NSmith22

Terrible news. No excuses for Lambert not to give Helenius a chance to shine under the circumstances for the rest of the season.

I think alot of that has to do with the fact that we don't have a roster full of world class players. When Lambert has to plug in Baker or Lowtown or Bennet into the defense it throws everything off. The injuries to Kozak and Okore really threw off Lamberts plan and development of the players he brought in. Further, Westwood has been absolutely phenomenal to me this season. And to think Lambert got him for what? 800k?

Is it really that hard to grasp? are clubs no longer allowed to buy for the future? I'd hazard a guess if we brought him next yr for something like the money that Cornelius was brought in for around £9mill and he didn't make an impact, then you'd one of the first to slate the club for bringing in foreign over priced crap. There were two strikers available from that league, cornelius and helenius. It turns out that neither were ready just yet. The difference is we didn't spunk £9mill on our striker. Got him in early to bed down and adjust. Good business for me. Well, like I say, this "project" is beyond me. I can't understand why a player who comes to a premier league club isn't constantly banging on the manager's door to get game time - this is after all his big chance - and I don't see how what he's doing now (training with the squad) is preparing him for a future premier league career. If we're effectively treating him like an Academy player then getting match experience seems crucial and if he's not good enough to get it with our first team, he should go out on loan. Still, I'll take your reassurance that it's good business and wait to see how the club benefits. It's really not that hard to understand. He turned down loan opportunities to train with the first team. Seems like a good idea to me, get acclimated. Previous posters have given you the example of Cornelius and how that turned out for Cardiff. For 1.2 I think it's a great bit of business and the fact that he's scored when given the opportunities has been the cherry on top.

Westwood is the example for all the players today.

Not sure how Lambert gets blamed for putting the exact same squad out as Chelsea. These are grown men we're talking about. If they can come out the gate and go 1 up like that they sure as hell should be able to hold that tempo, energy through the half. The entire back 4 got extremely complacent and Baker was just his old self.

You know what I think Lambert is doing exactly what needs to be done to light a fire up their arses with these subs.

Completely agree and the other point he makes about Lambert's tactics go directly back to slashing the wage bill and a piss poor midfield. It doesn't surprise me one bit the team tries to completely skip over the midfield by hoofing the ball up to Benteke/Kozak with Guzan and Vlaar. Until Lambert gets prem level funds to assemble a midfield the blame lies elsewhere in my opinion.

The central defense completely fell apart in 3 minutes...

Goalpost MOTM

Kiss his ass some more ref geez. He feels bad to call a foul.

Someone teach Sylla how to pass a ball on the ground. F**K

The starting XI I get, but the subs are confusing the hell out of me.

That dipshit Tiote just runs around targeting.

I eat my words...Baker is on it today

Attack is so piss poor lately that they can afford to use 2 defenders to cancel out Benteke...

2 clear yellows he passes on for Villa and as soon as a foul happens on our end he whips it out...BS

Cardiff got thrashed by Hull yesterday... We should have nicked 2 goals in that game. Baker playing well against Cardiff doesn't really do much for me.

Baker over Clark...wtf

WOW. http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/835549479.gif?1390747983

He tweeted on the 6th that he would be back in 2-3 months time.

Agreed. Lescott isn't as good as he used to be, quite a few times he's been at fault for some of the goals they've conceeded because he isn't in the right place. Yes, he will be an improvement on our defence, but not as big as some of us are making out to be. Look no further than the goal he gave up against Noone over the weekend. I prefer Clark/Vlaar tandem any day right now. I really don't get the criticism for Clark, escpecially this season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yM3ac1thCg

Are there any links out there of his goal? I couldn't find anything on YouTube.

Are there video highlights available yet?

HELENIUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Screaming at the computer! I LOVE IT