- Oct 17, 2008
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[Albion] So How's It Going To Go Wrong?
- Thread starter Stato
- Start date
Ipswich
Forest
Wolves
Every single time this season we've gone into a game as clear overdogs at home, we have failed to win.
Never - we are joint third after 12 games! We're not the old Albion anymore.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
However look what's happened since.
Admittedly we are better on the road as our game suits that but I think things will change at home now.
Weststander
Well-known member
His youthful positivity rubs off on the players. The HT team talks against Spurs and City must’ve been remarkable, the players came out for the second halves as if we were the vastly superior team. The scoreline scrubbed from their minds. Not bothered about the expensive ‘names’ they faced.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
The only bit I would disagree on that is I would suspect our squad is probably of a higher value than Spuds.
Mate don't mishear me - these are BRILLIANT times. But we have continued our trend this season of underperforming in every single home game where we are favourites. We need to be playing Real Madrid every week.
Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,269
The squad is better than last season, the manager is calmer than De Zerbi and we do not have European football to tire out the players.
Leicester have done us a small favour by sacking Cooper because that ramps up the pressure on Martin and Saints - a point isn't good enough really, so they'll surely have to come out and attack, and that will suit us.
Overall I'm optimistic about our challenge for Europe staying the course. We also have Gomez incoming to bolster the ranks. It would be nice to see another centre back brought in during the window as cover, as when we hit late March JPVH will have Citeh then Spain home and away, then Villa. A tall order to face Haaland, then Williams/Morata/Yamal x 2, then Watkins.
Leicester have done us a small favour by sacking Cooper because that ramps up the pressure on Martin and Saints - a point isn't good enough really, so they'll surely have to come out and attack, and that will suit us.
Overall I'm optimistic about our challenge for Europe staying the course. We also have Gomez incoming to bolster the ranks. It would be nice to see another centre back brought in during the window as cover, as when we hit late March JPVH will have Citeh then Spain home and away, then Villa. A tall order to face Haaland, then Williams/Morata/Yamal x 2, then Watkins.
Weststander
Well-known member
Wage bill, the long term measure of final league place, is in another universe. There’s a reason internationals such as Maddison, Van Der Ven, Bentacur, Romero chose them.
A lot of our value is made from promising players into superstars.
Weststander
Well-known member
And our squad largely just spend their time preparing for PL games with a big rest in between.
Villa already looked f*cked from having the extra competition.
Ethelwulf
Well-known member
Easy 3-0 to the good guys
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I can’t work this place out threads appear after Saturday’s win top four can we go for the title, how good is Fabian to let’s shit ourselves over the team who have picked up one win all season 
From our experiences with playing bottom teams over the last five years... you kind of have to be senile not to be worried.I can’t work this place out threads appear after Saturday’s win top four can we go for the title, how good is Fabian to let’s shit ourselves over the team who have picked up one win all season
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
The mentality has to change and hopefully it has improved since Forest & Wolves. Both games were won the players threw away the points. In both games we didn’t need a third goal.
The bench Saturday were screaming at Adingra the corner go to the corner he then cuts inside and loses possession. They will learn eventually.
So to summarise:
1. Stains keeper McCarthy has a worldie.
2. Attwell gets the gig and sends of another Albion player (Van Hecke) for no justifiable reason whilst giving Stains an ultra soft penalty.
3. Both Joao Pedro and O’Riley are ankle crunched by unpunished Stains thugs and limp off for the rest of the year.
4. We hit the woodwork 4+ times.
5. VAR overturns a genuine goal because JP’s dreads were offside.
6. There are no pies left at half time.
1. Stains keeper McCarthy has a worldie.
2. Attwell gets the gig and sends of another Albion player (Van Hecke) for no justifiable reason whilst giving Stains an ultra soft penalty.
3. Both Joao Pedro and O’Riley are ankle crunched by unpunished Stains thugs and limp off for the rest of the year.
4. We hit the woodwork 4+ times.
5. VAR overturns a genuine goal because JP’s dreads were offside.
6. There are no pies left at half time.
WASH
Well-known member
So apart from the fact that we've only ever won 3 Prem Lge games in a row twice (last season v Newcastle H, Man Utd A and then Bournemouth H, all 3-1 victories. The other time in the 2018-2019 season against West Ham H, Newcastle A and then Wolves H, all by a 1-0 scoreline) and that our playing record on a Friday at The Amex is Pld 21, W12, D5, L4 for a 57.1% win %, the best win % of any day we have played Lge games at home (the last defeat being nearly 9 years ago, by Wolves 0-1 on New Years Day 2016), then nothing's going to go against us statistically is it?
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
Ipswich, Forest, Wolves this season, Sheffield United, Burnley, Everton last season - just when you think there aren't any more different ways to drop points at home to lesser sides, we find a new one. So be prepared to be amazed on Friday, and not in a good way.