Tactics

I thought I'd avoid the important issues a little longer and investigate the methodical approach our smart new boss is attempting to implement. It didn't seem to go down too well with the fans as the we closed out the season with all those defeats, but there is quite a serious concern lingering in my mind that it never will resonate with us, because we won't allow it to. For me, style of play is one of the biggest conflicts facing Coventry City managers in the modern era. As a group fans seem to know, almost telepathically, what we want from the team. That is getting the ball forward as quickly as possible; working harder than anybody has every worked ever; and shooting whenever visually feasible. But this isn't Fifa, with auto-assist pass direction or magnetic boots helping the players out. Each decision a player makes is determined by the countless factors they have to deal with in any single moment - psychological, physical and from the surrounding environment. They're not robots.