He has today said, “I probably should have stayed there rather than going to Everton but that is all hindsight and we haven’t got the benefit of that.”
Given the reception that Glen Little received from the Burnley fans at Reading just over a couple of weeks ago, a reception that upset members of Glen’s family, you wonder just what sort of reception this little man will get when he makes his way round the Turf Moor pitch – the Burnley fans will not have forgotten that he walked out on us and set us up for a year of Waddle and Roeder.
He’s number two at Coventry now, after another failed attempt at management at Sheffield United, his career is now based on following Peter Reid up and down the country, hanging on to his coat tail.
Reid took over at
The new management team made a number of new signings during the close season, the first being Bjarni Gudjonsson from VfL Bochum. The Icelandic midfielder has previously played in English football with Stoke, signed by his dad Gudjon Thordason.
Stephen Hughes was next, another midfield player signed from Charlton. He started his career with Arsenal but has moved a number of times. He was with
He was followed by a player familiar to
Wood signed on the opening day of the season but there have been more since and on the Monday after the opening fixture they signed former Blackburn captain Tim Sherwood from
Sherwood, now 35, is fast approaching 500 league games and has been a regular in the
Louis Carey came in from
To add to that they also have five players at the club on loan – Eddie Johnson and Luke Steele (Manchester United), Dean Leacock (Fulham), Matthew Mills (
There have been departures though, none more so than Calum Davenport. He was sold to Spurs and then to
Others to go include Mo Konjic, Barry Quinn, Julian Joachim, Youssef Chippo and Keith O’Neill whilst strikers Gary McSheffrey and Dele Adebola are currently out on loan at Luton and Bradford respectively.
Burnley will be delighted to know that neither Joachim nor McSheffrey will be around after the pasting they gave us last March when we crashed 4-0 on our return from a week’s break in
They are currently in 19th place in the league and this follows a run of seven games without a win in the league. The last victory came on August Bank Holiday Monday when they beat West Ham at home 2-1 with goals from Micky Doyle and Andy Morrell.
Saturday saw them earn a point in a 1-1 draw with Leicester at home but this was a somewhat fortunate point, the equaliser coming with an own goal from Chris Makin, formerly at Sunderland with Reid and Heath, after Dion Dublin had given Leicester the lead against his former club.
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Other than that Peter Reid has a full squad to choose from and he is expected to name the same team that drew with
Luke Steele, Andrew Whing, Richard Shaw, Dean Leacock, Steve Staunton, Andy Morrell, Micky Doyle, Stephen Hughes, Rohan Ricketts, Eddie Johnson, Stern John. Subs: Scott Shearer, Tim Sherwood, Stuart Giddings, Patrick Suffo, Graham Barrett.
As for the Clarets, much will depend on the situation with Ian Moore who is set to undergo surgery on his knee. He could have the operation delayed a week and play tonight and if that is the case expect Steve Cotterill to name the side that drew at
Should Mooro not make it then he will probably be replaced by Jean-Louis Valois. Michael Duff meanwhile suffered from cramp on Saturday, but he is expected to be OK.
The
Danny Coyne, Michael Duff, Frank Sinclair, John McGreal, Mo Camara, Ian Moore (or Jean-Louis Valois), Richard Chaplow, Tony Grant, Micah Hyde, Graham Branch, Robbie Blake. Subs: Brian Jensen, Lee Roche, Richard Duffy, Amadou Sanokho, Jean-Louis Valois (or Matt O’Neill).
Last season saw us go down to a 2-1 defeat in what was a dreadful performance by the Clarets. It would have been very much a throw one in had
They led 2-0 at half time with a goal from Patrick Suffo and an own goal from Paul Weller but Robbie Blake pulled one back early in the second half.
The teams were,
Coventry
Previous 20 Seasons | |||||
Season | Div | Ven | Result | Att | Scorers |
1999/2000 | FAC | a | 0-3 | 22,774 | . |
2001/02 | 1 | a | 2-0 | 16,849 | Taylor Little |
. | . | h | 1-0 | 18,751 | Taylor |
2002/03 | 1 | h | 3-1 | 13,470 | Blake(pen) Grant Davenport(og) |
. | . | a | 1-0 | 13,659 | Cox |
2003/04 | 1 | h | 1-2 | 10,358 | Blake |
. | . | a | 0-4 | 12,953 | . |
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