OPINION Explained: Matty Godden’s Coventry City role after goal celebration intrigue
Coventry City’s Matty Godden has been on the bench more often than he’s used to in recent weeks
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Matty Godden’s reluctance to celebrate his 49th and 50th goals for Coventry City is certainly cause for great intrigue. Many Sky Blues fans immediately put two and two together and decided the answer is that he’s off; set to leave in the January transfer window.
His actions, or more to the point lack of them, certainly got tongues wagging primarily because it was so out of character from a player who has always been at the cutting edge of celebrations, often keen to come up with new ones and be as inventive and sometimes obscure as he can.
Becoming a dad further fuelled his enthusiasm for the original, with his little boy being the inspiration behind his lawn mower celebration. Interestingly, his quick-fire brace against Oxford in the FA Cup at the weekend was scored on the side of the stadium where his family sit and would, under normal circumstances, see the striker make eye contact with or gesture to his lad in the crowd.
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So what was behind the fact that once the ball had nestled into the bottom corner of the net that he barely acknowledged the achievement? It’s easy to jump to conclusions but instinct suggests people are reading more into his actions than is necessarily the case.
