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The pre-game ramble: Brentford

Morning all. Back to normal again, which is me not attending a game. Shame. A defeat to Pork Vale last weekend ended up as a disappointment to me more than a frustration, which is strange way for me to feel after a football match. But the signs were there that we are really quite a good football team, and even I - with my Roy Keane obsession - found that hard to ignore. OK, so the second half drifted away from us and we lost our composure at the front and back, but should that destroy the momentum and confidence our side has built up over the past 7 weeks? Should it buggery. In the immortal words of Andy Thorn: We go again. And go we do, to Northampton, to play Brentford at a neutral venue. Waistcoats assemble. Don't mind me. I'll just wear mine on the sofa.
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Re-evaluation and a changing landscape

The arguments persist. The moral assertions remain. There's a suggestion we're not even allowed watch Sky anymore. How can we as fans address the situation in a matter than can actually have some impact? I've had a go at figuring this out before, but it's bloody hard. In a similar attempt to reach sense, Coventry fan and writer Tom Furnival-Adams has used the time on his sickbed to do the same...
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The pre-game ramble: Preston North End

Watcha. How's it going? You know, before the season started my interest in Coventry was waning. It felt as though the life had been sapped from me, and with everything that was going on with admin and this bloody move away from the Ricoh, I couldn't feel any enjoyment. I mean, how could I? How could we? Now, that's still true in most respects - it's impossible to truly enjoy a season I'm having very little exposure to - but I can't deny that my interest with this bunch of players has risen since we got back to the pitch. Knowing me like I do, there's a sense of inevitability about that response. I find I'm keeping all my anger and frustration for during the week, and resurrect my support and focus for Sunday best.
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The pre-game ramble: Bristol City

So, here were are. The day many of us thought could never happen has finally arrived. Six-pissing-fields. Northampton-pissing-Town. Nowhere-pissing-near us. Liquidation and home fixtures in a county I've never even been to. This is without doubt lowest point in our history, I don't care what you say. On a familiarly selfish note, this was supposed to be the year of the blog too. I had so many ideas; so many ways of making this the Fleur de Force of the Coventry City blog world (look it up). I didn't bother in the end though. How could I justify having such a grand website when I'd hardly ever be at the games? I just couldn't. They've proper ruined this, haven't they? They've ruined everything. Argh, let's just look at Bristol before I lose my rag again.
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