West Brom (h) post-match thread

[Bluemoon115]

At least we've groomed Arteta as a replacement...

 

[Chak19]

With the WBA defending thought tonight might have been better to introduce Mahrez in second half for his trickery

That's what I thought, Mahrez is usually shit in big games but is fine against lower table teams.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Correct. We've got one decent fullback at the club.
Cancelo, Mendy and Zinchenko are average at best.

And Walker with his normal brain fart every game.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

I thought Rodri and Mendy were awful. De Bruyne and Sterling look jaded. The only players who played well were Gundogan and Cancelo.

Cancelo was by far our worst of 9 poor performances. No idea what you were watching.

 

[paulchapo]

No ideas, no passion, no fluidity, no pace, no guts, no belief,no chance this season.

 

[jimharri]

Southampton will be rubbing their hands at the thought of facing that insipid bunch at the weekend. Play like that, or like last saturday evening, and we'll lose.

 

[swinton blue]

They can all fuck off including pep
So easy to play against when we play in-between the lines of the penalty area .
Teams are not going to get knackered when they don't have to move
No width. Rodri gundog kdb foden sterling Jesus cancelo all in that area outside the box
Disgraceful tactics

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

I’ve watched many palpitating games that have gone for & against us over the years but that game has just absolutely boiled my blood......professional fuckin footballers strolling around in the box, Pep will get pelters for that & rightly so as he should of hooked Jesus & Raz, I’ve seen more movement from a dead canary....absolutely fuuuumin, and breathe, well played Gundy

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Yet he was no where near the worst full back on the pitch tonight

True but Cancelo, while shit tonight, did have some promising moments. Mendy has been full on shite for almost 2 years now. It’s like keeping an aging pet around long after it should have gone

 

[Hesperus]

We look like a team that’s got no confidence and hasn’t a clue what to do.

Why are we playing two defensive midfielders, at home to WBA?

Considering the money we’ve spent the front line without Aguero is awful.

This season, Foden, Sterling, KDB, Jesus and Mahrez have all been shite. Foden is young and will be inconsistent but the rest have no excuses.

 

[Dicko75]

It we all know we are not at the races, 12-1 on the draw and it came in- still a shite result but we are that predictable - are we actually that surprised based on season so far ?

 

[paulsimpson]

Pressure off.
I have zero expectations with this current city set up.

we need 5 new class players to change this season & sell the same dead wood who constantly let us down. 2 strikers a must in January or champs league over too.

biggest concern is Pep! Crazy tactics & zero plan again. I just Don’t get it.

jesus, Rodri, mendy, cancello just not good enough.

sterling & Kev just don’t seem capable of what we expect.

No the pressure is on all the more
We have to get a top 4 position. On the current tactical display it isn't happening.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Reported.

I'd take a look at your own posts first my friend.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

In the last 5 minutes Gundogan missed an easy header ,Aguero blazed wide , Sterling missed another very easy header not forgetting Gundogan unkucky free kick which went 6 inches wide .
You can blame Pep all you want , if the players dont put the ball in the back of the net , what can Pep really do , we miss 90% of our chances , Aguero will make a massive difference , if we can keep him fit for the next 20 games we will be there or thereabouts, because no one is lighting this league up ,80pts will win it

 

[manimanc]

Luckily everyone else is dropping points.
The table will look completely different in 3 or 4 games time but it's a real real chore watching us at the minute.

Got a fight on our hands this season, the players need to stop feeling sorry for themselves and start showing that they've got a pair.

 

[bellsouth]

If Aguero stays for we’ll be ok but other than him we have no goal threat, well apart from Torres who Pep decided wasn’t required at any point tonight!
Sterling and Kev should be sat out for Soton - no one should be picked on reputation alone (as a great manager recently stated)

 

[Blu1]

26 shots! 1 goal! Lol Fook me

sheik please sort this out

 

[herrock]

Rodri plodding along giving the ball away, Mendy woeful, Sterling scored loads of goals but misses some massive chances, Kdb looks shattered, foden wasted on the wing, ake instead of laporte? We have been spoilt, this is the poorest side we've had for a few years.

 

[BLUE THUNDER]

Cancelo, Mendy, Rodri - oh dear why did we buy them?

for a bargain cost of 160 mil.
Incredible.
The biggest waste is Rodri, slow as a crab, why buy him ?

 

[creditunionhero]

No upbeat tempo from the start, no variation in how we move the ball and yet we still had two good chances at the end which were wasted. No intent and no leadership on the pitch. No one took the game by the scruff of the neck. Lethargic from the off, all the players are waiting for someone else to do something. We don't try and draw players out and no one driving at defenders at pace, no wonder we don't get pens we don't attack the box.