Great post.Totally agree about Herd only so far enthusiasm will get you in this league from the first minute yesterday he was all over the place positionally and never recovered also as a midfielder by trade his passing is very hit and miss.Against Stoke where effort is needed we did well but against the guile of the likes of Mata and Hazzard we were found seriously wanting.Will Chelsea beat another team 8-0 this season maybe not but they will stuff a few teams.I think yesterday you also saw that Bannan and Westwood are tidy passers of the ball but physically they are slight and were dominated by Luiz ,though hardly suprising whilst somewhat dodgy as a defender at times the guy is a world class and cost Chelsea £30mil IRC.TBH I am suprised KEA didn't come on and just to put some tackles in to disrupt Chelsea a little.
With regards Norwich they have built on what Lambert left their by introducing experainced players like Bassong and Garrido hopefully this is something Lambert himself will take on board because enthusiam of youth and Talent will only get you so far we need some experainced players unfortuantly for Lambert the players he was left with who are experianced Nzog / Bent / Dunne / Ireland have not performed this season or last really.