He played lots better in that game agreed. Against the worst team in the league. At home.
I think people have seen enough of him during the rest of his Albion career to be rightfully pessimistic about him making any kind of impact.
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And here is the crux of the matter really isn’t it? We won’t do that.
So what exactly do we do? We’ve given him a run of games, he’s struggled, we’ve given him a run out against lower opposition, he’s struggled. If you include...
He started at Palace, we won that. Wolves and Newcastle, we won. Everton we lost. So 3 out of 4 league starts- not too shabby.
Not sure about the cups.
EDIT. That's nonsense.
He also started against Hudds and West Ham, we won.
Then...
Saints
Chelsea
Cardiff
Spurs
Man City
We lost all those...
This is where I am at too.
I reckon if we played him every game from now he might, by the end of the season, start to show some semblance of the form that made us buy him in the first place.
But that isn't how it works is it? He's had chances. He is no more deserving of those chances, and...
He was far more eager to shot than others, which felt a little against the game plan. That restrained tactic led to the winner of course, when a couple of players could have shot early but didn't.
I just can't see how he is going to find any form. He seems like a lovely guy and it's clear he...
He had two or three half chances in the second half like that- nowhere near threatening. His confidence is shot.
He was a weak link today and totally outshone by Alzate. In fact, Murray looked more effective out wide that he did.
People use this place to vent. Most supporters want our players to succeed or at least start paying back the millions we paid for them even if they hurl dogshite abuse at them on NSC.
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We all want him to succeed. I trust Potter implicitly, but if there’s any truth in Ali J being seen as a wing back this would surely be his biggest miracle to date- he looks lightweight and too slow to play there, and all we have been told by Iranians and the Dutch is he’ll come good if he plays...
I saw Gross play a bit after we signed him but whilst he was still in Germany and he definitely played more on the right. Ali J has a number of hurdles but having a rejuvenated Gross ahead of him is the biggest. An in form Gross in undoubtedly one of the first names on the team sheet and until...
He's not going to feature is he? I reckon Potter would play a youngster (who would almost certainly be just as effective) over him if we had injuries. Once Yves and Jose are back, and with this current formation looking like our go too, I just can't see him getting more than a cup game here or...
Probably did with the likes of Sidwell and Rosenier, Zamora even and certainly Greer.
We have definitely lost some of that over recent years.
I'd hope Dunk wouldn't stand for too much nonsense.
Yeah exactly. Of course he has to defend more in this league, but I am pretty sure we'd have had the 'coldest' heat map of the final third of any team in the league.
Looks a very elegant player to me but the step up has been a steep learning curve. I think he has enough about him to be a real asset in the coming seasons.
It's funny football isn't it?
Last week was awful, absolutely pitiful. After today, having seen the exceptional performances from Montoya and Balogun (can't overestimate how tough that must of been for him but he breezed it), with Jose and Andone still to come and Yves and AJ on the bench we...