The first half started off quietly and both teams struggled to make openings. However, when the game got going Coventry seemed to be able to open up our defence at will, getting through on the counter on a number of occasions. Adam Armstrong, Jim O'Brien, Jacob Murphy and Ryan Kent all missed decent chances for the West Midlands side, while we struggled to make openings. Liam O'Niel had a half chance around 40 minutes in, but sent the ball flying just over the bar, before Dan Gardner was forced off by injury just before half time. Big striker Mani Dieseruvwe came on for Lee Novak at half time, and played in LW, an unusual position for the young striker. Coventry took the lead after 50 minutes, when Adam Armstrong was put through by Jacob Murphy, and the young striker finished across goal with a low shot into the bottom corner. After that the game went quiet, apart from a few Coventry chances, and a few bad tackles from Morsy, who was lucky to not receive a second yellow. Mani Diesruvwe and Ollie Banks both took decent long range efforts, and towards the end of the game we built the pressure but we just couldn't break down the defensive partnership of Reda Johnson and Sam Ricketts. When the game looked finished, some salt was rubbed in to our wounds when Mani Dieseruvwe received a second booking for a deliberate hand ball, in the 89th minute.
Not a great day for the blues, defence looked suspect and we lacked the attacking play we can usually boast. However, it was only a 1-0 defeat to one of the biggest and best teams in the league, and we're still around the play off places, so people don't need to get downhearted just yet. Onwards and upwards, COYB.
My man of the match: Tommy Lee
Yet again I have chosen the long serving Spireites keeper as my man of the match. In a game where there weren't really any good performance, with even the likes of the usually consistently brilliant Dan Jones, Sam Morsy and Jay O'Shea all having bad games, Tommy Lee is a player who we can say played well. He had plenty to do yesterday, had plenty of crosses to deal with, and yet again had very little protection from the back four. He made a few decent saves and kept the score line low. He definitely didn't have an exceptional game by his standards, but he played better than anyone I can think of. A tough game to choose a MOTM from this week.
League Table after this weekend's results:
(+2) 1. Burton (4GD) (18 pts)
(=) 2. Walsall (9GD) (17pts)
(-2) 3. Gillingham (8GD) (17pts) Most places moved up: Colchester have
(=) 4. Coventry (7 GD) (16 pts) moved up 9 places after beating Sheff Utd
(+1) 5. Rochdale (6 GD) (14 pts) 3-2 on Tuesday, and Gillingham 2-1
(+3) 6. Bury (3 GD) (13 pts) yesterday.
(-2) 7. Sheff Utd (1GD) (13 pts)
(+2) 8. Wigan (1GD) (13 pts)
(-2) 9. Chesterfield (1 GD) (11 pts) Most places moved down: Port Vale have
(-2) 10. Swindon (0 GD) (11 pts) moved down 4 places after losing 1-0 to
(=) 11. Barnsley (-1 GD) (11 pts) Bury.
(+2) 12. Bradford (-2GD) (10pts)
(+9) 13. Colchester (-3GD) (10pts)
(+4) 14. Millwall (-4GD) (10pts)
(-2) 15. Fleetwood (1GD) (9 pts)
(-4) 16. Port Vale (0 GD) (9 pts)
(+3) 17. Southend (-1 GD) (9pts)
(-1) 18. Peterborough (-1 GD) (8 pts)
(-4) 19. Shrewsbury (-2 GD) ( 8pts)
(-4) 20. Scunthorpe (-3 GD) (8pts)
(-2) 21. Oldham (-4 GD) (8pts)
(-1) 22. Doncaster (-4 GD) (7 pts)
(+1) 23. Crewe (-7 GD) (5 pts)
(-1) 24. Blackpool (-9 GD) (5 pts)
League One top scorers:
- Adam Armstrong-Coventry (6 goals)
- Bradley Dack-Gillingham (5 goals)
- Billy Sharp-Sheff Utd (5 goals)
- Tom Bradshaw-Walsall (4 goals)
- Paddy Madden-Scunthorpe (4 goals)
- Stuart Beavon-Burton (4 goals)
- Romaine Sawyers-Walsall (4 goals)
- Marcus Maddison-Peterborough (4 goals)
- George Moncur-Colchester (4 goals)
- Jay O'Shea-Chesterfield (3 goals)
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