Robins’ Coventry have made it quite clear that they are not a team to be judged after just 10 games – less than a quarter of the campaign – having been very much a second-half-of-the-season side for the past two years.

They won just one of their first 10 games two seasons ago, only to bounce back and make the play-off final, which they lost on penalties to Luton Town.

They then slightly improved on that last season, with three wins from their first 10 to challenge for the play-offs again, only to mentally wilt late on after another Wembley heartbreak – this time to Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final after having a winner in injury time of extra time ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee.

Robins is also mindful of the impact that social media can have.

“There’s 25 posts and one bad one – and people pick out the bad one,” said the EFL’s longest-serving manager. “That’s all they remember. That’s what happens with young people.

“They have to be mindful of, however angry they are, we’re the ones who then have to put things right.

“Do it in a way that you’re not criticising people and putting them on the back foot so that they’ve got a further distance to come back from.

“Some should remember that. Do it in a positive way.”

Mark Robins was talking to BBC CWR’s Clive Eakin