Coleman Wants Ten More Points

Last updated : 10 April 2009 By Covsupport News Service
Coventry City manager Chris Coleman wants ten more points from the remaining games this season.

City start Easter tomorrow with a trek to Plymouth, followed by a home game on Monday afternoon against Charlton Athletic. On Saturday week, City are at Nottingham Forest before they finish April with home games against Barnsley and Watford. The one game in May sees a trip to Ipswich to end the season.

"Nobody's talking about their holidays here," said Chris Coleman to the CT. "Everybody's talking about Plymouth Argyle.

"We've got two games in three days and the long trip to Plymouth and back makes it a hard weekend. They are desperate for the points and it could be a physical game. We've got some tough games coming up after that but I'd like to finish with 62 points - that's what I've written down and, with a bit of luck, that would be good enough for us to finish in the top half, which would be a good achievement.


"The nearer we finish to the top, the better it reflects on us. If you finish well, you take that confidence into the summer and start the next season on a high - but if you finish a season badly it can take a long time to get it out of your system.

"We avoided that this year because we brought in several new players, which gave us a lift and help us get off to a good start.

"We'll be making some more changes this summer; I've said all along that, however well it went, there would be ins and outs, because we have to keep improving all the time. And that's good for the players we've got here, because I like the fact that they're looking over their shoulders and push that little bit harder. We've got to continue with that attitude until the end of the season because it's very important that we bridge that gap to midway and then think about bridging the gap from mid-table to top six."