Jordan Bowery

[curiousorange]

For what it's worth, he seemed more of a pest on the left hand side against Ipswich than probably anybody we've attempted to play there this season.

[SoccerHQ]

I think we have to be realistic though, not every punt we make from the lower leagues will adapt and make the step up to premier league level, just the same as our academy products.

Lowton and Westwood have been stand outs for me this season and they were key starlets at their previous clubs, Bowery by common consent was not at Chesterfield but clearly PL saw some promise there.

He signed a lot of forwards at Norwich Morison, Holt, Simeon Jackson, James Vaughan. Amongst them was a lad called Oli Johnson who Lambert signed after he scored the grand total of 6 goals in 40 games for Stockport and he only played 20 times for Norwich in two years. He now plays for York City.

He could turn out to be amazing but Bowery will probably go the same way.

[curiousorange]

I'm open minded about Bowery. He doesn't seem like a natural winger and I very much doubt he's being groomed as a centre forward by Lambert. I don't think he'll star for us but I agree you have to take a punt sometimes - when they work out you're a genius. At least Lambert's giving him a chance rather than letting him rot, a la O'Neill with Salifou.

What surprised me most about Bowery is that he looks like quite a big lad; didn't think he would be based on his photos from the August Deadline Day.

[Risso]

Lambert didn't sign Holt.

[SoccerHQ]

Oh right, I thought they signed Holt in 2010 for some reason!

[DrGonzo]

Nobody has said he's going to be the next Vieri.  I just thought it was a bit too much to write the lad off before he's even played 90 mins for the club. 

[neo_Villan]

Nobody has said he's going to be the next Vieri.  I just thought it was a bit too much to write the lad off before he's even played 90 mins for the club.

This.

[pestria]

I have to say that was possibly the worst performance for many a year.

Regretfully I am prepared to write him off after now playing 90+ mins for the club. 

[eastie]

He was played out of position and asked to do a job he didnt look capable of doing - not his fault.

[Somniloquism]

I have to say that was possibly the worst performance for many a year.

Regretfully I am prepared to write him off after now playing 90+ mins for the club.

As a right sided midfield role, it wasn't bad. Not good but not bad. There wasn't much attacking from us for most of the first half anyway after the early miss apart from offsides.

[SoccerHQ]

I have to say that was possibly the worst performance for many a year.

Regretfully I am prepared to write him off after now playing 90+ mins for the club. 

Come off it.

He did what most of our lower league signings have done this season, worked hard, showed some nice touches at some moments but also his touch became heavier as the game went on.

Can't really ever see him amounting to much more than a player who plays in the cups and the odd league game before he moves on but it certainly wasn't the worst appearence by a player this season.

[Chrisupnorth]

Bowery is not good enough to play at this level. What Lambert is trying to prove by putting him in ahead of Bent is completely beyond me. I honestly don't think he still knows his best lineup and seems to me to be endlessly rotating the plethera of mediocrity we have on our books in the hope that something positive might happen. We got away with it today, but we look a Championship side and players like Bowery confirm that.

[PeterWithesShin]

Bowery is not good enough to play at this level. Just what point Lambert is trying to prove by putting him in the side ahead of Bent is completely beyond me. I honestly don't think he still knows his best lineup and is rotating the plethera of mediocrity we have on our books. We got away with it today, but we look a Championship side and players like Bowery confirm that.

He played Bowery because Bent would be completely useless stuck out wide to work hard.

[Somniloquism]

Bowery is not good enough to play at this level. Just what point Lambert is trying to prove by putting him in the side ahead of Bent is completely beyond me. I honestly don't think he still knows his best lineup and is rotating the plethera of mediocrity we have on our books. We got away with it today, but we look a Championship side and players like Bowery confirm that.

So would you have wanted Bent to play right midfield then? Bowery was not playing up front but the RM position. He wasn't brilliant, he wasn't atrocious, he did ok.This allowed Charles and Weimann to play support for Benteke.

[Chrisupnorth]

Right now we need mature, proven quality. That's Bent. Not Bowery. It's up to Lambert to find a system that accommodates the former.