he arrives with a fairly decent goal scoring record, unlike Kyle!!

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posted Jan 18, 2007

I was there vs Bristol. I don't understand the Kyle knockers. He wins lots in the air. He's going to be OK. Stern John is a bigger problem. He's not mobile eneough. Perhaps he should drop into midfield where we lack a 'general'. That's where the game was lost on Tuesday. Osbourne, Tabb, Birchall? Even Doyle and Hughes. Who's the playmaker?
Elsewhere Hall is getting too old for a full back. He could play in the middle.

Anyway a new manager IS needed. I'd like Oggy to have a go if he's up for it.

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posted Jan 18, 2007

An absolute disgrace to sack Micky Adams. Once again fickle support has pressurised a board into making a knee jerk decision.Realistically Adams did not have sufficient resources to realistically get Coventry back to the premiership and I think the board know that hence the bullet for adams. Coventry are nowhere near a return to the Premiership and McSheffery was not going to get them there alone,the damage was done by Strachan taking them down! Dowie will be next in at Cov no doubt.....................

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posted Jan 18, 2007

I am convinced it will be Martin allen from MK Dons,another enthusiastic manager with great potential. Alternatively what about Peaky and Oggy what have they got to lose.

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posted Jan 19, 2007

Firstly we're all talking about how unfair Eric Black was treated when he was sacked, do we not think MA was 2? the borad went behind he's back and showed no support whats so ever. Letting Micky Adams go was probablly one of the most stupid things to do at this moment in time. We could not afford to do it. Who are we going to get now? No-one is going to be attracted to city now.Micky got us out of this situation before. He needed more time and SUPPORT.Steve bruce took brummies through a bad spell, luk at them now? we have no faith left and its quite sad. I am a loyal fan and i wasnt impressed with the results we were getting, but i thnk as fans we should have got behind him more. He did all he can with what he had. The team are to blame, they just look like they cant be bothered any more and we cant constantly keep on going on about the selling of Mcsheffery but i honestly beleive we would still be in the same situation right now. I wish Micky Adams great success in whatever he does now and i think one day The fans and the Board will realise how he will be sorely missed.
For now, i really hope we can turn things around, but i have lost faith in the team at this present time.
PROVE ME WRONG SKY BLUES!

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posted Jan 20, 2007

I have a mate who is a Leicester fan and he says he is not at all suprised by what has happened. At first Micky will do well and the fans will love him, then he will make very poor signings (Keown!, Dabizas etc) and eventually the team will underperform and now leave us with players who are not good enough for this club and people we will be unable to get rid of (McKenzie, Kyle, Birchall? not sure what people think but im not sure he can cut it in the Championship, def not in the prem where we are told we will be.)
People say he had no budget!! Wrong, he has had the biggest budget in a long time and wasted it on poor signings. Something had obviously happened within the team that we are not told about, not everyone wants to play for him and Micky tends to fall out with players and can be very stubborn and this may not be in the clubs best interest. As for a new manager?? PLease please not McAllister (fantastic player for us but a very poor manager). Black - fans favourite but he is unproven! Give Heath a go until we can get a good manager and not just get someone as quick as possible. I would like to see Allen or someone like that who has got experience at clubs with low budgets and will install a desire to play for the club into the players.

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