Source: FOOTYMAD
Full back chase is on
Boothroyd looking for attacking full backs With the departure of Marcus Hall and Stephen Wright, Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd finds himself short of full backs. Boothroyd has indicated that he want to utilise wing play and attacking full backs, of which the Sky Blues currently have none. The only recognised full backs at the club are the inexperienced Jordan Clarke and Chris Hussey, along with Martin Cranie. While Cranie is a very useful player in that he can play on either side if needed, he sees himself as a centre back and not one of the attacking wing backs that Boothroyd is after. Coventry City had been linked with left back Marc Tierney of Boothroyd's old club Colchester, but it is now understood that he is looking elsewhere for his attacking back line. “Marcus Hall has gone, as has Stephen Wright, so we need to add some depth to the full-back positions,” said Boothroyd. "It is OK putting a centre half at left back or right back but that limits you going forward a lot and I want to be a team that does attack and I think in modern day football your full backs are your quarterbacks if you like. They are your play-makers." “I certainly think we need a left back. We have only got Chris Hussey who is a left footer and recognised left-back and who I like a lot from what I have seen of him. But I think we need some depth, particularly in those areas.” “Hussey is a guy a lot of people looked at and Coventry snapped him up and very often it can take players three to six months to settle in to a club. I know that he has done a lot of work with Steve Harrison on the defending side of his game and that’s the sort of club and culture I want to create." “So whether you are 16 or 17, 20 or 32, I want everyone to feel that we are going to improve them. I want it to be a cultured club. We have to get results but I think those are always preceded by performances, and in order to get those there is a lot of hard work on the training pitch and I will be instrumental in doing that with Steve, Oggy and everyone working around the place.” Last week Boothroyd said he is looking to bring in up to ten new players before the start of the new season, including what he called X-factor players on loan deals from Premiership clubs.
