I always like to read the manager's comments before matches and Coventry sound quite upbeat:
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City manager Micky Adams says that credit for the Sky Blues' recent resurgence in form should lie firmly at the feet of the players after a spell in which we have lost just once in six games and recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
Speaking on Sky Blues World the gaffer says that the players are now reaping the dividends of upping the workload on the training pitch, and that claiming their first away win of the campaign at Loftus Road on Monday night would be the perfect Christmas present.
"I think if you are going to give people credit then it's got to be the players because they got themselves into a situation where a lot of fans were questioning them and me. For us to change their minds we have to win games of football, how we do that has got to be a collective thing nine times out of ten. But generally then they've got to look at themselves individually and I think they've all done that and asked themselves the same question, 'can I do more?' And I think the answer to that was yes, they could in training. They've picked that up and I think we are getting the benefit of that.
"People will be looking at our home form and it's been quite decent and be wondering what's happened away from home and why we can't do that, and until we get that win we won't get that monkey off our back."
Monday night's clash - which will be screened live on Sky Sports - sees a reverse of the first-ever game at the Ricoh back in August when City beat the Hoops 3-0. And the gaffer knows that the players will have to match that performance if we are to claim all three points.
"We started the game very, very well with a tempo and I think it will be on the minds of Queens Park Rangers. I would think they will have been slightly upset with their performance but we can take a lot of positives from that but we start again. Ian has got his critics which I find laughable, I think they've forgotten where they've come from.
"They are competitive, I don't think it will be a game for the purists but we can't get embroiled in that type of football, we've got to play our football and hopefully the best team on the day will win."
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I'm back to thinking they could get something. I see he's hinting at another mad mental kick fest too.