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 […]
A road less travelled, last stop Loughborough…
Chairman of the Board – You Got Me Dangling On A String
Yes, I’m wrapped in a Dream of needing you so The feeling is strong And I can’t let go You’ve got me dangling on a string Please don’t let me drop My […]
Old Albanian v Coventry – the Deadwood stage is a-rollin’… a beautiful sky, a wonderful day.
Oh the Deadwood Stage is a-rollin’ on over the plains With the curtains flappin’ and the driver slappin’ the reins A beautiful sky, a wonderful day Whip crack-away, whip crack-away, whip crack-away […]
Coventry v Rosslyn Park – pick a game, any game…
Were I asked to pick any of the games this season to represent the difference in the Coventry of this season to that of last, then this is the one I would […]
‘Everyday is a winding road’ – Cambridge v Coventry
Jump in, let’s go Lay back, enjoy the show Everybody gets high, everybody gets low, These are the days when anything goes Everyday is a winding road I get a little bit […]
Cov Squad 2017/18 – the gaps, the guesses…Rob Knox…Cov’s best signing so far…?
Just my imagination once again runnin’ way with me. Tell you it was just my imagination runnin’ away with me. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, can’t forget (them) Just my […]
Coventry v Ampthill – a real team effort (all 20 of them)
29-19. Four tries, a bonus point and another one of the top teams in the league that has come to the BPA full of expectation and left with nothing other than the […]
Cov v Ampthill – a stronger side now than we were back in November…?
Ya know ya gotta serve Ya know ya gotta please My (Cov) puts my mind at ease Friday comes ‘n’ I’m thinkin’ of you Cause at five o’clock, they’re gonna set me loose […]
Training ground update…Cov looking sharp
Words can make you pay and pay Four-letter words I cannot say Panty, toilet, dirty devil Words are trouble, words are subtle Words of anger, words of hate The Tom Tom² Club – […]
Who’ll Stop The Rain?
Long as I remember the rain been coming down Clouds of myst’ry pouring confusion on the ground Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun And I wonder, still I […]
Cov fans in La La-tu Land as Makaafi signs and three more retained.
It’s hard not to be excited about the arrival of Tongan born Latu Makaafi (or Maka’afi?) given his reputation as a hard-hitting, physical and uncompromising back row forward. Blessed with strong running […]
England Counties v Scotland Club XV – it’s all in the stars
Some game that… After a pretty even first half which ended 14 a-piece, Counties eased away in the second 40 to win convincingly, and in some style, 45-28. If ever there was […]
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 […]
88 points, 12 tries in the game, up into 6th and now the second highest points scorers in the league – well, I enjoyed it anyway.
There have only been a couple of occasions since I started this blog where I knew, even before I’d started a post, that what I was about to write would be really out of […]
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 […]
Cov’s team spirit showing through…who stood out…the result of the ‘Man of the Match’ poll
One of the things that has most impressed me about the Coventry squad this season is the character the players have shown at times to win several games this season that in the past […]
