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More woe likely for Elvis and Sky Blues diehards

COVENTRY need ‘something a little bit different', according to boss Steven Pressley, if they are to put up a decent challenge this season.

How about new owners, a new ground, a new playing squad and a new gaffer. That'd fit the bill, wouldn't it?

Actually they may well be needing a new manager soon. As I'm typing this, Pressley's one of the jollies for the Huddersfield job, based it seems on the fact that Huddersfield nicked the previous Coventry boss and Pressley, presumably, would love to jump ship if the right offer came along.

Mind you, given that Mark Robins was given one game to turn Huddersfield's season around, I'm not sure anyone would want the Terriers gig. More funny farm than Galpharm.

Pressley's got the small matter of a League Cup tie with Cardiff to focus on. (Incidentally, if Cardiff were worried that a drop out of the Premier League was going to cost them a fortune in TV cash, they needn't have worried. That's twice in five days they'll have been on the box. Even Clare Balding can't trump that.)

We know most Sky Blues diehards won't go near Sixfields, but presumably they'll still tune in to watch the tie, and presumably they can still bet on their side as well. Or in this case, bet against them.

Well, they lost their two best strikers over the course of the last six months and I doubt Elvis's heart is really in it. For ‘something a little bit different' read ‘something very similar to last season'. Could be a long one for Cov.

 

 

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