Matthew Lowton

[DB]

Lowton, one word: superb

[MoetVillan]

Our defence (rightly) has suffered a lot this season.  The one everpresent has remained our best bit in front of Guzan.  Two great goals this year, including Goal of the Season, and last night performance has just about capped it for me.  Brilliant 90 minutes.  Well done

[Leighton]

I can't remember ever seeing a right back performance as good as his last night. Truly outstanding.

[chrisw1]

He's been very good for a while now, but Just fantastic last night.  Well done that man.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

He's got better as the season's gone on and last night was the culmination of all the effort he's put in. Not many players have played every game in the PL. Quality player.

I think Bennett has the ability to be similar to Lowton (not as good as), but his confidence took a battering earlier in the season which has held him back a lot.

All praise Lowton and Lambert for buying him.

[frank]

I was very impressed by Lowton's reading of the game: his ability to anticipate a move and then the speed to intercept a pass.

[andyh]

Lowton can be something very,very special.
I wonder, is there a midfielder in there at all ?

[eastie]

Lowton can be something very,very special.
I wonder, is there a midfielder in there at all ?

Prefer to keep him at right back, one thing noticeable since lambert settled on a formation that suits us is the way both Bennett and Lowton have got forward and played in decent crosses- i like the 3 man midfield and the the three lads up front are all scoring goals for fun- it took time to settle on the right system to suit the players we have but it is now starting to look settled and paying dividends.

[paul_e]

Lowton can be something very,very special.
I wonder, is there a midfielder in there at all ?

Prefer to keep him at right back, one thing noticeable since lambert settled on a formation that suits us is the way both Bennett and Lowton have got forward and played in decent crosses- i like the 3 man midfield and the the three lads up front are all scoring goals for fun- it took time to settle on the right system to suit the players we have but it is now starting to look settled and paying dividends.

This has always been my issue with nzogbia playing in the role behind Benteke, we need the full backs to get forward and give us width but with, effectively, 4 up front, it's very hard to do that without leaving us exposed defensively.  The extra body in the middle means one of the midfielders can drift into the full back area and still leave us with 2 in the middle to disrupt things.

[The Left Side]

He keeps getting better and better, he has a wealth of potential.

[john e]

I wonder what the process was in finding Lowton,
 who was it that said this lads got something,
because no one else seemed interested, from what I can see he wasn't one people were watching particulary,

Crewe have always produced good young players, Neville said last night they fielded a whole side produced from there academy last weekend, so their players are probably always watched a bit more closely, but Sheffield United !!
the scouting system must be pretty special to unearth a player like Lowton who wasn't even rated by Sheff Utd fans all that highly

I just wonder if there is someone in the background, like Tony Barton used to be saying 'that's one of mine you know' quietly to himself last night

[nigel]

He keeps getting better and better, he has a wealth of potential.

And with Bennett progressing quite nicely on the other side, too.
Both can put in a fantastic cross

[citizenDJ]

Lowton can be something very,very special.
I wonder, is there a midfielder in there at all ?

I think there is, as it goes, although only as right midfielder in a 4-4-2, in my opinion. Sort of how Beckham used to play, I suppose, and I think he'd be able to 'tuck in' easily enough to shore things up if needed.

But that really needs a more typical, flying-style winger on the other side. And we don't have one of those. Although I suppose Bennett might be able to do a job on that side.

[eastie]

I wonder what the process was in finding Lowton,
 who was it that said this lads got something,
because no one else seemed interested, from what I can see he wasn't one people were watching particulary,

Crewe have always produced good young players, Neville said last night they fielded a whole side produced from there academy last weekend, so their players are probably always watched a bit more closely, but Sheffield United !!
the scouting system must be pretty special to unearth a player like Lowton who wasn't even rated by Sheff Utd fans all that highly

I just wonder if there is someone in the background, like Tony Barton used to be saying 'that's one of mine you know' quietly to himself last night

I was interested to hear the Crewe boss saying lambert had had a huge dossier on Ashley Westwood and he had been watched on over 20 occasions - clearly on the radar from his Norwich days in that case .
It seems lambert has a decent scouting network.

Wouldnt surprise me if he had a couple of Europeans on his targets list maybe from Germany where he still has contacts.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

I wonder what the process was in finding Lowton,
 who was it that said this lads got something,
because no one else seemed interested, from what I can see he wasn't one people were watching particulary,

Crewe have always produced good young players, Neville said last night they fielded a whole side produced from there academy last weekend, so their players are probably always watched a bit more closely, but Sheffield United !!
the scouting system must be pretty special to unearth a player like Lowton who wasn't even rated by Sheff Utd fans all that highly

I just wonder if there is someone in the background, like Tony Barton used to be saying 'that's one of mine you know' quietly to himself last night

I was interested to hear the Crewe boss saying lambert had had a huge dossier on Ashley Westwood and he had been watched on over 20 occasions - clearly on the radar from his Norwich days in that case .
It seems lambert has a decent scouting network.

Wouldnt surprise me if he had a couple of Europeans on his targets list maybe from Germany where he still has contacts.

As long as he's Benteke size and ability who plays at CB:-)