Lampard To Stay Or Leave? Leicester Downfall & Rooney EFL Experience | Fan Debate EFL Special Part 2

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4.3 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to a special episode of the Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet.

John "Fenners" Fendley, Wayne Rooney, Paul Mullin and Conor Coady sit down to discuss everything from the Sky Bet EFL season so far.

We start off with Wayne Rooney discussing his experience in the Sky Bet Championship and challenges he faced.

Frank Lampard's incredible season with Coventry resulted in a return to the Premier League, but will he stay?

Kieran McKenna will be hoping for a better Premier League campaign with Ipswich after they secured promotion. It's remains to be seen whether they have learnt their lesson.

There's a deeper dive into the look at how Lincoln City is ran after smashing the 100-point barrier. Bromley's rise up the Sky Bet EFL also continues.

Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday's nightmare seasons have finally come to an end, but where do they both go from here?

05:50 Rooney playing & coaching in Sky Bet Championship

11:30 Coventry City & Frank Lampard

19:54 Kieran McKenna gets Ipswich back to Premier League

23:18 Lincoln City 100 points

27:58 Cardiff City bounce back

36:10 The story of Bromley

39:30 Impact of set-pieces

56:30 Relegation talk

01:00:00 Sheffield Wednesday situation

01:02:23 Leicester City's relegation

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0:00.0	Last time I was on the show I was telling Carriger how badly we were run.
0:03.6	I think with the worst run football club in the country is an embarrassment. He hated every minute of it. It was solid. It was as hard as it can be. I'm sure you'll agree with that. It was a big gamble for Frank to go in there. If it didn't pay off with connoissee, that could have quite easily been the end of its coaching careers. I'm hopeful as stay at least for one more season. story is a genuine fairy tale story.
0:21.5	You can't script that.
0:22.5	Finishing the season, 29 games unbeaten. It's one of the most incredible promotion campaigns I can remember. There's a lot of clubs in League 2 now are just treading water. Some of these clubs are blocking the pathway for everyone else, especially when this floor going up out of League 2 into League 1. To finish on that many points and not be guaranteed promotion is scandalous really. I don't think everyone's Mimbik in Arsenal, but why is it that the teams who are super effective from Deadpool situations have gone to the top of each other EFL leagues this season? Arsenal going on to win the league, they've made it more fashionable to do that. McMan United won the Champions League in 1999 for aUS. That's your headline, anyway. Card, for the new PS3. He's one of the most unbelievable coaches I've ever had. You've obviously heard him talk. He's super quick, and you've got to take your time to understand them a little bit. So you. I'm talking about me, yeah. Hello, welcome to the fan debate brought to you by Skybet.
1:14.6	Pleased to be joined again this week by Wayne Rooney, Connor Cody and Paul Mullen.
1:21.6	We're taking a broader look across the EFL this week and we've got a fresh fan line up to speak to. How are we?
1:30.4	Very good.
1:31.2	Oh, come on. Get it lifted.
1:33.6	It's football. It's playoffs.
1:35.2	It's EFL. Come on.
1:37.0	We're also joined by Ali Maxwell
1:38.4	from Not the Top 20 podcast
1:40.9	and content creator, Callan Fowler.
1:44.1	It's great to hear a proper Yorkshire voice on the tele. On the tele, on YouTube. Two of you, two of you. I've not heard you speak yet, so, but I mean, yeah, absolutely. It's like watching Kez, isn't it? Welcome back. Right. How are we, guys? Good. Oh, you got a brew? Just so... He's got a brew? Any chance?
2:04.1	Have I got one made?
2:05.0	Seriously. What's been here? Unbelievable.
2:08.6	Big question, broad question to start with. We're just going to go for it.
2:13.5	You've all played in the NFL. Our football pyramid is a wonderful thing.
2:18.4	What do you think makes the EFL so special?
2:24.0	It's unpredictable.
2:25.8	Yeah.
2:26.4	I think.
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