FORMER England winger Chris Waddle has drawn comparisons between Frank Lampard’s Coventry City and Kevin Keegan’s swashbuckling Newcastle United side.
Waddle made more than 60 caps for England and featured prominently for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Marseille and Sheffield Wednesday.
Coventry’s style of play under Lampard reminds Waddle of Keegan’s free-scoring Newcastle side who achieved promotion to the Premier League in 1992/93 as champions after scoring 92 goals.
Keegan’s Newcastle side went on to finish in the top-six in each of the next four seasons following their promotion – including twice as Premier League runners-up.
And Waddle believes sticking the ball in the back of the net with regularity is the best way to achieve promotion out of the Championship.
Speaking to https://shekicks.net/, Waddle said: “I liked Frank Lampard as a player, and I like him now as a manager. I think he likes to play on the front foot with his teams.
“He probably went to Chelsea a little bit too early, but with Coventry he has the players that he largely inherited from Mark Robins.
“Robins is an excellent Championship manager and he had them playing good, attacking football.
“They were aggressive and they were excited at Coventry. They were in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and they were beating good sides.
“Frank has done well to go there and carry it on. He’s added some players, and he’s built on the team he was left by Mark.
“They can cause havoc, create and score goals. They’re a constant threat, and the best way to get out of the Championship is by banging in goals.
“I know Burnley did it a bit differently, but Leeds and Sunderland scored a hell of a lot of goals. If you’ve got good attacking players in the Championship, it can make a difference.
“Frank has got Coventry set up well, they have four or five exciting players going forward and you can see why they’re scoring goals at the minute.
“They might concede one or two, but he’s confident they will get four or five. It was how Newcastle got promoted with Kevin Keegan, outscoring the opposition.
“It’s a great way to play, and Frank has got it spot on right now.”
