From a season that has delivered very little for Coventry City, one bright spark has certainly emerged. Midfield maestro Jay Tabb is one of just a few Sky Blues players who can feel that they have given their all this campaign. Tiresome displays week in, week out have won the fans over and the diminutive 24 year-old is an early front runner for the fans player of the season.
I caught up with Tabb as he reflects on his career as well as what the Championship has to offer.
Q. Jay, How do you think this season has gone for Coventry?
A. The season has been a bit of a disappointment on the whole, we’ve had some really good games but we’ve been too inconsistent.
Q. Did you think that Iain Dowie had achieved all he could with the Sky Blues?
A. No, I think that had he been given more time then he would have turned it around and got the best out of us again. He was a really good manager, but these decisions have to be made.
Q. Are you pleased with the appointment of new boss Chris Coleman?
A. Yes I am. He’s a big name manager who is definitely going to move the club forward, he’s still a young manager but has already done a lot in his career.
Q. How do you rate the Championship compared with League One, where you played at Brentford?
A. The standard is higher and the expectation to do well is more too. League one was good but the Championship is definitely a step up.
Q. Where is your favourite away Championship ground?
A. I’d say West Broms ground, The Hawthorns. That’s a lovely stadium.
Q. How do you rate Coventry’s home ground, the Ricoh Arena?
A. The Ricoh is a great ground to play in when it’s full and we’re playing well, but when things aren’t going so well and it’s half empty it can be a bit of a lonely place!
Q. Who do you rate as the best Championship player?
A. That’s a tough one as there are a lot of top players in the Championship. I’d say Filipe Teixeira from West Brom, he has been class when we have played them.
Q. Who is the best player you have ever played against?
A. That would probably be Anderson when we played Man United this season.
Q. Having played against, and beaten, both Manchester United and Blackburn this season, do you think that you could cope with the step up to the Premiership?
A. I’d like to think that one day I could play in the Premiership, but at the moment I still have a lot to learn and there are more areas of my game that I can develop in the Championship.
Q. And finally, which three Championship sides do you think will go up this season?
A. I think the three sides that will go up are Bristol City, West Brom and Crystal Palace.
Many thanks and best wishes to Jay for sparing a few minutes to answer the questions.
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