Lampard happy with Coventry's striker options

Coventry City boss Frank Lampard is happy with the options he has up front in the absence of top scorer Haji Wright. The 27-year-old suffered a groin injury in last weekend's defeat by Southampton and has not travelled for international duty with the USA. Ellis Simms or Brandon Thomas-Asante is expected to take Wright's place leading Coventry's attack at Swansea on Saturday (17:15 GMT).

"It's an opportunity for Ellis, and Brandon potentially as he's played that role as well," Lampard told BBC CWR. "All those players have given us a lot this year in their own way. It's one of the reasons why our goals record is what it is, so it's credit to them when an injury to Haji comes along.

" Coventry are the EFL's leading scorers with 78 goals so far this season and they head the Championship table by seven points with eight games remaining. "It's one of the reasons why you need two and a half or three players for the number nine role because if you only have two and one is injured you're really worried about the other one which, is why Brandon is so useful with his versatility," he added. "Ellis has trained really well this season - his attitude and approach and his development and how he's playing, I see it every day on the training ground so if he gets a chance now we're happy with that.

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