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Yakubu makes his City bow. excellent displays. Burge, in particular, was handed the chance to re-establish himself as quickly as he’d lost his place and he did so with a largely commanding presence in his box while Kelly-Evans and Turnbull cemented their places, in the shortterm at least, with fully committed showings at fullback. Interestingly Kevin Foley, whom Kelly-Evans replaced at right-back, was deployed in a holding midfield role in front of the back four in a 4-1-4-1 formation that appeared ideally suited to the circumstances – a difficult Tuesday night away Sadly for Slade this result came as his ninth league game in charge without a win which equals the worst ever start by a Coventry City manager, set by Noel Cantwell in 1967 when City were struggling to consolidate their thrilling climb to the top flight. Slade clearly started with a weak hand and has been singularly unlucky in his attempts to strengthen it (on loan youngsters Charles Vernam and Michael Folivi both suffering injuries shortly after driving through the Ryton gates). Inevitably some fans were on the hotline to BBC Coventry and Warwickshire immediately after the final whistle demanding City look for a fourth manager of the season but that would surely be a pointless exercise bearing in mind any new gaffer would have precious little time and extremely limited opportunity to bring in fresh recruits to produce a miracle escape.