Clinton Morrison tips Robbie Keane, Frank Lampard and Lee Carsley to compete for Coventry manager job
Will Jackson 
Former Coventry City striker Clinton Morrison has tipped Robbie Keane to be the next Coventry manager after the shock departure of Mark Robins last week.
Robins, the longest-serving manager in the EFL, was sacked by the Coventry hierarchy after seven years at the helm in a move that has proved unpopular with fans.
Clinton Morrison was speaking to Freebets.com as part of his ongoing partnership in which he will discuss the biggest talking points each week in the EFL and provide his own betting tips that you can use alongside the best football betting offers from our top football betting sites.
Clinton Morrison's Next Coventry Manager Tips
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Clinton Morrison on the Coventry Manager
I thought it was a terrible decision. I think the job he's (Mark Robins) done, where he has taken that club from where it was in 2017 and to where he’s taken them now has been amazing.
I know they’ve started the season slowly, but when they got into the play-off final, they started the season slow, and they've always done that.
I think if he hadn't lost the Derby game, that would he would have won three on the bounce, and they would have climbed into the top half of the table.
That's how close the Championship is this season. There's not going to be anyone who just runs away with it.
So for me, and I'm speaking to a lot of Coventry fans, it's probably the worst decision I've seen in football for a very, very long time, but he'll get another job, so it'll be Coventry’s loss, some other team’s gain because he's a fantastic manager.
The job he's done there at Coventry City has been fantastic.
I just don't get it. I actually don't get it, I'd love to know why he's lost his job, because it's a strange one.
I think everyone's flabbergasted of why he's lost his job, but do I think it's the right decision? No, do I think you'll get another job 100%, so we have to move on, don't we?
The fans are probably frustrated because they've seen what Mark Robins has done for that football club. The fans they were frustrated at results, but then when he got back-to-back wins you thought, ‘this could be the start of their season’.
I looked on a lot of the forums and I couldn't see one fan (agree with the decision). There are about 5,000/6,000 comments, not one fan that was happy with that decision of Mark Robins going so obviously, the owner wants to go down a different route, and you just don't know what happens behind the scenes.
We don't know what's happening, but just like everyone else, we hear what's happening.
And for me personally, I think for every Coventry City fan, it wasn't the right decision.
He's probably made the decision now, because he gives himself a couple of weeks with the international break to try and find a suitable manager. But I just think it's a crazy decision.
They then go to Sunderland, and it's probably the same group of players, and they go and get a good 2-2 draw. So you just stick with Mark Robins, because you'll find it hard to find someone as good as him, especially in this Championship division.
I always say, be careful - and that's not the fans, because the fans weren't wishing for that - it's the other people.
Be careful what you wish for. because you try and get rid of someone who's a top manager, and then you bring in someone who maybe struggles, and, you know, they spent a lot of money, so the players that were brought in are Mark Robins’ signings, so the new manager has to work with that, and if the results don't go right straight away, I don't think the fans will be patient, but they'll give the new manager time.
For sure the fans will give him time, but they won't be happy if results don't start clicking immediately.
I've seen a few (people linked with the job).
I know Frank Lampard, I think it'd be a good appointment, and I think it'd be a good opportunity for him to get back into management.
So I do think Frank Lampard, Lee Carsley - he was mentioned but I don't know if Lee would want to take a manager's role at a club, I think more than likely, Lee would probably like to stick with the under 21s, because he's done a fantastic job there – would be great appointments.
Another one who I think is a brilliant footballer, and is out of work at the moment, is Robbie Keane.
Why not Robbie Keane? I think he was fantastic at Coventry as a player, the fans worshipped him. Maccabi Tel Aviv where he was, they won the title twice and got to the last 16 in Europa League. So why not give someone like that an opportunity?
They're the three names I think that are in the running, and I think all three would be good for that football club. They're the three I'd probably be looking at, if I was the Coventry City hierarchy to say, why not one of those three to go in?
I know Frank Lampard was a favourite, and if he gets it, I wish Frank all the best, and I hope he's successful with it, but I look at someone like maybe a Robbie Keane as well. It'd be fantastic. And Lee Carsey, so all three of them? Yeah, I'd say all three would be a worthy choice for me.
Next Coventry Manager Odds
| Manager | Odds |
| Frank Lampard | 1/2 |
| Lee Carsley | 9/4 |
| Matt Bloomfield | 4/1 |
| Robbie Keane | 6/1 |
| Steven Schumacher | 14/1 |
| Nicky Butt | 14/1 |
| John Eustace | 16/1 |
| Rhys Carr | 20/1 |
| Sam Allardyce | 20/1 |
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