Can Coventry keep Lampard? - Sam Parkin's EFL takeaways
With promotion and relegation being settled for some clubs this weekend, former Swindon, Ipswich and Luton striker and BBC Final Score pundit Sam Parkin gives his takeaways from across the EFL. Frank Lampard has taken Coventry City to the top flight for the first time since 2001 Frank Lampard has guided Coventry City back to the Premier League after a 25-year absence, but could the Sky Blues face a fight to keep him? Parkin : "They'll have to make a number of signings, that's the downside.
Sunderland are a good example of that and it's kind of 'thank you and good luck' for some of them. "The biggest thing will be Frank Lampard still being there and I think the way Doug King has spoken about him, I think there will be interest in him. "He's such a determined individual when he was a player and now as a manager, because he's had a couple of knocks along the way, so I think there will be interest in him.
"The most important thing is that he's there next season, and his staff that he brought with him. It was a bit of a gamble for him and Coventry, but it's paid off massively. "It's difficult to predict how they will do.
They don't have that kind of really robust style that maybe Luton came up with a couple of seasons ago and upset a few people. "They play good football, so they'll probably be quite open. Whether Frank changes that to be a bit more defensively-minded and pragmatic next season, we'll have to wait and see.
" The rollercoaster race for second spot - who's going up with Coventry? Ipswich host Middlesbrough on Sunday as the fight for the second automatic promotion place hots up. Southampton are also very much in contention with Millwall.