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BY KEV MONKS
COVENTRY CITY
0-1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Well those who thought
City had turned into a bunch of world-beaters after the opening day victory at
Stockport were cruelly brought back down to earth
A sell-out crowd witnessed a
poor City performance against a Wolves side that fielded Cedric Roussel. How
the former Ghent,La Louviere striker was missed as City clearly need a big man
to play up front with Lee Hughes. Jay Bothroyd is too young and too
lightweight to be a regular selection. Had City got themselves sorted out and
got Phil Massinga's work permit arranged instead of waiting for the post to
arrive and then quickly appealed and reappealed, then Bothroyd would be
playing reserve team football rather than starting for the first team.
The sooner,Gary Breen is fit the better as Paul Williams had a nightmare
and hoofed every ball.
With the game kicking off
at 6.15pm due to ITV Digital,Wolves scored the only goal of the game when a
6th minute free kick from the left given by Uriah Rennie and taken by Mark
Kennedy,fell to the unmarked Carl Robinson who fired the ball past Hedman from
five yards.
City rarely looked like
drawing level and the nearest they came was an 89th minute header from
Paul Williams which hit the bar and bounced over. Wolves promptly raced down
the other end and a Ketsbaia shot hit the bar.
Towards the end, One individual display
his frustration by throwing his shirt down in disgust in front of the City
dug-out before calmly walking out of the stadium and that summed up the
performance.
TEAM
13 Hedman,24 Nilsson,3
Hall,4 Williams,5 Shaw,7 Thompson,8 Carsley,16 O'Neill,11 Chippo (18 Strachan
69),9 Hughes,21 Bothroyd (17 Zuniga 69) SNU 33 Montgomery,14 Quinn,2
Edworthy
RATINGS
13 Hedman
7/10 Did ok, no chance with the goal
24 Nilsson
8/10 Solid,steady performance,
3 Hall
7/10 worked
hard but did not really create
4 Williams
5/10 Dodgy at the back
5 Shaw
6/10 Slightly better than Willo
7 Thompson
7/10 Tried but again some of his crossing left a lot to be
desired
11 Chippo
5/10 Was he playing?
16 O'Neill
7/10 Another battling performance
8 Carsley 8/10
Kept battling and tried hard
9 Hughes 6/10
No service and spent most of his time chasing the ball
21 Bothroyd
6/10 Clearly struggled
Subs
17 Zuniga 6/10
Took the best part of ten minutes for him to touch the ball
18 Strachan 5/10
Apart from the obvious,why is he on the bench, when he is clearly not good
enough
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