Dowie wary of United
threat
Coventry City Manager Iain Dowie is looking forward to facing
United in the Carling Cup, but concedes he has a terrible record at
Old Trafford.
After a promising start to the season, the Sky Blues are undefeated
and atop the Championship. Dowie rarely tasted victory over United
as a player, however, and has lost three times and drawn once
against the Reds as a manager.
"It's more like a theatre of nightmares," he told the Coventry
Telegraph. "I've hardly ever won there. But we'll go there, play
our game and try to be competitive.
"They are the biggest club in the world and I'm probably the
biggest admirer of Alex Ferguson there is. I don't think people
give him enough credit for what he does, which is to play attacking
football, to entertain.
"I'm not looking forward to his team-sheet, because it looks as if
he could be shaping to bring back Rooney and Ronaldo, so I might
have to try a new formation - 10-1 or something."
Like their Manager, Coventry's players are looking forward to the
tie, without losing sight of the need to concentrate on their
forthcoming league matches first.
Midfielder Michael Doyle said: "We're delighted to be going to Old
Trafford - you dream of things like that when you're a kid - but
we've got plenty of league games before then and that's our main
priority."
Striker Dele Adebola expects the draw to inspire the Sky Blues
squad over the coming weeks as players vie for inclusion at Old
Trafford.
"It's an amazing draw - fantastic," he said. "I'm sure everybody
will be upping their game to get into the squad now, because
anybody who misses out on travelling to Old Trafford is going to be
gutted."
