I’m gonna make a change, for once in my life It’s gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference Gonna make it right . . I’m starting with the man in the […]
The countdown to Mose – Cov seizing the advantage early on
Friendlies Season 3 – Episode 2: the one with the Nuns
Some interesting selections for the Nuneaton game then… I remember Rowland Winter saying that the squad that he took out to Jersey would give supporters a pretty good indication of where he […]
Cov resurgence attracts national coverage…Cliffie H
If you want to know ’bout the bishop and the actress If you want to know how to be a star If you want to know ’bout the stains on the mattress […]
Training ground update #2
Thursday night might well have been an evening of comedy back at the Cov clubhouse, but just 4 miles away over at Massey Ferguson’s playing fields there wasn’t much laughter to be […]
Winter’s ‘the warm-up season’…
Oh-oh, yes I’m the great pretender Pretending that I’m doing well My need is such I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell Oh-oh, yes I’m the great […]
A road less travelled, last stop Loughborough…
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where […]
Coventry Rugby 2016/17 – the Pros and the Cons
Another year you made a promise Another chance to turn it all around And do not save this for tomorrow Embrace the past and you can live for now And I will […]
No news turns out to be anything but…Nick Walshe: maybe not so sexy, but certainly as seductive
Well, in the end it turned out to be all a bit of an anti-climax as far as any Coventry announcement regarding the news of further signings for next season was concerned. […]
Cov Scoop – the secret of a successful Saturday…
If you want to know about the bishop and the actress If you want to know how to be a star If you want to know about the stains on the mattress […]
Training ground update – some interesting bits and pieces…
Now when the rumor comes to your town, It grows and grows, where it started no one knows. Some of your neighbors will invite it right in, Maybe it’s a lie, even […]
Gonna build a daydream Gonna see it through
Gonna build a mountain From a little hill Gonna build a mountain Least I hope I will Gonna build a mountain Gonna build it high I don’t know how I’m gonna do […]
Squad size, squad news and squaddies…
I really appreciate the fact that as far as my support of Coventry Rugby Club is concerned, match days aren’t the only weekly focus any more. Tuesday’s now have a particular significance, namely the day […]
Taking the lead…older heads on older shoulders
One of the recurring themes in post-match reports and weekly ‘Coach’s Views’ is the lack of experienced heads on the pitch, especially in the kinds of situations we saw on Saturday when the more […]
Contracts and the first woman referee to officiate a National One game…
I’m embarrassed to say that in my excitement at the announcement of Coventry’s first signings for next season, Alex Grove and Jack Preece, I didn’t read John Wilkinson’s article closely enough, neglecting to take […]
Two new signings… Schadenfreude? Guilty as charged.
So it’s Alex Grove and Jack Preece… Big signings, those. Rowland Winter said that he was looking for players to come in with experience, who will be cool under pressure and who […]
Reasons to be cheerful – we’re polls apart!
Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly Good golly, Miss Molly and boats Hammer-smith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet Jump back in the alley and nanny goats 18 wheeler Scammels, Dominica camels All other […]
Making a fool of myself…Plymouth Albion throw down the gauntlet, but not for this season…poll
Well, I made it to training last night… …but, sadly, Cov didn’t. ~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, the team had opted not to train yesterday as they are travelling down to Plymouth today, something which perhaps I […]
Heath Stevens…12 months on, a poll revisited…
In what has been a relatively quiet week on the Cov front, John Wilkinson’s feature on Heath Stevens is particularly welcome. There has been very little activity on the Messageboard since the Fylde game […]
