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Correct in this respect. Ellis would have sacked Lambert long ago. Yep. Ellis tended to provide a budget that a top 8 side would expect, so he would definitely sack a manager whose side did as badly as Lambert's budget battlers are doing. If you want to believe that Ellis would not have sacked Lambert by this stage, I have to disagree.

Correct in this respect. Ellis would have sacked Lambert long ago.

I think Grealish and Robinson should both go back out on loan. Lambert clearly does not intend to play them, and all that is happening at the moment is that their development is being interrupted.

Possibly that says more about England, Paul.

Agbonlahor and Benteke need to be dropped. Bring in Robinson - a striker in form. I would bet he will put in far more effort than Benteke.

Very much this. Surely Lambert must start with these guys next time out.

Grealish fills one of those spots for me Got to have Weimann in there.

None of those midfielders do. We've had about one or two assists from the four midfielders that started this season. One assist in about 85 hours of football. No goals. Sorry meant that started the game yesterday. The only really good midfielder we have is Sanchez. The rest are average or poor.

He certainly has skill and can beat his man, but has no end product. Definitely not a game changer in my opinion.

Neither Lerner nor Lambert are going anywhere soon, and I suspect Lerner is not bothered enough to be moved by any protests. Falling attendances may have some impact on Lerner, but apart from that I am not sure what else can be done. It really is a dire situation, and we can only hope that we can avoid relegation year on year until a change of ownership.

One or two improvements, versus 12/13 who have gone backwards. Do you REALLY want to go there? Oooops I forgot, Negativity Rules. \m/ Reality rules.

Surely he must be dropped. It is obvious that he is off form/ over rated/ whatever, and really adds nothing at the moment. Put Weimann or Robinson up front.

Weimann and Gil looked good together. Did not think Benteke looked any better.

Nope. Neither of them is on form.

Looks that way! But still he plays. Hopefully Everton will want him, but cannot understand why.

Okore and Clark, to me , are the better pairing. I also think Clark is the better player, but Baker is terrific back up. Quite lucky to have 3 excellent young centre backs.

Gil, Sanchez - have Elche got any more like them?

Looks a really good little player. I think he can make things happen in the box, but we need the strikers to put chances away. Hopefully Lambert can organise the team to make the most of his ability.

Stretching it a bit, but not by too much. We did have fifteen attempts at goal. We bossed the second half and should have taken one of the umpteen chances we had. Over the last two games I criticised Lambert for our lack of penetration, with Delphi and Gil on we looked a different side. One capable of staying up! I am not sure whether intentional or not, but we seemed to play 4-4-2 second half with Gil free to roam. Surely it was Weimann and Gil who made the difference.

Looked much better when Gil and Weimann came on, they seemed to work well together. To my mind, Weimann needs to start in stead of Agbonlahor, or possibly Benteke. Benteke needs to be dropped, he is a passenger at the moment. Too many passengers - Agbonlahor, Benteke, Cleverly. Delph is over-rated, and should be sold this window. Sanchez MOM, Gil looks very good, hopefully Lambert will allow him to express himself, really think a change of personnel up front with him creating and we will start to score again. Good games also from Okore, Hutton and Guzan. Apart from when our two subs came on, it was pretty much more of the same as always, aimless passing around in our own half, with just a little bit more penetration than usual. Did not expect anything from this game, so not particularly disappointed.

ala darren bent Would Robinson be any worse than Benteke?

This is the sort of stupid comment that does not endear him to fans.

Does this mean that we do not pay him to train? We pay him purely for the minutes on the pitch? Genuine question, if anyone actually knows, not just guesswork.

Think Grealish and Robinson should both go out on loan and remain on loan until they are required to actually play for the first team. Lambert is wasting their development years. Their contracts will have run out during the time of Lambert's contract, and we may lose them without ever finding out how good or otherwise they are, either on loan or with us. I can understand that he has to be cautious with young players, but this looks like bad management of our resources.

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