Coventry City match analysis from CoventryLive as Sky Blues extend their losing run to four straight Championship defeats.
Coventry City extended their dismal current run to four straight Championship defeats in a game of contrasting quality in each half at Preston.
Despite taking the lead against the run of play with the first of two tap-ins from Haji Wright, the Sky Blues’ advantage was short lived before two goals in the space of three minutes saw the home side deservedly go in front heading into the break.
North End then added a third before Wright pounced for a second time in the 3-2 defeat that highlighted promising signs in attack and worrying deficiencies at the back. Here are some of the big talking points and things learned from another disappointing day at Deepdale.
Fans deserve better
Mark Robins was keen to play down any negative pre-match talk focusing on Coventry’s dreadful league record at Deepdale. The manager may even have shielded his players from the blot in the history books – many of whom are new to the club and no doubt unaware of the bogey ground tag. There’s no rhyme nor reason why the Sky Blues have found it so hard to win in their 22 visits in various divisions over the years but one thing’s for sure, it doesn’t matter how oblivious the latest crop of City players are to unwanted records, if they perform like they did in the first half then they have got no chance of breaking the Preston hoodoo.
They were simply awful in an unacceptable 45 minutes, and the outstanding 3,000-strong Sky Blue Army deserved better. All credit to the supporters who continued to get behind their team right to the bitter end.
