Baggies post match thread

[redmike65]

Well Coutinho is our best player, so I don't think Lallana is quite at his level. But I'd have him in the team every day of the week ahead of Firmino. Firmino may improve, but he's taking his time this far.

Coutinho and Lallana were both excellent against City (as was Bobby F) and the combination of the 2 with a centre forward who makes any sort of movement (Origi) or runs at all will work pretty well.

I'd say Lallana could add a few more goals, but the assist yesterday was a step in the right direction.

I rate him.

The trick is to play all three, offering quick pass and move artistry. They even have the right initials. LFC.

[Cormack74]

Anyone able to link me to Jurgen's post match pls?

Sky one is on page 2.

[nineteen]

It may well have been a foul and that photo is just an instant before "the duck" I have been talking about

To me Lovren ducked whether instinctively through contact or in the hope of getting the foul

All this is kind of irrelevant anyway we are shockingly bad at set pieces, we look like conceding every time an opponent gets one

West Brom scored 3 times yesterday from set pieces. Admittedly 1 was disallowed for offside but that has got to be a major concern that we are so fragile from them

They are such an important part of the game nowadays and even more so when you are playing Pullis, Allardyce or even Pardews teams

A few thoughts on the game and our tactics in general:

Every time WB had a set piece in and around the box they put someone on Mignolet. I saw Fletcher a bunch of times, stood right in front of Mig and when the set piece was taken, his sole intent was to block Mig. The ref and linesmen let it go, so it's clearly a legal tactic. What I want to know is: 1) why doesn't Mig just run the **** over him, and 2) how come we never do that sort of ****?

We are pants at set pieces, both attacking and defending. We're too nice, standing off and giving the other team too much room. We need to get dirty and get ****ing stuck in. Officials let so much of that **** go that we haven't adopted at least some of the tactics to a certain extent seems strange to me.

[Cormack74]

We need an Italian defensive coach. Those guys wrote the manual for dirty tricks defending.

[frank the tank]

Well Coutinho is our best player, so I don't think Lallana is quite at his level. But I'd have him in the team every day of the week ahead of Firmino. Firmino may improve, but he's taking his time this far.

I would say Lallana is the one taking his time. He has played 50 times for lfc and has scored aomething like 6 goals. That is terrible. The point you make about Firmino may improve.....he is a brazilian guy that joined is from germany and will surely take time to settle. What is Lallanas excuse???

[frank the tank]

Coutinho and Lallana were both excellent against City (as was Bobby F) and the combination of the 2 with a centre forward who makes any sort of movement (Origi) or runs at all will work pretty well..

If lallana was excellent against city then it is because he ran around a lot. Any fit andwell coached player can do that. WBA had a few of them yesterday.

In thencity game though, it was coutinho and firmino that tore them apart...

[frank the tank]

I'd say Lallana could add a few more goals, but the assist yesterday was a step in the right direction.

I rate him.

How long do we wait for his goals??? An attacking midfielder who cost 25m...... and also the guy cant even last a full match. He's been substituted in more than 50% of his games for LFC......that is just ****e as well....

[Buzzo]

I can't be ****ed answering all that - I disagree though, you don't rate him, I do

[red g]

How long do we wait for his goals??? An attacking midfielder who cost 25m...... and also the guy cant even last a full match. He's been substituted in more than 50% of his games for LFC......that is just ****e as well....

60million for Benteke and Lallana and at best think they could be great impact subs.

[frank the tank]

I can't be ****ed answering all that - I disagree though, you don't rate him, I do

[DKdan]

A few thoughts on the game and our tactics in general:

Every time WB had a set piece in and around the box they put someone on Mignolet. I saw Fletcher a bunch of times, stood right in front of Mig and when the set piece was taken, his sole intent was to block Mig. The ref and linesmen let it go, so it's clearly a legal tactic. What I want to know is: 1) why doesn't Mig just run the **** over him, and 2) how come we never do that sort of ****?

We are pants at set pieces, both attacking and defending. We're too nice, standing off and giving the other team too much room. We need to get dirty and get ****ing stuck in. Officials let so much of that **** go that we haven't adopted at least some of the tactics to a certain extent seems strange to me.

The role of Fletcher was very obvious. I dont understand why we dont protest and tell the ref to keep an eye on it. But thats Pulis in a nutshell - and the cheeky ****er even moaned that they had goal disallowed, even though he agreed they were offside. He is a cancer to football, but it is our failure to nullify such **** tactics, that keeps him in a job.

And BTW if we did the same, the ref would act.

[nineteen]

And BTW if we did the same, the ref would act.

Indeed he probably would ... and one would assume he would put a stop to it on both sides.

[Vermilion]

Oh shut up Tony!

I'd be doing everything i could to divert attention away from the dire vile putrid inane football your teams play if i were you! grrr

[Chris]

He's an absolute cunt, still playing the hard done by pauper aswell. He spent a ****load at Stoke and wasn't exactly not spending in the summer either. He needs a ****ting.

[wongers]

put my name down