Match Threads West Brom vs Spurs - Match Thread

[Sir Henry]

West Brom 1 Spurs 0

Just when you think, you are a good team. Spurs kick you flush in the fucking balls.

 

[sebo_sek]

I’d drop Kane to the bench for four reasons:

1. He is in very poor form and needs to be shown that poor performances get rewarded with a spell on the bench.

2. Our two best recent performances (Bournemouth away and Chelsea away) have come with Kane out of the team. I think Kane makes us one dimensional whereas the movement of Son, Lamela, Dele and Eriksen creates all sorts of issues for opposition defences.

3. If that movement from the attacking mids doesn’t get us ahead in the game, Kane coming on in the second half to stretch the defence would be a lot more effective than him playing from the start, where he seems to tire incredibly quickly.

4. I don’t need a fourth point because the other three were so great.

I've been saying this for at least 6-7 weeks now. But after some 40 negative ratings, I let it go.
Maybe they'll listen to you...

 

[Ribble]

West Brom 1 Spurs 0

Just when you think, you are a good team. Spurs kick you flush in the fucking balls.

They've done Man United, Newcastle and drawn with Liverpool in recent weeks too remember, they're not nearly as bad as Pulis and Pardew made them over the course of the season and they're actually showing it now. Far too late and their fate is out of their own hands, of course.

 

[sebo_sek]

It's the combo of being down after the cup semi and the fact we had a gigantic but not yet unassailable lead for the top 4.

Once the cup was over I suspect the players felt sorry for themselves and didn't want to have to put in the effort to pick things up again. They thought they could just coast until the end of the season. Well it's now well and truly come back to bite us on the arse.

So where was Poch when all this was taking place?

 

[freeeki]

I've been saying this for at least 6-7 weeks now. But after some 40 negative ratings, I let it go.
Maybe they'll listen to you...

Likewise, the slating I got for pointing out it was a crazy idea for the club to actively and publicly get Eriksen's goal given to Harry at a crucial point of the season, because of the knock-on effect it could have in the dressing room and for team morale, enthusiasm and performance, was a thing of beauty.

We were doing fine up until that point.

And now here we are.

 

[Shadydan]

Likewise, the slating I got for pointing out it was a crazy idea for the club to actively and publicly get Eriksen's goal given to Harry at a crucial point of the season, because of the knock-on effect it could have in the dressing room and for team morale, enthusiasm and performance, was a thing of beauty.

We were doing fine up until that point.

And now here we are.

Yep that's definitely the reason why we are on a poor run, definitely.

 

[freeeki]

Yep that's definitely the reason why we are on a poor run, definitely.

It was the point at which we went from 'unbeaten since 2017' to 'lost 4 in 3 weeks'.

But yeah, totally unconnected.

 

[Shadydan]

It was the point at which we went from 'unbeaten since 2017' to 'lost 4 in 3 weeks'.

But yeah, totally unconnected.

We weren't playing well before that, the Stoke match we looked just as sluggish as we are now...

 

[sebo_sek]

Yep that's definitely the reason why we are on a poor run, definitely.

If, as some have suggested, Levy's bonus is the reason, I don't see why this can't have been another.

 

[Shadydan]

If, as some have suggested, Levy's bonus is the reason, I don't see why this can't have been another.

Maybe because they're both stupid reasons

 

[sebo_sek]

Maybe because they're both stupid reasons

And yet the team dynamic has changed. Is it down to Kane being bang average of late? Hope not cos it would truely make us Team Kane.

 

[Shadydan]

And yet the team dynamic has changed. Is it down to Kane being bang average of late? Hope not cos it would truely make us Team Kane.

We're off form, it's football, it happens to all teams.

 

[freeeki]

Maybe because they're both stupid reasons

So what’s your explanation?

If it’s not the manager, it’s not the players and it’s not the board, then what is it? How did we become a consistently-dreary shit show pretty much overnight?

 

[Shadydan]

So what’s your explanation?

If it’s not the manager, it’s not the players and it’s not the board, then what is it? How did we become a consistently-dreary shit show pretty much overnight?

We're off form, it's football, it happens to all teams.

^

 

[sebo_sek]

We're off form, it's football, it happens to all teams.

But you don't just go from smoking hot to smelly rot for no reason. Football or not.

 

[freeeki]

^

Not sure I buy it tbh.

We went off the boil as a collective in an instant.

Something stinks here, as someone said earlier, they haven’t just forgotten how to play football overnight.

 

[Shadydan]

But you don't just go from smoking hot to smelly rot for no reason. Football or not.

How did Utd go from beating City 3-2 to losing against West Brom and Brighton?

 

[sebo_sek]

I dont know and I don't care, other than we should have capitalised on it.

 

[worcestersauce]

I dont know and I don't care, other than we should have capitalised on it.

We might have, mathmatically we can still pip United for second.

 

[SirNiNyHotspur]

Hoping Brom get confirmed relegated tonight after their busgusting performance (I'm not bitter)