West Brom (h) post-match thread

[chaddblue]

Definitely shit tonight. Has had some good games but we should never have signed him in the first place, not for what we paid anyway. How did his value reach £60m when he wasn’t even starting for Juve?! Money could have been spent elsewhere.

Mendys worse

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Certainly.

Even Sun Ji-Hai would be an improvement on Mendy.

I am starting to re-consider my views on Angelino. He is certainly better than Mendy.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

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

 

[eastmanc]

Bring back Keegan!

Made me smile that.

 

[Bernard20]

Mendy offers nothing
Ake looked lost
Rodri can neither pass nor shoot
Sterling is fucking hopeless
Cancello is not a playmaker

Dogshit 1st whistle to the last.

In short, we're a fucking shambles.

I agree with most of this tbh, Mendy is shite and shouldn’t be anywhere near our 1st team, Ake and Rodri struggled today (but I wouldn’t write those off yet).. Sterling is garbage! He passes sideways at best or gets a nosebleed if he gets into the box! DeBruyne is suffering because of the shite around him. Cancello had a couple of good games at LB, but that only papered over the fact that we need new full backs on both sides! (Walker also had a couple of games where he was world class, but that too has gone). Shit performance tonight from the team and from Pep and a rapid decline off the cliff that’s hard to accept but it has happened - any thoughts of the title is fanciful!

 

[CityPar]

Don’t have a game in hand

We will by tomorrow.....

 

[Marvin]

I see no signs that we are going to turn this season around. Confidence is zero, some players are not city level, Aguero is ageing, Kev looks fed up. Pep won’t react to anything.

this city team is by far poorer from when pep took over & that’s not good

KDB is a passenger at the moment. Zero intensity in his game and he has to be taken out of the side.

 

[NQCitizen]

Are we at a lower point than we ever were under Mancini or Pellegrini right now? I don't get how this start gets someone a new contract.

 

[city saint]

also one of the reasons foden isnt a regular starter thought he struggled tonight

 

[yankblue]

The squad is a collection of decent players rather than a cohesive unit. We lack leadership on the pitch and don't have enough game changers. Outside of KDB who has had a poor season by his standards (lingering impacts of COVID?) there's just not enough creativity or intent in the squad. The rest are either inconsistent (Raz, Mahrez), oft injured (Sergio), or both (Gabby).

Love them both but neither Bernie or Phil have stepped up to replace the Silva sized hole in the squad.

Rodri, at least at this stage in his career, cannot play the old Fernandinho role by himself. He needs to play alongside another holding mid which can limit us.

It's far down on the list but the fact the club has gone into another season without a proper left back is mind boggling.