30-12-2022, 15:35
West Bromwich Albion 2 Yokuslu 2 Preston North End 0
West Brom line-up: Palmer; Furlong, O’Shea, Pieters, Townsend; Molumby (Gardner-Hickman, 78), Yokuslu, Rogic (Swift, 55); Wallace (Grant, 78), Thomas-Asante (Dike, 63), Diangana (Reach, 63). Subs: Button, Ajayi.
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey (Diaby, 65), Bauer, Lindsay; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson (McCann, 65), Browne (Woodburn, 77), Fernández; Riis (Cross-Adair, 65), Evans. Subs: Cornell, Cunningham, Johnson, Cornell.
Attendance: TBC.
Referee: Mr A Woolmer
The 1972 of us in the away section left the West Midlands last night having witnessed a truly dire performance, to be fair Albion are a decent side but we were utterly woeful and were lucky only to lose by two.
First the good news won the coach scratch ticket so basically had a free journey down, from then on in the night got worse.
The usual couple of laps round the ground then off we go, started okayish, with Alvaro having a shot saved by Palmer but things deteriorated quickly. Best explained in one passage of play, we kept the ball for the best part of a minute playing the usual sideways Ray Wilkins type football before hoofing the ball to the wing were we lose possession, five seconds later Albion have raced down the other end, Wallace has megged Bauer and had an effort well saved by Woodman.. From that moment onwards it was Woodman against Albion, Wallace had another effort well saved from the resulting corner, but the stopper pulled off an even better one handed save from Thomas-Asante.
One more fine save before the inevitable happened, Ledson lost the ball in midfield, Yokuslu ambled forward with not the semblance of a challenge form anyone in a yellow shirt and potted home from 20 plus yards bottom left corner maybe Woodman was slightly unsighted.
Managed to get to half time still in the game and started brightly in the second period but reality was soon to return, Swift's first touch as a substitute was to hit the bar, he soon had a hand in the second goal as Woodman's dreadful ball out left Whiteman surrounded by Albion players, he lost the ball Swift to Yokuslu back of the next game over.
Rallied a little at the end McCann had a goal bound shot saved and also hit the post but deserved nothing.
Alvaro is getting better could be more productiv if played as a winger, Ched worked his socks off and Woodman deserves preaise formkeeping us in teh game.
Riis and Browne looked well off match fitness, Bauer showed a distinct rustiness, the other well best not say anything.
The style of play is so predictable think we have been sussed big time, anyway Stoke on Monday should be a bundle of laughs .
Happy New Year
West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio WM:
"The team played really well from the first minute until the 80th minute.
"The last 10 minutes we didn't control the game enough. We allowed them to take some free-kicks and set-pieces, which we had stopped for all of the first 80 minutes, but the performance of the team in attack and defence was superb.
"It's obviously positive when the opponents' goalkeeper is the best player because it means the team was creating many things."
Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"They were very good but, in terms of them being very good, we weren't quite at it with the ball or without the ball.
"We had a spell in the first half where we were moving the ball side to side and were creating moments and getting the ball in their final third, and in the second half we came out and had a little rally. But you can't give a team like that, who are in form, two golden opportunities, which we did.
"We knew it was going to be a tough evening because of the form they're in, but we wanted to be positive and believe we could get something out of it. Ultimately that wasn't the case because we gifted them two goals."
West Brom line-up: Palmer; Furlong, O’Shea, Pieters, Townsend; Molumby (Gardner-Hickman, 78), Yokuslu, Rogic (Swift, 55); Wallace (Grant, 78), Thomas-Asante (Dike, 63), Diangana (Reach, 63). Subs: Button, Ajayi.
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey (Diaby, 65), Bauer, Lindsay; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson (McCann, 65), Browne (Woodburn, 77), Fernández; Riis (Cross-Adair, 65), Evans. Subs: Cornell, Cunningham, Johnson, Cornell.
Attendance: TBC.
Referee: Mr A Woolmer
The 1972 of us in the away section left the West Midlands last night having witnessed a truly dire performance, to be fair Albion are a decent side but we were utterly woeful and were lucky only to lose by two.
First the good news won the coach scratch ticket so basically had a free journey down, from then on in the night got worse.
The usual couple of laps round the ground then off we go, started okayish, with Alvaro having a shot saved by Palmer but things deteriorated quickly. Best explained in one passage of play, we kept the ball for the best part of a minute playing the usual sideways Ray Wilkins type football before hoofing the ball to the wing were we lose possession, five seconds later Albion have raced down the other end, Wallace has megged Bauer and had an effort well saved by Woodman.. From that moment onwards it was Woodman against Albion, Wallace had another effort well saved from the resulting corner, but the stopper pulled off an even better one handed save from Thomas-Asante.
One more fine save before the inevitable happened, Ledson lost the ball in midfield, Yokuslu ambled forward with not the semblance of a challenge form anyone in a yellow shirt and potted home from 20 plus yards bottom left corner maybe Woodman was slightly unsighted.
Managed to get to half time still in the game and started brightly in the second period but reality was soon to return, Swift's first touch as a substitute was to hit the bar, he soon had a hand in the second goal as Woodman's dreadful ball out left Whiteman surrounded by Albion players, he lost the ball Swift to Yokuslu back of the next game over.
Rallied a little at the end McCann had a goal bound shot saved and also hit the post but deserved nothing.
Alvaro is getting better could be more productiv if played as a winger, Ched worked his socks off and Woodman deserves preaise formkeeping us in teh game.
Riis and Browne looked well off match fitness, Bauer showed a distinct rustiness, the other well best not say anything.
The style of play is so predictable think we have been sussed big time, anyway Stoke on Monday should be a bundle of laughs .
Happy New Year
West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio WM:
"The team played really well from the first minute until the 80th minute.
"The last 10 minutes we didn't control the game enough. We allowed them to take some free-kicks and set-pieces, which we had stopped for all of the first 80 minutes, but the performance of the team in attack and defence was superb.
"It's obviously positive when the opponents' goalkeeper is the best player because it means the team was creating many things."
Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"They were very good but, in terms of them being very good, we weren't quite at it with the ball or without the ball.
"We had a spell in the first half where we were moving the ball side to side and were creating moments and getting the ball in their final third, and in the second half we came out and had a little rally. But you can't give a team like that, who are in form, two golden opportunities, which we did.
"We knew it was going to be a tough evening because of the form they're in, but we wanted to be positive and believe we could get something out of it. Ultimately that wasn't the case because we gifted them two goals."
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