20-12-2014, 19:03
To breathe life into that old cliché of football being a game of two halves, today it was two different halves of the pitch: the best attacking performance we've delivered all season, and yet the worst defensive display since spring. Set-piece defending; all over the shop. Pathetic and unacceptable. Why the hell is it that we can't have a bit of balance? Why do we either set up with ten defenders and scrap our way to a 0-0 draw, or go adventurous and surrender 2-0 and 3-0 leads? There must be a happy medium between attack and defence; we should be able to kill off games! Most clubs manage it! It's beyond me.
Brown Ideye; I really want this bloke to do well, but at the moment it'd feel like an accomplishment if he got a shot on target, let alone a goal. At least two chances today he could have done a lot better with, if not scored.
Most worryingly, I fear this performance and result may just push Irvine back into his negative shell. Grrrrrr. Not much else to say. Going to dig out a film to watch.
Brown Ideye; I really want this bloke to do well, but at the moment it'd feel like an accomplishment if he got a shot on target, let alone a goal. At least two chances today he could have done a lot better with, if not scored.
Most worryingly, I fear this performance and result may just push Irvine back into his negative shell. Grrrrrr. Not much else to say. Going to dig out a film to watch.
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley