[Albion] Thank God for that

[zefarelly]

Worst performance in some time, utterly gutless, slow, complacent and predictable.

It's only day one, but it was relegation worthy, hopefully a rocket up the arse and some serious competition for place s will wake a few people up. . . Having said that a handful of the starting line up peaked last season, they won't get any better.

 

[y2dave]

Both Bloom and Hughton said if you standstill you go backwards in the premier league. Perfect demonstration of that today!

 

[Kosh]

Both Bloom and Hughton said if you standstill you go backwards in the premier league. Perfect demonstration of that today!

Precisely, which makes his starting XI frankly dumbfounding.

 

[warmleyseagull]

Its obvious we needed a wake-up call and we have got one at the earliest opportunity.

The entire build-up among all of us, fans, club alike, has been one of over-confidence bordering on complacency. The selection and performance today was absolute continuation of that.

A rude awakening - act on it and we can do what we are capable of.

Don't agree. It is not a rude awakening. We had worst away record in PL last season, haven't won an away match since last November, and our team was pretty much what it would have been throughout that campaign. So where is the surprise?

I don't agree the club has been complacent; complacent clubs don't splash £63m on new players (https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/transfers/wettbewerb/GB1 in case the figure is queried). The issue is CH's preparedness to use new players. Murray is not the answer, particularly away from home.

But then again, we may play with the same team next Sunday, and win....

 

[Bwian]

I'll wait to see what CH says!

I don't think I'll bother.

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[Bwian]

So what went right in this game if i might ask(serious question)? I was watching the Chelsea - Huddersfield game.

Not a lot. The only positive was Bissouma coming on and Solly going off.

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[Bwian]

you think he'll stick with the side that produced THAT today? seriously?

Yes.

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[brightn'ove]

It was the first game of the season, after a positive end to last year and a good off-season, where apparently everyone was f'itter than ever and ready to press all game'. That performance was symptomatic of something. Hopefully we'll not see the like of that again.

we got absolutely hammered by city and Liverpool so not the best end to last season. That performance basically said, if we play with the same 11 as last season we will go down. Thankfully we have 5 players that should make their way into the starting 11.

 

[Acker79]

It was one game! One poor game, but just one, away, where we collected 3 away points all last season.

No we didn't. We drew there, 0-0, despite playing against 10 men for over an hour.

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm definitely not. I've been slightly concerned for a while. hardly anyone has thought we'd do anything other than comfortable mid-table this season if this board is anything to go by

There have certainly been quite a few who think it will be relatively comfortable, but it's not hardly anyone who's thought otherwise. Quite a few people seemed to agree with this:

Doesn't feel like a safe bet to me. We're progressing nicely, but other teams are progressing too. The teams that were making a mess of last season (like Palace, Wet Sham, Everton) are all in a better state this season. Wolves aren't likely to go down with what they've been spending (and the fact they were decent last season).

I'm predicting another season of stress, and desperately seeking points.

 

[GT49er]

you think he'll stick with the side that produced THAT today? seriously?

Of course not!












He'll have to start with a different right back, assuming Bruno is still injured.

 

[Weststander]

We were piss poor today. Did we actually have a shot on target?


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Ben Foster said in his 5Live interview that he didn't have anything to do or a save to make.

 

[Weststander]

Both Bloom and Hughton said if you standstill you go backwards in the premier league. Perfect demonstration of that today!

Standing still both metaphorically and literally on the pitch.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I agree on the complacency 100% and hope that's the key factor behind today's shambles. Hopefully no excuses from CH, a rethink on how we setup away and a massive kick up the bum for the squad is coming.

The fans were complacent and it affected the players? How does that work?

 

[seagulls4ever]

Ben Foster said in his 5Live interview that he didn't have anything to do or a save to make.

Well I'm glad Ben Foster has confirmed that. We'd never have known otherwise.

 

[persiangodfather]

tough one boys we will bounce back

 

[the right footed denilson]

Standing still both metaphorically and literally on the pitch.

Hughton can do everyone a favour tonight and explain exactly what all that was about because that was standing still, and both he and Bloom have said we can't afford to do that.
I realise we need time to get players fit and bedded in, but there was absolutely no intention of doing anything different from last season out there today.

 

[AmexRuislip]

The simple answer today, was that we made Watford look good, which in essence they are NOT,
The ref looked like was part time from dyno rod, given the colour of his shirt, in fact the could qualify for a The Complete And Utter Shyster impersonator.
We had no bite in midfield.
I'm a fan of Solly March, but he looked disinterested today.
Chris Hughtons half time talk, obviously wasn't heeded to.
Apart from that, I still think we'll do okay this season.

On a lighter moment, a group of young Watford fans, that were hanging around the corner shop near the ground, asked me where my boyfriend was, even though I was with my wife

 

[Weststander]

Well I'm glad Ben Foster has confirmed that. We'd never have known otherwise.

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[AlastairWatts]

you think he'll stick with the side that produced THAT today? seriously?

He's done exactly that before. I've never been convinced that there's a 'plan B'.....