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West Bromwich Albion 1 - Middlesbrough 1
Brendan Clegg:Trying to keep a lid on it, calm down and have some perspective but I’m livid about that game. The lineup was full of contradictions and, whatever, but the thing that annoyed me so much was that we were never going to change the system no matter what happened. Everyone in the ground knew it. The opposition knew it. Our players knew it. I can skim over the first half where we tried to pass it but were low on quality or options in the right places due to the formation and didn’t create anything but conceded a cheap goal where they were lining up to score. Things don’t work, fair enough. But in the second half we were desperate for a system change. Why not play Robinson up front with Hugill and take Reach off? Why not get Phillips on over on the right and put Grady as an out and out left winger? I know we have a thin squad but our biggest limiter is we’ve played every minute of every game 3-4-3. It’s a handicap being this rigid. Our goal was lucky as we didn’t create anything. A great finish but it’s not like there was relentless pressure and, as we’ve seen already, the league is so poor it is frightening. It just feels to me like we’ve blown automatic promotion already. I think we’ve got a blagger of a manager. Out of his depth. A fraud. I still put some blame on the owners for not supporting him by finding a proper striker but - repeating again - not adjusting the system in this many games no matter what’s happening is indefensible. Arrogant and amateur rubbish. I think we’re 3rd despite of not because of him. I don’t think we’re better than we are or have a divine right to get promotion - but we have got a massive budget advantage and we are under achieving based upon that. We’re under achieving and that’s a big worry.
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