Lampard says past experiences driving Coventry turnaround | OneFootball

Frank Lampard has said his past experiences at different levels of management have helped his transformation of Coventry City.

Lampard has had an incredible impact since taking charge of Coventry, who were 17th in the second tier at the time of his arrival. The Sky Blues have rocketed up the table under Lampard’s management and sit fifth in the table after a 3-0 thrashing of promotion rivals Sunderland last time out.

Coventry have won 10 of their last 12 Championship games to emerge as the form team in the play-off picture. Hopes are increasing that Lampard can lead the club back into the Premier League for the first time since 2001.

Coventry’s form has seen Lampard restore his reputation as a coach, after challenging periods in charge of Chelsea and Everton. The 46-year-old believes his different experiences in management have led to a more well-rounded coach.

“I’ve been doing this job for a while now at different levels and challenges of competition and I think you realise that there are the non-negotiables,” he told Sky Sports ahead of a crucial clash with second-placed Sheffield United this evening.

“Work ethic, an application, you have to run for your team-mate, you have to not complain, not moan and understand how fortunate we are in a way.

“I get every day, every week, problems that need a solution – so I try to relax more with that in my own self because I think that hopefully rubs off on the players and hopefully they feel comfortable to come to me and staff to discuss or open up about something – I’m not a dictator, far from it.

On what he has learned on his path to Coventry, Lampard added: “In my first week at Derby I was fresh, open-eyed to everything and there were a lot of things I needed to learn quickly,” Lampard said. “So I’ve certainly matured through that and seen that, and to be able to work at Derby in the Championship was a real development year for me.

“To then go to Chelsea and work in the Champions League and get into the Champions League, through the league – those things are all great experiences, so you kind of layer them up hopefully.

“Everton in a relegation battle and we stayed up, and even going back to Chelsea’s interim, it was a really tough time at the club and I saw a lot of things with people questioning like was it the right thing to do…I’m absolutely better for the experience of that, even though it was six or seven weeks.”

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