Why Coventry are not a hopeless case despite miserable start under Lampard
Sky Sports editorial piece examining Coventry City's difficult start to the season under new manager Frank Lampard. Despite a string of heavy defeats, the article argues the fixture list has been unusually punishing, with matches against top opposition skewing the picture. The piece defends Lampard's project and sets up the upcoming Nottingham Forest vs Coventry City fixture as a more realistic measure of the team's progress.
Read the full story at skysports.comFrank Lampard's Coventry project has been judged harshly through results that, on closer inspection, say more about the opposition than the team itself. Facing a gauntlet of top-flight quality sides in the opening weeks gave a distorted view of where Coventry actually stand. As the fixture list begins to level out, the upcoming meeting with Nottingham Forest offers a fairer lens on Lampard's tactical ideas and the squad's true ceiling.
Context added by Socc360, not by skysports.com.
Data source: skysports.com (via Socc360). Last updated .
More epl stories
Never miss a moment.
Live scores, goal alerts and Live Activities on your Lock Screen — get Socc360 for iOS.