A fresh take on football - By Chris Dunlavy

Cards on the table. Like many pundits, I dismissed Frank Lampard as the meritless choice of a star-struck board.
Another Wayne Rooney, another Steven Gerrard and another big name labouring under the false impression that a cabinet full of medals and a hundred-odd caps for England is all the experience required to succeed in modern management.
And hey - I’m not saying I was entirely wrong.
Doug King, the Coventry owner, whittled his final shortlist down to a straight choice between Lampard and Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Glamorous
There’s simply no way t...