I don't think they "got rid" of him. He asked to leave. We'd have done well to get £5m for him if we'd have kept him until the summer due to his contract running down.
Matsuki certainly has his uses but as you say, he's not an out and out wide player who will beat a man and ping a cross in. He's more of a central player.
Surely the front 4 vs Coventry will be Edozie, Azaz, Fellows and Larin.
These are the kind of games he's struggled with so far. Just can't find a way to break teams down who play deep. We've supposedly got the quality. Is it the game plan?