DON Hutchison has backed former club Coventry City as favourites to achieve promotion to the Premier League this season.
The former Scotland international scored four goals in 38 appearances for the Sky Blues towards the end of his career.
And Hutchison heaped praise on Coventry head coach Frank Lampard with the Sky Blues currently top of the Championship table.
Speaking to online-casinos.com, Hutchison said: “Right now, they look like the favourites. What a job he’s done, into this season and after last year.
“Frank Lampard’s efforts last year were just phenomenal. He got them up out of the bottom three and in contention to go up to the Premier League.
“They’re top of the Championship, record scorers, hitting teams with four, five, six goals and they’re entertaining everyone.
“He’s showing what a good manager he can be. People might seem to say then that he’s found his level, but you can only work at the teams you are given.
“He’s been amazing this season, no doubt.”
Hutchison also believes Lampard will have learned how to improve his man-management skills following stints in charge of Chelsea and Everton.
Hutchison added: “I think he can only impress with the teams he gets the chances at.
“From what I heard, I think he fell out with some senior players at Everton, and I think that happened at Chelsea too.
“I think a young manager can try to stamp their authority and it doesn’t always work.
“You can try to create a younger culture and that doesn’t always work. So Frank might have learned some lessons along the way.
“He might have learned some man-management lessons at Chelsea and Everton.
“I think he fell out with Doucoure and dropped him, sending him to the reserves.
“Then Sean Dyche brought him back and he did well. If he gets a new job at a bigger club down the line, he might treat the older players differently in future.”
