West Brom v QPR | Match Thread

[SheepRanger]

Is Frey injured? That's all of our strikers out today. Correction - I see Lloyd on the bench.

Marti only wanted a draw because the Board's only objective is clearly only to avoid relegation.

[shaggy24]

Marti only wanted a draw because the Board's only objective is clearly only to avoid relegation.

We’re pretty much safe bottom 3 only average under 1 point a game they need drastic improvement to stop up if player out of contract have shown no intent or we don’t intend to offer them a new deal give some of development squad a run out

today was shite get more pace from walking football

[daveshads]

Yeah, pretty frustrating all round really. We've seen these type of performances so often. In some ways we don't look too bad but the end product is always missing.
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[SheepRanger]

We’re pretty much safe bottom 3 only average under 1 point a game they need drastic improvement to stop up if player out of contract have shown no intent or we don’t intend to offer them a new deal give some of development squad a run out

today was shite get more pace from walking football

To try for a draw just seems crazy to me. If Lloyd isn't good enough to start then get rid of him. I'd have preferred to start Dunne as CF.

There are five winnable games in April, but even hitting 60 pts seems optimistic.

We just cant have this many players in the squad next season into the last year of their contracts. I dont blame the players for not putting in 100% if we're not prepared to commit to them. But those running down their contracts and not giving their all should be dropped. Colback doesn't have the pace anymore that's why he's grabbing at players to get to the ball.

It's embarrassing to see us implode like this after our brilliant ten game run. We're better than we currently are, but the will doesnt seem to be there.

[Martinmalta]

We lost our way a bit ... or more! It looks that since the expirienced players returned to the side, we just gone backwards. We were doing much better when the core of the first team were Kolli, Morrison, Morgan ... I mean playing regularly.

[SheepRanger]

Even in a game of walking football, even the snail Madsen didnt get a walk out.

Why is he even on the bench if hes not going to be used in a game ideally suited to him?

[Dono77]

To try for a draw just seems crazy to me. If Lloyd isn't good enough to start then get rid of him. I'd have preferred to start Dunne as CF.

There are five winnable games in April, but even hitting 60 pts seems optimistic.

We just cant have this many players in the squad next season into the last year of their contracts. I dont blame the players for not putting in 100% if we're not prepared to commit to them. But those running down their contracts and not giving their all should be dropped. Colback doesn't have the pace anymore that's why he's grabbing at players to get to the ball.

It's embarrassing to see us implode like this after our brilliant ten game run. We're better than we currently are, but the will doesnt seem to be there.

Is tells us a lot that we chose to leave our only fit centre forward on the bench and start with a kid who doesn't speak the language and has never played upfront on his own. Lloyd should be playing at league 2 level maybe league 1. Hes another Armstrong. Lots of pace but no brain and not a striker.

Wish we would just sign a proper target man.

[Dono77]

Even in a game of walking football, even the snail Madsen didnt get a walk out.

Why is he even on the bench if hes not going to be used in a game ideally suited to him?

He's a waste of space. He will be gone in the summer. More money wasted on a donkey.

[shaggy24]

He's a waste of space. He will be gone in the summer. More money wasted on a donkey.

Do you think we watched him play before deciding to sign him ?

[SheepRanger]

Do you think we watched him play before deciding to sign him ?

Doubt it.....as his data was good for 23/24 with 14 goals from 35 games as an attacking midfielder. He's young too.

What he data doesn't show is that the Belgium Super league is rubbish. For Westerloo he played in front of average home attendances of 5,700

[Dedders]

I just hope Noury tweaks his algorithms before the summer transfer window - those overseas signings seem a bit iffy right now and with the amount leaving on a free in the summer he needs to get it right. All in the hands of a 26 year old……

[Stanfan]

Alfie on bench because he was carrying an injury and not up to 90 mins. I just find colback annoying as he seems to do stupid stuff a lot when he’s fit enough to actually play. Chair not playing a true 10 as only seems to play on left. We’re predictable unless we can switch play but right side thin on the ground when attacking. Ref very soft on time wasting but probably because he’d have booked the whole wba team and sent off goalie and right side defender. The lost stud by the goalie was a pathetic example of ref losing the plot. Nows the time to me to be preferring players here next year

[SheepRanger]

Is tells us a lot that we chose to leave our only fit centre forward on the bench and start with a kid who doesn't speak the language and has never played upfront on his own. Lloyd should be playing at league 2 level maybe league 1. Hes another Armstrong. Lots of pace but no brain and not a striker.

Wish we would just sign a proper target man.

The BBC line up suggests Smyth played CF....? Too be honest I didn't take too much notice.

[Abseits]

That was really poor. We are looking like naive little boys against men in too many fixtures lately. Yeah, we are short on strikers but where were the missed chances today that a Clive Allen or Charlie Austin would've converted? Our approach play into final third is chronically slow, predictable, one-dimensional and pisseasy to defend against. It's our build up play and inability to create genuine threats on opposition's goal that's the issue, not absence of Frey/Kolli/Celar.

WBA won their pen by dint of a genuinely fast winger skinning Paal and firing a ball into our box and having at least 4 players bursting onto us at speed. The pure pace of the move had us all at sea. By comparison, we spent all game inching the ball down the flank before wafting the ball into the box for one of their 5 defenders to clear.

Only positive I took today is Morrison looks a composed and tidy CB - I just hope his injury record is just bad luck and he's not made of glass.

Right now I'd seriously worry about how we'll fare next season. Yep, half this squad will be gone but I dunno if that is a good or bad thing? I suppose it's all down to what players we get in over the summer.

[Abseits]

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The BBC line up suggests Smyth played CF....? Too be honest I didn't take too much notice.

Looked like Smyth and Chair sort of alternated in the central role for first 25 mins. But frankly it ended up more like that "false number 9" nonsense thereafter. When Lloyd came on we were basically left with nobody up front - I'm afraid Alfie is nowhere near Championship standard. Given he's virtually 22 years old I do wonder if he'll ever make I at this level?