Jordan Bowery

[SoccerHQ]

I have been disappointed not to see Carruthers feature for us this season. He looked bright the tail end of last season. Had also hoped as Mazrim says that Johnson would have also been in contention by now a bit.

It would be nice for Johnson to get out on loan again at some point. Hopefully he can break into the first team in the next couple of years if he continues developing. Seems to have a good set piece on him as well.

Didn't Yeovil send him back early, either not impressed or he got injured.

Amazed Carruthurs ain't been loaned out, not a clue what's happening there.

[SoccerHQ]

TBF Chesterfield are probably better than whatever Swiss amateur club we signed Salifou from.

All managers take punts on players from low levels.

[Chrisupnorth]

I'm a Villa fan, so winning every game by 3 goals would be great, but I'm also a realist.  However, I believe this isn't the time to be experimenting with below average players when there's no need to.  We have proven experience on the books and it's the manager's job to find a system that accommodates that experience.  Lambert's bloody mindedness against playing Bent will take us down.  Mark my words!

[PeterWithesShin]

We've won both games Bowery has started. Not exactly the worst experiment the world has ever known.

[Chrisupnorth]

 ??

[PeterWithesShin]

Was that too complicated?

[SoccerHQ]

Bent was non-existant the last time he started a league game.

[dave.woodhall]

Most people on here are looking for any positives they can in a season most of us would rather forget already. I don't blame them for that, but clearly Bowery is out of his depth at this level and looked every inch as much yesterday. He may be good enough for many on here, but I expect much better for my club.

Yes, that's really going to win you friends on here.

[Chrisupnorth]

Okay.  You guys win.  Play Bowery every game from now until the end of the season and we'll be fine.  As I said, how low our expectations have fallen.

[PeterWithesShin]

I don't remember anyone saying they want Bowery starting every game, can you quote the person who said that? I simply pointed out that he's started twice and we've won both so it's hard to argue that it was the right decision in those 2 games.

[pauliewalnuts]

Okay.  You guys win.  Play Bowery every game from now until the end of the season and we'll be fine.  As I said, how low our expectations have fallen.

Spectacular missing of the point.

People are just suggesting that he's had a couple of run outs, one out of position, and that is hardly evidence of either his brilliance or his shitness, and says nothing about how low our expectations have fallen.

I really don't understand why, in a season with so many obviously shit things we can spend time moaning about, some people aren't satisfied and have to find yet more shitness.

[Chrisupnorth]

Okay.  You guys win.  Play Bowery every game from now until the end of the season and we'll be fine.  As I said, how low our expectations have fallen.

Spectacular missing of the point.

People are just suggesting that he's had a couple of run outs, one out of position, and that is hardly evidence of either his brilliance or his shitness, and says nothing about how low our expectations have fallen.

I really don't understand why, in a season with so many obviously shit things we can spend time moaning about, some people aren't satisfied and have to find yet more shitness.

Spectacular missing of a little bit of irony.

[Jockey Randall]

I actuallu think Lambert has played a blinder this season regarding bent. We can't afford passengers who are only an asset when supplied. Unfortunately our current side isn't good enough to supply constant service to him. Unless we're playing qpr or reading, I see no reason why he should be considered to start with our current side.

[peter w]

That's not the point.  We have a multi-million pound proven international goal scorer sat on the bench, while we play a £500,000 recruit out of position ahead of him. It makes no sense whatsoever.

So, you'd want to see Bent playing wide right? Really? Because that's the position that Lambert wanted filling. Plus, Bowery gave us height in the box at their set-pieces. Kind of worked too.

[pestria]

I actuallu think Lambert has played a blinder this season regarding bent. We can't afford passengers who are only an asset when supplied. Unfortunately our current side isn't good enough to supply constant service to him. Unless we're playing qpr or reading, I see no reason why he should be considered to start with our current side.

I'm not so sure.

Agreed Benteke is a real find and agreed that the rest of the team isn't set up to support Bent.

But the fly in the ointment in this strategy has been that he ended with c£18m worth of asset sitting on the bench in a squad that needed that kind of money invested in shoring up the defence and midfield.

For the whole thing to have made sense he should have offloaded Bent at some point (along with Ireland, Warnock and Hutton - but that's another story I suppose).