Let's talk about how much we've missed football this weekend. Did any of us find ourselves watching Coventry vs Sheffield United on Sunday afternoon just so we could pretend Super Sunday was still broadcasting? If we did, then we wouldn't have been wanting for excitement and drama in a game that finished 3-2 to the 'home' side, propelling them up to 16th, with the Sky Blues having started with a 10 point deduction, all of which is very impressive for a team that doesn't even have its own stadium, and who manage to seemingly provide the best entertainment of anyone in the football league judging by the scorelines alone (FOUR 3-2s, one 4-4, one 5-4 and a 4-0). This is in contrast to United, who are sinking like a brick in a river. They've so far picked up FIVE points from ELEVEN games, they've just sacked the manager, and now they're losing to teams recently salvaged from administration. Though, to be fair, they're not doing much worse than Bristol City, who are a massive one point ahead of them having come down from the Championship last season, from the outside it's hard to see that Sean O'Driscoll has got much longer at Ashton Gate, though he has asked for patience from fans, promising that their slide down the leagues will have to stop at some stage. At the opposite end of the table, having dropped only FOUR points all season Leyton Orient continue to make light work of the third tier, although presumably having a small squad, no money and no marquee talents is unlikely to permit actual promotion there are, very much for the time being, reasons to be cheerful if you're one of the very small minority that doesn't think Brisbane Road is that one off Richard Street where the off-license is. Elsewhere in League One, Martin Allen has been given the push at Gillingham as thanks for taking them back to the third tier. The club were sharp to offer their 'deepest gratitude' to Allen, saying the decision was made with 'great regret' - which is interesting because you usually 'regret' things that you feel remorse over,
