WBA53 match thread

[Bombers right foot]

Listened to the first half in the car, Adrian Durham said it was the worst half of football he had seen all season, said we are negative boring and lacking class. What’s the consensus?

He’s watching the wrong game, that sort of performance was the first half of QPR, Huddersfield and Millwall

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2-2

[boingy]

Furlong!!!!!!

[Omegstrat6]

Yes!!!! Brilliant strike by Furlong and must say well deserved! All the subs doing well and bringing some needed freshness to the team

[boingy]

Frantic.

[boingy]

Great advert for the championship. Great spirit from the lads.

[TipperaryBaggie]

What an important point that may turn out to be with most teams slipping up.

[Omegstrat6]

Entertaining game. Watford certainly look better than their league position suggests. Some of our normally key players like Yokuslu underperformed today which may be an indication of fatigue and we slumped second half until BTA's goal re-reinvigorated us but think Carlos got his subs spot on and all did well as we got the fighting spirit back. Feels like a win now and luckily results elsewhere went our way with both Coventry and Norwich losing. (Also pleased to see Blues win today)

[mickd1961]

Great advert for the championship. Great spirit from the lads.

Given his absolute class and pedigree I wonder if we shouldn’t look to tweak things and get M’Vila on the pitch for more of the game.

Instead of our 4-2-3-1 or 3-5-1-1 type of look with Yann more defensively set up I’d try to get him working within the centre circle dictating play.

If Yok and Mowatt are the defensive two midfielders I’d play Yann ahead of them in the pitch and leave Swift or Wallace out of the central forward midfield three.

I think he’s a massive player, way ahead of any other player in the division in quality.

[boingy]

We all know he isn't a natural finisher but he offers so much more than Wallace who looks like a fish out of water when asked to play in this position. BTA covers a lot of ground, holds the ball up well and his harrying of defences causes them problems and helps create opportunities for ourselves.

People who have never played as a striker tend to only look for one thing. Goals. There’s a lot to being a striker. Having a strong mentality first and foremost. Take Asante today, could have let his head drop after missing 4 chances, but carries on and scores a stunner. You’ve got to love this lad.