Are we a boring outfit?

[eastie]

At the end of the season I will be happy with a boring 9th or 10th finish and a very solid position to build again from in 2014/2015. When you consider we will be sans Ireland, and most likely Given, Bent, Hutton, N'Zogbia by then it will be as stable a position as almost any club in the league. The litmus test will then what we do beyond that because going into year three and the club very much built by Lambert there will be much more expectation of better results and performances, and a significant upturn in our fortunes at home.

I think next year is the final year of his contract - will be interesting to see if the club wait until then or offer him a new deal in the summer - I would prefer them to wait and see where we are in another year .

Lambert has already said it doesn't bother him at all about his own contract. It's about the team. I'm sure the board, having made the investment in this decision and the direction of the club will want to keep Lambert and Lambert will want to stay. I cannot imagine for one second there is an appetite for more upheaval or change in the manager position outside of a massive downturn in our fortunes which would force it.

I think they will wait till at least next summer and see how things have gone - a midtable finish will probably be enough for a new deal .

[PeterWithesShin]

Well that was boring.

[pauliewalnuts]

At times, we show all the passing quality of a bunch of 12 year olds, and look totally devoid of ideas.

Like tonight.

But then we go and win, somehow.

Like I said earlier, we are frequently a very poor side indeed, but fuck me, we're anything but boring.

[eamonn]

We were boring on Saturday.

[pauliewalnuts]

We were boring on Saturday.

Being boring on any one given occasion doesn't mean it's a label that fits in general.

Boring on Saturday, shit today yet winning and scoring two very impressive goals, winning at Arsenal, beating Man City, then looking devoid of ideas at Hull.

The overall picture is anything but boring, even if on occasion we're truly horrible to watch.

[SoccerHQ]

I just scratch my head at how in Lambert's 18 months in charge we've probably had 10 incredible entertaining games away from home and about two at home.

[jeowje]

We may not eventually win anything, and we are anything but easy on the eye, but my god we have some great fun at times, exciting wins, great goals, surely what football is all about. I genuinely have never seen a premier league team post a stat of anything like as low as 23% possession over an entire match, but as Lambert said we'll take the three points! I still havent calmed down yet!

[pauliewalnuts]

We may not eventually win anything, and we are anything but easy on the eye, but my god we have some great fun at times, exciting wins, great goals, surely what football is all about. I genuinely have never seen a premier league team post a stat of anything like as low as 23% possession over an entire match, but as Lambert said we'll take the three points! I still havent calmed down yet!

Before any given game, I have absolutely no idea if we are going to win or not, or whether we'll look like Bayern Munich or the Munich and District Paper Boys XI.

[supertom]

I fancy us for a cup under Lambert. Much as he screwed the pooch with Bradford, I think we could beat anyone on a given day and we're a hard working side who keep on fighting.
They should start etching our name on the FA Cup right now.

[Smirker]

I fancy us for a cup under Lambert. Much as he screwed the pooch with Bradford, I think we could beat anyone on a given day and we're a hard working side who keep on fighting.
They should start etching our name on the FA Cup right now.

Would be delighted with the FA Cup.

[Jockey Randall]

I would say we're one dimensional but we can still be entertaining when given space to exploit in behind teams. It all depends on how the other team sets up for me. I don't think it's that astounding that we manage to win games like last night when we're one of the best if not the best counter attacking team in the league. If we go a goal behind in the game last night though we're the sort of team that the rest of the game can make for very painful viewing as our gameplan and ability to pass short rather than direct is nigh on non existent.

However, I am becoming slightly concerned over how reliant we are becoming on counter attacking. Watching last night it seemed clear to me we were actually going out of our way to give them the ball back so they could push up on to us rather than us being that poor at keeping the ball.

[PaulWinch again]

I wouldn't say we're boring, but we do need to address our recent slide towards giving away possession all of the time.

[Toronto Villa]

I fancy us for a cup under Lambert. Much as he screwed the pooch with Bradford, I think we could beat anyone on a given day and we're a hard working side who keep on fighting.
They should start etching our name on the FA Cup right now.

Would be delighted with the FA Cup.

The FA Cup and 8th would be a very, very solid season and a tremendous platform from which to build from.

[Lamb_Stockmix]

I fancy us for a cup under Lambert. Much as he screwed the pooch with Bradford, I think we could beat anyone on a given day and we're a hard working side who keep on fighting.
They should start etching our name on the FA Cup right now.

Would be delighted with the FA Cup.

The FA Cup and 8th would be a very, very solid season and a tremendous platform from which to build from.

That would be, quite frankly, an INCREDIBLE season.

[dave.woodhall]

Soild as in "Best for more than thirty years."