Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Sky Blues assistant Joe Edwards explains why Yang Min-Hyeok’s game time as been limited so far
Coventry City’s Yang Min-Hyeok was an unused sub against Millwall(Image: )
Coventry City’s January signings have had contrasting fortunes in the first three games since their arrival earlier this month.
While Crystal Palace loan forward Romain Esse has started all three matches against Stoke in the FA Cup and the Sky Bues two league wins over Leicester and Millwall, fellow new recruit Yang Min-Hyeok made his debut against the Potters but has been an unused sub in the two subsequent Championship games.
There are a number of reasons for that, not least the impressive form of left wing rival Ephron Mason-Clark, but City’s assistant boss Joe Edwards says the Tottenham player’s time will come.
“Mini’s come in and looked good in training, showed some really nice bits in the game against Stoke,” he said. “I think one of the difficult things for him is he’s come in to play predominantly on the left for us and Ephron is in outstanding form and physically in as good a condition as probably I’ve seen him since we’ve been here.”
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Timing is also a factor, with City’s last two games league tests proving to be tight games right to the end against sides where were pushing for equalisers. And in Millwall’s case, they had a big, strapping centre-half playing at right-back.
“Yeah, that’s the thing,” agreed Edwards, “and game by game we’re now in a position at the moment where we’re a lot happier with our bench than we’ve maybe been at times in the past in terms of the different types of impact we can have. That’s no disrespect to players that have been on our bench, but it’s the different types of impact that we’re able to make.
“But obviously that’s determined by the state of the game and the result, and the two league games that we’ve had since Mini’s come in, we’ve been in a position where in those final sort of 10 minutes it’s been us really trying to manage the game and make sure that we’re defensively on it.
“And it’s always that balance when you’re talking about making attacking subs of a player coming on to make an offensive impact, yes, but then when you’re a wide player, like Mini is, like Ephron has been in the last two games, sometimes when you’re in the rhythm of the game and in the momentum, it’s easier to stay switched on to do your job and track your runner than it may be used to come in cold for just five minutes where it could be five minutes of chaos of the opposition, throwing long balls in the box, people gambling and making runs forward. And I think that’s kind of been our assessment so far.
“There will be games where it looks completely different. There’ll be games where it’s on us to go and chase and get the next goal in the last 10 minutes and I’m sure things will look different then.”
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