Coventry City have potential major concern - Doug King may have left Frank Lampard short | OneFootball

Frank Lampard's squad depth concerns may be an issue up until the end of December

Frank Lampard's Coventry City weren't too active in this summer transfer window, having merely made two signings of real note.

The defensive areas seemed to be where Lampard wanted reinforcements, and he did just that by bringing in the likes of right-back Kaine Kesler-Hayden, who brought about much excitement from Sky Blues fans from Aston Villa, as well as the deadline day addition of Luke Woolfenden from Ipswich Town.

Other than adding the pair of defenders to their ranks, Coventry's summer business has been underwhelming to say the least, with fans perhaps feeling a sense of confusion as to why a statement of intent wasn't given in the window.

Lampard, in the latter stages up until the deadline, stressed the importance of bringing a winger to the CBS Arena, but even that didn't come to fruition, meaning chairman Doug King may regret leaving the Sky Blues squad threadbare.

With squad depth potentially being a problem, especially if they are to sustain any lengthy injuries to key players, Lampard could have a job on his hands when it comes to rotation up until the January window.

Squad depth could be an issue for Coventry City in the coming months

Coventry have kicked off the season in high spirits with their free-flowing, attacking style of football.

Their aggressiveness in forward areas combined with the talent they have at the top end of the pitch has undoubtedly made them an exciting team to watch and possible candidates for promotion.

The Sky Blues have found the back of the net at ease, scoring 14 times so far this season. The mixture of Haji Wright in the number nine role, with Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, and Brandon Thomas-Asante being the supporting cast in-behind in Lampard's side, has been a recipe for success in the early stages of the season.

However, if you look down the list of names in replacement of these four players, you're looking at Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ellis Simms, and not much further than that.

After missing out on Crystal Palace's Jesuran Rak-Sakyi along with a plethora of other targets throughout the summer months, any injuries could be costly to Lampard's frontline.

Especially with the foursome of attackers being in outstanding form so far in the 2025/26 campaign, any switch of personnel could spoil the dynamics of the Coventry side, which has highlighted the importance of further recruitment in January.

Injuries could play a part in highlighting squad depth concerns for Coventry City

As for the midfield and defensive areas of the pitch, depth could be classed as just about sufficient as with the likes of Jay Dasilva, Josh Eccles returning from injury, as well as Joel Latibeaudiere, soon to be back in action, the addition of experience could prove to be vital to the Sky Blues' very youthful team.

With Coventry having an average age in their 22-man squad of 26.1 years old, the injection of Championship know-how that the trio offer to Lampard is a major factor that can keep them pushing for the top spots up until Christmas, where Lampard will have the chance to rectify the squad depth issues that have been prevelant.

If the Sky Blues are to maintain their solid league position until the festive period, then the squad depth concern could well vanish. Conversely, if performances start to become inconsistent with ever-changing starting XI's due to injury troubles, then Doug King could be to blame for leaving Frank Lampard short when it comes to recruitment.