Just when you think that things couldn't get any worse....

[pauliewalnuts]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

[eastie]

I agree we need stability but i am far from convinced lambert is the right man - there are many managers about , if looking for experience , or up and coming or foreign - ralf rangnick for example would be another candidate to consider.

The next 12 games will reveal a lot about lamberts character and we will see where we are in may - i do not want him to fail but i have been hugely disappointed by his reign so far .

[Clampy]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

In fairness, i still think the squad we have is better than where we are in the table.

[pauliewalnuts]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

In fairness, i still think the squad we have is better than where we are in the table.

Not too sure about that.

Which teams above us would you say have a weaker squad than us?

[eastie]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

In fairness, i still think the squad we have is better than where we are in the table.

With the money spent in assembling this squad i agree, i feel we should be around midtable .

[Clampy]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

In fairness, i still think the squad we have is better than where we are in the table.

Not too sure about that.

Which teams above us would you say have a weaker squad than us?

I don't think West Ham's is too much better than ours for example. Maybe their midfield is a bit stronger than ours though. There also a case for throwing in Southampton's and Norwich's as well.

I'm not saying we should be up there in the top 6 but we should'nt be in a position where we have to play 12 cup final's either.

[PaulWinch again]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

I agree and very obviously top heavy, it's a tough one but I think the defence is probably the weakest area.

[Concrete John]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

In fairness, i still think the squad we have is better than where we are in the table.

Not too sure about that.

Which teams above us would you say have a weaker squad than us?

Very few, if any, in the defence and midfield areas.  That's as long as you factor in experience as well as ability.

[PaulTheVillan]

I think our squad is good enough for about 16th place.

I'd take that now.

[eastie]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

I agree and very obviously top heavy, it's a tough one but I think the defence is probably the weakest area.

I think midfield is weaker, plenty of players but hugely lacking in quality- when you look at ireland and nzog and their contribution over the last 2 years for what they cost and get paid its depressing - nzogbia has shown good signs lately though, but the likes of bannan, herd, kea, delph are not inspiring.

[Risso]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

The squad could, and should have been better if Lambert had spent the money available to him differently in the summer.  He assembled a squad that isn't good or experienced enough, and he's failed to coach/motivate them as well. 

[eastie]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

The squad could, and should have been better if Lambert had spent the money available to him differently in the summer.  He assembled a squad that isn't good or experienced enough, and he's failed to coach/motivate them as well. 

I agree risso, he has spent more than many in this league and although some decent signings his failure to get better from the players has been a cause of concern.

[PaulWinch again]

I think our squad is good enough for about 16th place.

I'd take that now.

Bloody hell I'd be ecstatic with that at the end of the season.

[Mister E]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

The squad could, and should have been better if Lambert had spent the money available to him differently in the summer.  He assembled a squad that isn't good or experienced enough, and he's failed to coach/motivate them as well. 

What is worrying is whether he saw his purchases as additional to the experienced players already at the club. He must have known - from the exploits during the GHou / TSM years and / or from talking to others in the game - that he was inheriting some overpaid, late-career mediocrity. Not to have brought in some reliable, EPL-savvy players seems pretty strange.
I suspect he thought that KEA and Vlaar would be able to adapt more effectively than they have and become the experienced lynchpins. A schoolboy error, it seems, in hindsight.

[LeeB]

If the club gets relegated, the major influencing factor will be that the squad isn't strong enough - and it isn't, quite frankly.

The squad could, and should have been better if Lambert had spent the money available to him differently in the summer.  He assembled a squad that isn't good or experienced enough, and he's failed to coach/motivate them as well. 

Go on then Paul Daniels, tell me how.

Maybe we could have picked up Ji-Sun Park, or Junior Hoilett, or Bosingwa, or one of the Brazillian twins, or Rob Green even.

Some real Premiership experience. We'd have been alright then.