S-Clarke

To be fair though, Rickie is still doing better than some of these so called big names bought over the summer: Norwich spent big on Ricky-whathisname - Hasn't done a thing Swansea spent big on Bony - Scored a couple in europe, but zilch impact in the PL really. Tottenham spent big on Soldado - rubbish return for £28m. Missed 2 sitters yesterday too. We spent big on Osvaldo - zero impact. Sunderland spent about £6m on Altidore - yes 6 frigging million on that - horrendous impact. West Ham signed Carroll for a big fee - Injured all year so far. The only ''new signing'' strikers I'd say who have been a success would be Negredo, Remy (he's on loan though) and Lukaku (also on loan). Other than that, clubs have had a pretty woeful return for their money so far.

I've never, ever seen him save a shot.............they all go in!

Unfortunately it's true. It was the same last season when we were conceding goals left, right and centre. The reality is that Fox and Jos were totally out of their depth then and contributed to that horrendous goals against record, and that's true again now. It's not a coincidence, it's not because they're unlucky, and neither were 'decent' - otherwise we wouldn't have shipped 3 goals. Positioning wise they're all over the show,t hey have no pace and can be turned way too easily. Both struggled in the championship when up against decent strikers, so it's no surprise to see them sinking so badly at this level.

I'd throw Boruc in goal with a sling on....would be better. Sod it, Toni Jimenez...

It's really odd to be honest. The posters who bounce it (Always the same posters as well), seem absolutely delighted to be laughing at their own fans and taking the **** out of their own fans. It was a bit far fetched to think we were having anything other than a good start, but who cares? Enjoy it whilst it lasts is how it should be.

I don't get that, why? He needs to be showing so sort of ability, you can't really improve on being rubbish in all areas. He is showing no natural goal keeping ability or instincts, I will be utterly gobsmacked if he's anything more than a lower-league keeper in his career.

Oh for the day we can say the same about the left back position...!

What exactly do you expect? You're a wum, and they're treating you as a WUM. If we're honest, they should just ban you for good. Why the hell you're back again is beyond me.

Jay Rodriguez has been completely the opposite. Has come back fresh with something to prove. Lallana has been ok too. it's just Lambert who has returned in such poor shape. Reckon it's just an injury, as he did pick up one whilst on duty.

Yeah, fair enough all 3 are kind of out of their depth - but it's not their fault. Hate the way you've started the thread, makes you seem very immature.

Would still be better than Gazzaniga!

Looks like he's carrying an injury to me. We all know that when Rickie plays with a knock, his game tumbles. He seems unable to make a jump at the mo, and his strength has reduced massively in the last few weeks. This is coinciding with an obvious drop in general form too, as his touch has gone down the toilet! It's probably the worst period he's had for us in the time he's been here, but he's earned quite a lot of leyway before anyone is on his back!

He's been pretty awful for a while now, seems to boil down to when he went away with England and picked up that 'injury'. To me, it looks like he struggles to jump or hold off anyone. He's never been mobile, but looks to be playing with a shed load of timber on his back at the moment.

Club don't really share the info, but estimate that Boruc should be back by the end of the month all being well. no idea on Clyne, think it was a thigh injury which could mean quite a few weeks. Would imagine Fonte and Shaw will be back in for Boxing day, however Victor is probably our most long-term, wouldn't expect him back before mid-feb. Osvaldo isn't injured, just suspended until the new year for being a moron.

As much as I think we need to replace the likes of Jos, Fox etc - I don't think that will happen until the summer. I think the club are hell bent on promoting the youth, so before any signings we'll see the likes of Reed, Gallagher, Simms etc get game time. I don't think we'll do much, even though I think we need to. So i'm not going to get my hopes up...

Who knows. A question that will need to be raised with them, but once Davis or Boruc is back, I wouldn't expect to ever see Gazzaniga play again at the highest level.

He simply doesn't make saves. Pretty unbelievable for a keeper.

Or that we're missing 6 first teamers. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good betwet.

Seriously? He was a shambles. He made Adebayor look like Bale.

I don't buy it to be honest. He just lacks the basics in every single department. I expect any keeper to have some sort of command of an area, or some natural judgement to know when to stay or come. He doesn't have it, and he never will.

"In the second half we dressed up as Santa Claus and gave them many presents. We made many mistakes and when you make these mistakes, you are punished. We are obviously very angry.

It's no surprise that teams easily slice through the middle of us now.

Weird post. What's he supposed to do? Magic away the injuries to Boruc, Fonte, Shaw, Wanyama, Clyne? The squad isn't deep enough, and we've been punished for it at a time where we play all the big teams. We have to grin and bear it, as we don't have the squad to manage an injury crisis like this.

He can't help it, he's a decent enough bloke, but he's simply not close to being good enough for this level. We cannot progress any further than we are with him and Jos as backup, that's the blunt reality. They need to be replaced sharpish. Thanks for their time and service, but time to move on...s