How would you feel....

[eastie]

The players he's spend reasonable outlay on like benteke, Vlaar and okore are all internationals and decent signings - but it's the cheap £1 bargain basement stuff that he's bought too much of - bacuna, kea, Bowery, Lowton , Westwood, luna, Bennett, etc - one or two may come off but not often when you are signing players at such low prices.

[pauliewalnuts]

The players he's spend reasonable outlay on like benteke, Vlaar and okore are all internationals and decent signings - but it's the cheap £1 bargain basement stuff that he's bought too much of - bacuna, kea, Bowery, Lowton , Westwood, luna, Bennett, etc - one or two may come off but not often when you are signing players at such low prices.

A lot of them would have more chance of performing if they weren't so surrounded with other players of the same quality and experience - more of a factor last year, but still a factor this year, by the looks of it.

[dekko]

I think we'll really see the direction Lambert and co are going in in the next 2 transfer windows.

I don't necessarily agree with the current transfer policy, but I can see a certain logic in the way we did business last summer.  I think most of the players signed (Okore aside) were more or less bought as squad players (or injury cover/competition, whatever) who could be blooded gradually to give them time to adjust to the league.  Which would've been fine, except all of our best players from last season's run-in (Benteke/Gabby/Weimann/Lowton/Westy) either got injured or their form went completely to shit, which has exposed the fact that most of the rest of the squad aren't quite up to it (yet?).

We have a squad now, all thats needed is to add some quality in 2 or 3 key positions, get some of our players back from injury and get the others to start playing something like they were last spring, and we'll be in a good position.


If Lambert goes out in the summer and spends 20 million or so on 2 or 3 good players I think we'll be on the right track.
However, if he spends that same 20 million on another 6 or 7 £2million players then I think that'll be the time to start seriously calling for heads to roll.  We don't need quantity, we need quality.

[Clampy]

The players he's spend reasonable outlay on like benteke, Vlaar and okore are all internationals and decent signings - but it's the cheap £1 bargain basement stuff that he's bought too much of - bacuna, kea, Bowery, Lowton , Westwood, luna, Bennett, etc - one or two may come off but not often when you are signing players at such low prices.

I wouldn't be putting Bacuna in that bracket. He's been shifted round the pitch a lot this season and he's only been here a few months, as with Luna who's picked up a few niggly injuries along the way. Lowton and Westwood are finding it tougher this time round though.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Luna was fuckin awful yesterday, he apologized on twitter but fuck me he needs to remember his first job is to defend

[chrisw1]

We've got to hold our nerve.  It would be stupid to start all over again.

I'm still convinced he'll come good with a little more backing.

[Damo70]

Luna was fuckign awful yesterday, he apologized on twitter but fuck me he needs to remember his first job is to defend

I don't like apologies on Twitter. It reminds me of all the rallying cries from Allan Evans on the back page of the Evening Mail in the Turner/McNeil period.

[Clampy]

Luna was fuckin awful yesterday, he apologized on twitter but fuck me he needs to remember his first job is to defend

No he wasn't great but the midfield three in front of him not closing down when they needed to didn't help the defence at all yesterday.

[eastie]

The players he's spend reasonable outlay on like benteke, Vlaar and okore are all internationals and decent signings - but it's the cheap £1 bargain basement stuff that he's bought too much of - bacuna, kea, Bowery, Lowton , Westwood, luna, Bennett, etc - one or two may come off but not often when you are signing players at such low prices.

I wouldn't be putting Bacuna in that bracket. He's been shifted round the pitch a lot this season and he's only been here a few months, as with Luna who's picked up a few niggly injuries along the way. Lowton and Westwood are finding it tougher this time round though.

I agree, as I said one or two will come off as hopefully bacuna will prove but if you buy 7 or 8 players for around a million then the majority will usually be average at best.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Luna was fuckin awful yesterday, he apologized on twitter but fuck me he needs to remember his first job is to defend

No he wasn't great but the midfield three in front of him not closing down when they needed to didn't help the defence at all yesterday.

Agreed but watch the first goal he was nowhere to be seen

[Damo70]

I voted in. Are the shake it all about crowd waiting for the next few games and any transfer window activity? It would be interesting to hear which way they would go if there wasn't that option in the poll.

[Clampy]

Luna was fuckin awful yesterday, he apologized on twitter but fuck me he needs to remember his first job is to defend

No he wasn't great but the midfield three in front of him not closing down when they needed to didn't help the defence at all yesterday.

Agreed but watch the first goal he was nowhere to be seen

I'll have a look again, i've not seen it back since.

One thing I did notice yesterday (and at Fulham last week) was that our left back was playing quite a way forward, almost as a wide midfielder at times. Not sure if this is a tactic but it's not working.

[PaulWinch again]

Well Robbie Savage's analysis of our issues is pretty bang on, so I wonder why Lambert doesn't appear to see the issue.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Well if he does go, there's a new option for his replacement - Villas Boas might make a good Villa Boss!

[Monty]

Well Robbie Savage's analysis of our issues is pretty bang on, so I wonder why Lambert doesn't appear to see the issue.

Savage says we need to keep more possession so should go 4-4-2, which is like recommending protecting your eyes by taking off your sunglasses.