{"id":387838,"date":"2026-01-24T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387838\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:07:08","slug":"joe-edwards-explains-the-contrasting-fortunes-of-coventry-citys-new-loan-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387838\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Edwards explains the contrasting fortunes of Coventry City&#8217;s new loan signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Sky Blues assistant Joe Edwards explains why Yang Min-Hyeok&#8217;s game time as been limited so far<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_JS393711325.jpg\" alt=\"Coventry City's Yang Min-Hyeok was an unused sub against Millwall\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Coventry City's Yang Min-Hyeok was an unused sub against Millwall\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Coventry City&#8217;s Yang Min-Hyeok was an unused sub against Millwall(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Coventry City\u2019s January signings have had contrasting fortunes in the first three games since their arrival earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While Crystal Palace loan forward Romain Esse has started all three matches against <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/all-about\/stoke\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Stoke<\/a> in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/all-about\/fa-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">FA Cup<\/a> and the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/all-about\/coventry-city-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Sky Bues<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There are a number of reasons for that, not least the impressive form of left wing rival Ephron Mason-Clark, but City\u2019s assistant boss Joe Edwards says the Tottenham player\u2019s time will come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cMini\u2019s come in and looked good in training, showed some really nice bits in the game against Stoke,\u201d he said. \u201cI think one of the difficult things for him is he\u2019s 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\u2019ve seen him since we\u2019ve been here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK! <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CovTelCCFC#\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Get more Coventry City news and analysis via our FB page<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Timing is also a factor, with City\u2019s last two games league tests proving to be tight games right to the end against sides where were pushing for equalisers. And in Millwall\u2019s case, they had a big, strapping centre-half playing at right-back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYeah, that\u2019s the thing,\u201d agreed Edwards, \u201cand game by game we\u2019re now in a position at the moment where we\u2019re a lot happier with our bench than we\u2019ve maybe been at times in the past in terms of the different types of impact we can have. That\u2019s no disrespect to players that have been on our bench, but it\u2019s the different types of impact that we\u2019re able to make.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cBut obviously that\u2019s determined by the state of the game and the result, and the two league games that we\u2019ve had since Mini\u2019s come in, we\u2019ve been in a position where in those final sort of 10 minutes it\u2019s been us really trying to manage the game and make sure that we\u2019re defensively on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cAnd it\u2019s always that balance when you\u2019re talking about making attacking subs of a player coming on to make an offensive impact, yes, but then when you\u2019re a wide player, like Mini is, like Ephron has been in the last two games, sometimes when you\u2019re in the rhythm of the game and in the momentum, it\u2019s 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. 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