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Did we at least deserve the draw?

In the sense that both sides were incredibly poor (and probably equally so), yes we did.  It struck me while watching that the one thing you really can't accuse this Albion team of is lack of effort or spirit, which we often pinned our problems on a couple of years ago; they put their bodies on the line, they fight for the ball and play till the final whistle, but none of this is underpinned by actual quality where it counts.  As great as it is watching players get stuck into challenges, it sort of defeats the object when the whole reason they're doing it is because they couldn't pass the ball for ten yards without sending it to an opponent.

We are, thankfully, in a strong position where relegation is concerned and should have no problem reaching safety because we'll catch two or three teams napping between now and May.  But this summer overhaul is going to have to be enormous, and boy, don't we get sick of saying that every single summer?

Interesting post, that.
Personally, I'd rather have a team of less talented players that would scrap for everything (one extreme) than have a load of prima donas who put no effort into a game (the other), Obviously somewhere in the middle is ideal, but we maybe shouldn't be too critical of the PLAYERS, if they're giving their all - most of the criticism should be targeted at the manager/coaches, etc, who bring them to the club and decide (generally) how they play.