J_Stewart Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 West Brom lose 1-0 to Tony Pulis' Middlesborough courtesy of an injury-time free kick scored by a centre-back. Absolutely delicious. The entire game was utterly hideous, but exactly what you would expect from a current Tony Pulis side (sans Adama Traore) against an ex-Tony Pulis side.Delighted with the win though obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Forest v Birmingham not exactly full of flowing football but decent enough in spells. Good fightback from Forest, exciting finish and some good goals in the 2-2 draw though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 On 25/08/2018 at 08:01, Brummie Clyde said: Maybe they’ll even push for promotion. On 25/08/2018 at 11:52, 7-2 said: Could be this season's 'dark horse'. QPR 1 Wigan 0. Bloody football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 19 hours ago, bairney said: Who is the dark-haired girl on sky sports commentating on the Villa game? She is absolutely gorgeous. Then she opens her gob... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) Managerial casualty list continues to grow with Nolan the latest to be sacked... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45314454 Edited August 26, 2018 by NorthernLights 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Scunthorpe lost the guts of their team this summer and recruitment was poor. McCall has good foundations there but will need to work hard to keep them steady. A solid mid table finish would be a good outcome for the Iron this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Lenny Johnrose - I'm not afraid of dying Article on his discovery of being diagnosed with MND. Brave man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 0-0 away to Leeds is a good result. We are fucking woeful to watch though. Gone Full Pulis now Adama is away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 17 minutes ago, J_Stewart said: 0-0 away to Leeds is a good result. We are fucking woeful to watch though. Gone Full Pulis now Adama is away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, J_Stewart said: 0-0 away to Leeds is a good result. We are fucking woeful to watch though. Gone Full Pulis now Adama is away. And the one creative, quality player we have was desperate to leave and Pulis hates him. Without him there’s nothing up top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, J_Stewart said: 0-0 away to Leeds is a good result. We are fucking woeful to watch though. Gone Full Pulis now Adama is away. Bit harsh. I thought it was a decent game for a 0-0. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 23 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: And the one creative, quality player we have was desperate to leave and Pulis hates him. Without him there’s nothing up top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 33 minutes ago, 7-2 said: Bit harsh. I thought it was a decent game for a 0-0. I thought we played quite well. We didn’t have any real chances though, as without Braithwaite we have no pace going forward and we are relying on scoring a header from a set piece or long throw. Hopefully if Braithwaite is staying until January at least then he’ll get back in the team and keep us at the top of the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) On 8/27/2018 at 19:28, Ivo den Bieman said: Scunthorpe lost the guts of their team this summer and recruitment was poor. McCall has good foundations there but will need to work hard to keep them steady. A solid mid table finish would be a good outcome for the Iron this season. Edited August 31, 2018 by Herman Hessian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I thought we played quite well. We didn’t have any real chances though, as without Braithwaite we have no pace going forward and we are relying on scoring a header from a set piece or long throw. Hopefully if Braithwaite is staying until January at least then he’ll get back in the team and keep us at the top of the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Bit harsh. I thought it was a decent game for a 0-0.I really didn’t. I was wanting Leeds to win and they never looked like scoring and Boro are a typical Pulis gang now so maybe that’s why I didn’t enjoy it. Every corner, for either side, was basically a wrestling match and Boro’s throw ins anywhere near Leeds box were the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I thought we played quite well. We didn’t have any real chances though, as without Braithwaite we have no pace going forward and we are relying on scoring a header from a set piece or long throw. Hopefully if Braithwaite is staying until January at least then he’ll get back in the team and keep us at the top of the league.We were solid at the back, and the midfield were excellent, Clayton digging in especially. I haven’t been a big fan of Howson, but he’s starting to turn me around. Problem, as you say, is a complete lack of pace or creativity going forward. Assombalonga is quick, but he’s being used as a target man which nullifies his pace, and much as i will always love Downing, and as good as he still is technically, you can see his legs are going. After him, in terms of wide players, it’s only really young Chapman and Tavernier that could come in. I’m all for giving both opportunities, but it’s a worrying lack of depth really. At least Gestede seems to have been shuffled down the pack. Every cloud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, J_Stewart said: We were solid at the back, and the midfield were excellent, Clayton digging in especially. I haven’t been a big fan of Howson, but he’s starting to turn me around. Problem, as you say, is a complete lack of pace or creativity going forward. Assombalonga is quick, but he’s being used as a target man which nullifies his pace, and much as i will always love Downing, and as good as he still is technically, you can see his legs are going. After him, in terms of wide players, it’s only really young Chapman and Tavernier that could come in. I’m all for giving both opportunities, but it’s a worrying lack of depth really. At least Gestede seems to have been shuffled down the pack. Every cloud. Howson is steadily becoming my favourite player for us, starting to look like the player I thought we were signing. We have frankly ridiculous strength in depth in centre mid, then nothing out wide. Downing is a solid player for us, but we need more pace and someone who is able to beat a man, Downing hasn’t done that for us in a long time. The wing back role seemed to suit him quite well for us, and we do need someone better than Friend, but maybe our deadline day signing McQueen will help us. Could be a big player for us. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, J_Stewart said: We were solid at the back, and the midfield were excellent, Clayton digging in especially. I haven’t been a big fan of Howson, but he’s starting to turn me around. Problem, as you say, is a complete lack of pace or creativity going forward. Assombalonga is quick, but he’s being used as a target man which nullifies his pace, and much as i will always love Downing, and as good as he still is technically, you can see his legs are going. After him, in terms of wide players, it’s only really young Chapman and Tavernier that could come in. I’m all for giving both opportunities, but it’s a worrying lack of depth really. At least Gestede seems to have been shuffled down the pack. Every cloud. Edited September 1, 2018 by Rab B Nesbit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALMOT Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 As 0-0 goes I have been at plenty that were worse then last nights. Football against anti football ended up with no one winning. Pulis set his team up for the draw by going 5-4-1 and it worked with the back 5 all from the land of the giants. Our passing game was just that bit out which meant we didnt break them down and create any clear chances. Thought we might get a goal in the last 15-20 mins as Boro wilted badly and we really pushed hard but to no avail. Still would have taken being top of the league going into the first international break at the start of the season as no one knew what to expect from MB. Two weeks on the training pitch to sort things out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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