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Gary McAllister has revealed that David Thompson is still at Coventry City because no club has made a credible offer for him.

McAllister praised the contribution of Thompson, who returned to the side last night after suspension despite being the subject of recent transfer negotiations between City and Blackburn Rovers.

"There's been loads and loads of speculation about David leaving the club," said McAllister, "but his attitude has been excellent and as long as he's still at Coventry he's going to be a big player for me.

"He showed tonight that he's a quality player. People might be asking why he's still a player in this division and the simple fact is that nobody's come in and made a proper bid for him."

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Nationwide Division 1

1 Gillingham 2 6
2 Rotherham 2 4
3 Norwich 2 4
4 Portsmouth 2 4
5 Brighton 2 4
6 Crystal Palace 2 4
7 Coventry City 2 4 [IMG]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif" alt="smile[/IMG]

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According to LAST Steve Walsh is set to sign next week.

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from www.tribalfootball.com

Blackburn Rovers are closer to landing David Thompson after Coventry boss Gary McAllister admitted a deal for Bolton keeper Steve Banks depended on the winger's sale.
Blackburn are hopeful of securing the former England U21 international for around £2.5 million and are refusing to meet Coventry's £5 million asking price.

However, McAllister knows he must ease his wage bill before bringing in Banks, who has already agreed terms on a three-year deal.

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from www.ccfc.co.uk


Scottish side Motherwell provided the Academy with one of their final pre-season tests on Tuesday afternoon before the new season kicks off on August 24.

The youth team lost 1-0 in the game played at Ryton.

Both side were evenly matched but it was ‘The Steelmen’ who broke the deadlock, scoring on the break.

Playing a restrictive 4-5-1 system, Motherwell proved a difficult side for the young Sky Blues to break down.

Rory May had the best chances of the match, seeing a header being saved by the keeper and a shot going just past the post.

Roy O’Donovan also came close to scoring with a couple of shots but failed to hit the target.

A recent goal-drought for the Under 18s is something that coach George Mackie wants the team to improve on,

“We only had a few goal-scoring opportunities in the match but we failed to capitalise on those chances. We will be working on the side’s shooting.

He added, “It was a good aggressive game which provided the boys with a good workout for the new season.

“Stephen Munn, one of our centre-backs stood out in particular, as did midfielder Isaac Osbourne. Savage, the trialist, in goal also looked comfortable.

“Motherwell were an impressive side and worked hard. They didn’t give us a lot of space but we were able to match them. It was just unfortunate we couldn’t get on the score sheet”.

Team: Savage, Whing, Regan, Munn, Seguin, Pennar, Rice, Osbourne, Giddings, May, O’Donovan.
Subs: Oddy, Brush, Nicell, Thornton, Parry.

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A last-gasp goal from Barry Quinn sealed a 2-1 victory for Coventry reserves in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Aston Villa.
The Sky Blues had been behind in the game, before Gary McSheffrey levelled the score through a penalty.
But Quinn was the hero of the hour as he popped up in the final moments of the game to get the winner.
Trialist goalkeepers Zdravko Zdravkov and Fabien Debec each played for a half in the match for Gary Mills' side.

Coventry City has denied press speculation that a move for Bolton goalkeeper Steve Banks has been ‘put on hold’ until the Sky Blues ‘sell David Thompson’.
Reports stated that Gary McAllister is ready to sign Banks on a three-year deal should the club offload Thommo – something the club vehemently deny.
The Bolton custodian trained with Coventry in the latter stages of pre-season and played for the second half against Rushden and Diamonds on August 3. The Sky Blues applied to the Reebok Stadium to take Banks on loan for a month, although this request was refused. Coventry then withdrew all interest in the player.
“These reports are simply untrue,” said Chief Executive Graham Hover. “We wanted to take a look at Banks but due to the transfer window closing on August 31, Bolton were unwilling to let him come on a month’s loan.
“Furthermore, we have had no officials bids for Thompson which meet our expectation of his value and until the day we do, he will remain a Coventry City player.”

Sky Blues boss Gary McAllister today announced that the club might appeal against Calum Davenport’s sending off at Brighton after he has studied video evidence of the incident.

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Liverpool youngster eyes City loan

Liverpool youngster Steve Warnock is hoping to join the Sky Blues on loan before the August 31 transfer deadline.
The 20-year-old midfielder is set to be given the chance to get some regular first-team football under former Liverpool star Gary McAllister at Highfield Road.
Warnock was promoted to the senior squad at Anfield over the summer, but faces a struggle to break into boss Gerard Houllier's side with so many international stars ahead of him in the pecking order.

from www.teamtalk.com

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tomorrow predictions ?

Reading 1 Cov 3

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Two more fixtures in the Sky Blues’ calendar have been chosen to be televised live on Sky Sports.

As well as the home match with Nottingham Forest on August 31 (5.35pm), games against two of last season’s Premiership relegation sides, Derby County and Leicester City will also broadcast.

The home fixture with Derby County on December 21 will now kick-off at 5.35pm.

The match against Leicester at the Walker Stadium on Tuesday, October 29, remains unchanged with a 7.45pm kick-off.

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Just got back, what an amazing game, we probably deserved it, although Reading were a good side. Hughes had an excellent game, beautifully teeing up Bothroyd for the winner, as did Davenport (despite giving away a terrible penalty) and all round we were better than last week. [IMG]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif" alt="smile[/IMG]