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SleepyGinger · Mar 1, 2026

if we get over the line and complete our rise from league 2 to the premier league, who is most responsible? Robins is the obvious one, Lampard for finally getting us over the line? Dean Austin and Chris Badlan for their amazing recruitment over the years? Doug?

tom88 · Mar 1, 2026

what a stupid question it’s obviously Tim Fisher

Nick · Mar 1, 2026

tom88 said:
what a stupid question it’s obviously Tim Fisher

Was about to say the same

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Mar 1, 2026

Can we have Frank with the goal and Robins with the assist?

covboy9 · Mar 1, 2026

Robins
King
Frank
Players
Fans

PVA · Mar 1, 2026

Peter Vincenti

AOM · Mar 1, 2026

He lit the spark

covcity4life · Mar 1, 2026

SleepyGinger said:
if we get over the line and complete our rise from league 2 to the premier league, who is most responsible? Robins is the obvious one, Lampard for finally getting us over the line? Dean Austin and Chris Badlan for their amazing recruitment over the years? Doug?

George Thomas. That goal started it all!

Deleted member 7943 · Mar 1, 2026

If he achieves promotion though he will be sat justifiably at the head table with jimmy , mark and john

covcity4life · Mar 1, 2026

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Can we have Frank with the goal and Robins with the assist?

This.

Would be like robins dribbling past 2 very tough defenders (league 1 and 2)with a trick to boot(checkatrade) and then crossing for lampard who has to hit the perfect shot to beat the hardest goalkeeper in the world(the championship)

SleepyGinger · Mar 1, 2026

Badlan and Austin have got a bad rep by some on here but our recruitment is the main reason we’re in this position. Not just the players but the personalities. I remember robins saying he would sit down and meet the player before any signing was confirmed. They’ve all bought in and gave 100%.

Manchester_sky_blue · Mar 1, 2026

It takes a village to raise a football team

baldy · Mar 2, 2026

covcity4life said:
This.

Would be like robins dribbling past 2 very tough defenders (league 1 and 2)with a trick to boot(checkatrade) and then crossing for lampard who has to hit the perfect shot to beat the hardest goalkeeper in the world(the championship)

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Yeah good ol Frank Gjbbard

hill83 · Mar 2, 2026

Skybluefaz · Mar 2, 2026

covcity4life said:
This.

Would be like robins dribbling past 2 very tough defenders (league 1 and 2)with a trick to boot(checkatrade) and then crossing for lampard who has to hit the perfect shot to beat the hardest goalkeeper in the world(the championship)

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Didn't need the AI hellscape.

covcity4life · Mar 2, 2026

Skybluefaz said:
Didn't need the AI hellscape.

Get with the future, its not going anywhere

harvey098 · Mar 2, 2026

Robins is obviously the biggest proportion of credit if you're going back to league 2 as the starting point. It's easy to forget just how disjointed and toxic this club was at that time. We easily could've just become a club like Wigan / Bolton / MK Dons and just been league 1&2 fodder in a half empty stadium with awful owners because Sisu couldn't get us to an acceptable level to sell.

For me though the most impressive thing he did was stabilising us in the Championship. That first season back up was like boys v giants against some of those championship teams - I remember celebrating a point against Norwich like we'd just beaten Man City - we felt so far off competing with them. To then get us to a pen shoot-out away from the premier league was ridiculous really.

Obviously King has come in and his gamble with Lampard has clearly paid off. Lampard is doing a great job and deserves enormous credit if we go up, especially as champions but if the statue has Lampard's head, it needs to have Robins' body. *

*The statue comment is symbolism - I don't actually want a Frankenstein statue

EalingSB · Mar 2, 2026

Wouldn't underestimate Dave Boddy's role in the rise too. Worked very well in tandem with Robins and also brought the fans and club much closer together after some torrid years. Sure he'll be there to enjoy it if and when we go up.

Sky Blue Pete · Mar 2, 2026

EalingSB said:
Wouldn't underestimate Dave Boddy's role in the rise too. Worked very well in tandem with Robins and also brought the fans and clubs much closer together after some torrid years. Sure he'll be there to enjoy it if and when we go up.

Lifetime season ticket from Doug

Hod dog · Mar 2, 2026

The Linesmen in the Notts county away leg of the playoffs! if he never put his flag up for offside it would of been 2-2 and momentum swung in to Notts County favour, a team we in league had struggled against and had we lost could of ended up stuck in League 2, and some Questioning Robins ability as he failed to get us up first time.

Robins and Lampard would be on a par for me, robins did something Lampard could of never done, and Lampard at the moment is doing something I didn't think robins was ever going to do, so youd have to give king credit for making the risky change.

but as someone said, lets be honest Tim fisher is the real hero!

Hutch11 · Mar 2, 2026

There are many contributing factors all of which have been as relevant as the rest but Robins got us to a position where we are able to compete and for that he's at the head of the table

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · Mar 2, 2026

Marc McNulty.... the domino effect of him is massively understated.

Without McNulty theres no Chaplin, without Chaplin there is no Godden... Without Godden we don't win league one - We then don't get Hamer and Gyokeres... both of which led to the squad we have today.

harvey098 · Mar 2, 2026

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Marc McNulty.... the domino effect of him is massively understated.

Without McNulty theres no Chaplin, without Chaplin there is no Godden... Without Godden we don't win league one - We then don't get Hamer and Gyokeres... both of which led to the squad we have today.

Without Doyle there’s no McNulty.

(Without Robins there’s no Doyle?)

Russell Slade · Mar 2, 2026

AOM said:
He lit the spark

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Amen brother

Ccfcisparks · Mar 2, 2026

harvey098 said:
Without Doyle there’s no McNulty.

(Without Robins there’s no Doyle?)

Without Slade, theres no Robins

Grendel · Mar 2, 2026

These threads are a bit silly as there’s no direct answer other than the fact is without King we wouldn’t be where we are now whoever was manager as we were out of money and preparing a fire sale of assets

AOM · Mar 2, 2026

Kastaneer slid so we could fly

TomRad85 · Mar 2, 2026

Grendel said:
These threads are a bit silly as there’s no direct answer other than the fact is without King we wouldn’t be where we are now whoever was manager as we were out of money and preparing a fire sale of assets

I agree, King is vitally important. He didn't have to take the club and if he didn't who knows? Back to League 1 eventually most likely.
As for credit for managers, the credit is for what they achieved. Robins gets the credit for taking us from league 2 and back to The Championship which looked a really difficult ask, especially under those owners! Lampard gets the credit for getting us to the Prem, something I didn’t think i'd see again. Its his achievement and should be recognised as such (if we get it done.)

TomRad85 · Mar 2, 2026

Ccfcisparks said:
Without Slade, theres no Robins

Build the statue!

SBT · Mar 2, 2026

Badlan is the hipster pick, not only for building the L1 title-winning side (that also held its own in the Championship) but for bringing in Gyokeres and Hamer whose transfer fees eventually bankrolled the whole operation.

Sky Blue Wozza · Mar 2, 2026

My gaffer - KD

RoysterE17 · Mar 2, 2026

All of the above....

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · Mar 2, 2026

harvey098 said:
Without Doyle there’s no McNulty.

(Without Robins there’s no Doyle?)

Back to the first point… without Tim Fisher there isn’t a Mark Robins

Paxman II · Mar 2, 2026

It's a collective. You can pin point the changes chronologically that each one had something to do with the change in fortunes.

1. When SISU finally accepted they needed to back Robin's to some extent and allowed money to go back into the club
2. Robin's and Vivash's excellent stewardship that followed.
3. Ashley getting hold of the stadium
4. King coming along and seeing a glaring opportunity
5. The departure of Vivash and King strikingly sacking Robin's recognising Robin's had taken us as far as he could
6. Appointing Frank Lampard, thus raising the profile of the club.
7. Backing Lampard in the transfer market and fixing a football club in need of renewed purpose.

Skybluekyle · Mar 2, 2026

(If, and it's a big if, we do make it) I think it should be a "with thanks" style movie credits thing (the below list is an example and not at all exhaustive)

With thanks to:
Mark Robins
Adi Viveash
Frank Lampard
Joe Edwards

With no thanks whatsoever:
Wasps
SISU Capital
Coventry City Council
and the Villa too

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