RICHARDSON BLASTS 'AVERAGE' PLAYERS

Having watched his side's disappointing performance in their 3-1 home loss to Everton, Richardson accused The Sky Blues' players of 'hiding' behind their manager.

Richardson said: "As chairman I face up to responsibility every day, as does Gordon.

"Neither of us has a problem with that because it goes with the territory.

"But players have responsibilities too.  If they were in any other job in which they failed the boss and the customers, they would be out of work.

"I feel strongly about this.  They can't hide behind Gordon.  Let them be honest about it.

"They have to look at their reflections and ask if they truly earned their corn against Everton."

Strachan was subjected to abuse from certain parts of the Coventry crowd during the Everton game.

Having signed a five-year contract last year, Strachan would appear to be in his job for the long-term and Richardson was determined to back his man.

Richardson was quick to deny reports of Strachan quitting, saying: "I've seen Gordon a lot more down.  He was quite calm despite his annoyances.

"He cannot take all the blame.  Once players cross the white line, he cannot trap the ball, do their running, tackling and scoring.

"People might say it's Gordon's fault because he bought the players but that's not the reason we are so near the bottom of the table.

"We have players earning in a week what some supporters take a year's labour to achieve. 

"But average players are basing their wage demands on some kind of pro-rata parity when the truth is they are not really worth it."

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