Honestly there wasn’t a good scoring opportunity the entire game. The penalty would have been an unexpected benefit as it was just work rate. As you say Ohashi’s one chance was a half chance at best. The rest we couldn’t muster anything that looked remotely threatening. No crosses, no free kicks, nothing from long range, nothing in behind, no combinations around their box…literally nothing close to creating a chance.

I thought Hedges and Dolan were a poor pairing at this level but Hedges and De Neve look like taking it to new heights. We could have played til Christmas 2026 and not scored.

In terms of the new signing, I thought: - The two new RBs looked very good - McLaughlin had a very composed debut and looked good - De Neve looks to have nothing to his game and a pointless signing - Henriksson was anonymous. Only the WBA GK touched the ball less according to Sky. He was thrown in at the deep end though and think he'll turn out to be a good signing - Tavares had a brief cameo but looks far more mobile than Trav or Tronstand Desperately need a striker and RW.

We are above Derby.

1 shot on target says it all... Venkys out!

It's a conspiracy- refs hate us, sky hate us, press hates us -every game...

It will be better with Cantwell in for Axel. Need a serious upgrade on hedges. The fact Miller has to tell him (a 30 year old man)where to go and when to go speaks volumes. Kargbo was a handful and has to start, though he is a bit undisciplined defending. Deal next week could be an absolute thrashing.

For the majority of our signings it's a big step up from where they were playing. It's why there's no point rushing to praise Gestede for simply getting bodies in. Most of them are cheap gambles we seemed to have little to no competition for. They may do the business for us, but until they do it's fair to be very worried.

I'm never glad that we lose, even if we had scored an equaliser it was evident for all to see what absolute toss that performance was

I think he set the team up to try and contain West Brom at least until the hour mark. As it is they conceded a dodgy scrappy goal and didn't get a clear cut penalty their way. That was the major difference in the game really. The big concern for me is that even the 1 shot on target was more of a half chance. If that had gone in then it would've been extremely soft from a West Brom point of view. The fact that they didn't muster anything clear cut in the 2nd half is extremely alarming.

Positives, I thought Alebiosu & Miller looked useful, that should be the right hand side instead of Ryan fucking Hedges. Miller has some throw on him. The imbalance when Kargbo came on was stunning. A left winger committing players and making things happen to the right hand side where Hedges literally offer jack shit. Kargbo's delivery wasn't great but he was in the game at least, making things happen. Negatives: I thought Trav & Tronstad were absolutely crap. Didn't control the game enough. If that's the level of performance we're to expect of Travis in his final year then get rid ASAP. Henriksson was well off it. It's early days for him of course so not going to be too harsh. Centre forwards didn't do enough. Other than that, fairly scrappy game I'm not sure either team deserved to win.

McLoughlin, that back post chance apart, pleasantly surprised me. Alebiosu looks promising Kargbo terrified the Baggies until he had to distribute the ball. Miller a promising cameo and what a throw in. Everything else, oh dear. The ref- abysmal

Who scores vs Bradford? The outcome might be more interesting than we want.

In other news: Sorba T and L Baker securing Stoke’s victory over Eustace…😵

Most of us highlighted the lack of attacking threat in the squad. They've had all summer to address it and done fuck all to date. We know Yuki can't lead the line. Needs to play with a partner or not start games. Hedges is just a joke. DeNeve poor - but more involved than Hedges in half a game. Thought Abeliosu did ok, as did the 2 cb. Miller looked ok. Axel probably had the worst debut since Oojer. Hope he turns out as good in the long run. Also, I have no idea what Ismael's game plan is.

Warning signs already in that we look like we desperately need some attacking threat. i can’t believe we still have hedges, he is honestly awful. And we need a striker that is a focal point to work around, we just looked lost with no ideas up front. Kept the ball well enough but didn’t do enough with it. always going to be a hard game but disappointing to lose the first and shows we still need big improvement in certain areas

Has VI or Gestede said one more through the door and that's it? If that's including loans, we are screwed this season. Desperate need for an RW and some creativity up top after seeing that abysmal dross, where are the goals going to come from?

The very first game and we are again dealing with a ref with two sets of rules. So sick of it, clear bias clear.

I can forgive Axel struggling today, only just signed, thrown in at the deep end and it's probably a big change to the Swedish league. I think today shows that we really need Cantwell to turn up consistently this season, and that RW that comes in needs to be a huge upgrade from Hedges. Kargbo certainly did more than De Neve and deserves to start against Birmingham. I was really disappointed with Travis and Tronstad. Travis may have had plenty of the ball but he did very little with it. Tronstad just appeared to be way off it. Defensively I think they were solid enough. Its in attack that clearly they are lacking. If you're going to play Ohashi leading the line then he needs quality around him to offer support.

I’m glad it was you ‘cos I thought it was me 😁

The German sun and lager playing tricks on me. A Swede and a Belgian.

He's not the only one tbf.

Because the only sub was M-Matthews and he's miles away from Championship standard at the moment.

We would not have won with them today to be fair.

God I hope we let him go when his contract is up (or sell him before, 10 quid will do). But I can't help but think we won't want to miss the chance of extending a contract for a player who isn't in demand elsewhere, just to show we can extend senior contracts sometimes. He is gash.