Pinnock, Awoniyi and a midfield rethink: The big calls facing Lampard as Premier League football returns to Coventry
27.08.26, 20:20 Updated 27.08.26, 20:41 6 Minute Read
Rich Chamberlain
Premier League football returns to the CBS Arena on Saturday – and Frank Lampard has some big decisions to make.
Does £6m signing Ethan Pinnock come straight into the side? Has Taiwo Awoniyi done enough to earn his first league start? Does Tatsuhiro Sakamoto return? And should Lampard rethink the midfield trio that struggled to impose itself against Arsenal?
Hull City's shock opening-day victory over Manchester United also showed that Coventry will face a very different challenge to the one they encountered at the Emirates. Here are the key decisions that could shape Saturday's game.
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Rich Chamberlain Rich is a lifelong Coventry supporter and the author of several books about the club, including When The Sky Was Blue, Benno: My Life in Football and Sky Blue Fall.