West Brom (h) post-match thread

[uncle fester]

So are his passes and his chipped crosses all too heavy or misplaced. He was the worst on the pitch tonight.

dont go on the muen ratings page then - they reckon he was the best attacking threat on the pitch!

 

[city saint]

He is a midfielder tbf, not a left winger. Yet another square peg in a round hole

fair point but he didnt play well tonight.i think bernardo needs to play at least he works his bollocks off

 

[kupest]

Jesus

What do you think about it then?

 

[hardman4city]

Buy the right players. The best available, whatever it takes. A midfielder, a fast wing and Haaland.

Haaland would be great but everyone wants him and I don‘t think we’ll get him despite his Dad playing for us.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

I paid Amazon Prime £0.99 for a week's trial (2 games). £0.49 was just about right.

 

[ballinio]

His final ball is consistently awful and his shooting is terrible. People seem to like the other stuff he does, but I ain't one of them.

Cancelo is an abysmal footballer , whoever scouted him needs sacking , Rodri & Mendy are also wank

 

[Fordyboy46]

Thats two games in a row where I've gone on my phone playing one of my games.
Something just isn't right.

I watched Masterchef second half

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

They're a damn sit more immune than some poor joe jobless not knowing where the next paycheck comes from. They are mutli millionaires protected from the real world in so many ways its not true. To make excuses that they are fed up or tired is poor.

Also Pep signed the new contract recently. He could have said this is my last year and taken time off but he chose this

 

[swinton blue]

Nothing will change until Pep changes. If he doesn’t he could be out of a job at the end of this year

Thats the thing he has changed it. For the worse
We are so easy to defend against when we are playing in front of 10 men
I keep saying it why can't we play with width.
Even walker and mendy have been told to reign it back with mahrez and sterling or whoever is playing wide told to play inside
Obviously worried about the counter attack but I think he's gone too far the other way

 

[cleavers]

Feel like I have worked a 12 hour shift after watching that pile of shite.

I had, then watched it.

 

[ysmsa]

Give over.

It's not the manager's fault that the players are not putting the ball in the net enough.

We have the most possession, best pass completion, most shots at goal and concede fewest shots on goal.

We face massed defences in a way and with a frequency that I've never before seen.

We are not as good as we were but we are not as bad as a lot of people think.

Give over, what chances were there. Jesus hardly had a touch in the box, not his fault. The headers near the end could have gone in but they didn't. WBA were absolutely shite, weren't really time wasting, fouling or killing the the game but just shite and we could hardly create a chance.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

I won't try to guess if playing double pivot for every game is the correct move or not, but its plain to see after the team got spanked by Lyon and then Spurs, that Pep fears for the defense.

We look fairly solid and a few frailties might actually help as we could counter a bit more than we are able to now

 

[Scottyboi]

I had, then watched it.

Hahaha bet you feel bolloxed.

 

[cleavers]

Change the fucking record. He put 2 on a plate in the last 5 minutes.

He did, but he was poor all night, in the second half it was 40 minutes before he did a decent pass, his free kick was good, but well saved, but he had a poor night again.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Give over.

It's not the manager's fault that the players are not putting the ball in the net enough.

We have the most possession, best pass completion, most shots at goal and concede fewest shots on goal.

We face massed defences in a way and with a frequency that I've never before seen.

We are not as good as we were but we are not as bad as a lot of people think.

Don't give me stats mate you know half of them mean fuck all. I'm getting sick of all this chopping and changing, weird tactics apathy, non use of subs, and Pep's strange comments. If he can't change things round because he has ran out of ideas or hasn't got the drive anymore than he needs to go now.

No manager is untouchable, not even Guardiola. If he doesn't deliver the CL this season he's toast.

 

[swinton blue]

Owen Hargreaves hit the nail on the head.

Why we are playing two defensive midfielders when we are absolutely dominating possession is absolutely beyond me.

I get that but bring on who ?
Someone else to sit in the middle of the pitch but further up

 

[Akira]

You watch that shite and pick on Sterling, same with other comments on Foden.
At least they try to get it going and try things, the 4 expensive buys who offer absolutely nothing are the reason we are shit.
Gundog, Walker, Sterling get some stick but at least they try to do stuff. Rodri, Cancelo, Mendy, Ake ffs actually embarrassing watching them, fuckin clueless robots, cost us 2 points between them.

This. Posters here rag on Sterling every game this season, and go on to say the players lack effort. If you actually paid attention to the games this season, Sterling has been trying every game.

 

[paulsimpson]

Thats the thing he has changed it. For the worse
We are so easy to defend against when we are playing in front of 10 men
I keep saying it why can't we play with width.
Even walker and mendy have been told to reign it back with mahrez and sterling or whoever is playing wide told to play inside
Obviously worried about the counter attack but I think he's gone too far the other way

Width .
Exactly.
See my post earlier.

 

[sheikmedick]

What does my head in apart from our our own deficiencies is that every team time wastes like fuck and dive about screaming for free kicks against us and the refs just let it go on all the time,and the pundits lap it up.
Even if we did manage to score near the end you know that VAR would be micro analysing the bollocks out of it to try and cheat us anyway.
Just keep waiting for it to all click and we will be ok.up the fuckin blues

 

[ballinio]

I wish we would try chipping into the box more often.

To our 6ft 3 centre forward