Friday, 28 November 2025

It's a really, really tough test admits shell shocked supremo

The Coventry Evening Telegraph looks at how Frank Lampard has transformed his career prospects and those of Coventry City: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/frank-lampard-coventry-city-chelsea-32961942

The Sky Blues may be a promotion juggernaut, but Charlton fans have sold out the away end at the CBS Arena.

At home the Sky Blues have won eight and drawn too, scoring 22 and conceding six.   The Sky Blues have lost just one of their last fifteen league games at home against Charlton.   The stats do not make good reading for the Addicks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3w788v340xo

I do remember winning at Highfield Road, but that was in the FA Cup.  This was in January 2000 when we came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2.


Coventry fans contemplate a shock Cup defeat by Charlton

Some Charlton fans have already identified T Campbell and Leaburn as scapegoat players, but football journos have been giving them relatively high ratings.

Nathan Jones gave Richard Cawley his excuses first on the journo's Substack page: 'We started this season well, lost players and stopped doing the basics a little bit. That is why we’ve got hurt. We have to reset and start doing what we do best - then results will come.'

'Coventry have been an outstanding attacking team and Frank has done a wonderful job. They were a really established Championship side anyway - they got to the play-off final and lose narrowly on penalties to Luton. They added again in the window under Mark Robins and when Frank came in he has probably taken them considerably further than where they were at..'

“They have invested wisely and got an excellent squad. They’ve got pace, quality and score goals so, of course, it is a really, really tough test. But it is 11 v 11 and we have to make sure that we are the best versions of ourselves. If we do all the basics right then it gives you a platform to win a football game.'

'That is what we haven’t done in the last couple of games.'

CAS Trust have difficiulty in finding words to discuss the prospects for the game: https://www.castrust.org/2025/11/nothing-to-lose-at-coventry/

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