Search results

I thought CH expertedly didn’t allow them to play and play the type of game they wanted, especially first half. Although in doing that CH is now being criticised by a few other posters who thought he chose the wrong team and by Wrighty on MOTD who was very unimpressed with our unadventurous...

In his 20’s prime CMS struggled to make a success of being a Championship striker. VVD and Fabinho, and just about any other PL defence would have had the shuttle runner in their pocket.

Stephens played very well. Normally I sit in the NS, but today from WSU I could watch DS expertly marshalling the second ‘bank of 4’, in synch with the back 4. Closing space, preventing passing angles and tracking runners. Teams without a DS get torn apart by that opposition.

Exactly that. DS spotted it and saw that everyone was closely marked in that moment. He did exactly as Henderson and Wijnaldum did countless times, kept possession, then started all over again. I sat in new area, WSU, and I was surprised by how much people explode with a quality Albion player.

Stephens plays on a knife edge of being condemned by some very vocal fans for any imperfect moment. I was surrounded by people who went berserk when he passed it back during a (well defended) attack. Other players don’t appear to be judged so harshly.