How would you feel....

[Ads]

I would feel bemused.

[eastie]

6 points clear of relegation zone.

That's hardly a great amount - conceivable that the team 2nd bottom could be level with us in 12 days time - having seen recent displays I wouldn't fancy us to beat stoke or palace .

[Legion]

I would.  We're great at being inconsistent and unpredictable.

[lovejoy]

Tell me who we'd get to replace him, then I'll tell you if it's a good idea.

[CAitken]

We've seen how easy it is to slip into a terrible run. We're not mid-table yet. It's not May. The way we're playing at the moment, in every game, is more likely to see us losing games than winning or drawing. That means struggling at the bottom. Lambert takes a hell of a long time to identify and address problems, which is a worry. We're playing a dangerous game indeed.

We need more proven quality in january. Not a couple of players, but 3-4.

Exactly - we are 2 points clear of the bottom 6 at this moment in time - hardly comfortable .

We are 5 points from the bottom 3. We have lost out last 2 games and not moved down from 11th. Relegation is about placings not points

[supertom]

Thankfully Sunderland look all but gone. Palace have improved but really lack quality. Fulham will still struggle too. West Ham desperately need a front man. I don't think we'll be in any danger of dropping, but as for all the sides between 15-20 points at the moment, it's all much of a muchness.

We can't expect to play badly all season and still pick up enough results. At some point we have to improve, but Lambert needs to do something decisive. We're utterly wretched to watch.

Finishing 16th on 40 odd points having played shite isn't acceptable. If we finished 8-10th around 50 points having played at least reasonably, that's more than acceptable. I think the former is more likely given our form. Sadly I think that is enough for the Chairman.

[eastie]

We've seen how easy it is to slip into a terrible run. We're not mid-table yet. It's not May. The way we're playing at the moment, in every game, is more likely to see us losing games than winning or drawing. That means struggling at the bottom. Lambert takes a hell of a long time to identify and address problems, which is a worry. We're playing a dangerous game indeed.

We need more proven quality in january. Not a couple of players, but 3-4.

Exactly - we are 2 points clear of the bottom 6 at this moment in time - hardly comfortable .

We are 5 points from the bottom 3. We have lost out last 2 games and not moved down from 11th. Relegation is about placings not points

3 weeks ago west brom were 9th - its easy to be dragged into it fast - lose at stoke and we could be 3 points off 2nd bottom - we need to stop crowing about being midtable - any of the bottom half could easily be dragged into trouble and we are playing awful football- scoring few and defending terribly at the moment.

[levico]

I think I would be quite pleased, it would demonstrate that Randy is paying attention.

However, I'm not at the point of calling for his dismissal. I'll wait and see how we get on in the next four winnable games. If we are not successful (a minimum of 8 points) then he should go before it's too late and we get sucked into the usual relegation battle.

[SoccerHQ]

I'm fully behind Lambert although not without question, the home form and quality of football must improve in the 2nd part of the season. I don't think that's asking for a miracle given we did that last season in a relegation battle.

How about this for an alternative though, Marcelo Bielsa. That sort of managerial appointment would get the football world sitting up and taking notice in the way O'Neill did and for anyone who's watched Chile or Bilbao will know he ain't boring in tactics or philosophy.

The sort who though would need a pre season to implement things rather than mid season.

On balance though Lambert to stay as no doubt in two years time we'd probably be in the same position under another British manager if we sacked him now.

[eastie]

I think I would be quite pleased, it would demonstrate that Randy is paying attention.

However, I'm not at the point of calling for his dismissal. I'll wait and see how we get on in the next four winnable games. If we are not successful (a minimum of 8 points) then he should go before it's too late and we get sucked into the usual relegation battle.

I'm of a similar view but would say a minimum of 6 points from these 4 games- anything less and we will enter the new year in a battle .

[supertom]

You'd like to think we could win the two home games on the spin against Palace and Swansea, but it's unlikely. Both sides are improving and there's not a hope in hell we'll win two home games on the bounce. One of them I think we'll lose (probably Swansea). Stoke I think will win against us. Sunderland is a must win. We've got to kick them while they're down, and it suits us more playing on their patch than ours.

A big worry right now though is that pretty much every home game just feels like a difficult prospect. So it puts a huge onus on our away form.

[CAitken]

We've seen how easy it is to slip into a terrible run. We're not mid-table yet. It's not May. The way we're playing at the moment, in every game, is more likely to see us losing games than winning or drawing. That means struggling at the bottom. Lambert takes a hell of a long time to identify and address problems, which is a worry. We're playing a dangerous game indeed.

We need more proven quality in january. Not a couple of players, but 3-4.

Exactly - we are 2 points clear of the bottom 6 at this moment in time - hardly comfortable .

We are 5 points from the bottom 3. We have lost out last 2 games and not moved down from 11th. Relegation is about placings not points

3 weeks ago west brom were 9th - its easy to be dragged into it fast - lose at stoke and we could be 3 points off 2nd bottom - we need to stop crowing about being midtable - any of the bottom half could easily be dragged into trouble and we are playing awful football- scoring few and defending terribly at the moment.

We could be, but Fulham are playing Man City and Weat Ham are Man Ure, so I reckon we won't be 3 points off 2nd bottom.

[German James]

One of them I think we'll lose (probably Swansea).

Don't say that! It's the first game I can get to this season!

[supertom]

One of them I think we'll lose (probably Swansea).

Don't say that! It's the first game I can get to this season!

If we win that game, we'll all insist you turn up to every home game sir.

[ChicagoLion]

One of them I think we'll lose (probably Swansea).

Don't say that! It's the first game I can get to this season!

Same here but I am seriously thinking of giving it a miss.