BBC Sport
First of all, it is time to get the calculators out for some number-crunching.
Lampard has collected 92 points from his 46 league games in charge – an average of two points per game, which would have been enough to secure automatic promotion in seven of the past 10 seasons.
When he took over last November Coventry were 17th, two points off the bottom three and 10 away from the play-offs.
But they collected 52 points from 29 games – a return bettered only by the top three of Leeds United, Burnley and Sheffield United – in finishing fifth only to lose in the last minute of extra time in the second leg of their play-off semi-final with Sunderland.
This season has been even better. A return of…
