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I thought he’d have been all over it, ‘Cardiff City reserves batter WBA, what a great squad we have, only drawback was that those nasty Baggies fans were singing right next to us, creating an atmosphere, instead of being forcibly marched to the other end’.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
DML AUTODEFEND must have kicked in and he leapt to the defence of the club even though no one was insulting them and were in fact giving them creditQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
No shots on target is a worry.
But potentially an excellent point.
Defending very well. To think a similar wba team beat us 4 nil at our place last season.
Sort out some more options going forward and we could have a decent season.
I expected the worst going into this game. Kept seeing how WBA have been playing well but just haven't been getting the results. It had all the makings of a "WBA have arrived" game, especially with our scratch team.
A well-earned point certainly, but so close to three? How so? City didn’t have a single shot on target and every report I’ve read has suggested a 0-0 draw was the right result.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanD
City also drew 1-1 at the Hawthorns last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
West Brom finished 10th in 21/22. Are they likely to do much better this season? Maybe, but I suspect it’s their name rather than the quality of their team which meant they were among the pre-season favourites for promotion.
The Championship really does look wide open this season. At this stage it looks almost impossible to identify the top teams.
Its a very promising start to the season.
I think most of us would have taken an improvement in the football and playing style while staying comfortably in the league and avoiding a relegation scrap.
Early signs are im very optimistic we will achieve those.
There was always the danger that with such a high turnover of players and implementing a new style we could have sunk.
The likes of Rino , Sawyers , Kipre and Collins (will be a huge loss) look excellent signings. Romeo and O Dowda have also been excellent. Maybe the change of club is what they needed.
Add in Ojo and Philagene and a full season of Ryan Wintle ( what was McCarthy doing loaning him out)theres reasons to be optimistic about a good season.
I think if we signed a top Championship standard striker we could get top 10.
Their team is very good for this divisionQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
A couple of just off target shots. A few feet to the right and we could have come home with three points....even with just the one shot on target. Close but no carnage in the away end.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
But like us, they don't have a striker. I think if either side had Kieffer Moore, they'd have won last night. But neither did, so it was a draw :hehe:. We're just crying out for a striker. It's going to be really, really difficult for all our wingers and centre mids to chip in with 8/10 goals that we'll need them to.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
That remains to be seen. Their team looked decent enough on paper last season, but they finished 10th and were well short of the play-offs.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
I notice they shipped Mowatt out to Middlesbrough last week, which surprised me.
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Originally Posted by delmbox
When WBA signed John Swift from Reading, I really thought he might be the difference between them being 'also-rans' to playoff contenders, at least. I felt he was the sort of marque signing I'd like us to have made, although I realise his wages would probably have been a stumbling block.
However, he was fairly ineffective against us last night and perusing their message boards, it seems he's been anonymous in their other games too.
They've got some quality players in Wallace, Diangana, Zohore.... :hehe:
Swift is 27, Wallace is 28. Both are decent players by Championship standards, but neither has ever appeared to be destined for the step-up to the Premier League.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
The majority of the players in West Brom’s current squad seem to fall into the same category - decent Championship players, but not good enough for the next level.
Skybet have WBA as 2-1 for promotion. 4th favourites.
City are 22-1.
I think WBA are way to short while I think 22-1 is very generous.
The league looks very wide open.
Zahore....revenge for Ricky Lambert as I have great pleasure in reminding the numerous Baggies fans in my kneck of the woods.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
I sincerely hope you get his name right though.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanD
Rickie? Or Richy if you go with autocorrect. Either way, the urine was extracted when we signed him.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Erm...his first name is KennethQuote:
Originally Posted by IanD