Copy linkFacebookXPinterestEmailShare this article 0Join the conversationFollow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterSubscribe to our newsletterAs Coventry City prepare for their first season back in the top flight for a generation, few are under any illusions as to the task facing them over the next nine months.Boss Frank Lampard delivered promotion in style last season, as the Sky Blues followed up their 2025 play-off semi-final defeat to Sunderland by easing to the Championship title, finishing 11 points clear of the chasing pack.The former England and Chelsea midfielder now faces an altogether different task now though, as he works to ensure that Coventry do not go one-and-done in the Premier League.Harry Redknapp on Frank Lampards taskShould Lampard need advice of how to approach the coming season, he wont have to look far, as his uncle Harry Redknapp is one of the most experienced managers of recent times and knows a thing or two about Premier League survival.But even Redknapp is baulking at the challenge his nephew faces, despite seeing the 48-year-old excel in the dugout last season. You may like Coventry City fought valiantly to make it back to the Premier League, but will surviving the drop prove to be an even greater task? - Coventry City 2026-27 season preview How the promoted Premier League sides are shaping up in the summer transfer window Hull City's return to the Premier League was borderline miraculous, but a far more absurd feat will be the requirement to stay up - Hull City 2026-27 season preview Hes surprised me, Redknapp admits to FourFourTwo. "I didnt see them going up at the start of the year.I didnt see Coventry in it at all. I thought if they could finish sixth, maybe make the play-offs, itd be a great season for him.Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.And if Coventry are to beat the drop this year, Lampard will again have to exceed expectations.What hes got to do is make sure he goes into the new Premier League season prepared, Redknapp continues. Are they going to be good enough to stay up? Thats the problem.Redknapp is also quick to point out that promising coaches that impress in the second tier can quickly find themselves under immense pressure.Weve seen it so many times before, he continues. Good young managers that know the game and have done an excellent job, quickly watch all their hard work unravel.When results arent going your way, you have people calling up the radio. You get idiots who dont know what theyre talking about coming on and going, Well, yeah, were losing because he's a Championship manager.What a load of rubbish.TOPICSFrank LampardPremier LeagueJoe MewisSocial Links NavigationFor more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.With contributions fromJoe DonnohueSenior Digital WriterChris EvansFreelance WriterEd McCambridgeStaff Writer
