Boothroyd Looking Forward To Leeds Clash

Last updated : 04 February 2011 By Covsupport News Service/RD

Coventry City face a trip to Yorkshire on Saturday in a bid to end their nine game winless run with the game at Leeds United. Any sort of result there would help to get their season, which started so promisingly, back on track.

Despite the daunting prospect of facing Leeds at their Elland Road home, Boothroyd is relishing the prospect of the encounter. With the exception of the game at Cardiff where Coventry were awful, the other games in which City lost were much closer and more hotly contested affairs which has led Boothroyd to believe his side do have the ability to get positive results, all they need is a little luck and the odd break.

"Elland Road, that's a nice easy one on the back of the run we've been having," joked Boothroyd to the CT.

"It's a fantastic football arena but it's certainly no place for cowards or shirkers. Going to a place like that and facing that screaming mob takes some bottle and I'm absolutely dying for it.

"At times like this you find out what you're all about. It's very easy to take the pats on the back and the plaudits when you're on a roll, but when a bit of adversity comes your way you've got to be able to deal with that as well. The signs are there that we're not that far away."

"We've played well against the best sides in this league, entertained and scored goals, but we've been punished for making silly errors. We weren't making those errors in the early part of the season, so we've got to get back to those basics."

"Against Leeds at the Ricoh we didn't get started for 20 minutes but after that we laid siege to their goal for long periods. I thought Forest were there for the taking the other night and the pressure we put them under in the last 20 minutes shows how close we are."

"There's certainly not a chasm of class. We've been done by one goal in so many games and they've been tight because we're always in it, we're always at it, we're always likely to score."

" The important thing is how we learn from those experiences. My favourite phrase at the moment is get on with it, keep going, and the players are desperate to get themselves moving up the table."

"When we were fourth and fifth and people were talking about four clean sheets in succession and our highest Christmas position for eight years I pointed out that there would be a period where it would be difficult and we'd have to ride that out. That's where we are now."

"It's always great when the sun's shining, but sometimes you have to go through the rain, and that's what we're doing at the moment. In fact, it's a bit of a monsoon, but we will come through it."