West Brom v Leeds Utd Match Thread - My minute by minute summary of the game!

[The Subhuman]

And rarely subbed

I think Piroe is a good player he just seems lost playing in midfield.... If Rutter were a pure striker then it might work but Geo dominates the area Piroe is supposed to play...

[1964white]

Another penalty. The real question everyone should be asking is why we can't create from open play?

True SG.

Did you notice their crosses in comparison to ours? they were like chalk & cheese!

No one who can score from a free-kick, Summerville & Piroe do a Harrison/Aaronson whispering act, only to shoot straight at the wall or sky their shots over the bar.

[Cjay]

I think Piroe is a good player he just seems lost playing in midfield.... If Rutter were a pure striker then it might work but Geo dominates the area Piroe is supposed to play...

So is Summerville, at times he and Piroe and Rutter are basically on eachothers toes.

Marsch got hammered for this sort of thing.

And the subs are designed to create chaos? I've never heard a manager say he wants chaos before

[1964white]

63% possession with only one shot on target

[Jaydog]

Was always going to be a tight game. They didn’t offer much. A really dour side, I don’t want Corberan any time soon. Terrible ref and Ampadu asleep for their goal. We just don’t win these games but Leicester do.

[SG90]

So we have an exhausted and overplayed starting xi, and extremely undercooked bench reinforcements to replace them. That is the fault of the manager refusing to rotate the squad.

[whiteswan]

64 swearing, must be bad ....

He's usually such a Gent....

[JoeDenver]

So we have an exhausted and overplayed starting xi, and extremely undercooked bench reinforcements to replace them. That is the fault of the manager refusing to rotate the squad.

He's backed himself into this corner due to this fact. Thought the bulk of the changes, sans Gruev, were the right changes (although Gruev did an okay job). But the substitutions and tactical changes also leave a lot to be desired, week in and week out.

[Cjay]

He's backed himself into this corner due to this fact. Thought the bulk of the changes, sans Gruev, were the right changes (although Gruev did an okay job). But the substitutions and tactical changes also leave a lot to be desired, week in and week out.

He's already said his changes are designed to create chaos which by its very design means he isn't influencing what's going on on the pitch.

It's a really odd admission imo.

So when people say he chucks everyone on and hopes for the best that is basically it.

[JoeDenver]

He's already said his changes are designed to create chaos which by its very design means he isn't influencing what's going on on the pitch.

It's a really odd admission imo.

So when people say he chucks everyone on and hopes for the best that is basically it.

Seems very Marsh-esque. And we know how that experiment went...

[malcolmw]

Hideous kit.

Ed Cowburn from Acid FC designed all the 3 kits.

What ever happened to playing away in yellow?

Agree Brad. We are white - then yellow and blue. Surely there are some great designs that can come out of that combination?

I do like our second kit this year (blue), with the focus on the peacock, but that peuk pink thing should never see the light of play/day again.

[malcolmw]

Cheer up lads - just a bit of a mid-season lull

But then - as I'd said in response to 64 a day or so ago - I resigned myself to 2 years in The Championship in May this year.

I don't care what industry you are in, when you are in a state of cluster-f**k like we were at end last season - which was a death by a thousand cuts situation that had been coming for 4 or 5 years (or more) - it is going to take some time and patience to rebuild out of the hole.
The first thing we need to do in this hole (and we have NOT yet emerged from it) is to stop digging.
So stop calling for the manager's blood, stop being quintessential armchair football coaches and get with the rebuild. I am hopeful that by this time next year, we have a squad that is starting to look like it could compete in the PL.

Until then, I'll just support my team through their good days and their shitty days. Also a lot less stressful that way, I may add.

Make no mistake, the last 2 performances were crappy - no excuse. Right, let's sort it out and get on with the second half of the season.

[Orange Box]

Cheer up lads - just a bit of a mid-season lull

But then - as I'd said in response to 64 a day or so ago - I resigned myself to 2 years in The Championship in May this year.

I don't care what industry you are in, when you are in a state of cluster-f**k like we were at end last season - which was a death by a thousand cuts situation that had been coming for 4 or 5 years (or more) - it is going to take some time and patience to rebuild out of the hole.
The first thing we need to do in this hole (and we have NOT yet emerged from it) is to stop digging.
So stop calling for the manager's blood, stop being quintessential armchair football coaches and get with the rebuild. I am hopeful that by this time next year, we have a squad that is starting to look like it could compete in the PL.

Until then, I'll just support my team through their good days and their shitty days. Also a lot less stressful that way, I may add.

Make no mistake, the last 2 performances were crappy - no excuse. Right, let's sort it out and get on with the second half of the season.

Thank you, Mal. You have just been nominated as my official LUFC therapist.

[Prisoner37]

I'm afraid the legacy of Victor Orta will have a long tail.

The key to going straight back up is hanging on to most of your Premiership player. And/or sellingi some of your crown jewels to build a side of depth for the gruelling number of games in the Champo.

Unfortunately for us most of Orta's signings weren't good enough for the Premiership in the first place and those that were had the ridiculous demotion loan clauses, so we couldn't keep or sell.

Repairing the waste of our funds though Orta's ego will take 2/3 years so we are walking a tightrope before the parachute payments dry up.

Yes, DF's tactical skills are looking a bit shaky but he doesn't have a great hand to play in the first place.

We need at least two more well used transfer windows to have a depth of squad to ensure automatic promotion.

[1964white]

He's usually such a Gent....

I apologise Swannie.

I'm despairing with Leeds United, they are bringing the worst out of me.

Other championship clubs are scoring for fun, thank god, our centre-backs seem to do their job every game.

Farke & his players need to take a long hard look at themselves this morning.

I'm ashamed of them, I'm not the only one, I know three season-ticket holders (two of them who go to every away game) are not attending the Birmingham home game.

[1964white]

He's already said his changes are designed to create chaos which by its very design means he isn't influencing what's going on on the pitch.

It's a really odd admission imo.

So when people say he chucks everyone on and hopes for the best that is basically it.

Seven forwards on the pitch.

No structure, no cohesion, no invention, no alternative plan.

Just pure chaos!

[Kennyb41]

I apologise Swannie.

I'm despairing with Leeds United, they are bringing the worst out of me.

Other championship clubs are scoring for fun, thank god, our centre-backs seem to do their job every game.

Farke & his players need to take a long hard look at themselves this morning.

I'm ashamed of them, I'm not the only one, I know three season-ticket holders (two of them who go to every away game) are not attending the Birmingham home game.

What a load of absolute tosh.

[Kennyb41]

Seven forwards on the pitch.

No structure, no cohesion, no invention, no alternative plan.

Just pure chaos!

Tosh.

[Kennyb41]

My apologies for choosing your posts Sid (but they were at the end of an absolute load of tosh)

[Kennyb41]

PNE 30% Leeds 70% : Result 70% lost
WBA 30% Leeds 70% : Result 70% lost
PNE 70% Sheff W 30% : Result 70% lost
Arsenal 70% West Ham 30% : Result 70% lost

Leeds 50% Ipswich 50% : Result Leeds thrash Ipswich 4-0

I just chose some most recent results and the % is possession there or thereabouts, doesn't it tell all you statheads something about modern day football, apart from : You are either one or the other?

Btw, Rutters was not a penalty, Gnontos was stonewall, luck huh