ROBINS MAY BEST BOSS EVER AT CITY - STRACHAN
| Published date | 18 April 2024 |
| Publication title | Coventry Telegraph |
Sunday's FA Cup semi-final with Manchester United provides a quick pick-me-up for the players and fans alike, providing an opportunity to make more history if they pull off a shock result and get to what would be only their second-ever final in the competition City famously won in 1987. One thing is for sure, Mark Robins' men will have to play a lot better than they did against Birmingham at the weekend if they want to compete with the Red Devils and avoid an embarrassing scoreline.
The focus this week will, no doubt, be all about coming up with a gameplan and providing the players with the information and tactical detail they need to both cope with and beat the Premier League side.
Here, we take a look at what else is happening in and around the club in another huge week for City.
? Strach hails 'greatest-ever' City manager Regardless of what happens on Sunday, former City boss Gordon Strachan says Mark Robins is arguably the club's greatest-ever manager.
Strachan, who managed the Sky Blues at the back end of the Premier League years from 1996 to 2001 when they went down, said: "You could argue Mark Robins is the best Coventry manager of all time.
You have Jimmy Hill, you have John Sillett who won the cup, but Robins has been there a long time and he's dragged them up.
"To produce that performance against Wolves was phenomenal."
Since returning to the club in 2017, Robins is about to oversee his fourth trip to Wembley in the semi-final of the FA Cup, having previously been to the national stadium in the Championship play-off final, League Two play-off final and Checkatrade Trophy, having gained promotion from the fourth tier to within a whisker of a return to top-flight football.
? EFL awards pass City by Coventry City got a passing mention in this year's EFL awards, while former favourite Jodi Jones showed that he's finally back up to the levels that he hit with the Sky Blues before being struck down by injury by being named League Two player of the season.
It really is great to see the 26-yearold firmly re-establish himself in the division he took by storm with the Sky Blues in 2017, scoring five goals and earning rave reviews and attention from Leeds United, who were tipped to make a January move for his services before his burgeoning career came crashing to a halt at...
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