Fotrmer Coventry City striker and defender Dion Dublin has hit the nail firmly on the head with comments that City supporters have become disheartened with the club.
Speaking about the League Cup draw which will see the Sky Blues, whose team last season were dubbed 'the worst since the war' by countless long time supporters, many of whom won't be buying season tickets, travel to Rochdale for a First Round tie, Dublin is quoted by the Coventry Telegraph as saying: "With Coventry being away from home against Rochdale they have to be up for it, and they have to start to do something.
“It’s been a demise at Coventry, the club hasn’t been run very well – even when I was there you could see signs that it wasn't being run in the correct way.
“What’s happened is I think fans have become disheartened with Coventry City, and disheartened by their best players leaving.
“When I was there we had players like Gary McAllister, Gordon Strachan, George Boateng, Darren Huckerby, Noel Whelan.
“We had a really good squad of players, but it’s not like that anymore, and Coventry really need to get back and a good way to do that is having a good run in this cup.
“They’ve had several managers and they’ve not been able to turn it around but Coventry City is a big football club with a big stadium and a big following, but a lot of that following has dropped away having lost their stadium for a little bit of time and then playing at Northampton for a while.
“Going away to Rochdale will not be easy, Rochdale will look forward to hosting Coventry because they have been in a bad way for some time. I hope Coventry can go to Rochdale and get a result, but it’s Cup football.”
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