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It wasn't dangerously aggressive and he wasn't the last player defending

Ireland should be scoring those!

We're playing well so far. Nice shape, decent passing and actual movement. When we have the ball we look good. I look forward to seeing this team and formation but with Wiemann and Lichaj replaced with Benteke and Bennett.

I'd play Bennett LB from the start Today.

I don't think Clark is suspended. He missed the Tranmere game

I think when everyone's fit, Lambert will go with the 4-3-1-2 he's used recently. -------- Benteke ---- Bent ----------- ---------------- Ireland --------------- Delph --- Elh Ahmadi -- Westwood Bennett - Dunne -- Vlaar -- Lowton ---------------- Given ------------------ The 2 wide midfielders aren't wingers, they're acting as central midfielders that will go forward or drop back into the left or rightback positions when the FBs are attacking.

Assistant Manager's as good as he'll get, I reckon. :winkold:

I don't think we'll have to wait and see anything BJ10. I'M better than Warnock and Hutton defensively. As long as neither of them score headed own goals or try to snap opponents legs, we're better off defensively. Also, Lowton has played well so far, imo, PLUS he can play centreback... I'd like to see Hutton convert to CB for a game! We'd concede 15 penalties!

Come onnnnnnn! Make it happen Lambert, make it happen!

Albeit, only against Tranmere, but he was fantastic on Tuesday. I was at the game and he was constantly on the move, making interceptions, looking for the ball and building attacks. He probably had a hand, in some way, in all of our goals. He was chalked offside for his lob over the keeper too. If that hadnt been offside, that would have been an excellent goal. I have hope that we'll see the best out of Ireland, now that we have a manager that will let him flourish. I watched some of the AVTV interviews last night and he says that he doesn't want ever become a player who's scared of playing a dangerous pass. He doesn't want to play an easy pass when there is a chance that a more inventive pass could benefit the team. (words to that effect..)

Lambert can get the best out of him whilst also giving him an earful when he tries to act like billy big balls!

The one, the only.... Clint 'Mr Fantastic' Dempsey :winkold: If we signed him, wiggy is at risk of having a jism-attack to the point of being hospitalised!

I can only really see us bringing in a ST and a LB (Benteke and Bennett?) this window. I would like us, at some point, to bring in an experienced Premier League central midfielder to play next to KEA. I've had a look through the central midfielders in the league that would add experience, be within our price range and would have the slightest-possibility of leaving their respectives clubs in the next window or two and here's the list I've come up with: Nolan Diaby Carrick Mulumbu Anderson Palacios Adam Huddlestone Some are far-fetched, I know. Some are also pretty poor (Palacios/ Nolan)!

Same here, I actually think he was one of our best players Yesterday. Good in the tackle, decent passing, works hard and gets forward a lot. If Cresswell is similar/ better then I think that'll be £4m well spent.

Unlucky GG. I was really hoping you would get some gametime this year. I feel sorry for the lad

If this is true, and right now nobody knows, then I think PL has made an appalling error in signing Lowton for £3M. I can't see why he'd do that, i mean Hutton is not the best right back in the world, but he would have done for another season, why splash 40% of your transfer budget on a rookie for a position in which you already have a rookie and an international ? I think there is probably more like £15M, but the market has gone silly this summer. This is a very good point that I hadn't considered before. Hutton, as bad as he is, isn't the biggest problem area in the team. I'd say Warnock is worse than him. I've always thought there were funds available. I still trust Richards info, and that we'll make a few signings in the next week.

I would be happy with that. But realistically, I'm expecting a leftback and hopefully a striker. Any more will be a bonus for Me. With the narrow formation we've been playing so far, I think that the 'wide' positions are actually covered by Holman, Ireland, N'Zogbia and Albrighton. Any more signings in that position and we'd have an awful lot of players to rotate frequently (or we'd need to play 3 of them and only 1 striker, meaning that Gabby/ Wiemann/ 'new striker' would be left to be rotated aswell).

PL rules out Defoe and Jones.... Good!! I enjoy getting swept away by the speculation as much as the next guy, but nothing about the Carroll rumours even begin to add up. Maybe I'll be proved wrong but the deal seems to make no sense and conflicts with everything else that has happened in the window so far. I wouldn't rule Carroll out. One thing you can say about our transfers is that they haven't been excepted. We didn't see links/ rumours about Vlaar, El Ahmadi or Lowton until a day before they signed. Also, regarding funds, we've never been told that we haven't got funds to spend. Just because we brought in Vlaar, Lowton and El Ahmadi for roughly £3m-each, doesn't mean that we don't have more. Finally, Carroll is available to buy & Lambert has previously played with a target man, which we currently don't have. I think he could be on our radar.

I would be more than happy with that squad. Having Carroll, Bent or Gabby upfront, with balls put through to them from Holman, Delph, Ireland, Bannan or N'Zogbia should easily be enough. The defence is less convincing, but it has potential, and I'd much rather that defence than 'Hutton-Collins-Dunne-Warnock'.

It's worryingly quiet!!!! But I'm sure the silence will be broken soon, and it'll probably be for another player that most of us have never heard of and the papers had no clue about!

If Lambert is happy with his midfield 'options' (isn't a great deal to choose from), then I have little faith in him as a manager Luckily there are no quotes from Lambert, so we can all keep our faith in him.

Of course it would but thats not what we're discussing is it and it still doesnt mean he cant improve himself and become a better player does it? At 28 I doubt it. Why? Becoming a better player for us could have simply meant getting used to the league. He played less than 10 games. I don't think it'd be unreasonable to think a player could improve their game with us, after getting experience of the speed of the league.

I'd like us to go for Olsson. He's still fairly young so he can still improve defensively, he was good going forward in a poor Blackburn side & with the way we're playing, I'd hope that the central midfielders will provide defensive cover when he is attacking the wings. The only thing I'd be concerned about, would be when we're defending set pieces. He's a fairly small chap, IIRC..

Because he wasn't ITK before, but he is now...

I came into this thread to suggest this! But 'do's not 'ooh's... Do, do, dooo, Karim El Ahmadi