[Albion] West Ham: a point gained or two points dropped?

[Mackenzie]

Antonio did well when he came on.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Still 10 clear and a win with results off 9th

Frustrating but would have taken a point.

Those below us are not taking advantage


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[Sheebo]

Both. Before game would have taken a point. How game panned out I obviously wouldn't. But another lesson learned against a top class striker and a team who've spent a lot more than us and we're so not going down!

 

[Albion100]

It's a point more than we started with and a point closer to staying up. I'm happy with it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This morning we had 25 points and now we have 26.
A game's not over until the final whistle, as we showed Fulham & Southampton.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

2 points dropped. Disappointing.

I know a lot of people will say we should be happy where we are but I think we should be 8th/9th. We’ve dropped so many points we shouldn’t have.

We’re a really good side with some excellent premier league players. The players and manager need more belief in themselves.

I think the same applies to a lot of fans aswell, we should be raising our expectations now. We’re a better side than West Ham, Wolves, Bournemouth etc and we need to start believing it. We’re not there just to make up the numbers and scrape 16th/17th place each season.

Patience Timothy... we're getting there. We didn't scrape 16th last year and we're not scraping it this year. But we are getting more comfortable. And no, I don't think we're a better side than any of those three... yet

 

[hopkins]

Everyone loves a post-draw poll.

What was it?

Idiot. 2-0 up and you post that !

 

[Two Professors]

Being 2-0 up away from home, and to let them back in with two poor defensive mistakes, it has to be two points dropped.

Perhaps our defenders might do better if they didn't have to do the strikers job as well!Point gained.

 

[Seasidesage]

How can an away point be a bad result...

We moan about other teams sense of entitlement....

It's only a couple of months back people were wondering if we'd score away from home again let alone start collecting points.

 

[Pavilionaire]

A draw after going 2 goals up in the second half is two points dropped, regardless of who you’re playing

It's a football cliche.

Watford also threw away a two goal advantage at Bournemouth and ended up drawing. Next time they play away do you think their fans will want:

a) Javi Gracia to keep on attacking in the same manner that has seen them rise to 8th in the table, or
b) Shut up shop and see if they might nick a 1-0 from a set piece?

 

[amexer]

Everybody would have been happy with a draw before game so no different now

 

[Mancgull]

Looks like a bit of a gap is opening to the bottom 6 now. I think it's between those 6 for the relegation places, with Huddersfield already taking one of them. Newcastle dropping quietly into the mix. Tough two league games coming up for us now......so getting a point was important. Point gained and a fair result.

 

[dadams2k11]

2-0 is a horrible scoreline and needs the 3rd to wrap it up. They got one back and momentum is with them to get the second like they did.

2pts Dropped

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Given the circumstances, two points dropped. We looked so confident and in charge before their first. On the positive side, we regained composure and didn't fold after their second. Probably would have taken a point pre-match, but still a little frustrating.

 

[Icy Gull]

Everybody would have been happy with a draw before game so no different now

Exactly, definitely a point gained with a spirited performance. A win would have been nice but WH came back well and I’d have setlled for the point very happily after the scored their second with a 1/4 of the game still to go. WH fans will be much more disappointed than us.

 

[Lower West Stander]

I’ll go for point gained.

Bear in mind, we were fortunate to beat them at the Amex.

Swings and roundabouts....


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[CaptainDaveUK]

Very happy to get a point but obviously gutted that we let the other two get away. Probably a fair result and on reflection 5 points from last 3 fixtures is a good return.

 

[Pavilionaire]

We're fortunate to be in a position where we can chew over the merits of an away draw at West Ham. Spare a thought for Terriers fans tonight - that was a must-win game they've just lost to Burnley.

Wagner once had Godlike status but now there are doubts and the likes of Cardiff, Southampton and Burnley are picking up points and leaving them behind. I think they're toast.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Strange one. Point gained really but feels like 2 points dropped. I’m sure CH will feel that it’s 2 dropped!

 

[Stephen Seagull]

It's a football cliche.

Watford also threw away a two goal advantage at Bournemouth and ended up drawing. Next time they play away do you think their fans will want:

a) Javi Gracia to keep on attacking in the same manner that has seen them rise to 8th in the table, or
b) Shut up shop and see if they might nick a 1-0 from a set piece?

You’ve managed to spectacularly miss the point of my post and compare it to a completely different scenario:

We scored two second half goals, with only half an hour left, yes, I excpect us to play tight, keep the ball and close the game out professionally.

Watford had scored their first 2 goals after 24 minutes (or thereabouts) so the scenario is very different, shutting up shop for 70 minutes doesn’t (usually) work.