JoeParker91

Possibly same people who've been giving him grief for not putting Grealish on - who gave ball away before pen. It was Gabby who gave the ball away for their goal... It was Richardson actually ! I don't think you are correct.

Possibly same people who've been giving him grief for not putting Grealish on - who gave ball away before pen. It was Gabby who gave the ball away for their goal...

I have no idea if they will but I certainly wish he shared some of the passion of Dyche. And could get a second half performance out of us.

Abysmal second half, we will be very fortunate to get a point.

Wait, are we playing in claret?

Cole really has been superb. Need to take advantage whilst he is still got energy.

I guess Gabby counts as loyalty in football and lots of fans didn't want us to offer him a new deal. Delph deserves better than us, I'd be gutted if he goes but I won't begrudge him or Vlaar for leaving.

No way can I see them overturning that red card, which is such a shame, because with a dangerous Benteke we are such a more dangerous side. I worry that the team confidence must be as low as ever.

The trouble is I think there is a strong correlation with us playing well, as we did today, and Benteke playing well at the same time. I think we will really struggle without him for the next 3 games at a time when we and Lambert need him most.

Would we create any chances for him though?

I felt the QPR game he got things far from right.

We address that issue as the game progressed to be fair. Perhaps, shame we couldn't from corners where Spurs had already had a free header (Kane).

That open goal miss from Soldado was pretty bad too.

I can't agree that Spurs didn't look like scoring, we were wide open first half.

This is one of the reasons I think Houllier may have done well with us in other circumstances, he knew Gabby was very limited.

I think Arsenal had only won once before beating us and then Everton were extremely out of form too, they've hardly set the league alight this season.

He's tidy and that's about it. I'm so worried he is our replacement for Delph.

As I've said already, I don't blame Lambert for the lost today but he really needs to go. We are in dire form and the way we have lost today, including having no Benteke, will have severally damaged any remaining confidence. I really worry for us this season under Lambert. Teams who were around us last year, like West Ham, Hull, Swansea and West Brom have all improved or at least have the potential to improve (Hull's signings etc). This really leaves us with the hope that the 3 promoted teams, Sunderland and Palace do worse than us. That is pretty depressing. I also think it is inevitable that Vlaar and Delph will leave us at the end of the season, which undoes any work Lambert went about re-building a new team. We will have to start over again and why would there be any faith that he could manage that task when he is currently failing? I think even Pullis would be a better option, even just for the new manager boost, but I'd hope we could do better. It is not an unrealistic assumption that we will lose our next two games, which would make it an incredible 8 losses in a row. A part of me really thinks that Lerner would never fire Lambert, I'm just clinging onto the hope that Fox may step in to try an push the club forward.

I can't defend him at all for his red card, cost us the 3 points today. I've only seen the incident once but he barged Mason originally, then took a right footed swipe which was worse than what he did after. It was as soft as a hand to the face red card you'll see but he should never have put the referee in that position to make the decision. It is a real shame as he looked fantastic first half and we'll really miss him in the next 3 games which I think ultimately, will be more of a nail in the coffin for Lambert than todays result was.

I'm firmly in the Lambert out camp but I can't pin this one on him.

Think we will need 2 or even 3 to win this. Nice to see chances being created though.

What a save. Far far far too easy.

So unlucky. Goaalllllll.

Superb cross.

Sanchez needs to stop rushing in.