Mcnulty hat-trick lifts Cov
team are relishing the challenge. They have even taken to playing The Specials’ version of ‘Enjoy Yourself’ at the final whistle — and it could not have been more appropriate.
Robins said: “We have to enjoy it, being around the top of the table. It has not happened to this club for a very long time.
“There has been a shift in mentality in recent weeks. The belief is there and we need to keep building the momentum.”
Mcnulty put the game out of reach of sorry Grimsby, and condemned them to an 18th game without a win.
He tapped Jonson Clarke-harris’s unselfish pass into an empty net to double Coventry’s advantage, after Peter Vincenti had headed the home side in front from Jordan Shipley’s free-kick.
Mcnulty nodded in his second from close range and he completed his hat-trick with a powerful volley after Grimsby failed to deal with Kyel Reid’s cross. “I said at the start of the season he would score goals and I
told him that will put his value up into the millions. I’m just glad we have him under contract,” added Robins.
Glad is not something new Grimsby manager Michael Jolley is feeling. The former New York investment banker endured a torrid third game in charge.
After a winless run stretching back to December you don’t have to be a Wall Street trader to know those figures don’t stack up and the fans let him know it at the final whistle.
“I heard our supporters at the end and I understand why they’re unhappy — I’m unhappy and I have made the players aware of that,” Jolley said.
Grimsby’s only real moment of danger came from a mistake from Coventry goalkeeper Lee Burge, who went walkabout in his own area and had to be rescued by Rod Mcdonald’s header off the line.
Jolley reckons they might need to win four of their last eight games to avoid the drop — on this evidence it’s hard to see that happening. Possession 60% 40% Shots On Target 10 2 Shots Off Target 6 2 Blocked Shots 2 2 Corners 3 4 Fouls Conceded 12 15 Offsides 4 5 Yellow Cards 0 0 Red Cards 0 0