West Brom Vs CityPost Match Discussion Thread

[Deleted member 14625]

Can't be overstated what a great win that was. We had to contend with:

An early yellow from our most volotile player
A mistake by our normally solid Captain
A red to one of our most influential players of late.
Over an hour with 10 men
Playing against an in form team (100% home record so far)

To come away with 3 points after all that is a Champions perfomance, the scum have done this for years and we are getting the same mentality.

We are 6 points better off than last season against the same teams (That's swapping Swansea for Southampton)

great post mate
Just wait until we start playing well !!!!

I make it four. As we beat Arsenal last season and drew with them this. Still better of though which is the important thing!

 

[creditunionhero]

Clettenburger was a joke yellow for deliberate handball
Ballotelli booked for far less than a lot of challenges by WBA
Grrate performance from the lads
Down to 10 and we dominated the game
Bad mistake by Kompany
Yaya was awesome
The rags in the pub were cheering WBA
We never win at home and we never win away
All those rags in the pub (who can never get tickets) you should see their faces ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

 

[dela]

Got to thank m35 blue68 for sorting my ticket for today.

Top game, win was what we deserved.

 

[rastus]

Re: clattenburg

Good performance. He was maybe bit harsh to book balotelli but out of that called everything he needed to call for both teams.

And the pen?

Bic?

-- Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:41 pm --

And the pen?

If you're meaning the handball I think he got it right, just outside the box. Still can't stand the guy though.

It was a good two yards outside the box to be fair.

Specsavers required, even the ref gave it 2 ft, which was about right

 

[rnblade]

Did anybody see Aguero after when he passed the ball to Dzeko for the winner? He is proper loving it, pure passion!

Just seen it, he was on his knees pumping the air! Great, unselfish pass from a world class player, a blue forever(I hope)

 

[Comrade Buka]

Dzeko has 6 goals in 398 minutes.

A goal every 67 minutes.
1.4 per game.

Read this on the Guardian. too lazy to check if true.

 

[creditunionhero]

I've been watching city for 50 years. Great spirit today- played to win the game just keep going the rags don't have a clue.

 

[alky313]

Dzeko has 6 goals in 398 minutes.

A goal every 67 minutes.
1.4 per game.

Read this on the Guardian. too lazy to check if true.

If Dzeko played in Spain this forum would be bending over backwards for him.

 

[taconinja]

Steve Clarke with a very unbiased interview despite being goaded by Skys interviewer:
Sky:How did you thing the game went?
SC: Must give credit to City

Sky:Did you think it was a clear sending off?
SC: It could have gone either way

Sky: City bring on a 38 million pound player off the bench what did you think?
SC: We dont discuss the price of other clubs players

Seems like a decent enough fella

It's good for his squad too. Doesn't give them easy excuses and doesn't let them focus on what they can't affect. It's why they're doing so well I think. Look at the difference between him and Pulis. Pulis has a decent squad but they alway struggle to stay in the top ten because they don't have accountability in my opinion. The manager is always far too ready to moan about the advantages the opposition have. West Brom players know Clarke won't accept that and they better perform. Only thing I wonder about is why he doesn't start Lukaku, but he may well have good reason for that.

 

[Deepest Blue]

We are 6 points better off than last season against the same teams (That's swapping Swansea for Southampton)

Think it's 4 as we picked up +2 vs Sunderland, Fulham and WBA and are -2 vs Arsenal.

 

[Liam_Baggies]

Congratulations on your hard fought win.

Disappointed with ourselves. Not good enough in possession and to think we had the extra man.. You were far superior (and so you should be) but we never made you work hard enough when you went down to ten. We did improve when Odemwingie came on but we soon gave you the initative by conceding two pathetic goals. The normally reliable Foster comes for the ball and doesn't get there, and the second goal, being caught on the counter off your own corner is shocking.

Still, you won so fair do's.

Angered by the fact I have your Yaya/Kolo song in my head!

 

[SWPISHOME]

THAT'S WHY WERE CHAMPIONS

 

[prima]

Fantastic win, fantatstic support, credit to the WBA manager Steve Clarke, dont think I have heard any other PL manager credit us " played like champions" after a game, good luck to him.

Dzeko the man, looking forward to Tevez hitting a soring vein.

Good weekend to all

Forza Mancini

prima

 

[taconinja]

Congratulations on your hard fought win.

Disappointed with ourselves. Not good enough in possession and to think we had the extra man.. You were far superior (and so you should be) but we never made you work hard enough when you went down to ten. We did improve when Odemwingie came on but we soon gave you the initative by conceding two pathetic goals. The normally reliable Foster comes for the ball and doesn't get there, and the second goal, being caught on the counter off your own corner is shocking.

Still, you won so fair do's.

I'll put my query to you. How come Lukaku isn't getting starts? He looks up for it. Also I think your club will do well and with some investment can do spectacularly under Clarke.

Angered by the fact I have your Yaya/Kolo song in my head!

Ha! Good luck with that one!

 

[Cellarite]

Congratulations on your hard fought win.

Disappointed with ourselves. Not good enough in possession and to think we had the extra man.. You were far superior (and so you should be) but we never made you work hard enough when you went down to ten. We did improve when Odemwingie came on but we soon gave you the initative by conceding two pathetic goals. The normally reliable Foster comes for the ball and doesn't get there, and the second goal, being caught on the counter off your own corner is shocking.

Still, you won so fair do's.

Angered by the fact I have your Yaya/Kolo song in my head!

Nice one pal. Had a soft spot for your lot due to Adrian Chiles' book, Frank Skinner and singing "Baggies Gonna Get You" to the weirdos that inhabit Molineaux during our mutual promotion season.

 

[buckshot]

I keep hearing how Dzeko should be starting but I'm not sure it would work. It seems that when he's fresh up against a tired defense he's unstoppable, they can't handle him. When he starts and they're fresh he's much less effective.

It's similar to moving Yaya up after 60 minutes, the big boys can really intimidate defenses after they've been run a bit by Tevez/Balotelli/Aguero.

 

[jimharri]

Congratulations on your hard fought win.

Disappointed with ourselves. Not good enough in possession and to think we had the extra man.. You were far superior (and so you should be) but we never made you work hard enough when you went down to ten. We did improve when Odemwingie came on but we soon gave you the initative by conceding two pathetic goals. The normally reliable Foster comes for the ball and doesn't get there, and the second goal, being caught on the counter off your own corner is shocking.

Still, you won so fair do's.

Angered by the fact I have your Yaya/Kolo song in my head!

Cheers for the kind words. And, just for you;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH0tK5t_hSA&feature=related[/youtube]

;-)

 

[bobmcfc]

I was listening to final 10 minutes in the car outside tescos lol the euphoria when Edin put that first goal in was only surpassed by him slotting home the second. It must gave looked to all the shoppers walking by like I was having sex in the car, the car was rocking back and forth because i was celebrating that much. Only city could make you feel so low and then so high. I love being a blue

 

[alky313]

Why wasn't Shane Long sent off for his celebration?

Nit picking... But already on a yellow and scores to reveal some sort of message on his shirt. Should be a second yellow?

I have no idea what the shirt said, but even Nasri was booked for the same.

 

[DruntBlunt]

I keep hearing how Dzeko should be starting but I'm not sure it would work. It seems that when he's fresh up against a tired defense he's unstoppable, they can't handle him. When he starts and they're fresh he's much less effective.

It's similar to moving Yaya up after 60 minutes, the big boys can really intimidate defenses after they've been run a bit by Tevez/Balotelli/Aguero.

And this is what a good manager like ours knows - who to start with, what to change depending on what happens. Edin is fast becoming a super-sub, but I'm sure he'll get a fair amount of starts as well. Not only the players but the manager as well are improving from previous seasons - Bobbys team-picks and subs have improved greatly IMO.