King Cropley

If it didn't convince him not to appoint McLeish, it is hardly going to convince him to sell-up is it? Maybe we should protest again......see if we can get him back ?

Thanks for those pearls of wisdom......presumably in a former life you were a violin player on the Titanic ?

Yes but as the second-striker. Weimann is best as a poacher I think. He is basically a more hard-working Darren Bent. ...couldn't lace Bents boots....ever

0-8, 0-4 and 0-3 in the space of a week, last season. Knocked out of a cup semi- final over 2 legs by a bottom tier team and chinned in the FA Cup by Millwall......now we get worse, week on week and still people can't see the wood for the trees ? Staggering to be honest, this clown has no plan A let alone a plan B. Without doubt the worse set of players in my 40 odd years of watching us - never mind the clowns of 86-87, this team has no spirit, no heart and even more worrying no ability - not a single 'leader' amongst them....frightening that some are saying 'what's the point in sacking the manager'......have we been dumbed down that much ?

Our defence was a shambles, an overpaid shambles at that, I'm glad Collins, Warnock and Dunne went. I find it funny that people are constantly picking out our defence for improvement, a defence that has much improved since last season apart from the last few games where Vlaar has been out injured. Vlaar runs the show at the back, simples, as soon as he'll back we'll be better again - just like last season. Our defence has not improved - it is as poor as any I have seen in 40 odd years of watching us. Baker is dreadful, barely Championship standard. Clark is caught out of position frequently and Vlaar is usually to be found making last ditch challenges due the lack of any positional sense of any of our back 4. Lowton is half decent - however our left backs are all, also Championship standard at best. Same people are making same mistakes, week after week - God only knows what they do at Bodymoor each day, with our 'defensive coach' ? Coupled with our paper thin midfield and lack of quality up front, I genuinely fear for what the rest of the season holds for us. The happy clappers would have us think otherwise but Lambert is taking us backwards not forwards.

Sacking Lambert would be moronic ?....and ignoring all the work he's done ? Please quit with the happy clapping and hopeful jocularity. Clark, Baker, Westwood et al are completely and utterly out of their depth. As is the manager who doesn't have a plan B - actually the plan A isn't great either. I keep hearing how we are improving from last week / month / season.....NO WE **** ARE NOT !!! This is a team that have had a real lucky start to a season where even the big teams are still feeling their way, we are still atrocious at the back, anonymous in midfield and Sunday morning standard up front. I'm still not sure if Lambert's transfer policy is based on either having no money to spend or him thinking he's a real clever ****.....either way it's not working. One way or another, a change is needed because this shite we are served up every week isn't acceptable....

What was your opinion on Clark last year? Or vlaar? Conclusively saying someone isn't good enough after 12 games, especially someone as young as bacuna, is stupid. Unless they're totally unbelievably awful, which bacuna hasn't been. .....do they not get Sky in Blackburn ?

That's your opinion and fair play to you. My opinion is that he is not Premiership quality.

Injuries can happen at any time though. Better having the quality on the pitch when they are fit than watching the likes of Bacuna, KEA or say a Bowery play 40 games a season.....and I'm not just blaming them....just names I plucked out of the list of non-entities in our squad. It's a lack of quality that holds us back not a lack of desire....apart from yesterday of course.

....maybe he should try shopping elsewhere ? 7 players at approx £6m each would in all likelihood have served us better. Like most things in life, you get what you pay for.

NO THANKS. a pile of shit that isnt good enough for the Championship, id really question Lambert if we signed shit like him Ridiculous statement. He would get a start in our team at the moment and plenty of other Premier League teams too. However he is probably out of reach financially and if we did have that sort of budget we could probably get better for the money. no way. I would actually prefer Albrighton or Brett Holman on the wing than McGeady. absolute dreadful player with zero talent at all. Even Stephen Hunt was a better winger for Ireland If that is your genuine opinion then it’s pointless having a discussion with you. Just hope the club never appoint you as a scout. [/quote That works both ways mate......

Reading the article in full, together with fan comments, tells me more about Shrewsbury than it does about the player.....looks like they were hoping a young lad would give them a cheap goal scoring option, which rarely works at that level. He'll be better served by a Championship loan to a club that actually has some footballers rather than a band of journeyman cloggers.

Strange that we are expected to 'write off' results against so called Big 6 teams ? OK no problem - however, the fact remains that against Newcastle and half of the Norwich game, we were **** dire with a capital D. Our defence hasn't improved one iota, we still look lightweight in midfield and with Benteke out, not sure where our threat will come from ? Other than that, everything's rosy....

The Doc quote was about Dwight Yorke, I believe ? I confidently predict you'll be equally as wrong about Kozak......

Nathan Baker requires treatment. Corner goes out for throw-in on opposite touch line. Vlaar falls over.

The manager should have moved Andy W to the bench at half time today - he hasn't been at it in any of our games this season (not sure why because I rate the lad) but hoping that a young player will play himself out of bad form is page 5 of the Crap Coaching Handbook.

I know that you said that Stefan, but I think a few others may be barking up the wrong scapegoat tree when they're looking for reasons why we lost today. Weimann and Gabby were brutally bad today, to the point of embarrassing. Luna got raped big style and the midfield looked as if they'd never met.....even allowing for all of this I thought we still had enough to deal with Newcastle and we should have done.

Whatever his 'effort' today, if anyone thinks Benteke was our worst player today then you may wish to consider train spotting or cheese rolling as an alternative weekend pastime......he scored today despite the efforts of his team mates, not because of them....

Predictably poor home performance - for all his good points, Lambert seems O'Neill-esque in his inability to recognise when we are getting mullered and how to rectify matters ? Ben Arfa spent most of the afternoon tearing Luna a new arsehole mainly because he had no cover from a woefully out of form Weimann. But instead of shoring up the middle and sending Delph out to put Ben Arfa to bed we continued to get ruined down their right - then having sent Kozak on in desperation, no change to bring some service on for him and Benteke ? Mind bogglingly Sunday morning tactics......against a piss poor Newcastle team. It's not a knee jerk response - we are getting to be 'unlucky' every week.

Colley, Nursey and Kendrick all saying we're done and dusted now ?

So, is the general consensus ''that's all folks" ? Or any sneaky ITK information still to come ? My wife is finding it hard to comprehend how sad I get, glued to the telly on deadline day, but feck it, it's only twice a year !!

Stand by for the Olbyun fan sites to get lively.....Sky seem to think they're selling Shane Long to Hull ?? I thought he was their best player TBH.

Just seeing on Sky that Jelle Vossen leaving Genk for Middlesbrough ?..... Wasn't he Benteke's old strike partner ? Apparently fee is £4m, sounds cheap enough.

....you're shitting us yeah ? Lets not buy anyone from the Premier League because that will give them the money to buy the players from abroad that we didn't want to buy anyway ? Sounds like a plan.... The fact remains that despite the bright start, we are still woefully short of the quality (not numbers) to make any meaningful improvement on the last 3 seasons of stagnation. Lambert, Faulkner et al, need to start thinking Morrisons or Sainsburys instead of Lidl or Aldi - we know we don't shop at footballing Harrods but as in most things in life, you get what you pay for. We got lucky with Benteke but even he cost £7m which probably equates to the cost of half our signings so far. I'm mindful of FFP regulations and all that cobblers, but please don't tell me that the money spent so far equates to our transfer budget. We all know we're short and where - hopefully the 'professionals' do too ?