"The jury has been out" on Lambert for so long I think most of them will have expired due to natural causes by now. Very poor record since leaving Norwich in 2012.

Fair enough, wasn't aware of that. Always a bit wary of players dictating a manager's departure though.

He's had two very quiet games the last two imo. Hope the speculation isn't turning his head a bit. Arguably he'd look a lot better the better the side he was in but performances apart you can't really quibble with his goal scoring return this term at a higher level especially considering he isn't an out and out striker.

How does that fraud Lambert keep getting gigs? He just seems to sail merrily from job to job and the poor performance of his teams always seems to be attributed to someone else. If the Ipswich fans didnt like the style of play under McCarthy, they're going to be sadly disappointed now. Also expect there to be some sort of escape clause in Lambert's contract allowing him to walk out and make himself available should the Real Madrid position become vacant. Lol. On Hurst, I don't support Ipswich but looking in from the outside it seems to me that they should have treated his appointment as a long term project. McCarthy had been there that long it was bound to take time for Hurst to fully implement his ideas and style of play. Especially with little or no investment in the team. I'd have thought he would have needed two to three transfer windows ideally. Man Ure are still struggling relatively speaking several managers down the line from Ferguson and they have all the money in the world to spend on the best players.

Agreed. How impressive would Graham look if you stuck him out on the right wing? Brereton probably isn't as much of a hold up player as Graham but what talents he does have are clearly being wasted playing him out wide.

Id replace Evans with Smallwood but generally like the look of that side.

For me, as soon as we go ahead we stop playing normally and start backing off when we don't have the ball and fannying about with it and just trying to keep possession when we do have it. We got away with it at Bolton and in the last 10-15 mins against Leeds but were found out badly tonight. I don't think there's a massive amount wrong that wouldn't be rectified by having a far more positive outlook and playing for 90 mins as if we were 1-0 down but that said Brereton clearly needs to be playing down the centre and we could do with Nyambe back asap.

Great first half, very poor second and whilst we just about got away with it courtesy of a linesman's flag, I have to say TM after getting it right by shaking up the starting line did his best to throw it away with the sunstitutions which merely invited pressure onto us. Raya MOM for the second game in a row for me.

Dont understand those substitutions at all. Tony just cant help himself with Williams/Evans/Smallwood can he.

As someone else said, scrappy 1-0 win needed to get the show back on the road after two very disappointing results at home.

Substitute the name Graham for Dack and I'd completely agree with that. As with last season it still seems to me that if you stop Dack playing you stop Rovers. Despite the fact we've made an acceptable start I'd say our home form has to be a major concern as Id imagine we'll suffer a thin spell on the road at some point. The manager needs to be a lot braver at home and start utilising some of the players he deemed good enough to sign in summer.

This. For home games anyhow.

Don't have a problem setting up like that away from home if the thinking is to try and keep it tight and nick a goal. But surely we have a responsibility to be a lot more proactive and adventurous at home? You can't deny surely that our home record is pretty poor.

They did look decent granted but it's easy to look impressive when the opposition aren't causing you any problem.

Not directed at me so apologies for butting in but a starting line up with three offensive players at home. One of whom was out of position. Isn't it obvious?

I like the way people identify that Sheffield United are a well drilled team with no superstars and then casually observe that we were thoroughly outclassed on the night by the better side as if we were playing Barcelona or something and it was only to be expected as opposed to being completely unacceptable. You're entitled to your views as everyone else is entitled to theirs. I'd wager though that if TM tries that starting line up at home again we won't get anything out of those games either regardless of who the opposition is or how good they allegedly are.

It sounds like get at Tony night but imo the way he is currently handling Brereton is bound to be sapping his confidence. For a Club the size of ours if we spend £7m on a player he should be straight into the team in his normal position and should be an automatic selection unless and until he's proven after a decent run of games he's not up to it. It's no use sticking him on the bench and giving him the odd cameo role for 20 minutes out of position on the wing or only bringing him on when something happens to Graham which again is going to do nothing whatsoever to boost his confidence.

As I mentioned earlier TM got it completely wrong with his team selection imo. He needs to completely rethink how he approaches home games for me, it doesnt take a genius to work out that 8 defenders plus 3 attackers and one of those 3 completely out of position on the wing is a recipe for disaster. If we cant turn our home form round we could soon slip back into trouble and from a personal point of view I don't want to waste two hours watching rubbish every other week. What's the point in coming out of the dressing room if you're not going to have a go at home? Individually despite the plaudits he has received this seasob I cant for the life of me see what Evans offets other than passing the ball three yards. Zero creativity and barely any use in terms of getting a foot in or disrupting the opposition. Jason Lowe Mk 2. At home I'd like us to be a lot more adventurous and a central midfield of Reed and Bennett with Rothwell and Palmer either side would surely provide a lot more energy and creativity and allow us to get the ball up to Dack and Graham or Armstrong or Brereton.

If you're going to blame anyone for Armstrong, blame the manager for sticking him out on the wing. He obviously needs to be operating more centrally. Can't understand why when we were struggling desperately with one up front and no support the manager went like for like with the substitution of Graham and did not try two strikers more centrally at any point.

Mowbray tentirely o blame tonight for me. Lining up at gome with three offensively minded players and one of those (Armstrong) completely out of position on the wing is a disgrace. Why sign players with a bit of creativity like Rothwell and Palmer if you've no intention of starting them?

Didn't think either penalty was justified, the second one looked like the Forest player either dived or lost his footing with no -one near him . Leading up to the first the decision should hIave been a goal kick but a corner was wrongly awarded and from the resulting passage of play I thought the ball just went harmlessly behind the Forest player and the referee inexplicably blew for a penalty. Not our best overall performance but difficult to gauge it really when you're on the wrong end of two dodgy penalties. We do need to start winning at home but I don't think it's necessarily our fault today. Still don't feel Evans and Smallwood are the right midfield combination at home. I thought Evans was poor today.

This does nothing to alter my view that Rodwell was a player to avoid like the plague. Is he available for selection yet or are we just funding his lifestyle whereby he allegedly drives merrily round in his £59k Merc. commiting traffic offences along the way?

Some fairly harsh comments about the owners above considering They've just forked out 7m for a player to sit on the bench.

Didn't see tonight's game but the thing that has always worried me about TM is that he is too loyal to players already at the Club. All his spiel over the summer was along the lines of getting a few players in to assist the ones already there I.e. pad out the squad as opposed to improving the team. We're also drawing far too many games. Like another poster said I Can't decide whether we've made a solid start or whether it's rather worrying that we only have two wins from eight games. You do get the impression that wins will be fairly thin on the ground this season and there will no doubt be games and periods where we play well and are unlucky to lose so we will need a reasonable win ratio to compensate.

Do you mean the season we were relegated and conceded goals for fun? Hardly a badge of honour for Williams.