Match Thread West Bromwich Albion v. Sheffield United - 18th August 2021

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Championship Week 3 - Wednesday 18th August 2021 - 20:00 - The Hawthorns

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Officials:

Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referee: Richard Wild
Assistant Referee: Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: John Busby

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[FredZeppelin]

is ramsdale injured?

Arse problem, pal.
Could be out some time.
utb

 

[Wincobank S9 Blade]

Jeez we need some signings before deadline day not much creativity from midfield. And Sharp and McGoldrick? Feel like I’m back in 2019.

 

[Gannon's perm]

Looks like a 4 at back then?

Not really. Fleck on the right wing??
With those players has to be 3 at the back.

 

[YES Blade]

Can only piss with the prick you’ve got, Slav has been left with some proper dross

 

[Gannon's perm]

Jeez we need some signings before deadline day not much creativity from midfield. And Sharp and McGoldrick? Feel like I’m back in 2019.

I wish we were. Ripping it up then.

 

[Bladesince59]

is ramsdale injured?

Just leaving.

 

[FredZeppelin]

Guwon' Billy, lad!
Roll back the years and prove em' all wrong again.
utb

 

[Bladesince59]

Pretty uninspiring.

 

[Iceybabey]

Not really. Fleck on the right wing??
With those players has to be 3 at the back.

Can't be reyt can it? I reckon it'll be 3 at back

 

[bromtom]

Looks like a 4 at back then?

I reckon standard Wilderball 352/532 tonight.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Yikes £150m in and we’re going old school

 

[Lane Ender]

No energy in midfield
Old codgers up top I fear the worst tonight it’s fucking Wilders team

 

[breeny]

Worrying

 

[metalblade]

Wilderball line up if ever I saw one, that said we should have won last season playing that formation.

 

[ekke287]

Sky have us down as a 4-4-2, Berge and Fleck on the right, Norwood and Osborn left.

Not sure that’s right, that line up is very 3-5-2 to me.

 

[Ah Well]

Meanwhile back on planet earth.

not been caught up on the news lately

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

I'm between two minds about McGoldrick and Sharp starting as it feels like the first team really had regressed and I'd prefer Brewster to start.

That said, there's no better player to pounce on a loose ball when McGoldrick inevitably fucks up a golden chance.

 

[Wards]

Be very United to go and win tonight

 

[SUFCinks]

it does look slow and a bit old but football is full of surprises. UTB

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Not pre-judging the result but that team selection looks shite.

 

[Blade58]

Hope we get a result but I’m fearing the worst here

 

[bonobo]

Our two best forwards lining up together. Might not be forward thinking, but for what might arguably our toughest fixture if the season, hardly a shocking selection

 

[Greg.]

Fingers crossed for Verrips. Big opportunity for him to impress.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

In Wilder's first season every fan could name our best eleven and we had a great season.

In Wilder's second season every fan could name our best eleven and we had a great season.

In Wilder's third season every fan could name our best eleven and we had a great season.

In Wilder's fourth season every fan could name our best eleven and we had a great season.

In Wilder's fifth season fans couldn't figure out our best eleven due to out of form players and inconsistency, an imbalanced squad and we had a horror show of a season.

In Slav's first season fans can't figure out our best eleven due to out of form players and inconsistency, an imbalanced squad and ....... well, let's wait and see shall we. Hopefully soon we'll know what our best eleven is and for good reason, rather than they're the best we can do.

 

[yorkshirecoast]

Our two best forwards lining up together.

Not sure if serious? 2-3 years ago maybe.

 

[SuperBobbyHatton]

All that money pissed away on strikers and still got Billy and Didzy as our best strikers. Absolute criminal waste of money.

 

[Wright1889]

brewster on bench ??

He was talking about previous game mate

 

[Hackey Blade]

Not sure if serious? 2-3 years ago maybe.

£45 million spent on stikers sat on bench, strikers on pitch £500k only at Utd lol

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

All that money pissed away on strikers and still got Billy and Didzy as our best strikers. Absolute criminal waste of money.

Best transfer window ever.... apparently?

Wes Foderingham
Max Lowe
Jayden Bogle
Oli Burke
Rhian Brewster
Aaron Ramsdale

I get that more than half of them were needed to strengthen the team, but Wilder put the barrel against his own head with that stupid declaration.

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Don Goodman on commentary again