Raymond

One of my favorite arguements. The patented "yeah but still."

I believe Delph was rest. Albrighton and Given are good examples. Still can't get over how shit Delph and KEA were together and how many times in a row he ran them out there. Point is I came into the year thinking Lambert was that kind of manager. Maybe he is and we just do not have options in midfield. Time will tell.

You say that, but the only person I remember him dropping for performance was Nzog. Maybe Bent is on that list too. Our midfield has been awful for a month, but it took a suspension to get a change.

I think this is correct. Have been screaming about Lambert playing Delph and KEA together for a while.

That is what it seemed like to me as well.

I truthfully do not care. It is fun to read you ladies cackle on. Have at it.

Oh hypocrisy. How you taste so sweet.

Finally. We really needed this one.

This is the kind of performance we needed. Have to end it the right way.

Why doesn't Ireland make these passes all game long? So frustrating.

Several chances here to put this away. Hope it doesn't bite us.

Have to do better there. That would had been 3 points.

Same problem I have. We are getting unlucky with injuries. At least they are going to miss games we weren't winning anyway.

Great stuff. Hope gabby is alright.

When did Subderland sign Heskey?

Oh Ireland. How poor.

I like this set up and this midfield. We have yet to get "trampled over" like some were concerned we would be with Bannan and Ireland in midfield. Of course it has only been 25 minutes.

Three really good passes from Westwood already. Hope he keeps it up.

I like that people go to this without mentioning he had only one more G+A in 11 more games than Bent. Potent might not be the word you were looking for. I do not think advanced metrics have made it to the world of football yet, but when they do you will realize how inefficient an offensive player Gabby is. That being said, I like the way he is playing now. Several of our goals have come from him backing a defender down, holding him off the receive the ball from midfield, and the distributing the ball well with his back to goal. Now if he could just hit the ball well with his front to goal, we might have something.

Haha.

It is funny how you can completely agree and completely disagree with points in the same post. I think dropping Holman would be a mistake, but I would like to see him played next to KEA instead of Delph. He has the engine needed to play DCM and still pushes forward. That is exactly what we need. You are correct about Lambert though. He needs to find our best XL quickly and stick with it. He also needs to stop making useless subs. Someone gave what our record would be if games ended at halftime (4 wins and 2 draws?), and I think that says a lot about our squad depth and PL's ability to change in game. We have to improve both.

You can't see Sunderland? Time to visit the optometrist.