Matthew Lowton

[aj2k77]

Lowton has tried to undermine Lambert & that cannot be tolerated. Who does he think he is ?

Are you being serious?

I actually feel quite sorry for Lowton. It's not his fault there was a traffic jam.

Club rules say he should live within a certain distance. He flounts them so he chances it with motorway traffic jams. No sympathy for him. Toe the line and make the most of a once in a lifetime chance.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Lowton has tried to undermine Lambert & that cannot be tolerated. Who does he think he is ?

Are you being serious?

I actually feel quite sorry for Lowton. It's not his fault there was a traffic jam.

Club rules say he should live within a certain distance. He flounts them so he chances it with motorway traffic jams. No sympathy for him. Toe the line and make the most of a once in a lifetime chance.

Traffic jams happen everywhere. Plus, it's not as if he lives in Middlesbrough, is it?

There's a very thin line between being strict and being a dick and I think Lambert has crossed it, as he did with the Carruthers phone incident.

[not3bad]

There's a very thin line between being strict and being a dick and I think Lambert has crossed it, as he did with the Carruthers phone incident.

I reckon most of the stricter premier league managers would behave in exactly the same way which makes them all dicks I guess.  But ultimately you're not there to win popularity conests when you're the manager.

[pauliewalnuts]

Lowton has tried to undermine Lambert & that cannot be tolerated. Who does he think he is ?

Are you being serious?

I actually feel quite sorry for Lowton. It's not his fault there was a traffic jam.

Club rules say he should live within a certain distance. He flounts them so he chances it with motorway traffic jams. No sympathy for him. Toe the line and make the most of a once in a lifetime chance.

Traffic jams happen everywhere. Plus, it's not as if he lives in Middlesbrough, is it?

There's a very thin line between being strict and being a dick and I think Lambert has crossed it, as he did with the Carruthers phone incident.

How can you arrive at that conclusion when we don't know the facts?

All we know is he was late for training, and that his wife had a moan on twitter a couple of weeks ago.

[aj2k77]

Lowton has tried to undermine Lambert & that cannot be tolerated. Who does he think he is ?

Are you being serious?

I actually feel quite sorry for Lowton. It's not his fault there was a traffic jam.

Club rules say he should live within a certain distance. He flounts them so he chances it with motorway traffic jams. No sympathy for him. Toe the line and make the most of a once in a lifetime chance.

Traffic jams happen everywhere. Plus, it's not as if he lives in Middlesbrough, is it?

There's a very thin line between being strict and being a dick and I think Lambert has crossed it, as he did with the Carruthers phone incident.

A journey from his ''house'' in Sutton is far less likely to hit long delays than from 70 miles away in Sheffield. It's not being a dick to set club rules like that one. I would want my players living as close to the club they play for and community as I could. Not set apart a couple of hours away in another city. Either way it's Lowtons choice and if he doesn't obide by them he sets himself up for punishment.

As for phones, players are around the club very little time during the working week, if they cant keep away from a fucking phone for a few hours then they have an ocd problem.

[SheffieldVillain]

Traffic jams happen everywhere. Plus, it's not as if he lives in Middlesbrough, is it?

There's a very thin line between being strict and being a dick and I think Lambert has crossed it, as he did with the Carruthers phone incident.

Right, I must try that one with my boss next time I'm late for work. 'Boss, traffic jams happen everywhere. Stop being a dick'. I wonder how long I'd keep my job.

[damon loves JT]

No disrespect to Sheffield, which is a fine city. But the only way in or out is the M1. Which makes it handy for Rotherham, Leeds, and possibly Doncaster.

If you want to go any further you are at the mercy of the traffic. If I worked in Birmingham I couldn't justify living there.

[Clampy]

Lowton has tried to undermine Lambert & that cannot be tolerated. Who does he think he is ?

Are you being serious?

I actually feel quite sorry for Lowton. It's not his fault there was a traffic jam.

Club rules say he should live within a certain distance. He flounts them so he chances it with motorway traffic jams. No sympathy for him. Toe the line and make the most of a once in a lifetime chance.

Traffic jams happen everywhere. Plus, it's not as if he lives in Middlesbrough, is it?

There's a very thin line between being strict and being a dick and I think Lambert has crossed it, as he did with the Carruthers phone incident.

If you're going to commute from Sheffield to Birmingham every day of the week, there's a very high chance you'll hit a traffic jam or tailback of some sort. He and Lambert know this only too well which i presume is why players are asked to live within a certain mile radius of the training ground.  It's not about a manager being a dick.

[Brend'Watkins]

No disrespect to Sheffield, which is a fine city. But the only way in or out is the M1. Which makes it handy for Rotherham, Leeds, and possibly Doncaster.

If you want to go any further you are at the mercy of the traffic. If I worked in Birmingham I couldn't justify living there.

He's from Clowne Derbyshire which is just off Junction 30. He doesn't need to take the motorway if he so chooses.  To say that Clowne is nondescript is bigging it up massively.  The only notable feature I've come across there is on the A616 road in. Two gantries with chains dangling from them.

[damon loves JT]

He lives on the A616? That isn't even particularly handy for Sheffield. He needs to move.

[glasses]

I tend to feel a bit for him.

If it's the first time he has ever been late, then surely him living where he does shouldn't be a problem to the club.

I don't think he deserves the stick he is getting from some here frankly.

[SoccerHQ]

What I'm surprised about is how open we've reported this to the press, normally clubs keep this sort of thing in house and say a player has missed the game with some sort of injury.

Clearly this is a final warning to Lowton to get his act together hence why we've made it public.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

This is the article I read: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/matt-lowton-fined-weeks-wages-6527414

[Dante Lavelli]

Typically they'd say "the lad's picked up a knock but should be available next week" or some such nonesense.
It is strange/unnecessary that this has become public.  I am slightly worried that Lambert has lost the dressing room and looking to stamp his authority to dampen any mutiny.

My flimsy evidence (your honour) is:
1. The Lowton fines becoming public
2. Trying to sign both Holahan and Holt - two players which you'd think would 'run through brick walls' for Lambert
3. Gabby's celebration v Swansea.
4. Ooh and our poor form recently.

Just a hunch, based on not very much, admittedly.

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