[Albion] 2-0 and we f***ed it up!

[lawros left foot]

Like Saturday, 2 fairly well matched teams.
I’m happy that we are competing with established middle table teams.

 

[A1X]

Sat too deep, didn't make subs to calm the game.

Arguably the story of our season when things have gone wrong.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Had Dunk lobbed himself to the ground for the corner at the end, the ref would've had no choice but to give it- but it shouldn't need a player to chuck themselves down to get a penalty when they're clearly being impeded to that extent.

 

[Rogero]

It sounded like a good game of football. We are growing as a club.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Brushing past the small detail of their goal should never have stood.

Apologies if you’ve already answered this, but which goal and why?

 

[RM-Taylor]

Had Dunk lobbed himself to the ground for the corner at the end, the ref would've had no choice but to give it- but it shouldn't need a player to chuck themselves down to get a penalty when they're clearly being impeded to that extent.

Our players (Bruno, Gross etc.) do the exact same thing on corners, they don’t even look at the ball just eyes constantly on the opposition player and doing anything to prevent them from attacking the corner.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

First goal Button has to come out and get its on the 6 yard line when he scores

Correct call and I said this as soon as Duffy etc were running towards him
Clear the whole lot out in one go

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[trueblue]

Bernardo still looks really good, but his next job, to get to the next level, is to build up his strength. Antonio wouldn't have got past most full-backs but he basically pushed Bernardo over there.

Indeed. Which is a foul.

 

[sydney]

Indeed. Which is a foul.

Antonio is a unit ....Bernardo showed great tenacity and strength in attack against Everton , it has been a subject where Solly is concerned that he lacks physical strength , Gross also is very lightweight and lacks physical presence ......bulking up in the gym is not the best option for everyone , Bruno , another fairly light player is very rarely muscled off the ball because his general positioning and control are first class.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

If we can beat mid table teams at home and draw away, we can't really complain! Especially if playing a decent style of football.

Super happy here but looking forward to Maty getting back.

 

[perseus]

I can't get over how atrocious West Ham defending was so it seemed like an unreal 2-0.

 

[Stat Brother]

Considering your original opinion of Ryan, I'll take that with a pinch of salt.

and Locadia.

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

to be fair and balanced we were luck duffy was still on the pitch, not 10 minutes after his booking he looked to grab one of their players around the neck when he was attacking our goal. luckily ref didnt see it or it would have been another yellow and sent off.

 

[Blue3]

The ball wasn’t arguably off the pitch, it was off the pitch.

Farce.

Ball was in as the referee gave a goal once VAR comes in all these issues will be concined to the history books and then what will we all have to debate! Oh yes Brexit

 

[AZ Gull]

to be fair and balanced we were luck duffy was still on the pitch, not 10 minutes after his booking he looked to grab one of their players around the neck when he was attacking our goal. luckily ref didnt see it or it would have been another yellow and sent off.

Eh? March was the only player booked in the match.....

 

[nicko31]

Fair result. Bring on the reds

 

[KingKev]

Unfortunately, it was just on. However, I felt we should have had a penalty near the end for the blatant holding of Dunk.

I spotted that; stonewall penalty with VAR - same happened at the corner Duffy scored from.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Neither side played well enough for long enough to deserve to win. It was a poor first half from both teams. Our approach play was ok, crossing and shooting abysmal. We took the advantage early in the second half but couldn't hold it long enough. Pellegrini made two more quick changes ( Sick-note had gone at half-time ) and Noble and Antonio wrested back the initiative. Noble put Arnautovic in for the first ( poor defending from Duffy ) and Antonio set up the second. It was good pro-active management and it changed the momentum of the game. CH was forced into changing Bernardo for Bong but left it too late until bringing on Andone on 81min. Knocky should have had a run-out, replacing Solly, who started well but faded as the WHU muscle-men eased him out the game. We needed to start pressing them back again, which we managed to do in the closing minutes.
It was a hard fought and worthy point but no more. They had the clearer chances and at 2-2 looked the more likely winners. We did well to dampen them and the crowd down in the last 10-15 mins. We didn't f--k up anything. They made good,quick changes and it unsettled us and got them right back in the game. They have some real quality in Anderson and Arnautovic and in the second half they showed their class.

 

[OzMike]

Bernardo should have stayed on his feet and not tumbled looking for a foul, then the ball would have gone out and his body would have been an obstacle as well.

 

[junior]

The ball wasn’t arguably off the pitch, it was off the pitch.

Farce.

Was definitely not off the pitch.