Sunday, December 16

A useful point

West Brom 0 West Ham 0

At least Matt and Lisa managed to attend the game via a tram from the arts centre and a multimedia exhibition with pre-match brandy on sale. Sounds like it wasn't a great game but a decent point with Matt saying that Reid and Collins were our men of the match, with Odemwinjie troubling Demel at times. Looking at the highlights we had our moments with Reid shooting over from a set piece, Cole having a decent long range effort, O'Neil curling one wide and O'Brien almost ghosting in at the end. Though we got lucky when Morrison twice hit the bar. Looked like Carlton Cole had a decent game putting in a great cross for Taylor and going close late on. Maybe the injury-prone CC has benefitted from a rest.

Considering we only had six players named as subs and seven out injured this is a good result. Now we only need 17 points to stay up! With the injury crisis worsening might it be possible to recall a few of our loanees in January, like Ravel Morrison at Birmingham. He's been playing well apparently and has gained from a run in the first team. He'd certainly be cheaper than buying anorther squad player from QPR reserves.

3 comments:

matt said...

We did at least have a goal to celebrate - trouble was, it was the one scored against Chelsea in the Watneys Cup, or whatever it was called. So we sang "One - Nil, to Corinthians" before reminding Stamford Bridge where to stick their blue flag. Other than that, the highlight was running through the repertoire of Stourbridge songs at the station after the game, in response to constant shouts from the staff for passengers to Stourbridge to jump the queue. Let's All Go to Stourbridge and Stourbridge Is Falling Down got an airing. The game itself was very low-key, we didn't pass well, and our crossing was very poor. Jarvis seemed subdued by the constant abuse from the home fans, as an ex-Wolves player, and while Cole did OK, he was often isolated from his team-mates. We played much worse than for most of the Liverpool game, and didn't do enough to win it, but I think we deserved the draw, and the clean sheet will help morale. We could do with Hall back in the squad, but it would be asking a lot of Morrison to come in and replace Diame. At least Collison is making his comeback for the Dev Squad today. And presumably Fellaini is going to be suspended for Saturday....

Pete May said...

Yes, Fellaini is out for Everton though why they play an arthouse film maker in midfield I don't know... Morrison might at least fill the void on the bench. We'll have to recall Freddie Piquionne at this rate...

matt said...

It is because he puts in an 8.5 performance every game!