Coventry City: Mark Robins says Sky Blues 'in a good place' but still wary of Owls
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Coventry City are on an unbeaten nine-game league and cup run under boss Mark Robins
Coventry City manager Mark Robins is not basking in the glory of last weekend's stunning 3-1 comeback win over leaders Leicester City.
The Sky Blues' best performance and result of the season elevated them into the Championship play-off places for the first time since last May.
But City face two games with Sheffield Wednesday inside a week - and Robins is wary of Danny Rohl's improving Owls.
"We know what's coming and what to expect, " he told BBC CWR.
"Danny has changed them since he came in. He's got them working hard.
"They're in good form now. They're averaging something like 1.6 points per game."
When Rohl took over in mid October, the Owls were still to win a game this season and the German managed just one victory in his first seven matches.
But they have now won six of their last 10 league and cup games to climb off the foot of the table.
One of the three defeats they have suffered in that run came at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Boxing Day when City won 2-0 and both sides had a player sent off - Coventry's Liam Kitching and Wednesday's Bambo Diaby - as the result of an ugly scuffle after the full-time whistle.
Robins is also well aware that his side did not have the game truly won until the 89th minute when Tatsuhiro Sakamoto's second goal went in.
"We got away with a couple of things," he said. "We won it but they were in it. They missed some big chances.
"And Kitch will have learnt some lessons. In this day and age you have to walk away. You have got to avoid anything that could be considered as confrontational."
Two-goal Callum O'Hare was the star of Coventry City's 3-1 win over runaway leaders Leicester City
City now them play first in the Championship on Saturday, then again in next Friday night's FA Cup fourth-round tie when they will still be without injured US international striker Haji Wright.
But former Rotherham United and Barnsley boss Robins, who spent half a season at Hillsborough in the latter stages of his playing career in 2003-04, could not be making his latest return to south Yorkshire feeling any happier.
"The last six games have brought 19 goals," he said. "And we've been pretty good value for them.
"Goals are coming from numerous places. We're full of confidence.
"The calendar produces those fixtures, it's not ideal for either side, but you've just got to go and play them. Two different games, two different competitions.
"As brilliant performance and result as it was against Leicester, that game's gone now."
Mark Robins was talking to BBC CWR's Clive Eakin