Matthew Lowton

[onje_villa]

I think he will come back stronger. He was excellent at times last season, and it is brilliant to actually be able to field other options.

Hear hear.

[Toronto Villa]

He's had a dip in form and some are judging him way too quickly. He was very good overall last year and excellent at times, scoring two of the best goals we've seen in a long, long time. He's a young kid, having stepped up two divisions and is finding the going a little tougher in season two. Just like Westwood is, and we've seen a number of other young players go through the same thing with us and practically all other teams. Let's not get on his back and question his attitude. I want players at the club that are unhappy to be dropped. Not like Carlos Cuellar or Habib Beye that are just pleased to picking up a PL salary irrespective of whether they play or not. If he's annoyed at not playing then it is up to him to come through it. Frankly given his pleasure in KEA scoring I didn't see any real evidence of him being a disruption to the team ethic we have at the club.

[eastie]

Good player and he will get his chance again, competition for places is good and if our defenders pick up injuries we may well see him getting a run in centre defence at some stage .

[PaulWinch again]

He's a good player who's lost form, he needs to work on his positioning but he's got plenty of talent.

[frank black]

I tell you what, he looked pretty forlorn when he appeared to ask for Nasri's shirt. Only for Nasri to shake his head and point at Bacuna.

Ouch

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Lowton is a very good player. He will be working very hard to get his form back and I have no doubt he will succeed ...............

[OCD]

We need the Matt Lowton back that we saw at home to Sunderland.

[barrysleftfoot]

 If he is as good as some of you seem to think, and he has the right attitude, then he will be back in the 1st team soon.I'm not convinced of him defensively, i think he is more of a win back tbh, but if he does'nt like it , then good.We have had too many indulged footballers in recent times, fight and get your place back, prove your worth it.

 I thought he was poor against Noooocastle, and thought he looked disinterested.

[fredm]

I think he would be better suited as a wing back than as a conventional full back.  He would be able and be expected to get forward more often using his pace to crossing ability and there would be a centre back covering part of the area he was responsible for, therefore not needing to go into the centre of the field which he does thus leaving his winger with acres of space.

[PeterWithesShin]

He's a good player. He's out of form. He needs to suck it up and fight for his place back. And when he gets the chance, take it. I want no player to be undroppable if they are out of form.

[DrGonzo]

Are people complaining that we have too many options for the RB slot???  Too tired to dig up the MoN era comments, but we can probably all remember them.  I think this is what is known as "having a squad" something that it may take a little time to become adjusted to.

[Concrete John]

He's a good player. He's out of form. He needs to suck it up and fight for his place back. And when he gets the chance, take it. I want no player to be undroppable if they are out of form.

Pretty much exactly my take on it.

Bacuna is doing well, but his versatility means Lowton may well get a crack soon as Bacuna could move back to midfield.  KEA is doing well this season also, so plenty of options in the middle also with Westwood, Sylla and POTS to date Delph.

Options are great, aren't they?   

[eastie]

He's a good player. He's out of form. He needs to suck it up and fight for his place back. And when he gets the chance, take it. I want no player to be undroppable if they are out of form.

Pretty much exactly my take on it.

Bacuna is doing well, but his versatility means Lowton may well get a crack soon as Bacuna could move back to midfield.  KEA is doing well this season also, so plenty of options in the middle also with Westwood, Sylla and POTS to date Delph.

Options are great, aren't they?   

Indeed.

[Dante Lavelli]

Are people complaining that we have too many options for the RB slot???  Too tired to dig up the MoN era comments, but we can probably all remember them.  I think this is what is known as "having a squad" something that it may take a little time to become adjusted to.

To put it into more recent context during the last transfer window a fair few - not unreasonably - wanted us to sign a reserve right back.  If we had Bacuna would have probably only played the Liverpool match so far.

My point being that there are some benefits of having a slightly smaller squad as players will play more often, therefore feeling more engaged.  Once you have a spare player for every position you get wastage and complacency and the over all the motivation and morale of the squad can decline.  Admittedly it's a fine line but I think Lambert called it right in this instance as Bacuna is improving by the week and the club's saved the cash of a reserve right back (3m?).

[Toronto Villa]

I found this article quite refreshing

Lowton blames himself for his poor form