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BBC News
10-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Has sleep expert awakened Coventry's success?
Small margins are often referred to in football when it comes the difference between success and failure - so could sleep be one of the many factors behind Coventry City's recent joy?Coventry are on an excellent run in the Championship and pushing for a play-off place after nine wins from their past 10 games propelled them to fifth in the expert James Wilson has been working with two professional clubs in England this season and one of those is the Sky Blues, the other Premier League side who also worked with West Ham United in the 2022-23 season when they won the Europa Conference League, says all the clubs he's assisted have been "relatively successful"."It is helping players, helping their partners, if they've got kids and then simple things like when they are travelling away," Wilson told BBC CWR's Sky Blues Fancast."When they have to stay in a hotel before a game, we're talking about how do you make that environment feel a bit more safe and a bit more inviting?"Because it normally takes us three days to get used to a new sleep environment."For example, we recommend to any athlete I work with, or anybody, if you're sleeping away from home, take the smell of someone you love."You might take your partner's aftershave or perfume so [it's like] the person you love is there. It makes you feel more emotionally secure."Often when we feel emotionally secure, we're more likely to sleep well."Wilson added that it's "often the culture of the club itself accepting something like sleep" is an important part of being to James Wilson's full interview on the Sky Blues Fancast on BBC Sounds
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Grimes is exactly what we need in midfield'
The potential arrival of Swansea City captain Matt Grimes is "exactly what Coventry City need" to bolster the midfield, according to Sky Blues fan Anthony Hornsby. Coventry have seen two bids for Grimes knocked back but have returned with a third offer and remain hopeful of signing the 29-year-old before the transfer window closes on Monday. "You want him on your team rather than against you every single time, don't you? And what a fantastic intent of signing that is as well," Hornsby told BBC CWR's Sky Blues Fancast. "I'm just waiting for the news for him to come. I'll be very disappointed if he doesn't. It's exactly what we need. "He's very similar to the capabilities of [Jack] Rudoni but he just sits that little bit deeper, so it fills that midfield amazingly and you just pick the third player to go with him and it compliments the other two. "He's about ball retention and getting the team moving. We've spent years and years chasing the ball around against Swansea, not being able to get it off them and thinking 'why can't we play like this?' "Yes he is 29, but I don't see that as a negative. I see that as an absolute necessity in what we need." On Coventry's strong run of form, winning three Championship games in a row, Hornsby added: "How many times have we played well and not won? "At the minute, while the build is happening, take the three points because all that is going to happen is it's going to snowball. The confidence is going to come." Listen to the Sky Blues Fancast in full on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
29-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Grimes is exactly what we need in midfield'
The potential arrival of Swansea City captain Matt Grimes is "exactly what Coventry City need" to bolster the midfield, according to Sky Blues fan Anthony have seen two bids for Grimes knocked back but have returned with a third offer and remain hopeful of signing the 29-year-old before the transfer window closes on Monday."You want him on your team rather than against you every single time, don't you? And what a fantastic intent of signing that is as well," Hornsby told BBC CWR's Sky Blues Fancast."I'm just waiting for the news for him to come. I'll be very disappointed if he doesn't. It's exactly what we need."He's very similar to the capabilities of [Jack] Rudoni but he just sits that little bit deeper, so it fills that midfield amazingly and you just pick the third player to go with him and it compliments the other two."He's about ball retention and getting the team moving. We've spent years and years chasing the ball around against Swansea, not being able to get it off them and thinking 'why can't we play like this?'"Yes he is 29, but I don't see that as a negative. I see that as an absolute necessity in what we need."On Coventry's strong run of form, winning three Championship games in a row, Hornsby added: "How many times have we played well and not won?"At the minute, while the build is happening, take the three points because all that is going to happen is it's going to snowball. The confidence is going to come."Listen to the Sky Blues Fancast in full on BBC Sounds.
