Lambert

[Johnny75]

Nor me. If we stay up, as we should do now, then I would replace Thelwell, Lambert and the current coaching staff quickly.

I'm with you here Frank. It isn't impatience it is recognising that if you fail then recognise it and move on. You could give Dave Jones good players and he'd get you promoted, there aren't many better in their respective positions than Costa and Cav so we should be using them correctly.

I'm sure Fosun recognise this and all of those you mentioned are now working hard for Wolves to stay up so they don't tarnish their individual reputations, we are all better off apart.

 

[Johnny75]

I know the league doesn't lie but I don't think our position reflects our ability. I believe our current squad should be in and around the top six, making the changes talked about should have us challenging for the top two

No chance, we have a piss poor deep midfield and abysmal full backs. Only Saiss and Hause are worth keeping you could bin the rest of them as they're league 1 at best and include Carl 'concrete boots' Ikeme in that too.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

No chance, we have a piss poor deep midfield and abysmal full backs. Only Saiss and Hause are worth keeping you could bin the rest of them as they're league 1 at best and include Carl 'concrete boots' Ikeme in that too.

Agreed. Johnny this getting very worrying, we seem to keep on agreeing with each other...!!

 

[Tony Towner]

The next game will be interesting. Colin will put 10 men behind the ball and ask us to break them down. If we manage to do this then Lambert has turned us around if not, then he's just benefited from Cav bring fit and playing teams that let us play on the counter.

 

[AndyWolves]

No chance, we have a piss poor deep midfield and abysmal full backs. Only Saiss and Hause are worth keeping you could bin the rest of them as they're league 1 at best and include Carl 'concrete boots' Ikeme in that too.

Disagree, Saiss is class - Price/Evans next to him. Williamson plus Iorfa with Hause, Doc isn't good enough but does get goals.

Ikeme isn't good enough but I'd say championshipis his level

 

[lemonjelly]

Lambert is made manager, Cavaleiro is fit, Wolves win games, Lambert is great...Cav gets injured, Wolves lose because teams double team Costa and there is no decent replacement, Lambert out!
Cav comes back and Wolves go on a good run. Give Lambert some real quality signings with some real quality in depth and things may be fine but I don't think Thelwell is up to the task of finding those players

One player doesn't make a team Darlo. Lambert put out 6 consecutive poor line ups, didn't play to our strengths, and appeared (still appears) to have no plan b.
A manager earns his credit partially by effectively using his squad to overcome the shortcomings of the opposition.
Through february, he neither effectively used the squad, nor did he overcome any opposition we faced.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Genuine question.

Let's make a couple of assumptions. Lambert stays and gets a budget.

Does he buy a new captain , does he give it to Batth again (please god no) or does he go for consistency and appoint from within the existing squad? If so there are really only 2 candidates. Edwards and Williamson. Ikeme at a push but we want new keeper so I hgave ruled him out. I remember all to well Johnson being bought and getting the armband and that went well didn't it! So its a choice of 2. Given Williamson and injury Dangerous could be club captain next year. In which case he has to play DM.

Views?

Id make Price captain. He's vocal, doesn't just point and shout like Batth, good at organising us at set pieces and is born and bred Wolves. He would some passion and wouldn't hide like Batth does.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I love Jack Price as a guy. As a player sadly he isn't quite up to it. OK for 10-15 games a season but we won't get anywhere with him as a mainstay.

 

[Alan]

I love Jack Price as a guy. As a player sadly he isn't quite up to it. OK for 10-15 games a season but we won't get anywhere with him as a mainstay.

Think that's a bit harsh, personally. Probably will never be a PL player but I disagree that he couldn't be the centerpiece of a very good Championship side.

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[Deutsch Wolf]

Doesn't do enough Alan. Offers nothing beyond the halfway line and not enough to compensate the other side.

Shame but his game now is what it was in 2013, he hasn't moved on.

 

[big mean bunny]

Disagree, Saiss is class - Price/Evans next to him. Williamson plus Iorfa with Hause, Doc isn't good enough but does get goals.

Ikeme isn't good enough but I'd say championshipis his level

He mentions Saiss, I am with J and Frank on this. If I was in charge I'd be looking to keep Saiss, Hause and Iofra but based on what we saw the other season. Price I'd have in the squad. Everyone else (including Ben Marshall) wouldn't be in my plans. Now I know it's unrealistic to make that many changes and get results but I'd seriously look at trying to emulate what Watford did in terms of player numbers in. Next season needs to be the proper start of a serious push. Not more makeshift, been happy with the last few games but there are still serious questions, like why he took so long to get Saiss back involved being a key one for me.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not sure Saiss is that good. Excellent technically but I've seen milk turn quicker. Dozy arse sometimes too. He's a bit of a left footed Kev and I didn't shed any tears when he went.

 

[Tredman]

He can tackle much better than McD, though so can my cat tbf

 

[big mean bunny]

Not sure Saiss is that good. Excellent technically but I've seen milk turn quicker. Dozy arse sometimes too. He's a bit of a left footed Kev and I didn't shed any tears when he went.

Football doesn't have to be just about speed. He'd look quicker surrounded by a midfield and actual fullbacks for example. I am not saying he is world class but he looks good enough that he should have been playing. Others that have seen more of us this season than me might have a different opinion but from my view of Prince Oniangue too, he looked like he had the potential to be better than we saw recently. Yet seemed to just get binned off.

My concern with Lambert is that he is another one of these British managers that distrusts certain types of footballers.

 

[b3h]

I agree with Alan for once, I think Price could be part of a solid midfield in this league. Would absolutely need a B2B type and attacking type next to him though (Not Saiss and Edwards...)

Saiss I think is potentially class. Has made a few errors I know but we haven't had the best season have we haha. Definitely less agile than a milk truck as DW says but surely fine next to a B2B type.

If only he wasn't so slow, he might be trusted to play CB in a 4-at-the-back.

Edit: Milk turning not a milk truck :icon_razz: similar..

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I've never been able to judge Prince properly because we've never picked him in a functional midfield. Doubt I'll ever see him in a Wolves shirt again sadly. He's too old to be a "project" player and it looks like Lambo has made his mind up. We'll get our money back and that will be that.

I think when you compare our midfielders to the likes of Shelvey, Kayal, Hourihane, Johansen, Hughes, Mooy, even the likes of Bannan and Woods, you can see how badly we're lacking. We can't dictate play with them, they don't dig in, they don't get about the park very well, they don't create...it's a mid-90s style void. But now we don't have top class keepers, defenders and strikers to make up for it.

 

[Jinky]

Not sure Saiss is that good. Excellent technically but I've seen milk turn quicker. Dozy arse sometimes too. He's a bit of a left footed Kev and I didn't shed any tears when he went.

Totally agree. Saiss, IMO, has been given a very easy ride.

Look at his pass around the 15 second mark -

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10798630/wolves-1-0-rotherham

Dave Edwards does that and he gets blasted for weeks. Saiss still has a lot to prove but is treated like the Messiah by some on here.

 

[b3h]

Totally agree. Saiss, IMO, has been given a very easy ride.

Look at his pass around the 15 second mark -

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10798630/wolves-1-0-rotherham

Dave Edwards does that and he gets blasted for weeks. Saiss still has a lot to prove but is treated like the Messiah by some on here.

Agree that was awful. He has made some errors.

Saiss is potentially class. Edwards is proven shite.

 

[YoungWolf]

He has barely been given a proper run of games? When he has played it's often been with Edwards and Coady in front of him.

From what I have seen of Saiss, he is physically strong and can actually pass a ball at different distances pretty well. Immediately an upgrade on pretty much all of our midfielders.

He gets booked too often but again, needs games to eradicate that from his game. He is slow but reads the game very well and his speed of thought is good. An example of his quality on the ball is the pass to Costa for the goal against QPR in Lambert's first win.

We should be looking to put someone next to him, in my opinion. Or give him and Evans/Price a run of games.

 

[Lupo]

I assume that was the ridiculous pass in the first half versus Rotherham when he appeared to suffer a bout of colour blindness? Shortly before that he dinked a beautiful ball out to Costa on the left that the likes of DE could only do on Football Manager. I agree with Youngwolf, he gets an 'easier' ride as we've seen very little of him compared to some of his midfield colleagues