Back injury I think. He's struggling.
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Not in squad again. What's happened?
Wouldnt wish this on anyone, but Lambert's best bet might be to retire from professional football.Rather than struggle on for a couple of seasons.
Any time you're Lambert way,
Any evening, any day,
You'll find us all
Doing the Lambert Walk.
Joking aside -
Poor fella - wishing him rapid recovery. Personally and professionally.
But also because he is on our books. Harsh, but ..
He was a terrible signing and he is on 25k a week. It was a last minute panic thing to appease the moaning section of the fans at that time and he has scored how many ? played how many? .......and likely to play even less and hes signed on a two year contract!!
How did he pass a medical i want to know and to think we gave away the likes of Ben Turrner whos played bout thirty games for burton since we shoved him out the door!!
I think the best we can do is allow him till the end of the season to recover, get a good pre season behind him and hopefully we will have an experienced target man we can use next season. I don't see anyone coming in for him tbh, and unless he's forced to retire through injury then I don't see the point in paying his contract up.
I think this sums up the situation well.
We are now reliant on Zohore but unless we bring in another striker in the summer we must have cover. I would pick Lambert ahead of Fred and Pilks. When Lambert first came here we did not have to wide players to provide runs and crosses that we seem to get nowadays.
With his experience and finishing ability he may yet be a reasonable goal scorer if we have injuries.?
Like you said, I cannot see anyone taking him at the level of wages he is on.
I wonder if Lambert is on a big game bonus ? There was also talk of a contract extension after 19 appearances.... if true then maybe there's more to the 'bad back' than meets the eye
He's got to be off the books next year, a complete waste of a squad place
Transferred out, loaned out for the season, with us probably paying half his wages or just advised to retire
What ever way he goes, which could include paying some of his wages up front and allowing him to leave on a free I don't particularly care, just as long as he isn't here next season.
He won't add anything, will never fit into a Neil Warnock type team and is useless, by my reckoning there seems little point in letting him hang around like a bad smell