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Originally Posted by MacAdder
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VAR & poor refereeing (from the best in the world) ruin a game againQuote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Flat as a pancake, classic Championship stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
West Brom probably pretty decent side
We’ll finish 9th-14th I reckon, which I guess ain’t bad going considering
You can say that again. Not sure how Tanner lasted as long as he did, and the keeper... well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
We desperately need a centre forward.
We do. Someone who can bring others in to play. none of them can 'keep' the ball, buy fouls, time etc. scoring the odd goal would be a bonus as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
We also need our midfield to be further forward so those players could be brought into play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
He likes wide players, so three more defensive type players in the middle. I'm not sure that he would add a more forward thinking creative player in the middle, although i'm not sure he has to if he can get a decent number 9 and the wider players to contribute more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
We need Moore of a presence up front :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
We just need a few bodies as well, as we are light on options
I thought we were dreadful tonight, we didn’t seem to have any energy,very little creativity and made WBA look good.
I watched some of the game on a stream as I had to work, but the gap between our midfield and forward line was ridiculous. We could have had Haaland up front for us and he'd have had no support from midfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Yup, it showed this evening. Hold on and bring in bodies during the window.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
They are 3rd in the league as it’s stands, they are hardly awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by SOXY BOY
Yeah, i agree. Bulut likes his wide player to be the creative hub, the three in the middle are very tight, the only one who moves along the line is siopis. Doesn't mean we can't be creative though, players in the middle can still get advanced at the right times. Although the three in there this evening are quite weak and slow in the attacking department. Hopefully Bulut has someone lined up. Wintle isn't the answer and siopis has looked sloppy and rushed recently. Ralls is Ralls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
I didn’t say they were awful, but we didn’t really test them and made it easy for them.
We were clueless. Bowler was our only threat and he had three players around him and his starting point was 35 yards out from goal. No creativity.Quote:
Originally Posted by SOXY BOY
This side isn't bad at all when it's firing
Tonight West Brom , in good form got that goal and that's often it at this level
Nothing to fear in this league though , we could easily go up there and do them in the same sort of way
It's easy to be wise after the event but a powerful centre forward and a direct approach could have won that game , we certainly didn't have our fancy football boots on
Sometimes you have to send for the artillery
It was crying out for something, anything. We had our last gasp 10 minutes again but otherwise were content to watch them keep the ball. Dreadful night.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Artillery? Every set piece/corner we had their defence were so big they were like the Welsh Guards on the six yard box. Some big lumps there. Oh for a Chopra or McCormack making them turn and chase.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
WBA will be happy with a good away performance. Nothing fancy, got their goal and were able to control game in 2nd half.
We looked as if we were missing players. With Ramsey, Collins, Grant I the team we would have won. As it was we were short and it showed.
WBA will be up there this season. We might be with 3/4 players.
West Brom are a solid decent team , probably just behind the 3 relegated teams . I’m not sure whether Runnarsson could have saved that shot, it looked in as soon as he hit it from where I was sat but he’s very shaky, almost made a terrible error in the first half with the ball at his feet ( his supposed strength!) , looked positionally in the wrong place again when they broke and hit the post and completely missed a cross in the 2nd half , he doesn’t fill me with any confidence and I can’t imagine he does to his defence.
We were slow and predictable tonight, West Brom pressed better and noticeably picked the pace up from the start of the 2nd half.
I would add if you added a striker ( Moore) and Ramsey and O’Dowda into that side we would have given them a better game. Hopefully we can stay in touch until January when those 2 players return and get back to match fitness and we add a couple of players ( striker / midfielder)
We’ve done a pretty good job of coping without Ramsey, but we didn’t half miss him tonight.
Our artilleryQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Keiffer Moore
That sort of threat
Their 'keeper made one save all game which sums up another dreadful home performance. Whatever they are doing in training at the moment it doesn't seem it's intended to provide any entertainment for us poor saps who turn up and suffer 90-ish minutes of tedium.
That’s one more than our keeper mademind.Quote:
Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts
Bulut isn’t a miracle worker, but he’s done well with this squad so far. We simply don’t have the strength in depth at this moment in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Hopefully a lot of this will be changed come January.
Our keeper has a gift to the opposition in him every time he’s played and hopefully Alnwick will be back in for Saturday, Romeo is league one level at best, Meite doesn’t contribute anything and without Ramsey we lack any real creativity
I’m surprised that Robinson started as he looks like he can’t be arsed.
WBA are a decent side but with Collins Ramsey ODowda and a decent number 9, we would have nothing to fear at the Hawthorns.
Tanner is an impact player, Ugbo and Etete are just there to make the numbers up, as both offered nothing last night.
We’re in a decent position with the current squad we have, hopefully come January and 3-4 additions with the return of Ramsey and ODowda we”ll look a more exciting prospect
Indeed. Although i don't know how they managed to hit the post rather than score after another defensive howler in the first half. If it was a bit warmer I'd have dozed off in the second half.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
The game confirmed a few things.
We are not great at home we just had a run of the bottom teams to play at home at the start of the season.
We are very reliant on Collins and have no cover at all, which is what we all knew.
We have no Cover for NG either, as look a lot weaker when he is not right back.
We need a better quality Striker.
Grant is a little bit underrated by our fans, we missed him yesterday too.
Kieffer, Ramsey, and O'Dowda will make a huge difference, as will the other potential signings mentioned, if in fact any of that is true.
It's incredibly frustrating that players who get a goal then go back to sleep the next gameQuote:
Originally Posted by olderblue
I would love Etete , Ugbo , Robinson to shine for us , we are in a position where goals from up front could push us into the top six
I personally think that apart from a bit of consistency it's all we are missing
Keifer Moore or something similar would shoe in really nicely , as it is those in forward positions are just not taking their opportunities
We don't have enough quality in the squad to rotate. Triple substitution on 55 minutes. If that game was played on a Saturday I think it would have looked very different.
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20 minutes! It must include all of the half-time break!Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
Here's a mere 8 minutes worth if the masochistic wanna put themselves through it again!Quote:
Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts
https://youtu.be/yPyCovUH9AY?si=KATEkaZ_7ScMJepg
Mainly players running around a lot but it does highlight from the angle behind the goal that Runnarson should have done better for their only shot on target.