Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Mark Robins is tipped to lead the Sky Blues to success in the new 2024/25 campaign
Mark Robins has been hailed a “master” and tipped to lead Coventry City to a third place Championship finish this season.
The Sky Blues have added six new players so far this summer, complementing the impressive squad from last term that fell just short of the play-off mix, finishing ninth in the 2023/24 table. But EFL pundit Ali Maxwell firmly believes that City will “smash it” this season after making a couple of choice signings in the transfer window to add the quality that he believes will “kick-on” in their second campaign with the club that narrowly missed out on promotion at Wembley in 2022/23.
“The gauntlet is laid down now for Coventry City,” said Maxwell, speaking on the Not The Top 20 Pod. “There are fewer excuses this year because while they have lost Callum O’Hare – a player that we like a lot – he did only play 21 games worth of league minutes last season, less than 50 percent of league minutes. So it’s not necessarily as big a hole as you might think given his quality.
“They have signed Jack Rudoni, which is a signing I really like. I don’t see him as a direct replacement for O’Hare. He does his best work driving forward from deep areas but I think he’s going to be a real, consistent and quality operator for them in midfield for the next few years. I am hoping that Victor Torp kicks on as well after his adaptation period. If he does, that’s a very strong looking midfield unit.
“They have made steps to sort out what was a bit of an issue in nets by signing a young Swedish keeper Oliver Dovin, and hopefully he will help them and give them a consistent and quality goalkeeper solution, which they need.
“At the top of the pitch, well, it was a rollercoaster for both Ellis Simms and Haji Wright but I think by the end of the season Cov fans would agree they were good signings and they are players you could see kicking on and having even better campaigns this year. They have scored a lot of goals between them.
“Robins is a master. I see very clearly how Coventry could go about smashing it this season. We have got them finishing third.”
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