And although Pressley will be looking to get one over on his former club, the former defender holds no grudges after being sacked by the Sky Blues back in February.
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And it was the Sky Blues who came up trumps in the last minute of normal time. “I’m pleased to see them doing so well”. It is going to be fascinating to see how well Fleetwood respond to the arrival of their new manager and how Coventry can cope without a few crucial players to the side. Paisley-born Micky Mellon led the Cod Army into the league for the first time in 2012. We wanted to force them to kick and in the second half we lost concentration on a number of occasions, which allowed them to play out and overworked us more than we’d have liked.
Town are to hold a fans’ forum in the Parkside Suite at Highbury from 7.30pm this Wednesday, when supporters will have the chance to meet new manager Steven Pressley and his assistant Neil MacFarlane.
Coventry boss Tony Mowbray felt that the extra expense of travelling to Lancashire the night before the game was justified by the hard-working performance his side produced to end City’s run of three away games without a win to climb to fifth in the League One table.
“We’ve taken the money out of the playing budget to do that”, he told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
Armstrong’s absence and the fact that Pressley was facing his old club meant many would, at the start of the 90 minutes, taken the point that looked to be coming City’s way before the lively Thomas showed why he had been thrown into the fray as a late substitute. ‘We might be in a position where we want to extend that but the new manager at Rotherham might want Wood back so he can assess him and we have no control over that.
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“They’re a very good team but haven’t been so good on their travels, so will be determined to put that right however we need to win and hopefully we can do that”.
