How much more can we bear?...

[Damo70]

I only get to watch it on TV and even i think i'm being robbed.

If I was in Melbourne I would be quite happy to watch it on TV. So long as they were showing it in 'The Gentlemen's Club'. Is that still there?

[Chico Hamilton III]

don't expect to be entertained to any great extent.

That's my bare minimum requirement. Even if don't win games, I expect my money's worth in terms of entertainment.

[He wears a magic hat]

The problem is though Chico is that managers are under so much pressure to get results that entertainment is well down their list of priorities.

Its ALL about results, results,results  atthe moment with us sitting in 11th position I'd say the hierarchy at VP are delighted with how things are going

[JUAN PABLO]

We're 11th in the league. That will do for me in May.

Sadly the season doesn't end today, Lee. Forget midtable, we're a bottom half side in a piss poor league.

We have four relatively 'winnable' matches coming up.

Fulham was supposed to be winnable...

the teams who were bottom of the form league were fulham , sunderland and Manure . We have just played them

[supertom]

The problem is though Chico is that managers are under so much pressure to get results that entertainment is well down their list of priorities.

Its ALL about results, results,results  atthe moment with us sitting in 11th position I'd say the hierarchy at VP are delighted with how things are going

If we continue playing as badly as we have been then we can't expect to stay in 11th. Some of the luck and rub of the green we had in that 5 game unbeaten spell has now deserted us. Lambert has to sort this out quickly because the games are coming thick and fast over this period. We should have been addressing a lot of problems even when we were winning matches, but we haven't. Now we're losing games so we've got to do something pretty quickly because once you get in a slump it's hard to get out of it. It's easier to lose 5 on the bounce in this league than it is to win 5 on the bounce. I think Lambert has been and is, asking for trouble.

[N'ZMAV]

This is the first year since 1995 I haven't had a season ticket. I do not miss it. I miss some things about not going to the game, but my missus has just had our first baby, so I'd rather be at home with them on a saturday and money is tight. But, if I still had one I'd seriously be considering sacking it off next season. Pile of shit lately.

[Dave Cooper please]

We're 11th in the league. That will do for me in May.

Pretty much sums how the club have lowered the fans expectations. Shocking resignation of any ambition.

For the past two seasons a good many people on here have had us down as "absolute certs for relegation" - we didn't go down.
Now we are mid-table and the same people are still not because we might slip down the table.

We are where we are, low wage budget, no real money for big name players and Lambert had to start from a basis of building from scratch whilst having to off-load practically a whole team of high-earning wasters. For that he gets a lot more time from me.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't want him sacked.

I do, however, want him to start to get us playing football better because at this point and for the last few weeks, we look as poor as we did at almost any time last season.

We're mid table currently, which is good - or at least better - but look below us, there isn't too much of a drop and it'd be easy for anyone to get sucked into it (look at Albion).

Earlier, someone used that "we're approaching a run of winnable games" thing. That's fair enough, but look what happened last time we approached a run of winnable games, against the likes of Hull, Sunderland, West Ham, Albion, Fulham. We didn't win any of them. We only actually managed to score in one of them.

Taking things for granted at the moment - ie being mid table - is extremely risky. It's December. The relegation places don't get decided now, but then again, neither do any of the other places.

I want Lambert to do well, and I want him to build something here, but the fact is, for a long period this season, we've played some of the most inept football we've produced in recent years. We're not even getting the basics right, we can't keep the ball, we can't pass, we can't move off the ball, we may as well just boot it straight out of play at corners, and we struggle to get throw-ins right at times.

No matter how much you support Lambert, that is really, really poor, and there's only one person who can sort it out.

[danlanza]

It may well be progress of a kind, but it is not good to watch at the moment.
I just do not get some of Lamberts thinking. If he were to be given some funds in January then he may well bring in some experience, i hope.

[JUAN PABLO]

be great to even get Nzogbia back .  any news

[supertom]

be great to even get Nzogbia back .  any news

Unlikely to be back this season from the sounds of it.

[Damo70]

There seems to be a school of thought that although we are mid table we are not far away from a relegation battle. Fair enough but we are not far away from challenging for Europe either. At the moment we are in mid table, which I think is acceptable. If we are in the top six in a few weeks that is fantastic. If we are in a relegation battle then that is a different matter. Don't judge us on speculation, judge us on the facts of our position at the moment.

[Jon Crofts]

be great to even get Nzogbia back .  any news

Unlikely to be back this season from the sounds of it.

And was ready to be shown the door in July before his injury with Palace most likely to sign him to replace Zaha.

[Villafirst]

be great to even get Nzogbia back .  any news

Unlikely to be back this season from the sounds of it.

Original diagnosis was 6 months out which would be this month, but Lambert said more likely end of January.

[JUAN PABLO]

be great to even get Nzogbia back .  any news

Unlikely to be back this season from the sounds of it.

oh f**k   thats a costly injury  .  he was getting better near the end of season , even thou he tried to hard taking to many on .