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WBA vs Man City - Match Thread
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Drastically missed McAuley. Dawson remains nowhere near a Prem class, he's too slow, no timing. We also look piss poor defending set plays without big Gaz.

The midfield is where we really need work. McLean was even worse than I remember at Sunderland and he was gash then. My feelings about Gardner remain as they were last season, apart from the odd decent pot shot, he's nowhere near Prem class. Just doesn't pass the ball well enough, doesn't move into space, isn't even athletic.

We really need someone in the middle who can actually get about the opposition a bit more and pass the ball with a modicum of accuracy. Fletcher and Mozza are 'okay' but out of the huge number of central midfielders at the club, there's not a genuine classy option between them. We looked better when Yacob came on, but really could do with upgrading him to a stopper with a bit more athleticism and professionalism.

On the plus side, thought Saido looked fast and sharp, made some good runs and was unfortunate with the offside goal. In Lambert we have a player who actually holds the ball up properly, keeps it and lays it off accurately 9 times out of 10. McManaman remains a really good impact sub and think he could win us some points if we throw him on in games which are actually close.

Lots of work to be done, but in part, we've only got ourselves to blame having shelled out money for dross like McLean and not replacing the likes of Gardner.
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WBA vs Man City - Match Thread - by Ska'dForLife-WBA - 08-08-2015, 22:25
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