It’s reasonable to argue that Coventry City’s performance in the next three Championship games will demonstrate whether or not the team has what it takes to get to the last play-off round this year. The first up is a hard home match against Leeds United, who are now ranked second. Then, there are quick trips to Southampton and Birmingham City on the road.
Manager Mark Robins has been making a point of stressing this in his press conferences ever since his team pulled off their incredible victory over Wolves in the quarterfinals last month. For now, the Sky Blues’ FA Cup semi-final day out against Manchester United at Wembley is firmly on the back burner.
When asked about the lengthy schedule his team has in front of them in the days and weeks leading up to the game, the City manager responded, “Yes, but we can’t look beyond Leeds.” Before we play our final four league games, we have a huge seven days and a very important couple of weeks ahead of us, during which we must win every game. We must attempt to confront the problem head-on and see where it leads us because we are aware that it exists and is difficult. But we have to execute at a high level because that is the order of the day.
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There’s little doubt that the Sky Blues will need to perform better than they did on Easter Monday against Cardiff, when Liam Kitching’s two own goals negated Ellis Simms’ first goal and unintentionally gave the Bluebirds all three points.
The manager reflected on the 2-1 loss at CBS Arena, saying, “We gave it everything we had, but we just didn’t reach the heights that we have been used to, so we just have to move on.” “You have to look at it logically and take advantage of the next opportunity, which is Leeds in front of a potentially packed house.”
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