West Brom Vs City Post Match Thread

[mancityvstoke]

away days are the best

 

[NorCalBlue]

Just hope changing his number isn't not like Sampson cutting off his locks!!

I hope it is not like Samson cutting off his locks. ;-)

 

[Burtonblue]

Great performance and atmosphere last night.
I can't recall many games when all our players delivered on the night.
Defense looked solid and Silva was sublime.
It was fantastic to see Kompany back to near his best and I hope this will be a turning point for him. The lad needs confidence and that goal may just do the trick.
Yaya looks to have regained his mojo and Dinho ran Silva a close second for MOTM in my eyes. He reminded me of NDJ in his pomp with the added bonus of fantastic pass completion.
All on all an ideal start to the season.
The only downside for me was the oaf stood behind me who covered me in spittle every time he opened his gob to abuse the ref (which happened every 15 seconds on average). Couldn't wait to jump in the shower when I eventually got home.
Can't wait for the chavs now....

 

[Paul_Powers_Tash]

Yeh, Delph's injured.

I did say 'if fit'. Its not beyond the realms of possibility that we are not telling our opposition all the facts.

 

[Erling Haaland's Eyebrows]

I counted at least two free kicks early in second half which were completely needless, the player moving away with his back to goal, but Dinho still tried to push him off the ball.

One resulting free-kick came from Lambert, which Joe definitely wasn't getting to.

We have to be even smarter and make these cynical challenges much higher up the pitch, where the impact can be much less so.

Our midfield holder will always collect yellow cards likes Smarties because we attack as a front six rather than a three or four.

Totaly agree Tolm. I was sat behind the goal and was pretty sure if Hazard was taking those free kicks, it will be a different story

 

[Carver]

Am I the only person who noticed both teams were wearing white shorts? (I thought there was some kind of rule preventing kit clashes).
Apart from that, we were superb! But......it's only one game I refuse to get carried away.

There was no clash mate, both were white but west brom were wearing long shorts and city were wearing short longs.

With the length of those keks you couldn't even see dave's knees

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Totaly agree Tolm. I was sat behind the goal and was pretty sure if Hazard was taking those free kicks, it will be a different story

i agree tolm its the way barca play swamp the oppositions half with players and 9 times out of ten even if you lose the ball you will win it back i think we could be on for a record number of goals this year.

 

[blueyorkie]

I counted at least two free kicks early in second half which were completely needless, the player moving away with his back to goal, but Dinho still tried to push him off the ball.

One resulting free-kick came from Lambert, which Joe definitely wasn't getting to.

We have to be even smarter and make these cynical challenges much higher up the pitch, where the impact can be much less so.

Our midfield holder will always collect yellow cards likes Smarties because we attack as a front six rather than a three or four.

Completely agree with that, I was fuming at the time. If you ever listen to Tim Vickery who is a South American specialist he reckons the job of a Brazilian midfield player is to break up play by committing small fouls to disrupt the oppositions flow. Not my view of the beautiful game & in the cases pinpointed here Dumb

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Just wondering, has there been any sort of dubious goals review with the first goal? Who has officially been awarded with it? Technically should be Silva's because his slight touch meant it nutmegged the defender. But did Yaya get it?

 

[shemnel]

Just wondering, has there been any sort of dubious goals review with the first goal? Who has officially been awarded with it? Technically should be Silva's because his slight touch meant it nutmegged the defender. But did Yaya get it?

it's a toughie, usually deflected goals go to the player who struck it originally if it was on target, as it was with Ya Ya, but Silva tried to touch it so perhaps he'll get the nod. anyways, we shall see.