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At this stage of the Championship season, Coventry City find themselves in a fantastic position.

Although they took their time to get into the top half of the table, fine form of late has propelled them into play-off contention, where many felt they should have been all along.

Indeed, at present, the Sky Blues sit sixth in the league standings, just two points behind West Brom in fifth.

Of course, the Sky Blues do have a number of sides chasing them down, though, so naturally, the club have explored options to strengthen throughout January.

Coventry City linked with Macaulay Langstaff

In looking to do so, one name that has cropped up in relation to the Sky Blues is Notts County striker Maculay Langstaff.

According to CoventryLive earlier this month, the player is one on the club's radar after having yet another impressive season for Notts County.

The Sky Blues are not the only interested party, though, with a separate report from HITC detailing that several EFL sides are keen on the £1.5m rated forward.

Coventry City should stick by Ellis Simms and Haji Wright

Despite this, though, it could certainly be argued that the Sky Blues should forget Langstaff for now, and consider sticking by the signings that they made up top in the summer.

Following Viktor Gyokeres' departure to Sporting, Coventry City brought in Ellis Simms from Everton and Haji Wright from Antayaspor for fees reported to be £6-8million and £7.7 million respectively.

Those are significant fees at Championship level, but as yet, neither have truly justified such price tags.

For example, Simms has just three goals to his name in 28 Championship appearances so far this campaign, and is often in and out of the starting line-up.

Meanwhile, whilst Wright's statline of eight goals and six assists is far more becoming of a club record signing, he too has occasionally been in and out of the team, and has failed to nail down the centre-forward spot, instead playing on the left.

Due to Wright playing on the left, Langstaff's arrival would certainly impact Simms' minutes more, but also affect Wright's ability to try and claim a forward spot at the CBS Arena.

Langstaff has a phenomenal goal record - there is no getting away from that. However, these goals have come at a level far below where Simms and Wright have previously proven themselves.

Coventry must stick by and try to find a way to make it work with Simms and Wright, then, rather than give up or allow them to become mediocre additions.

Simms has scored goals at a steady rate wherever he has been in his short career, and the Sky Blues simply have to find a way of getting the best out of him. Turning to Langstaff, therefore, is not the solution right now.

The same goes for Haji Wright, too. 15 and 14 goals respectively in the Turkish Super Lig over the last two seasons is a decent return convinced the Sky Blues to fork out a record fee, and they must not discount him from being a number nine option and simply play him out on the left just yet.

All in all, then, whilst Mark Robins clearly knows what he is doing at Coventry City, it would be frustrating for the club to bring in fresh striking blood so soon after signing Wright and Simms.

Whilst neither have excelled as a striker in their time at the CBS Arena so far, both players, given the money spent on them, deserve at least the season to force their way into Mark Robins' plans and find form for the Sky Blues.

Wright in particular has shown he can find the back of the net, and Simms has previously shown he can do so at this level, too.

Sticking by those two, rather than pursuing Langstaff and investing in the frontline further, should be the path Coventry takes this January.