The subs were completely ineffective. Mayenda is not able to play on the left - he even got moved central before the end because he did nothing. Alese offered nothing going forward and almost got caught out twice defensively. West Brom played very narrow and I'm not sure Roberts went outside his man once. Rigg was poor but there wasn't a great deal of movement to help him create. Motm for me is probably Hume for me, but I don't think anyone was more than a 7/10. Most of the results in this run have been fine in isolation but 5 draws in a row and only 3 goals scored has to raise some questions - especially when 1 of those goals was Cirkin's wonder strike and hardly evidence of us creating enough.
Can't argue with that. Coupled with their defence was pretty solid. I'll take the point. I posted this is where we could lose top spot. Test now is to get it back. Transfer window looming. Players coming back from injury or suspension. Hopefully we push on and back up to top.
Rigg just looked so leggy tonight, he should never have played the 90 minutes I am concerned about the lack of subs, I mentioned it when we were winning so it's not a reaction to 5 draws in row. If you do not use your bench in the championship you will fall away as the season goes on
I think it’s the lack of a plan B when plan A isn’t working that’s the problem. West Brom were set up to defend against our triangles and we had no imagination or plan on how to counter that.
. It's too negative man. We can not just control little boxes with certain places and not make subs. Why are we not changing shape to try and win.
Jeezus. How many did patto have to save? We had the lions share of shots. Granted not the best but let's be realistic FFS
I think the subs issue will be discussed in one of the regular reviews. It is looking odd. Connolly was surely worth 10 mins tonight, just to create that little bit of a poachers movement. It is frustrating to watch them in and around the box at the minute.
It’s like we haven’t learned from Jobe last season. These lads have massive potential but to expect a 17 year old lad to play 40+ games against blokes who’ve been doing it for years, over the course of the season is just nonsensical.
I suppose so but I would prefer balanced commentary that’s fair in its assessment rather than negative towards us and quite frankly ridiculous at times. I don’t see similar when Man City play just fawning admiration in general.
We had a player who’s scored at this level and scored Saturday on the bench. That seemed a no brainer in a goalless game. Though before Mayend came on I’d probably have had him on for Roberts and pushed Connolly into the middle. He clearly isn’t a fan of Aouchiche or Rusyn so we need rid and clearly doesn’t think Aleksic is ready yet.
Well don't jump mate FFS because from where I was watching we put a shift in against a decent side, especially defensively. Could of been a bit sharper and creative in the final third but again. They had a good game .
Depends on expectations. I want us to get promoted and then n we have the squad to do it. But we are very flat at the moment and easy to play against. We need to turn this around or I see us dropping quickly with teams who are a bit more ruthless.
.I am good mate. Just was a bit boring and wish I stayed in the warm. Rather predicable and I think wba feel that too.
