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Maybe it's simply because he's a young player who's having a dip in form?

Another centre back is imperative. Vlaar and Clark are a good combo, but I have little confidence in Baker. I've no doubt we will start scoring goals again and I would like to see N'Zog back when he's fit so a midfield enforcer to add to the centre back please!

Thanks HH, VillaAndLoyal and TRO for well written posts. It's a shame many good points could be missed amongst all the bickering.

He's a decent finisher. Would be interested to see his conversion rate.

If fit Gardner should be at least be on the bench. There wasn't one player on the bench today that could've changed the game. For their many faults at least N'Zog and Ireland are capable of that.

Difficult to remain posititve at the moment. Players aren't doing the basics. Another shitty Christmas looms.

I think the same can be said about one or two others

Needs loaning out because at the moment he's of no use to us. Not good enough to start and unfair to expect him to shine when all he's getting is 15 mins or so in a struggling side.

I know the average footballer isn't likely to be a member of MENSA but i'd say that lot won't have a GCSE between them.

Me neither. 11 days doesn't leave enough time to regain match fitness!

Nope, every forum is full of complete idiots Nope, every forum is full of complete idiots Thanks!

I'd much rather read the views of HH than trawl through the continual point scoring, post count adding bickering that seems to have hijacked a number of threads at present.

Dear Fascist Bully Boy Give me some money you Bastard May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman Love Villa Fans quite apt considering our policy regarding youth....

BJ, Ive agreed with a lot of your posts recently. Surely you must understand that Lambert took the approach he has precisely because funds went not available?? He wanted Sissoko - too expensive, He wanted Kiyotake - too expensive, Apparently he wanted Lukaku and Barry - too expensive His only option was to sign younger players and be forced to play a style that although not esthetically pleasing is effective enough to retain our premiership status whilst the books are balanced. The fact he has no money is bullshit but he is trying to make the best of the situation, expecting that in the medium term pursestrings will be loosened This is a problem of Lerner's making - let him carry the can not Lambert who his doing everything he knows to put things right Agree, lerner is 100% to blame in my opinion. I actually think Lambert would be dangerous with a decent bit of money to spend Where does this faith in lambert come from? I agree that theroot of our problem is under investment by Lerner but where is the evidence that lambert has the potential to be a great manager IF he had the money to spend? In defence of Lambert, he transformed an under performing Norwich team with arguably poorer players than he has now. Given time and a decent transfer budget I still think he can do the same for us.

I'm still backing Lambert but some of his decisions baffle me. Last week at Fulham Bacuna was getting run ragged but he didn't change things round, likewise today with Luna. He can't be blamed for stupid errors like Baker and Luna giving the ball away which resulted in 2 goals but he does need to react quicker because tactically he is showing his naivety. Lerner needs to open his wallet in January and Lambert has to play hardball with him to get the funds to make significant changes.

Apart from his goal at Arsenal I've seen little from him. Once Bennett is fit it's time to bench Luna.

Were you told this in a supermarket?

Lerner is an incredibly private person so this may be one of many such donations he has made.

Add "half witted" and it sums them up nicely

Pride of the Midlands my arse!

Loved him as a player but can still picture him kissing the badge in front of us at Old Trafford. Doesn't strike me as management material and given his choice of girfiends I doubt he'd chose a decent assistant either.

Agreed. They'll soon be raided for their better players just as we have been in recent years so let's see how they fare when the current crop of players move to bigger clubs. I don't get why this argument is continually used. In all likelihood, they will reinvest wisely á la Tottenham and continue their progression rather then waste it as we did. The difference being that they are a well run club and we were a shambolically run club. It's too soon to claim they will invest any monies wisely as they've only been in the top flight for a just over a season. Walcott and Oxlade Chamberlain moved on when they were in the lower deivisions, let's see what happens once the big clubs start sniffing around Shaw, Lallana etc..

Agreed. They'll soon be raided for their better players just as we have been in recent years so let's see how they fare when the current crop of players move to bigger clubs.

Nope stay positive, I'm expecting 10 points between now and the 2nd Jan.

Hear that at Tescos? Good spot! David Murphy!