Ƙungiyoyi uku da aka ƙara matakinsu kwanan nan suna tabbatar da cewa masu shakku sun yi kuskure — kuma tare, Coventry City, Ipswich Town, da Hull City suna rubuta ɗaya daga cikin labarun da suka fi jan hankali a kakar Premier League.

Matumakin Coventry mai ban mamaki

Wata na farko na Coventry a gasar manyan ƙungiyoyi ya kasance mai wahala. Ƙungiyar Frank Lampard, wadda ta dawo Premier League a karon farko tun 2001 bayan cin taken Championship, ta sha kashi a dukkan wasanninsu huɗu na farko ba tare da zira ƙwallon ba — tana karɓar ƙwallaye 10 a jimilance. A rushewar 5-0 da Brighton ta yi musu ta sa ma manyan masu goyon bayan su sun yi imani cewa dawowar kai tsaye zuwa ƙananan gasa na iya faruwa.

Amma tun daga lokacin, Coventry sun juya kamfen ɗinsu da salo mai kyau. Nasarori uku a cikin wasanni biyar masu zuwa — ciki har da nasarori biyu a jere kan Nottingham Forest da Newcastle United — sun ƙare da nasara ta 3-1 ranar Asabar kan Sunderland, wanda ya ɗaga Sky Blues zuwa matsayi na 15 a teburin.

Sake gina squad ɗin a bazara ya taka rawa. Lampard ya kashe fiye da £140 miliyan kan saye-saye 12 na dindindin, yana kawo Caleb Yirenkyi akan kuɗin rikodin kulob, Carl Rushworth daga Brighton, Sidiki Cherif daga Fenerbahce, Loum Tchaouna daga Burnley, da Taiwo Awoniyi daga Nottingham Forest. Ya ɗauki makonni biyar kafin wannan sabon ƙungiyar ta haɗu — amma ta haɗu.