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      6 Dec 2011

      Portsmouth 2 Coventry 1 - Rock bottom

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      Still struggling for any new words at the minute. I'm loathed to spend too much of my time going over old ground. We're the softest touch in the league, and everyone is desperately scrambling around to attribute blame, as well as trying to figure out what (if anything) can be done to fix it.

      The pattern of the game on Saturday was once again all too familiar. Thorn said afterwards how we rarely get tonked, and are always in games for the most part. We may not be hammered on the pitch as often as our league position would suggest, but mentally, we take a right beating every week.

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      30 Apr 2011

      Sky Blues unveil new kit - it's ever so posh

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      The people in charge get all sorts of grief from fans most of the time, so credit where it's due - they've got the new kit spot on. I'm not usually someone who enjoys harking back to glory days past, as it just reminds me of how we've done bugger all since. I'll make an exception for this though, given how nice it looks.

      They've even negotiated with City Link to allow us to use a white version of their logo especially for this. Let's face it - the City Link green and yellow logo is a bit naff, so it's great that we've managed to avoid having that nonsense all over it. I always use the "would I wear it away from the football stadium?" test, and this one passes it. It'll never beat Eustace 15 circa 2001, mind. 

      Okay, I've been a bit cheeky and pinched this image from the official City site. I wouldn't have thought they'll come and batter me for doing so, as I'm being really kind about it.

      Photo taken from the Official Coventry City site - go there for more photos and words: 

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      17 Oct 2010

      It was over the line!

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      So, following the impressive win at Ipswich, I was particularly looking forward to the 10 seconds of highlights last night. Even in such a small segment, they managed to say something ridiculous though.

      It's all academic now I know, but the twonk of a reporter on the Football League Show said that Jutkiewicz's shot that hit the bar was "definitely NOT over the line".

      Odd, because everyone else has said that it definitely was over.

      Given the doubt, I took the liberty of taking an extremely low-res photo of the moment.

      I defy anyone to argue with that!

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      3 Aug 2010

      Sky Blues season preview - We're signing Dwain Chambers.

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      As promised, my little piece is now up on The Two Unfortunates. They've done a cracking job tracking down fans from every Football League club, each with enough time on their hands to pull something together, so bravo to them.

      As ever, I've predicted that we'll make the play-offs...

      ergo, we probably shan't.

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      31 Jul 2010

      Here we go again.

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      Well, after a relaxing break watching England bugger up the World Cup, the time has now come for me to return to my day job; saying the occasional thing about Coventry City.

      I've pulled together a little season-preview wotsit for my new friends at The Two Unfortunates, so I'll let you see that once that goes up. They run a Football League blog, and they don't do it by halves. It's bloody comprehensive, so have a looksy.

      In the meantime, I'll compose myself, gather my thoughts, and take some notes on tomorrows game against West Brom.

      Looking forward to hearing everyone's attempt at pronouncing Lukas Jutkiewicz.

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      I’m sure if we had started playing keep-ball the fans would have been disappointed, but when it’s that late in the day you should probably be a bit more professional about it and settle for the one point.
      Attacking and remaining professional are not mutually exclusive, Andy.
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      In an attempt to keep myself sane over the course of the 09/10 season, I decided to use this blog as a place to let off steam and vent my thoughts about Coventry City's progress.

      That all seemed to go quite nicely (the blogging side of things, not the team performance), so two years later, and I'm still doing it - rambling away whenever there is something worth rambling about.

      The plan is to focus my attention on writing in this, as opposed to indiscriminate ranting at anyone who'll listen, which always tended to be my main outlet. I never really envisaged it becoming a widely viewed Coventry City blog (as my points often annoy), but it's always good to see my posts popping up on forums with people discussing my waffle.

      lt's also quite interesting to look back at how many times during the season I threaten to stop supporting them and form my own breakaway club; FC Coventry City Mönchengladbach Saint-Germain.

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