All posts tagged Coventry

TTU Go Predicting: Likely Crimes Against Football

Wholly unsurprisingly, events at one Midlands club dominated the thinking of our band of correspondents when assessing those most likely to have a pernicious impact on the Football League throughout 2013-14.

As regular TTU contributor and Coventry fan, Tom Furnival-Adams points out that there is unfortunately one clear winner here – Tim Fisher, Joy Seppala, and everyone else involved in Sisu/Otium’s mission to move the club away from its …

TTU Go Predicting: a Club-by-Club League 1 Preview

Following yesterday’s start to pre-season, in which we looked at all 24 League 2 clubs, our intensive schedule continues as we move on to League 1. Tomorrow, attention will turn to the Championship.

Bradford City

Fairytale Bradford City have added a little sheen to their well built squad as they look to attack League 1 at a canter – Rochdale’s Jason Kennedy and experienced winger Mark Yeates join …

A Football League SWOT Analysis: The Weaknesses

Crisis

Of course by its very definition the Football League is weak – comparatively. While it’s true that West Ham and Southampton skilfully negotiated the step up to the Premier League this past year, both enjoyed wage structures and transfer budgets way beyond the scope of second tier clubs.

Yesterday’s opening post on this four day SWOT analysis salvo perhaps painted too rosy a picture of the League’s attributes. Today’s …

TTU Awards 2012-13: Manager of the Season

Of all the categories this year, our opinion formers were most divided on this. Sure, the collection of silverware is all important but it’s as much about the raw materials and how far they are stretched. Hence, a number of bosses deserve credit for exceeding expectations - those gentlemen who chose to forget this when assessing Nigel Adkins and last year’s winner Brian McDermott would do well to take …

TTU Awards 2012-13: Crimes against Football

In a less competitive year, that podgy tosser Steve Evans and his nasty-piece-of-work sidekick Paul Raynor might have had this category sewn up, so tiresome is their relentless abuse of officials.

Similarly, Richard Scudamore and the Premier League would have been worthy winners, their blackmail tactics having once again divided the Football League’s clubs over the issue of parachute and solidarity payments.

Elsewhere, surely no one would wish Sisu …