A really wonderful read. I'd just got online regularly through work in oct 1996. I had just started working in Liverpool. One of the first things I did on getting freedom to roam the internet was to look up everything to do with the Albion. I found out what was going on exclusively online. If...
I know I'll be in a minority, but I think Kayal plays well with Stephens and Norwood has been better (but still not great) when he's with Sidwell. If Stephens is injured (or not quite fit on Saturday) then I also don't think Kayal has been fully fit recently, I would start the Burton game with...
We won one and lost one against Huddersfield. We don't have to play them again (unless we met in the playoffs)!
So far we've lost to Newcastle away, drawn away at Reading and beaten Leeds at home.
Reading and Newcastle at home and Leeds away will now be the critical games that we have to take...
When you look at this you can see that around 3 bad games now would put us back to where we were last year - and from this point on last year the trajectory was very good. There's a long way to go yet....
I wouldn't take less than 3 from Burton. We have 6 whole days to prepare. I'd only accept 1 point from Ipswich IF we went into that game with more injuries or suspensions and so had a depleted line-up. Basically though no, I want and expect 6 points
It's time someone banned the word bedwetters on here. We're all fans -sometimes right and sometimes wrong. Blindly saying or believing that we are good enough to win every game in every season is stupid. Sometimes, as at the beginning of the 2014-15 season, the cracks in the team and tactics are...
I guess we are seeing Norwood because Stephens is out and Kayal isn't match fit (and was dire on Thursday). Sidwell and Norwood do seem to be one of the better midfield combinations. Maybe we will be trying Towell soon? The only explanation for Skalak playing was for his 'perceived' defensive...
I understand the thought. However he's arrived in the last few games. We have a strong team ethos. He needs time to get match fit andd to get to know our players abd style. Two games coming off the bench is not so bad...
The change in form is directly linked to the team on the pitch. We are 4 or 5 key players down. I suspect we are also carrying injuries (Bruno, Kayal, Murray) in the team, but we have no adequate back-ups. Personally I think we were 3 signings short in the transfer window.
I don't believe its poor selection by CH. I think he's trying to patch up the team because so many key players are either injured or not properly match fit. He's trying to plug the holes at a time when there are a lot of games. He can't do it because he hasn't got the players. Hence the current...