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He added: “I think the Championship is a great league to to work in and to watch, especially with its unpredictability.
“The support bases, the sizes of the teams that are in it, and the different styles of play are great.”
Speaking about Blackburn, who were beaten 3-0 by in-form Southampton on Tuesday, Lampard said: “They are a team who are fighting.
“You can see they have good players and
Coventry City boss Frank Lampard has urged the club’s supporters to only worry about their game when they host relegated Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship on Saturday (12:30 BST).
Should Millwall fail to win at West Bromwich Albion on Friday (20:00 BST) then Coventry will know a win would mean Middlesbrough must beat Portsmouth at the Riverside at 15:00 BST to prevent the Sky Blues celebrating automatic promotion this weekend.
Oxford United’s Matt Bloomfield, Tonda Eckert of Southampton, West Brom interim boss James Morrison and Coventry’s Frank Lampard have all been nominated for the March Championship manager of the month award.
Bloomfield led Oxford to seven points from their four games last month to give them hope of avoiding relegation from the Championship, while Eckert’s Southampton went unbeaten in March – and won at leaders Coventry.
Morrison was handed the
Coventry City boss Frank Lampard, Millwall’s Alex Neil, Sergej Jakirovic of Hull City and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg have all made the shortlist for Championship manager of the season.
The quartet are in contention for the award that was picked up by Burnley’s Scott Parker in 2025.
The winners will be announced on Sunday, 19 April at the English Football League’s annual awards ceremony in London.
The four sides
Coventry boss Frank Lampard was delighted with the discipline of his team as they won at Swansea to take another big step towards promotion to the Premier League.
“You can’t get more professional, you can’t get more tactically on point from the players – they [Swansea] are a good team, high pressing, rotations, the want to move ball and play through you,” he told BBC CWR.
“We dealt with every
Coventry City boss Frank Lampard has said that the scoreless draw at home to Oxford United was a “frustrating result”.
Despite the visitors being reduced to 10 men late on, the Sky Blues were unable to take advantage as their winless run in the Championship extends to three matches.
“It’s a frustrating result but the lads did everything,” Lampard told BBC Radio CWR.
“There’s lots of positives in the performance
Frank Lampard believes Coventry’s high standards in the first half of this season mean they are being judged by unrealistic expectations.
The Sky Blues took 43 points from their opening 18 Championship games and have topped the table since early October, but 15 points from the past 11 matches has seen the chasing pack close the gap at the top from 10 points to just three.
Monday’s defeat at Norwich
Coventry City have brought in measures to try to prevent a flu bug spreading any further into their squad, says head coach Frank Lampard.
Defenders Bobby Thomas and Liam Kitching and midfielder Tatsuhiro Sakamoto all missed Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Southampton through illness while defender Milan Van Ewijk (against Preston) and Victor Torp (against Ipswich) also missed previous matches.
“Since pre-Southampton where this all started to occur we’ve brought in
Once again Coventry have cause for a double celebration with striker Ellis Simms being named the player of the month, following hot on the heels of team-mate Brandon Thomas-Asante claiming the award in October.
The 24-year-old scored five goals in his three starts in November including a brace in each of the victories over Middlesbrough and Charlton, taking his tally to eight in all competitions so far this season.
“This
Coventry City boss Frank Lampard says his main concern is winning games and how his team perform, rather than individual prizes.
Lampard won the Championship manager of the month award for the second successive time in November.
“I’m pleased to win it twice but I’m not concerned, I’m more concerned about performance and winning games,” he said.
“This game means you can’t win every game. I said that when we