Right time to get our less than impressive league form back on track, hopefully last Tuesday's win at Bramall will give the Whites a major confidence boost in their main priority in getting out of this league. Interesting selection problems for Grayson stick or twist with Tuesday's team, Garner will be on the bench though, the Jackal is back. Coventry fairly clueless at home better away should provide more of a test than they did at the Ricoh, they've brought a few in in the last few weeks but cannot play keeper Jones as he is on loan from us. Three points required boys time to deliver
I am glad that there seems to be some resolution for Coventy City over the Ricoh Stadium. Lived in Coventry for a year and saw Coventry play Man City in '69. Coventry is very much the poor cousin of the Midlands footy scene with the Brum teams and the Black Coumtry teams being longer established and having bigger capacities. Nice cathedral but it was a grim city.
Well there are ugly wins and ugly wins this was the ugliest of wins but a win it was. Kevin Davis heading home after 21 minutes after Gallagher had fired in an inch perfect cross. North End dominated the first half against a fairly poor looking Coventry side who had offered little in the way of an attacking threat. In truth North End had offered little up front either apart from another Davies headed which Burge saved that was the sum total of the first half. Only one side in it in the second half and it wasn't North End, the half time team talk must have been interesting as North End dozed through the second half. Nouble missed from close range and ex North Ender Barton's dipping shot was saved by Johnstone. Everybody in the ground expected a Coventry equaliser but it didn't come although Fleck's 30 yarder hit the bar in the 4th minute of injury time, it would have given the Sky Blues a deserved point but it didn't. Van Gaal won't be losing sleep on that performance however we are just lulling him into a false sense of security. Preston North End 1 Coventry City 0 Att 13500
13,000 crowd...not a time to play a boring game!I just suspect that players have recently had their eye on a televised match against Franchise United rather than the main aim which is to get into The Championship. I remember Davidson, a talented player, spinning a yarn about death in his family a couple of games before the 1964 Cup Final to avoid injury in the games before the Final! He was found out and did not get selected for the Final.
