Juliette Farrington

What it's been like as an English coach, as a manager in football at the moment.

But we started with the disappointment of last season when Coventry lost to that late Sunderland header in the playoff semifinals and how they've managed to bounce back to sit at the top of the championship.

So here is my conversation, my one-on-one with Frank Lampard.

Frank, thanks for joining us.

I know it's a busy time.

The schedule is a little bit crazy, but can we just go back to that playoff semifinal defeat at Sunderland?

And what did you do straight after that that's allowed you to have the season that you're having right now?

But how many experienced playoff setback before that Sunderland game?

Because you experienced it with Derby in the final itself.

Did you react in a similar way?

Because the first time you had experienced it, it probably would have been harder than the second time you've experienced it.

Definitely.

And you don't really want to go through the playoffs again as a manager, as a coach, would you?

Because of what you've experienced, you know, you want to get there straight away this time.

No, I know that.

But when you think the big picture is it's been 25 years since Coventry were last in the Premier League, you would have played against them.

Do you remember any of those moments?

It's been through a lot though, hasn't it?

This club has been through a lot and I was thinking of 2019 and it didn't seem to be that long ago, but it is considering what's happened in the world since 2019.

League One, ground sharing, eventually come back, lockdown and you've been through a lot as well.