Ellis Simms’ goal at Stoke on Saturday gave Coventry a 16-point lead over their rivals in the Championship table. Since then, the Sky Blues have only lost two of their last eighteen league games, a run that began on November 11 with a goalless draw at home against Stoke. Following the game, manager Mark Robins spoke with BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio, saying, “I’m sure we’re going to beat somebody really heavily soon. We’re certainly creating enough. We’ve missed good chances so I’m a bit frustrated about that.”
However, you have to begin somewhere. Conversely, we have prevented the ball from entering our net. A welcome clean sheet was received.
“But we kepthem quiet for most of the game and, although there’s been nothing much wrong with our performances, we’ve at least stopped the sequence we were on.”
He was confirmed to be correct when his team defeated Millwall 3-0 on the road the following week, beginning an impressive run of form in which they have amassed 32 points, which is twice as much as Stoke had in the same period of time.
It’s hard to think that just three months ago, Stoke led Coventry by five points, but what has happened since perfectly encapsulates Championship football.
During his three-year spell playing at the Coventry Building Society Arena, he scored 17 goals and provided 23 assists.
This signing was no doubt the catalyst of Coventry’s successful spending spree over the past three years while playing in the Championship.
Milan Van Ewijk, also signed from the Eredivisie in the summer, has been a solid and consistent performer at right-back.
Up ahead of him on the right side of midfield, Japan international Tatsuhiro Sakamoto has weighed in with seven goals and two assists after signing from KV Oostende of the Belgian Pro League.
In this sense, Robins learned from Vincent Kompany, who brought in multiple players from Belgium before Burnley were promoted last season.
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