We Must Retain The Ball - Harrison

Last updated : 30 January 2010 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City coach Steve Harrison has said that the Sky Blues must retain the ball better in the coming matches.

Speaking to the CT's Alan Poole, Harrison said: "It's up to the manager to decide whether to keep the same formation against Blackpool but we are at home, so we need to be more adventurous than we were at Swansea. And to do that we need to make sure that we retain the ball better.

"The most important ball is the one when you've just won it back. If you give that away, you're defending again and that's dangerous against teams like Swansea or Blackpool who can keep possession and make you work to get it back. Looking at the tapes from Tuesday, we gave the ball away too cheaply at times and we can't afford to do that again.

"We've had a bad run but came through it and started to play with more consistency and drive. At Swansea, we went over to the fans to thank them for coming down to support us and they clapped us off.

"It wasn't a very exciting game but I think most of them appreciiated that the idea was not to get beaten - it's great if you can get a goal on the counter attack but above all else you need to keep a tight ship away from home.

"Now we need to win at home and start climbing that table because with the players we have got, we're capable of being tenth and above - we all know that."