The careers of artists often follow a narrative arc of early promise, before a steady waining of powers until the reels of bad product outweigh the hits. As with Woody Allen, so too new Sheffield Wednesday recruit Clinton Morrison has failed to match the Oscar-winning heights of previous years.As the most experienced of Sheffield Wednesday’s summer recruits, much will be expected of the ex-Crystal Palace striker. Sadly for Wednesdayites, his story has been an all too familiar tale of promise descending into mediocrity. After his debut in the blue and red stripes at 18, there followed a four-season spell of…
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A New Man at Coventry: Aidy Boothroyd
Aidy Boothroyd’s recruitment of Gary McSheffrey to the Coventry City ranks is one of those signings it’s tricky to assess. In the middle years of the last decade, the inside forward shone in sky blue, moving on to win a Championship promotion with Birmingham, before finding the Premier League to be a bit too elevated a platform. Nonetheless, turning to an old hero is a classic Boothroyd ploy. Well versed in the psychology of the game, this laying down of a marker so early in his Ricoh tenure will be met with approving nods.The very definition of the word journeyman,…
24: Season Review, Part Two: COV to DON
Our next tranche of the appraisal process casts light on four who will still be amongst us next season: Coventry, Crystal Palace, Derby and Doncaster. Of these, Palace’s has been easily the most tempestuous twelve months, suffering the ignominious fate of administration, while Donny have perhaps provided a model for how things should be stewarded, both on and off the pitch. As for Coventry and Derby: days of yore seem ever distant.Coventry CityIn a mid-season post, I theorized that the problem at Coventry is one of slow decline. We are currently seeing evidence of how a drop into League One…
The Necessity of Pace
The clear cut advantage enjoyed by the play off contenders, Forest, Cardiff, Swansea and Leicester is lending a grazing season feel to midtable as we go into April. One club whose future among us is secure for another campaign is Coventry City. Sides have gone down having amassed 52 points, but there are too many pavement dwellers below the Sky Blues for them to properly worry about being forcibly rehoused. Chris Coleman’s unnaturally lengthy half time cuppa told a story today though: it was an abysmal 45 from the Warwickshire club.True, Jimmy Kébé and Jobi McAnuff were utterly rampant for…
The Thursday Preview: Coventry City Vs. Sheffield Wednesday
Luke Varney’s late burst to vanquish Watford in a trademark relegation six pointer last night will have temporarily lessened the pressure on a battling Owls side. After a honeymoon period punctuated by a trio of January wins, Alan Irvine’s February was less enjoyable with back to back home defeats against Ipswich and Doncaster providing a particularly horrid memory. Varney is a crowd satisfier: his industrious style contrasting sharply with that of onetime £10 million man Francis Jeffers; the former’s slow rise up the divisions has made him a more endearing, maybe better professional whereas Jeffers’ descent to that same level…
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