Uncle C
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I think it changed when Bruno went off - lost the attacking threat down the right and allowed WBA to advance.
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Pascal Groß - what do we think?
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I think it changed when Bruno went off - lost the attacking threat down the right and allowed WBA to advance.
JonathanLivingstonSeagull
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Indeed. Also, a bad day for the Hemed haters
Or a good day for them!
They get to revise their opinion to a more joyful one! 
Paris
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It's a double-edged sword with the likes of Pascal Gross. If he continues to excel he'll be hot property come the next transfer window or two. Hope he does and we'll deal with it if and when it happens.
Hampster Gull
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He's ok
Silverhatch
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Was simply fantastic for 30 minutes after half time. It's amazing what confidence can do. But I would have subbed him on 75 minutes. Looked shattered and let Morrison drift pass him for their goal. Still think it'd be good to see him and Propper swap positions.
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
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Nothing to do with Bruno going off , as a team we dropped too deep , and we started hoofing the ball , straight back to WBA who then proceeded to attack us for the last 15 mins of the match
Albumen
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You could say that for 90% of our squad.
Paris
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To a degree Albumen, but those who set up/score goals will always be higher up the list of players in demand.
Bold Seagull
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Not really, we were bossing it and looking more likely to score a 4th than them scoring, it's only when they scored did they suddenly start believing in themselves again and committed their fullbacks further forward and pushed us back as we'd worked so hard we did start to look a bit leggy. I don't think we intentionally dropped back by any means. Thought we did a solid job of limiting them to just 1 clear chance after they scored which Maty dealt with brilliantly.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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Not for teams that need reinforcements in defence...
Paris
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Splitting hairs my friend. Players who can find the net or assist others in doing so are more difficult to find and as a result are more in demand. You only have to look at our most recent transfer window to see that. Not just at the Albion mind.
Weststander
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As a result they cost more, even with just a Championship or (dodgy) overseas league record, and these days demand massive wages according to buying clubs.
Exactly what we said - he'd absolutely run his nuts off by then and looked very tired. Haven't checked his stats but I reckon he covers an immense amount of ground, and intelligently. He was constantly pressing WBA players, or cutting off a potential pass.
It depends on which minute of the game you make the decision. I thought Knockaert was making mistakes, I would probably have chosen him. Jose can track back too, as we saw against Watford. I thought March was tiring, but then he did defend well. I think Jose could defend and attack - something March and Knockaert could have done too if they weren't so knackered. Jose could have given us a way out, and made West Brom leave more players back.
I imagine Chris would have brought on Sidwell if he'd been fit. We needed to do something.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Hemed scored 1 minute after Bruno went off.
BensGrandad
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But we looked a lot weaker down that side and had they switched Burke to that side when he came on he would have given us more problems than he did I think. Liam Rosenior looked off of the pace and lacking match time..
- Jun 27, 2012
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Agree about Burke but Hughton's tactical switch of making March the extra full back snuffed him out.
Rosenior did ok i thought. Thats 2 games in a row now Bruno has had to come off after 45/60 mins.
sussex_guy2k2
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In fairness, my comment was meant in jest more than anything.
Machiavelli
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You're not the only one to say this, but I disagree about Gross prior to his goal. I sit in the south end of WSU, and he was positioned in front of us for a fair bit in the first half, when he was strong, instrumental in our dominance, his passing (check out the ball he played to Solly, prior to his goal -- it was better than every single one of Dunk's, which is saying quite something) and positioning was excellent.
He doesn't have pace, but he's got a great engine, and is a very clever player. There were several excellent performances yesterday, but he was MotM and, in my view, played well throughout.
Is this thread going to be the 2017 version of the 'Spanish Dave, whats he for? thread?