West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United

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Championship Week 18 - Saturday 29th October 2022 - 12:30 - The Hawthornes
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[HarryHaslam]

We needed this win so sooo badly

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Is McB limping a bit as well?

 

[drblade]

Probably his hernia

 

[drblade]

Doyle limping too

 

[HarryHaslam]

Probably his hernia

Is his hernia in the groin? I thought it must be a mild stomach hernia seeing as he’s fit to run about and at speed

 

[drblade]

Well played blades

UTB

 

[Nade]

I thought we kicked off at 3

 

[Blade58]

What a tackle Bash

Not sure if he has picked an injury up?
Was swearing to himself after the tackle and was then subbed

 

[drblade]

N’Diyae’s badge came off his shirt. Well done Errea.

 

[BettingBlade]

N’Diyae’s badge cam off his shirt. Well done Erra.

Must have been an errea in the production process

 

[Belvedere Blade]

WHAT A WIN FOR THE BLADES. I hope that's not a one off result and Utd now go on and get a couple more wins b4 the World Cup break. Yes the Baggies were crap this lunch time and looked an easy win for The BLADES. WELL DONE BLADES

 

[FriethBlade]

Some tired legs at the end there, great result. Got to hope McB can get to the WC break without breaking down and really hope nothing happens to Ndiaye all season

 

[St Albans Blade]

Yet more humble pie to digest for this sceptic of the entire current Blades set-up.

If the wheels were likely to come off anywhere, I suspected it would happen at the Hawthorns, especially after that disjointed performance against Norwich.

It didn’t, great result.

Can someone pass me the custard?!?

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

I thought we kicked off at 3

So did WBA

 

[HarryHaslam]

N’Diyae’s badge came off his shirt. Well done Errea.

I’m struggling to find something to moan about after the win so fuck it this will do, Hecky ya fucking nobhead fancy rotating Ndiayes shirt to give it a rest and replacing it with a inferior shirt that was always gonna get injured, ya clownshoe!

 

[Belvedere Blade]

WELL DONE Davies for that clean sheet even though little to do with how rubbish Baggies were today

 

[Grappler]

Just goes to show, the only stats that really count are the goals.......

 

[Toronto Blade]

On to Bristol, tough losing Brewster perhaps Bash will be a minor knock but a suspension for Anel going to be a much more difficult game. W. Brom looked like relegation fodder unless that manager can turn them around.

 

[Sheffsteel]

especially after that disjointed performance against Norwich.

Think the Norwich match was weird, performance wise.
We looked poor and disjointed.….but only in the 1st half.

However in the 2nd half when N’Diaye, McBurnie and Ahmedhodzic came on we looked a totally different team.
Play like we did 2nd half and we are easily one of the best teams in this league.

 

[robbiez666]

We might only have two fit players left, but that is a big win.

Sure, people will say WBA were bad but we pressed them from kick-off and never gave them any peace. Great marking up at the back frustrated them and gave them nowhere to go. Ndiaye calm for his goal and great finish from McBurnie. That was a real hard and tough 3 points.

Davies - 6 - Came and missed for one early on and dropped one, which he recovered from. Otherwise, fairly solid. Made a few solid saves in bad conditions and got punches to a few crosses to help us out.
Osborn - 8 - MoM for me. Was left exposed all afternoon and blocked most crosses against Phillips. Also got forward well as well. Kept going and going.
Basham - 7 - Bit shaky first half but grew into the game. Made one vital recovery tackle after losing his running. Looked to get out quickly whenever he could
Egan - 7.5 - Almost played us into danger with a short pass to Anel but did well covering all game.
Anel - 7 - Bit awkward first half but improved with the game. Needs to get rid quicker at times
Baldock - 7 - Did really well to set up the first and kept going all afternoon. Worrying he came off. Hopefully just a precaution for midweek.
Fleck - 5 - One free kick aside, I thought he was poor. Coming back to fitness but gave Osborn very little cover and looked flow getting up and back. Will hopefully improve with minutes.
Norwood - 7 - Got his foot in several times and very quick to react to break up play. Loses a point for his inability to hit the target with several shots.
Doyle - 7 - Put in a shift today and it was a great ball to Baldock for the first. Kept buzzing around to the end.
Ndiaye - 7.5 - Calmly took his goal and almost had another. Lots of trickery and guile and put a great defensive shift in as well
McBurnie - 7 - I thought he struggled to win balls in the air first half but was great defending corners for us. Superb finish for the goal but looked shagged after 60 minutes. We needed his height plus injuries so couldn't take him off.

Subs

Brewster - 6 - Ran around a bit but hardly saw the ball before doing his hamstring. Looks like he'll be out until after the WC
Sharp - 5 - Thought he was poor when he came on. Needed to do more defensively as McBurnie could hardly move. Didn't hold the ball up and daft at the end not to keep the ball.
Robinson - 6 - Good to see him back and those throws. Thought he looked rusty but will need to be start next game you'd think.
Stevens - 5 - Again, good to see him back but looked off the speed.

Hecky - 8 - Started with the line-up I'd have picked and set them up really well. High pressing from the start and WBA has no response really. Bit heart in the mouth near the end but unsurprising with all the changes. Going to struggle to fill the bench in midweek. The WC can't come soon enough.

WBA - They looked like a team lacking confidence. Had no answer to the high press and we stopped them using their pace.
I don't think any of their players had a good game.

 

[Ned the Donkey]

Not sure if he has picked an injury up?
Was swearing to himself after the tackle and was then subbed

I don't want to get too negative about this but it did look like he was limping as he was off the pitch.

 

[bakeblade]

Doyle and Norwood both also been excellent

Norwood's shooting though, keep em down man

 

[ATL Recs]

Yet more humble pie to digest for this sceptic of the entire current Blades set-up.

If the wheels were likely to come off anywhere, I suspected it would happen at the Hawthorns, especially after that disjointed performance against Norwich.

It didn’t, great result.

Can someone pass me the custard?!?

I don’t think that win glosses anything again bizarre substitutions desperate defending that a half decent team will exploit and now possibly losing Bash Baldock Anal ( suspended x1 game ) maybe resting Mcburnie for midweek and Brewster out until December if we are lucky

 

[bakeblade]

I don’t think that win glosses anything again bizarre substitutions desperate defending that a half decent team will exploit and now possibly losing Bash Baldock Anal ( suspended x1 game ) maybe resting Mcburnie for midweek and Brewster out until December if we are lucky

I'd have gone with Khadra rather than Billy to exploit the space late on

 

[Blade58]

Norwood's shooting though, keep em down man

He’s always suffered from over the bar into the kop syndrome

Needs to lean forward a bit more

 

[blade too long]

 

[blade too long]

Just goes to show, the only stats that really count are the goals.......

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when did they have 14 shots....can remember 3 are they counting inswinging corners

 

[Sithblade]

I’m struggling to find something to moan about after the win so fuck it this will do, Hecky ya fucking nobhead fancy rotating Ndiayes shirt to give it a rest and replacing it with a inferior shirt that was always gonna get injured, ya clownshoe!

 

[BritishSteel]

Blades were tough and ruthless.

Baggies rough and tooothless.

 

[Newbury Blade]

I don’t think that win glosses anything again bizarre substitutions desperate defending that a half decent team will exploit and now possibly losing Bash Baldock Anal ( suspended x1 game ) maybe resting Mcburnie for midweek and Brewster out until December if we are lucky

Proper ray of sunshine, what are you like when we lose?