For me the midfield has three core duties.1) Protect the back four2) When not in possession, compete for the ball3) Create chances for your forwardsThe midfield we saw today could not do any of those. In fact I strongly believe it is the weakest and poorest midfield I have ever seen, at any level. Lambert is grossly incompetent, to pick such a light-weight and ineffectual midfield.That midfield is the reason we are going to be relegated. I wouldn't trust that midfield to survive in Championship.Holman, Bannan, KEA and Albrighton are all Championship, at best, standard midfielders. Herd is equally inept although incidentally if Lambert had put him in the midfield then we may have had a chance of winnong the ball back. Stephen Ireland is not a player I would wish on Small Heath. N'Zogbia has zero end product.I would honestly sell/sack/giveaway the lot. Only Westwood has the promise of being a Premierahip footballer.When you think of who we've lost, Stan, Milner, Young, Downing and Barry and not replaced, it is of no surprise we've plummeted. The absence of any physical presence, quality and flair is stark and it has signalled the end of Aston Villa as a top flight side.
Bannan and Westwood are good I think, particularly as a pair. The rest really are inadequate, and those two need another player with them.
The midfield has not created more than what? Two chances, none clear cut, in three games.