West Brom (H) - Premier League - 27/12/2020 - 16:30

[Bobby Hundreds]

Reminds me of that Chelsea Barca game when Chelsea shithoused their way to a final and Barca were just repeating the same none working tactic  fortunately west brom don't have Chelseas talent on the break. All shithouse tactics remind me of that game to be fair.

[Chairman Meow]

People laughed at Fat Sam for him saying he could manage Real Madrid but mourinho managed to and he uses the exact same tactics.

[magicrat]

28 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

West Brom do not belong in the Prem

The table agrees

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

4 minutes ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

Started ok, and got the goal early after a brilliant piece of play.

 

Then entered the ‘energy saving mode’ that we do from time to time. Lowered the tempo of the ball and less movement off it. We’re not very good when we do that, and as a result haven’t created much.

 

Would like to see us step it up and score an early goal second half, as these obviously at some stage will get a chance if it stays at the one goal lead.

 

Energy saving mode makes sense when we're rock solid so hopefully we are. But I would like to see us try and blitz them in the first 10 of the second.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I haven’t seen such a disgraceful display of anti-football since Mourinho brought his Spurs team to Anfield in our previous home game. 

[Jordy Brouwer]

Sadio needs some protection or he might start lashing out. 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Fuck me. My Sky Sports IPTV channel is fucked.

 

I've found some random channel S Premier League.

 

Steve cunting McMananaman and Glenn cunting Hoddle chatting fucking shite during half time are the pundits.

 

Christ. I'd rather watch West Brom than have to listen to these 2 muppets.

[TheHowieLama]

Jones given the ball away only a couple of times I can remember.

 

Not sure what the record is for touches in a league game over the last few seasons is but Henderson is going to break it.

[dockers_strike]

Crowd sounds like they've had too much Christmas pud although to be fair, the game hasnt had them on the edge of their seats, metaphorically speaking!

[m0e]

2 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Been a bit disappointed with Curtis, keeps overthinking things.

Yeah, he's clearly not used to this type of defensive set up.

 

West Brom playing it smart to be fair. They're in the game and frustrating us. They've had 2 opportunities on the counter too, where they could have got lucky as well.

 

Fat Sham will have seen that when Palace tried to go for it, they ended up losing 7 nil. So why would he do that? He's depressing in his style, but he isn't daft.

 

Lots of sides do this against City and we'd complain that they're not even trying. City have a lot more players capable of unlocking this type of defence though.

[Jordy Brouwer]

1 minute ago, Numero said:

I haven’t seen such a disgraceful display of anti-football since Mourinho brought his Spurs team to Anfield in our previous home game. 

Its in a different league though. There's a school of thought that says that Mourinho isn't really "anti-football" he just plays a really shit style of football but a style of football nonetheless. I reluctantly agree with that. 

 

This is beyond that though. Its an insult to alehouse football. 

[dockers_strike]

Just now, m0e said:

Yeah, he's clearly not used to this type of defensive set up.

 

West Brom playing it smart to be fair. They're in the game and frustrating us. They've had 2 opportunities on the counter too, where they could have got lucky as well.

 

Fat Sham will have seen that when Palace tried to go for it, they ended up losing 7 nil. So why would he do that? He's depressing in his style, but he isn't daft.

 

Lots of sides do this against City and we'd complain that they're not even trying. City have a lot more players capable of unlocking this type of defence though.

I think city try a few shots rather than keep passing it across the face of the box.

[m0e]

Just now, dockers_strike said:

I think city try a few shots rather than keep passing it across the face of the box.

Yeah. They're also better at getting in behind.

[Lee909]

Shaqiri coming on to actually take some shots from outside the box and pull them out a bit might help

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

TLW servers are creaking (again).

[bizzle10]

Game like this could do with a player like Thiago Alcantara we should try getting him from Bayern

[Lee909]

Unlucky

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

No energy from our lads, and they look like they’ll have some sort of a go. Up the intensity or we could waste this.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

It's funny hearing Redknapp and Carragher opining on what Liverpool have to do to seal the win.  Neither of them ever played in a team you would trust as much as this Liverpool to deal with these sort of matches.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Wake the fuck up.

[Heinze]

Getting sloppy. One of their gronks will score from a set piece. Need a second.

[Elite]

1 minute ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

No energy from our lads, and they look like they’ll have some sort of a go. Up the intensity or we could waste this.

Really need that 2nd goal as we've started this half poorly.

[Lee909]

Everytime we press they just drop and get freekicks

[Sweeney287]

Blimey, the boys need a little livener. Quick shot of tequila with the water maybe... 

 

 

[suzy]

West Brom are dire