Quote from: N'ZMAV on December 27, 2012, 02:05:18 PMPeople saying experience will help, have a valid point. Hopefully Dunne, Vlaar, Agbonlahor, Ireland and Given can help with that. Given, Ireland, Bent and NZogbia have bags of experience but Lambert won't pick them, even when they're fit. I'm fairly certain that even when Dunne's fit Lambert won't select him either. Whilst Gabby does get a game when fit, he invariably gets played out of position. Vlaar's the only one Lambert will play but he's got no experience of the Premier League.Quote from: Malandro on December 27, 2012, 01:59:19 PMLambert needs Randy to back him in January. As far as I'm concerned he is still the right man for the job.He quickly identified the problem players and his bigish signing have impressed.Whilst I still think Lambert's the best option we have at the moment I'm not sure I buy the 'problem players' argument. From where I'm sitting Lambert has ostracised all of the experienced and presumably higher paid players in the squad from the moment he arrived - I can't imagine they're all problem players. He's bought his own players in to replace them but they're either not as good or not enough to replace the ones left out. The gap has been filled by kids who are also not good enough to carry a Premier League team.I still trust he'll get it right but my patience is running out. He looks like a guy with an agenda who's trying to prove a point somehow. Unfortunately he's not doing it very well and I'm worried he'll end up doing it via a trip to the Championship.
People saying experience will help, have a valid point. Hopefully Dunne, Vlaar, Agbonlahor, Ireland and Given can help with that.
Lambert needs Randy to back him in January. As far as I'm concerned he is still the right man for the job.He quickly identified the problem players and his bigish signing have impressed.
One experienced central defender signing - Lescott anyone?Two loan signings - I would go for Arshavin, Yakubu .Don't sell Bent.Ask Stan to talk to the team.
Convince the fans not to moan groan everything the smallest thing goes wrong.Not to buy old players for the sake of it - it'd knock the yonger players for six.
This post makes little sense. You say you trust him to get it right but in the same sentence reveal that you really don't as your patience is running out. You say you think he is the best option we have but accuse him of trying to prove a point by leaving certain players out. I think he is doing well. I think that many of the kids have done well. The other players available to him have not shown that they are capable of doing any better, so he has few options to change things for the better. We've seen positive signs this season and we have also had some disastrous results. At the halfway stage we are not in the bottom three but there are serious issues that need to be addressed in the January transfer window. Lambert is not stupid, he will know this.We just have to hope that the Chairman gives him the resources to do something about it.