Barnsley 3 Albion 1 – Verdict
Tuesday 29th September 2009, 9:50PM BST.
Albion slid to an embarrassing defeat at Oakwell as struggling Barnsley blasted another dent in their bright Championship start.
The Baggies were second best for most of the match, as their 62-year wait for an Oakwell win continued.
It means Roberto Di Matteo’s men have suffered three League and cup defeats in eight days, after staying unbeaten for their first 10 matches.
Chris Brunt scored a wonderful late goal for the Baggies on his return from injury, but by then their fate was sealed.
Adam Hammill fired the Tykes ahead on 14 minutes, when he somehow wriggled free in the box to score in the bottom corner.
Iain Hume bagged the second from the penalty spot just after the half-hour, after referee Scott Mathieson awarded the kick despite Jon Macken’s effort appearing to cross the line.
A comical own-goal from Shelton Martis on 80 minutes summed up his hapless night and confirmed the result.
Brunt pulled one back for Albion with two minutes left, lashing in a shot from 25 yards.
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…just in case there was anybody out there still thinking the Championship would be a walk in the park…
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shelton martis is error strewn . we lacked real pace tonight and i wud love to see kevin phillips back.
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Maybe not unexpected after the result against Palace. Get behind the team, (yes, and individual players too). Losing to rubbish sides at the bottom isn’t going to inspire confidence, and the team will need the backing of supporters before it can start to believe in itself again.
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shelton martis once again – gave away a penalty and scored an own goal and didnt help for their first goal.
now this guy played shocking in the premiership and literally everygoal we concede is because of his error.
please give meathead a run out or an emergency loan deal????
OH and call back my mate Joss Labadie to play in midfield please. He has scored 3 goals in 3 games for Shrewsbury
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SECOND IN THE LEAGUE WOOOOOOOOO
Come on you Baggies
:)
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Another embarrassing defeat have to question if RDM is the right for the job? Why does he keep playing Martis. Team lack leadership and desire. Mr Peace were has all the money gone from the transfer’s?
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This is not the time to panic, but RDM is starting to show signs of going down the Mowbray route. He has got to decide who he wants to play in the attacking central midfield role, Dorrans or Koren. Koren can’t play out wide and that is what Mowbray made hiim do the majority of last season and now RDM is doing the same. Koren and Dorrans have played together in the last two matches and surprise surprise we have lost both. Koren produces his best football when he is in the centre of the park and that is when he scores his goals. Young Woods is a great prospect but he shouldn’t be playing in the same side as Bednar as they are two very similar players. Why didn’t Cox start up front with Bednar last night.
Jara plays as a central defender for Chile so why is he playing in midfield when it is obvious to everyone that Martis is the weak link in defence?
Come on RDM, learn these lessons quickly or the excellent start you made will soon be forgotten.
Come on you baggies, 3 points at Preston and all will be forgiven.
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it’s early days but matteo has shown already he is struggling to come up with answers after losing saturday and last night poor selections from him this has to be some of the worst strikers we have had for a long time at the club but its our own fault we have lost experiance players and not replaced them if you lose robinson , gera , phillips and greening and replace them with cheap options cox , mattock , reid your always going to struggle we need experianced quality players its up to jeremy again , matteo is also a cheap option .
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Martis needs to warm the subs bench me thinks,stick meathead in for a go,he cannot be any worse than that error prone Martis. Wish Olson had a brother??
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Oh come on Albion! You are ruining the season you started so well – come on lets get to winning ways once more.
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Back to the TM days of defending i see, Loan signing’s immediately please Roberto, Martis is a liability, Meite and Barnett send out on loan and get 2 centre halves in, also get Tomas Kuszazk and Kamara back, Lee Hughes in january at least he knows were the net is, team should have been strengthened while we were winning !!!!,discipline sort it out before they all have one game bans.
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Questioning why we played 2 tall strikers with no pace against BIG DAVE?? Surely Cox would have been a better option. Still wondering if RDM actually wanted him, or did Mr Peace and the Sporting Director buy him???
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Why not play Cox especially against BIG DAVE?? Was Cox an RDM signing. I’m beginning to doubt he was!!
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6.Mark Alsop. Give it a rest man. Just about every professional moaner on here has said that at some time. It was painful to listen to last night and I feel sorry for the supporters who went up there. From World-Beaters to Egg-Beaters in 8 days is telling us something, but to be fair, I’m not sure what, so Heaven help the coaching staff who have to sort it out.
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Don’t feel like being constructive today.
Can’t beat Palace or Barnsley!!! Rubbish.
Premier League – we are having a laff!!!
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I am now getting worried. We seem to be a one dimensional team, in that we lose a few players due to injury/suspension and we begin to lose matches. The reports I have read say that Luke Moore is back to his old tricks. At Arsenal, Barnett was responsible for the second goal and Keily for the first one.
I may be harsh, I may have gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick, but we ard losing against sides we shouldn’t be losing against. I expected to lose against Arsenal, but Crystal Palace and Barnsley!!!!
What is wrong? Have we been playing crap but still winning. Have we got no back up for key players? How can we thrash Middlesborough and lose the next two league games?
I have followed the baggies since I was a small boy, my grandfather used to walk from Blackheath every home game in the fifties. I know all about dispair and about lost oppotunities. But why oh why is it that since the middle seventies we can’t seem to get a team that plays as a team and wins.
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Back to the TM days of defending again, Martis is a liability why the hell have’nt we got loan players in while we were winning and top of the league ? 2 centre halves please, Meite and Barnett send to Newcastle on laon,also in Tomas Kuszazk, Kamara and Lee Hughes in January. Sort the stupid yellow cards out !!!! and why is it taking so long for Morrision to get fit ??? a broken leg mends quicker.
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The only consolation, for what it’s worth, is that most of the teams just below us lost, otherwise we’d be third on goal difference.
Some consolation…
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Hmmm, not surprised by this result. Preston next and I’m not hopeful.
Dare I say it – should RDM give Meite another chance and drop Martis? How long until Clem is back? The centre half situation is looking a bit grim.
Agree with the post above re Super Kev. Would be good to get him so we have a bit of pace behind Bednar, atleast until Miller returns. He can show Moore how its done!
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yes were gna loose games yes were gna play crap but we have to stick by them without damaging thier confidence , im sure we will come through it, id rather have our bad patch nw than at the end ov the season where it could cost us even more, keep the faith
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16.. If Hughes ever came back to the Albion I am affraid they would not be getting my money again.
I would love the PIG to come back but I think there may be around 40k stumbling blocks a week that would prevent it
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Totally agree with everyone! Martis is such a poor defender it’s laughable, Olsson is the best defender we’ve got now. Zuiverloon has impressed me a little but he needs to make more tackles. We definitely need a new centre-back or get Jara and play him at centre-back alongside Olsson just to try it. He impressed me against Arsenal and he was okay when he came on last night even though he wasn’t in his favourite position. But I bet RDM won’t play him there. Our strikers are also poor, lucky to have Bednar, Cox hasn’t settled in, Wood is a good young prospect and Moore seems to be lazy again and back to the way he was before. Can’t wait to have Miller and Morrison back. Taking ages for Mozza to come back, he was supposed to have a blister on his foot not a broken leg or something. But always sticking by the team when they need support the most. Good luck for the Preston match <3
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A lot of silly, knee-jerk points being made here:
Joss Labadie- If he’s the answer, what’s the question?
JP & money- Read the accounts, then you’ll see where the money goes…..wages and salaries of players
Koren playing wide- Agreed, but what options does RDM have? TRBH made a good point yesterday re: Teixeira….is there something we don’t know about him? We have no other available wide players.
Meite and Barnett out on loan- How is this going to solve any problems? What happens when Olsson gets injured?
Kuszack- Is he really better than Carson? Is he going to stop the defensive lapses in front of him? I think not
Hughes- Is a 30-odd year old boozer who’s scored a few in League 2 gonna fire us to the Premiership?
Kamara- No thanks, team spirit.
Jara- Yes, he’s a centre-back for Chile, but South American teams don’t generally face teams who lump balls into your penalty area. At 5ft 10, would you really play him against Jon Parkin on Saturday?
RDM was a hero 10 days ago, get some sense of perspective, this is starting to look a lot like the Wolves page.
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went by car last night,printed the route off the net,was going to throw it away but thought i,ll keep it for next season,aye boing boing
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Last night’s performance was an absolute disgrace… Barnsley were a poor team and we were much, much worse. Mattock is useless far too weak, Zuiverloon looked disinterested, Koren was played out of position again and please, please somebody tell me why he persists with Martis?! Embarrassing.
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Reall Bully and Baggie68, am I still an idiot? Perhaps you should re-read my posts!!! RE Palace game. Barnsley wouldn’t even cut it in League 1 it’s pathetic.
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Last night was a disgrace… Mattock is a massive waste of money, weak in the tackle, poor positionally. Zuiverloon looked completely disinterested, Koren was played out of position yet again and was very ineffective and can someone please tell me why he persists with Martis?! We were embarrassing… only Cox, Jara(when they came on) and Olsson deserve any praise from where I was sat. I fear for the Preston game
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Although Martis made his usual mistakes which contributed the team conceding at least two of the goals , the form of Zuiverloon is equally worrying. Roasted on Saturday by Moses listening to Tony Browns comments last night he again seemed reluctant to make a tackle. After appearing to have recaptured the form he showed when he first came , you wonder if he is playing with an injury. Considering the start RDM has made any criticism of him is stupid. Injuries have disrupted the team and the squad especially at full back is not deep enough.
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will everyone calm down! we were 1 game from equaling our best ever start. in the prem the top 4 have mostly lost 1 or 2 games its football! we are still second. you don’t become a bad team overnight. and there’s no need to make big changes just little tweaks. you don’t see man u or Chelsea drop 5 players after a loss or even 2 losses. we’ll be fine id settle for where we are now at the end of the season. be happy :-)
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I’m not making knee jerk points, I’m only asking some questions. I am unable to get to matches as I work Saturdays and live in South East England, Medway to be precise. I rely on match reports from people who have seen the games and tv/radio commentators, and I know most of them don’t like us (bring back Hugh Johns).
Yes I’m worried, but I know that we still have a long way to go, but how come I read the same comments about the same players over and over again. To reask the question, are they crap or are we missing key players?
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Mattock – never good enough to play for the Albion, what has Texeira done wrong!? why play our best central midfielder wide left when we have no ideas whatsoever, very very poor!
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50 points for safety seems a long way of now NAP for sat preston to win
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This reminds me of a typical day on our pages. Only difference is ours would still be the same after a win……..
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Yes a shocking result woeful defending but we know this league its a marathon not a sprint race.I’m the same as most you scratch your head at how in the space of 10 days we’ve lost it .Sign of a good team is how we react to this .Come you Baggies a win at Preston will do very nicely
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Err…is this the Wolves pages? sounds like it, some of you would be more at home moaning at anything and everything with our lot. You’re going up 1st or 2nd guarenteed.
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Cannot say i am suprised by our results dont think we have looked that good all season.Middlesbourgh was just a freaky result apart from that we have not really impressed or is it me just expecting to much?
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I went to the match and watched a team who just could’nt be bothered.If i was Jeremy Peace,i would’nt be bothered to pay them.If i was DiMatteo i would drop the lot and start playind the reserves,atleast they mighnt show some pride in wearing the shirt.Also Carson captain,he could’nt captain a school team.Give it to Olsson.
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Carson as Captain…not good enough to be Captain Birdseye
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No question about it now, Martis has to be replaced as soon as possible. He was primarily at fault for the Palace goal and last night he scored an og, gave away a penalty and was arguably at fault for the first…I’ve never known a defender be so destructive to a team. C’mon Peace you’re great at getting good deals for our players now pull your finger out and get us a couple of centre halves! At this rate even meathead looks a good option at the back lol
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Oh my god, we lose a couple of games and the kids come out the woodwork and predict famine and catastrophe.
ARE YOU MAD, RDM is still learning about his players, still tinkering with formations and player positions, he has only had some 10 games in charge and already the idiots are out predicting doom and gloom, will those morons WAKE UP AND GET LOST, give the manager a bloody chance, yes it was two bad defeats against teams we all thought we would beat, I’ll bet the players thought that too, thats why we lost, STOP BLOODY WHINGING AND START BLOODY SINGING, get behind your “team” and not against it, RDM will deliver.
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I have been cloned by poster 25 and 37
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Iam kind of glad Albion lost as it may now
make Jeremy Peace bring in a few loan players.
I know we lost but it could of worse
if the other top had won their games.
It also stops Neil Warnock having the bragging
rights over us.
My Albion team for Preston:
Carson,Jara,Zuiverloon,Olsson,Mattock,
Brunt,Dorrans,Koren,Cech,Teixeira,Bednar.
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22. It ain’t nothing at all like the Wolves page because they are in the PREMIERSHIP.
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I have been cloned by poster 20 and 40….
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32 Darlo.
Brilliant. Thanks for a bit of light relief.
25. Imitation Baggieboy.
You have been outed by post 40. I didn’t call you an idiot but said I could understand why someone else had as it was in reply to you calling a lot of players donkeys. Name calling is almost as juvenile as coming on here using a false name. Please stop it or we’ll tell your mom.
All the usual Jonahs coming out of the woodwork. I think the year we won the CCC we struggled to a lucky draw at Barnsley, alongside a few other dodgy results. Chelsea lost to Wigan, it doesn’t make them rubbish all of a sudden. It’s what football is about, while it would be nice to win every game it would also get boring after a while. I’ll tell some of you what bad is, it’s having to sell any decent player you have, it’s struggling to stay in the CCC year after year, it’s having no hope that it’s going to get any better. Some of us have been there in the past and for the last ten years I haven’t missed the bad old days.
I see people criticising the squad strength. We are missing four wide midfielders. How many players in this position should we carry, six, eight? and if we do how do you keep them happy when they’re all fit? Yes we’re short at centre half, unfortunately we had a new manager come in late, giving little time to assess the squad and ship players in or out.
Let’s all calm down a bit. None of us like losing but do we really want to sack the manager and half of the players after two bad results?
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25 Bagggieboy. The answer to your question is yes.
I might change my mind if you stopped slagging the players and RDM off all the time and for once in your life talked some sense and supported the team.
We have only lost two games and we are still in second place look at all the other teams below us they also lost or drew their games as well. Newcastle could only scrape a draw at home last night.
I don’t want to see the Baggies lose just like you or anyone else especially the way we did against Barnsley.
But that is were the difference between YOU and the True and Loyal Supporters such as myself and the majority of the Baggies supporters posts begin, we DO NOT keep posting stupid comments like you do.
Yes we are all concerned with poor results, but we have faith and trust in the Team and RDM to come back to winning ways, it might not be this weekend with all of the injuries that are mounting up but be patient and we WILL come back to winning with a BANG and Lord help the teams on the receiving end.
So Baggieboy show that you are a true Baggies supporter and stop this slagging off or change your name and team.
C’mon you Baggies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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44 and 45.. The real bully hoo and baggie 68 I can assure you that it was not baggie boy that has been posting on here for the last couple of years that is coming up with this nonsense
looks like using the original baggie boy from now on
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46 Baggie Boy. I would like to apologise if you thought that my coments were directed at you I have read some of your posts and they were good.
With reference to your posts I will always type it as you do and in addition put a numerical digit after Boy to save confusion.
I was commenting on the other post who calls him/herself baggieboy for that idiot I do not apologise.
I hope that this will help to clarify the problem.
Baggie68
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Fancy us for a 2 nil chaps!
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