Post by northwesthoop on Sept 24, 2021 20:57:22 GMT
Like you say stoatey we are masters of our own downfall. Fundamental errors and lapses in judgement for both goals. If we don't make those errors we could win the game.
I said Chair looked tired at half time.
Gray offered very little in the second half - he looked tired too
Kakay looks out of his depth this season for some reason.
Johansen could not miss the next few games, his injury didn't look great.
Not a good evening to get nothing after leading for so long.
Like you say stoatey we are masters of our own downfall. Fundamental errors and lapses in judgement for both goals. If we don't make those errors we could win the game.
I said Chair looked tired at half time.
Gray offered very little in the second half - he looked tired too
Kakay looks out of his depth this season for some reason.
Johansen could not miss the next few games, his injury didn't look great.
Not a good evening to get nothing after leading for so long.
As much as I enjoyed the Everton game I think we could have done without it. The players are looking tired and the injuries are mounting. Didn't think I'd ever say this but we could do with another international break.
Post by northwesthoop on Sept 24, 2021 21:13:16 GMT
We offered nothing really all night after the first 45 seconds.
It was ultimately a deserved defeat - our worst performance of the season for me. I guess the positive is that West Brom will almost certainly finish in the top 2 and we should have got a point from the game against them.
QPR now have 3 defeats from 14th - 24th September after only losing 3 games in 6 months from 17 March - 13 September. Typical QPR.
We've now only won 2 of the last 9 league matches without Lee Wallace
We only lost 2 of the first 15 games that Jordy de Wijs featured in. Followed by 3 defeats.
It is only the 4th time since Mark Warburton took over that we have lost 3 league games in a row.
All 3 defeats in this run have been 2-1
We have yet to lose 4 in a row in the league in Warburton's tenure. Tuesday is now a massive match. We need 4 points minimum from the next 2 games going into the international break.
Like you say stoatey we are masters of our own downfall. Fundamental errors and lapses in judgement for both goals. If we don't make those errors we could win the game.
I said Chair looked tired at half time. Gray offered very little in the second half - he looked tired too. Kakay looks out of his depth this season for some reason.
Johansen could not miss the next few games, his injury didn't look great.
Not a good evening to get nothing after leading for so long.
As much as I enjoyed the Everton game I think we could have done without it. The players are looking tired and the injuries are mounting. Didn't think I'd ever say this but we could do with another international break.
I have yet to see the full 90 mins video, but it does seem we have two problems - accumulated niggles and tiredness, and older players incapable of playing a full match in the Championship. It is obvious the Everton cup game did not help in terms of limited rest and recovery time, but we also need to recognise that players like Gray and Austin cannot full deliver for all of a match. Having said that, we did manage to get around this same problem with Bobby Zamora.... I would also remind everyone that we were playing the expected automatic qualifiers, plus they must have felt they made a mistake in leaving themselves open for Gray's goal to be scored when they were unready as a team!
Out of interest, social media has Chair being lambasted for his performance and Ball being praised for his. There seems to be little mention of Dieng's mistake though. Some fans should become a little more realistic in their expectations of players like Chair and Willock who cover as much ground as wing-backs - but are still expected to shoot on goal and score! The Championship season is relentless and exhausting. We do not have the depth of squad to rest the likes of Johansen, Chair or Willock - especially when we have Gray and Austin always booking a taxi at 60 mins.....
Last Edit: Sept 25, 2021 10:38:45 GMT by kingfisher
Yes I’m back My mum had been ill since January and had a massive stroke so I’ve been offline to sort my head out she passed away a couple of months ago and she’d tell me to get back to my normal routine hope you boys are well 👍
going on last nights game,I think we could of got a draw but got nervous towards the end,didn’t think West Brom looked that great unlike Bournemouth who I thought looked superb the sooner we’re out of the carabo cup the better as we looked very tired and leggy towards the end and West Brom hadn’t had a game which you could tell we need to win against Birmingham as 4 losses in a row will of undone all the great work we started,it can easily go from looking towards play offs to looking to see how quickly we can get 50 points like we do every season it’s a tight league this year and not a lot between most sides
Post by northwesthoop on Sept 25, 2021 12:09:26 GMT
Welcome back singlespeed, you have been missed
I am very sorry to hear about your mum and hope you and your family are all doing better now.
I agree we need to beat Birmingham. Don't agree on the cup though; I'm loving this cup run it has been the highlight of the opening 2 months for me. Beating Everton meant a lot.
It’s just a shame our cup run may of possibly affected our league form yes I’m also loving the cup and we have a huge chance of the quarter finals as Sunderland priority is promotion to championship so they will bring a weakened side hopefully ive missed being on board but a lot has happened last few months,whole family having covid then my mums health straight after,been a bloody nightmare I’ve kept up to date with you guys and had been checking the forum regularly but I felt it wasn’t right to make comments when my head was elsewhere and would of made me overreact to certain things I see you have some new members and tomcat seems a very interesting chap,very witty and lots of inside knowledge of the club during transfer window can’t wait to air my views again
Last Edit: Sept 25, 2021 12:38:18 GMT by singlespeed
We offered nothing really all night after the first 45 seconds.
It was ultimately a deserved defeat - our worst performance of the season for me.
Couldn't disagree more...most disappointing result but not worst performance. I've been crying out for MW to change his tactics more to suit the opposition and he did it to a tee last night and we executed it to perfection until Dieng made his mistake.
The idea that we only have one way of playing or that we don't play well if we don't play our usual attacking style is nonsense.
WBA have drawn their last 3 games specifically because opposition teams have sussed out how to neutralise their attacking threat. Hint...its not by playing attacking football!
We went a step further and set up not only to neutralise them but also hurt them on the break and we did that in minute one and had other opportunities.
Although a tense affair at no point did I feel like we were under siege or that we were playing badly. Dieng makes that save 99 times out of a hundred and if he does whose to say we don't see out the next 15 mins in the same we we saw out the first 75!?
In my opinion MW was spot on with his tactics but the team didn't execute it for the full 90mins which is becoming a bit of a theme this season
The championship is so tight amazing to think we’re only 4 points of top 6 and 3 points of being 19th personally can’t see anyone stopping West Brom and Fulham automatic and Bournemouth taking 3rd spot
Yes I’m back My mum had been ill since January and had a massive stroke so I’ve been offline to sort my head out she passed away a couple of months ago and she’d tell me to get back to my normal routine hope you boys are well 👍
going on last nights game,I think we could of got a draw but got nervous towards the end,didn’t think West Brom looked that great unlike Bournemouth who I thought looked superb the sooner we’re out of the carabo cup the better as we looked very tired and leggy towards the end and West Brom hadn’t had a game which you could tell we need to win against Birmingham as 4 losses in a row will of undone all the great work we started,it can easily go from looking towards play offs to looking to see how quickly we can get 50 points like we do every season it’s a tight league this year and not a lot between most sides
Hi singlespeed, Its great to have you back. Sorry to hear about your Mum, very sad news. Totally agree about this being a tight league.
