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FRANK’S SHONE, BUT NEIL TOPS LOT FOR ME…

by
The LeaguePaper Team
12 April 2026

RESULTS: Alex Neil

WOULD anybody argue if Frank Lampard won the EFL Manager of the Year award? Probably not.
The Coventry boss was pilloried on his arrival in 2024, and forced to field questions over his competence and qualifications.
Having replaced a club legend in Mark Robins, Lampard was widely dismissed as just another big-name Premier League player using his star power as a shortcut to plum jobs.
And yes, he did inherit a very talented squad. But the 47-year-old has improved almost every single one of those players, and transformed the Sky Blues from flakey play-off contende...

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