[wba1978]

Poor from Bilic and the players today.

I really don't think it's time to be experimenting with a new formation in a tough competitive game.

IMO it was a selection made with fear. Leicester were patched together at the back, so sacrificing a forward player for another defender made no sense.

It worked for a while in terms of keeping us 'steady' but as soon as they scored the game was over. We could've played all night and not scored.

We really need an athletic defensive minded midfielder on the books to enable us to play 2/3 creative players in a 5 man midfield (Krov, Grady, Pereira).

I never thought I'd say this, but if Livermore gets injured we will be absolutely screwed. If we have to go with Sawyers and Harper against 3 midfielders, we will get massacred as neither have any defensive awareness. Saywers is a good quarter back if he has options in front of him, but I just don't see what Harper adds. He doesn't tackle, doesn't track, doesn't create, doesn't score. I'd sooner have Field in there because at least he gets around the pitch and plugs the gaps. We really need new blood in this position though. Yet the player we are linked with - Gallager - is yet another attacking midfielder. I don't get it...

We're also desperate for a proper striker and some decent full backs. Not sure if Grant is the man as he was playing on the wing when I watched Huddersfield last season. We have an abundance of wing forwards, IMO we're crying out for a proper number 9 who has some presence but is also mobile (hence not Charlie Austin). Don't see the point in Deeney as he's just another Austin. Could barely run last season and while he takes a good penalty, we're not going to get into the opposition box to win one on this evidence.

Totally agree about Harper Slick.  Would like to see how Sam would have got on.  His stats at Charlton actually seemed quite good.

Bartley Shite.  Need a striker.  Pereira didn't have a sniff.

Was thinking Ivanovic at 36 was a waste of time... Maybe not now.

If not him, play Kipre. Anyone but Bartley!  

Conceding that penalty was just lazy!  How did he think he was gonna get away with it?!