West Brom (h) post-match thread

[grifter]

Sick of Sterling to be honest. An absolute bottler. He’s been a great player for us but I’d swap him for Grealish tomorrow.

 

[yeseye]

No urgency until too late.
4 mins injury time up and Kev sideways pass to Ake ffs!
Hoof it into the box!

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

If we can't break down that shower of shit it's time to give up.

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

How can you leave it to 75 mins to make subs ffs.

 

[hertsblue]

Ref's fault. DId everyone see Pep was fighting for another 30 seconds and anything could have happened in those.

Could have played for 30 days and not scored

 

[sir baconface]

Another laboured effort with toothless finishing.

Only fair to mention a top performance from WBA goalie Johnstone.

 

[@BluePhil8]

Fucking shite and we can’t be missing two fucking headers from 3 yards in injury time or even giving the keeper a sniff. Will deserve to win fuck all with finishing like that this season. Fuck off.

Agree with that and as much as Pep can frustrate, I truly think it’s a personnel problem. He’s got the team barely conceding chances, defending well and although the midfield looks shit; transitioning to attack fairly well. The issue is we’ve had 20+ shots again today and by and large they’ve all been wank. Chances that I genuinely believe I could have scored in the derby wasted. It’s a familiar story. The players just aren’t clinical, Kun aside. It’s a simple answer, but put Halaand and Messi in this starting 11 and we’re top of the league right now.

 

[damrider]

ederson - hey, at least it's 50% of shots on target going in instead of 100% as always
cancelo - what a pointless purchase of a pointless player, absolutely useless
dias - idk. okay i guess. goal's his fault.
ake - not good. I was very unenthusiastic about his purchase in the first place and I am still baffled as to why he's worth 40 fucking million.
mendy - got nothing to say about him, i guess other than when everyone's shit him being shit doesn't really stand out
gundogan - great, only player with an actually good performance
rodri - not awful actually but also pointless
kdb - produced quality crosses at the end but his decision making is absolutely shocking. plays so lazily, set pieces atrocious
foden - terrible, one of the worst players on the pitch tonight
sterling - uncreative and ineffective
jesus - worst player on the pitch tonight. forgot he completed 90 minutes. never to be found in the box, a striker who's actively trying not to get chances

 

[Blue Til Death]

Terrible doesn’t even describe it.

Something is very wrong, and I know other clubs are facing problems but so awful to experience.

Not fun in any way whatsoever.

Title gone. Hope gone.

Going to be a long season.

No sane fan would fancy us in CL.

A lot of work to do.

I love Leroy and I’m still hopeful in the CL

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Might as well skip the 120 mins of the game against Arsenal and go straight to penalties.

I miss the days of forward passes and runs in behind.