West Bromwich Albion at home match thread

[old_eastender]

fantastic tackle by Niasmith

[ZiderEyed]

How have we played today?? Following at work and BBC sport seemed to suggest we were all over them first half 

[And Its Smith]

Just now, ZiderEyed said:

How have we played today?? Following at work and BBC sport seemed to suggest we were all over them first half 

First half very good. Second half pretty poor. Draw a fair result 

[old_eastender]

0-0 FT, WBA better side in the 2nd half, but, for me, Cornick must score late on, but didn't.

[Super]

Just now, ZiderEyed said:

How have we played today?? Following at work and BBC sport seemed to suggest we were all over them first half 

Good first half. Second best 2nd half. Fair result.

[Midred]

No shots on target for them.

[Malago]

Draw fair result.

Zak MotM by a country mile.

[Ian M]

Just now, old_eastender said:

0-0 FT, WBA better side in the 2nd half, but, for me, Cornick must score late on, but didn't.

Tbf, it's not like he hit it straight at the keeper, Palmer spread himself and got something on it, it's the reason the xG for that sort of shot is around 0.2-0.3 not closer to 1, they often do get saved.

[Nathandao]

Ref giving a foul against Yeboah there cost us the 3 points. Good performance but we have to be more clinical.

[Loderingo]

Fair result. Need to finish better against Plymouth

[Malago]

12 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

FO Cornick, has to score, feeble effort

He chested it down well, hit it first time, keeper made a good save.

Edited September 16, 2023 by Malago

[joe jordans teeth]

2 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

How have we played today?? Following at work and BBC sport seemed to suggest we were all over them first half 

Better side bar 20 minutes second half so very good,the strength of their bench showed second half but again another decent performance 

[redkev]

More positives than negatives in my eyes , if Tommy plays we win that in my opinion goals change games 

with Tommy playing in my eyes HT were 2 up 

happy to keep ticking along start getting some players back , really need 3 points against the janners Tuesday as I honestly can’t see us getting anything at Leicester Saturday ( that goes for most teams by the way think there gonna piss this league ) 

Edited September 16, 2023 by redkev

[ExiledAjax]

Just now, old_eastender said:

0-0 FT, WBA better side in the 2nd half, but, for me, Cornick must score late on, but didn't.

0.24 xG for the chance, so 1 in 4 of those are scored. A great chance, but an equally good piece of goalkeeping. No shame in being denied by that save.

Overall we played ok. Decent attacking output and some controlled defending supplemented by individually brilliant tackles when needed. Not one for the annals of history but I thought it was a controlled game that could have gotten away from us at times. 

We stay above WBA, and 1.5 points per game and GD of 0 is pretty solid for 6 games in, some of which have been against some early pacesetters. 

[Jerseybean]

Very much a game of two halves!  We won the first half. They won the second half and a draw was probably the right outcome.

Both teams hit the woodwork. Vyner and Naismith made crucial last-minute challenges. A couple of years ago we would’ve lost that in the 93rd minute.

Still, without a home win, but heartened  particularly by our first half performance and our discipline and concentration when we were under the cosh in the second half.

[Jose]

Won two , Drawn three and lost one. 
 

With the squad we have I thinks that’s a fair reflection where we are. We are missing quality, squads threadbare but you can never fault the effort. 
Really good first half, struggled second. Cornick has to score that. Conway coming back will be massive. Wells works so hard and played very well first half but doesn’t look like he can hit the back of the net atm. 
 

Need to get a win Tuesday just to relieve some pressure at home. 

[petehinton]

0 shots on target for them..

[old_eastender]

4 minutes ago, Malago said:

He chested it down well, hit it first time, keeper made a good save.

Just watched the replay, he does chest it down well, but needed to hit it inside right post, instead hit across the keeper enabling him to make a good save.

[Super]

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

0 shots on target for them..

Yep defended well.

[MarcusX]

2 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Very much a game of two halves!  We won the first half. They won the second half and a draw was probably the right outcome.

Both teams hit the woodwork. Vyner and Naismith made crucial last-minute challenges. A couple of years ago we would’ve lost that in the 93rd minute.

Still, without a home win, but heartened  particularly by our first half performance and our discipline and concentration when we were under the cosh in the second half.

I think that’s a fair point, even last season - certainly season before we lost that last minute.

We defended strongly today, just couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net and rode a bit of luck for 20 mins or so second half

[Ian M]

9 minutes ago, Nathandao said:

Ref giving a foul against Yeboah there cost us the 3 points. Good performance but we have to be more clinical.

Live I thought it was a blatant throw by Yeboah but watching the replay the defender actually does more than Ephraim! Then collapses.

[CityCiderEd]

11 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

How have we played today?? Following at work and BBC sport seemed to suggest we were all over them first half 

I would have taken a point with 15 to go.......then Cornick missed the best chance of the game.

[Bristol Rob]

Probably not worthy of a thread, but I thought that was the best ref performance in some time.

The only big call that he might have got wrong went in our favour (the late pen shout).

Aside from that, the game flowed and he seemed pretty consistent with no unnecessary stoppages.

[Ian M]

Just now, Bristol Rob said:

Probably not worthy of a thread, but I thought that was the best ref performance in some time.

The only big call that he might have got wrong went in our favour (the late pen shout).

Aside from that, the game flowed and he seemed pretty consistent with no unnecessary stoppages.

It was another brilliant tackle by us. If he'd given that as a pen there would have been uproar.

[David Brent]

8 minutes ago, Jose said:

Won two , Drawn three and lost one. 
 

With the squad we have I thinks that’s a fair reflection where we are. We are missing quality, squads threadbare but you can never fault the effort. 
Really good first half, struggled second. Cornick has to score that. Conway coming back will be massive. Wells works so hard and played very well first half but doesn’t look like he can hit the back of the net atm. 
 

Need to get a win Tuesday just to relieve some pressure at home. 

Great save by their keeper

2 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

Probably not worthy of a thread, but I thought that was the best ref performance in some time.

The only big call that he might have got wrong went in our favour (the late pen shout).

Aside from that, the game flowed and he seemed pretty consistent with no unnecessary stoppages.

Got the Yeboah one incorrect too imo

[And Its Smith]

2 minutes ago, CityCiderEd said:

I would have taken a point with 15 to go.......then Cornick missed the best chance of the game.

I think their player missing virtually an open net was easier 

[CityCiderEd]

Just now, And Its Smith said:

I think their player missing virtually an open net was easier 

I meant for us,....

[TheCulturalBomb]

One of the best defences in the league right now. We'll take it, just need to be clinical. 

[ExiledAjax]

1 minute ago, And Its Smith said:

I think their player missing virtually an open net was easier 

Interestingly no.

The angle was tight so it only registered a 0.16 for xG, v 0.24 for the Cornick chance. 

[richyy66]

Decent point and decent performance. Hopefully go one step further Tuesday - COYR