Head over heart, this topic deserves a sensible and serious discussion. He doesn't really fit into the new system, which we'll need to get used to if we're to become mainstays of the PL. There's also the issue of a player, particularly an older one, becoming too influential. Just look at Steven Gerrard and Liverpool. Liverpool players look to Gerrard for inspiration and a few years ago he'd be happy to oblige. Right now, he's not the player he once was and can't lift the burden on his shoulders. The same is happening to the old guard at Man U and their new generation aren't stepping up fast enough. I'd hate for Lambert to go the same way for us. Let him go out on a high and let someone else deal with a player in his twilight years. Arsenal sold Henry at a good time and have sold Van Persie at a good time too. I reckon they'll finish strongly and clinch 4th again.
Chelsea have splashed the cash to fill the boots of their old guard and it looks like paying off for them. If they'd stopped to think about replacing aging stars sooner though, they could have saved a lot of money by signing less illustrious players who they could turn into influential players.
Lambert I reckon will have a good season, but I'd need a great deal of resolve to turn down an offer of 5 times what we bought him for. Before pre-season, I thought the 433 was just something in my head, but now we're actually using it, I am starting to wonder where Lambert stands.
