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Honest to God. Just seen Bednar's goal again. Coloccini wants absolutely shooting for that. Wtf was he thinking? Fucking hell. What, as a professional centre-back, makes you just stop dead and watch a striker score a free header? Pathetic. So pissed off with that.

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Honest to God. Just seen Bednar's goal again. Coloccini wants absolutely shooting for that. Wtf was he thinking? Fucking hell. What, as a professional centre-back, makes you just stop dead and watch a striker score a free header? Pathetic. So pissed off with that.

 

 

we were caught stone cold at the start of the half, unprofessional tbh.

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Honest to God. Just seen Bednar's goal again. Coloccini wants absolutely shooting for that. Wtf was he thinking? f***ing hell. What, as a professional centre-back, makes you just stop dead and watch a striker score a free header? Pathetic. So pissed off with that.

 

 

we were caught stone cold at the start of the half, unprofessional tbh.

 

West brom and the officials were out before us. They didn't have time to settle before the whistle even went .

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Recently, Taylor has been playing better than Coloccini. For the whole of the season barring like the last 4 games, it was the other way round.

 

Taylor wasn't playing badly earlier in the season, just Colo was the one who was shining.

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Love Colo this season but he was inexcusable there. He stopped for literally no reason.

 

I can only think that Colo opted to try for an interception, rather than attempt to win an aerial duel - which admittedly he's not very good at. He seemed to deliberately stick himself a yard in front of the striker in the hope that the cross wouldn't be accurate enough to reach Bednar and he could knock it away himself.

 

Unorthodox, and it can't be the best way of defending, but it's the only explanation I can come up with.

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Some player ratings:

 

Harper 6 - Very unfortunate with the Bedner effort, could of gone anywhere. Generally did well but need to tell the defence to push out at times, we were far too deep especially from the second ball.

 

Simpson 4 - Probably his worst performance playing righ back in a Newcastle shirt. Struggled all night with the pace and directness of Thomas.

 

Coloccini  5 -  Bullied by Bednar on occassion, seems he still struggles against physical opposition. Didn't cover himself in glory for the second.

 

Taylor 6 - Steady away. Dealt with the threat of Bednar better than Colo.

 

Enrique 6 - Good defensively, going forward he was hampered by incosistant distriubtion.

 

Guthrie 7 - Thought he was our best player. He drifts inside exposing Simpson but that's what you get playing a centre-mid out wide. Whiped some fantastic balls into the box and frequently looked like he could create something productive, get him in the middle Chris.

 

Nolan 5 - When he's playing in a 4-4-2 he might as well not bother. Completely over run in the middle.

 

Smith 5.5 - Tried to put himself about but like Nolan overran at times. The pair of them were clearly lacking in technical ability compared to the West Brom midfield.

 

Jonas 6 - Yeah his distriubtion is crap but he provided a good outlet and worried the West Brom defence. Linked up well with Enrique as usual.

 

Shola 5 - Nothing special, fell over a lot.

 

Lovenkrands 6 - Good header for the goal (although the keeper should of sone better), glad the lad scored. Needs a player like Carrol next to him who will hold things up and flick the high balls on, not a big pudding like Shola.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guest BlacknWhiteArmy

Harper-6- No explanation really, unlucky for the second goal

Simpson-5- Not a good display

Taylor-6-Solid

Coloccini-5.5- Not a steady performance, should have done better

Enrique-6- Alright

Guthrie-6.5- Put in some good balls, left us exposed a lot, probably contributed to Simpson's bad performance

Smith-5.5- Didn't do to much

Nolan-5- Over run. Slow, un agile

Jonas-6-Good running and link up but final ball was awful again

Ameobi-5-Just sat there complaining for most of the game

Lovenkrands-6.5- Has a knack for being "there" at the right time, happy he got a goal.

 

 

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Harper-6- No explanation really, unlucky for the second goal

Simpson-5- Not a good display

Taylor-6-Solid

Coloccini-5.5- Not a steady performance, should have done better

Enrique-6- Alright

Guthrie-6.5- Put in some good balls, left us exposed a lot, probably contributed to Simpson's bad performance

Smith-5.5- Didn't do to much

Nolan-5- Over run. Slow, un agile

Jonas-6-Good running and link up but final ball was awful again

Ameobi-5-Just sat there complaining for most of the game

Lovenkrands-6.5- Has a knack for being "there" at the right time, happy he got a goal.

 

 

 

I thought Harper was perhaps at fault for the first goal. he doesn't make much ground across his goal at all when he dives, if you watch carefully. Sometimes his reflexes are fantastic, sometimes his movement looks really lethargic to me.

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Honest to God. Just seen Bednar's goal again. Coloccini wants absolutely shooting for that. Wtf was he thinking? Fucking hell. What, as a professional centre-back, makes you just stop dead and watch a striker score a free header? Pathetic. So pissed off with that.

 

 

we were caught stone cold at the start of the half, unprofessional tbh.

 

We start every second half like that though. You'd think someone within the club would identify it as something to work on.

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Honest to God. Just seen Bednar's goal again. Coloccini wants absolutely shooting for that. Wtf was he thinking? Fucking hell. What, as a professional centre-back, makes you just stop dead and watch a striker score a free header? Pathetic. So pissed off with that.

 

 

we were caught stone cold at the start of the half, unprofessional tbh.

 

We start every second half like that though.  You'd think someone within the club would identify it as something to work on.

 

Betty the tea lady needs to stop putting the Bromide in the tea tbh

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Honest to God. Just seen Bednar's goal again. Coloccini wants absolutely shooting for that. Wtf was he thinking? Fucking hell. What, as a professional centre-back, makes you just stop dead and watch a striker score a free header? Pathetic. So pissed off with that.

 

 

we were caught stone cold at the start of the half, unprofessional tbh.

 

We start every second half like that though.  You'd think someone within the club would identify it as something to work on.

 

Betty the tea lady needs to stop putting the Bromide in the tea tbh

 

Betty should be sorting the fucking tactics out rather than the clueless fucker currently doing so.

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Match Ratings

Harper 8

In fine form

Simspon 7

Showed how much he cares

Colo 7

Endured high & lows

Taylor 8

Was up for the fight

Jose 8

A thorn in WBA's side

Guthrie 8

What a strike

Nolan 8

Had his chances

Smith 8

Tackles galore

Jonas 8

Some surging runs

Shola 7

A frustrating night

Loven 9

Showed courage to play & score

 

 

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