Saturday February 4, 2012 Day 24 Finished The Hawthorns

West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Swansea City

  • Fortuné 54’
  • Sigurdsson 55’
  • Graham 59’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Bromwich Albion
    • Swansea City
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    • - They have won 2-1 in blizzard conditions as the Baggies are booed off. Thanks for joining us.
    • 90+3' That's it! Swansea survive a late West Brom onslaught to secure their second away win of the season.
    • 90+2' Swansea are hanging on for dear life at the end.
    • 90+1' A golden chance for West Brom as Fortune gets into the area and shoots but the ball squirms under Vorm and just wide of the near post!
    • 90' There will be three added minutes.
    • 89' Shorey is furious at the referee for not giving a foul on him by Sigurdsson. He is booked for dissent.
    • 87' Wayne Routledge replaces Dyer for Swansea. The winger was in no rush to leave the field.
    • 85' Vorm hangs onto a low effort from Cox.
    • 84' Foster saves from Dyer before Sigurdsson's shot is blocked by Olsson. Almost a third for Swansea as the game becomes stretched.
    • 83' Swansea have yet to make a change. No doubt there are some coming as Rodgers looks to play down the clock.
    • 82' Howls of discontent as Shorey gives the ball away. The natives are restless.
    • 81' Britton is caught late by Odemwingie and Swansea have a free-kick on the touchline.
    • 80' West Brom have 10 minutes plus injury time to find an equaliser. Is their poor home record set to continue?
    • 79' Dyer can't quite get on the end of a teasing Sinclair cross.
    • 78' Morrison lets the ball get away from him and then ploughs through Britton. The challenge was late and the yellow card deserved.
    • 77' Scharner gets a shot away but it is straight down the throat of Vorm.
    • 75' West Brom have had 52% of the second-half possession. They have been improved after the break, but find themselves trailing.
    • 73' Tchoyi gets beyond Taylor on the right and crosses for Scharner who can't convert.
    • 72' Fortune's snap shot sails over the bar. It was well struck but was never going to trouble Vorm.
    • 71' Two West Brom changes. Somen Tchoyi and Simon Cox come on for Dorrans and Thomas.
    • 70' What a miss! Dorrans crosses the ball into the area and into the path of Odemwingie who blasts well over from close range with just Vorm to beat! That was a shocking miss from the Nigerian.
    • 68' Graham cuts the ball back to Dyer whose shot is deflected inches wide for a corner!
    • 67' Thomas's cross is caught by Vorm. West Brom having more possession, but there is a lack of creativity.
    • 66' Thomas puts in a cross and wins the corner off Rangel.
    • 65' Reid goes in two-footed on Sinclair but there is no damage or a card. Reid gets a talking to though.
    • 64' Allen plays an excellent pass to slide in Taylor whose cross is cleared away.
    • 63' Paul Scharner replaces Mulumbu for West Brom.
    • 61' The conditions may have got worse, but the game has certainly improved.
    • 60' The game has been turned on its head completely.
    • 59' That was Graham's 10th goal of the season.
    • 58' GOAL! WEST BROM 1-2 SWANSEA. Sigurdsson plays a beautiful pass across the area and Graham is on hand to dispatch the ball left-footed past Foster from close range!
    • 56' Hopefully the second-half will now be better than the first. They say you are always at your most vulnerable when you have just scored...
    • 55' There was little more than a minute between those two goals.
    • 54' GOAL! WEST BROM 1-1 SWANSEA. Sinclair plays in Taylor down the left and the defender's cross is inch perfect for Sigurdsson who calmly slots past Foster!
    • 53' GOAL! WEST BROM 1-0 SWANSEA. The corner skims off Caulker's head and lands at the feet of Fortune who controls before drilling across goal and past Vorm!
    • 52' Thomas does well to find Fortune who holds off Caulker and wins a corner off the Swansea defender.
    • 51' Fortune gets beyond Caulker and Williams clears for a corner.
    • 50' Dyer lets fly from just outside the area and his effort just clears the bar!
    • 49' It's actually whiter in the Swansea half.
    • 48' Mulumbu clears Taylor's cross away, as the pitch becomes whiter and whiter.
    • 47' High tackle by Morrison on Britton who looks winded. Morrison escapes the booking.
    • 46' The teams are back out at The Hawthorns and the second-half is underway.
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    • 45+1' Sinclair goes down under a challenge from Mulumbu as he was just about to get a shot away in the area! The ref then blows for half-time, with Swansea claiming a penalty. It' s 0-0 at the break.
    • 45' There will be one minute of added time.
    • 44' West Brom are ending the half stronger.
    • 43' Dorrans's inswinging free-kick is turned goalwards by Olsson but Foster makes the save, holding onto the ball.
    • 42' Britton is booked for a foul and West Brom have another dangerous set-piece.
    • 41' Fortune's header is cleared off the line by Sigurdsson and then Fortune's shot is blocked by Taylor as West Brom go close!
    • 40' Dorran's dangerous cross is chester out for a corner by Rangel as Thomas lurks with menace at the back post.
    • 38' Mulumbu gives the ball away to Allen whose shot is deflected wide by McAuley for a corner.
    • 37' Vorm gets lucky as he tries to pass the ball out but only to Fortune, but Swansea win it back.
    • 37' Mulumbu fires well wide for West Brom. Why is he bothering to shoot from there?
    • 36' Rangel puts the ball out for a corner which is headed out by Allen.
    • 35' West Brom enjoy a period of possession as Thomas's cross is cleared away by Williams.
    • 34' Sigurdsson's free-kick is poor and the first man, Shorey, clears it away.
    • 33' Mulumbu gets too tight on Sigurdsson and Swansea win another free-kick.
    • 32' West Brom are defending deeply as Swansea continue to probe. They are playing like the home team.
    • 31' Graham is fouled on the halfway line and Swansea have a free-kick. The Baggies need to step up here because they have created little.
    • 29' Graham beats Olsson to an Allen cross and fires the ball wide of Foster's goal.
    • 28' Taylor's cross is sliced away by McAuley for a Swansea throw.
    • 27' West Brom have struggled to get service to strikers Peter Odemwingie and Fortune in the first 27 minutes.
    • 26' Taylor plays a good early cross to Graham but the offside flag goes up again. It was the correct decision.
    • 24' Fortune blasts wildly off target for West Brom. The striker has looked good since being recalled by Hodgson though.
    • 23' STAT: West Brom have kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 Premier League games.
    • 22' Morrison fires a low right-footed shot that Vorm holds onto comfortably.
    • 22' It's starting to snow more heavily at The Hawthorns.
    • 21' Good tackle by Jonas Olsson on Sigurdsson as Swansea continue to make most of the running.
    • 20' Rangel heads the resulting corner well over the bar.
    • 19' Nathan Dyer's delicate ball into the box is hoofed out for a corner by Foster as Sinclair closes in.
    • 18' Williams certainly had his arm high up and made clear contact with the ball.
    • 17' Shorey's inswinging cross hits Ashley Williams on the hand as he goes up for a header with Gareth McAuley. The ball goes wide, but big penalty claim for West Brom there.
    • 16' Sigurdsson curls the ball a yard or two wide of Ben Foster's left-hand post. Goal kick to West Brom.
    • 15' Britton plays the ball to Sigurdsson on the edge of the area and he is brought down by James Morrison for a free-kick in a very dangerous position.
    • 13' Swansea have enjoyed 69% of the possession so far.
    • 12' Joe Allen wins a throw off Jerome Thomas deep into Baggies territory.
    • 11' Graham heads the ball out to Sigurdsson but his teasing ball across the area just eludes the under pressure Scott Sinclair.
    • 9' STAT: Ashley Williams has blocked more shots than any other player in the Premier League (33).
    • 8' Danny Graham plays the ball across the West Brom area but the flag goes up for offside.
    • 7' Swansea now dictating play now. They are one of the best passing teams in the Premier League.
    • 5' Angel Rangel's shot is deflected wide for a corner after the ball breaks kindly to him in the area.
    • 4' Neil Taylor's searching ball is turned away for a corner by Nicky Shorey.
    • 3' West Brom enjoying plenty of possession early doors as they set about improving their poor home record.
    • 2' Michel Vorm gathers an early cross from Marc Antoine Fortune.
    • 1' We are off and underway at The Hawthorns!
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    • 14:50 The Baggies have scored 26% of their goals in the opening 15 minutes this season, a higher proportion than any other side.
    • 14:45 Brendan Rodgers thinks Leon Britton, Scott Sinclair and Nathan Dyer would shine if they won call-ups for England: "We have to wait and see if they get an England call-up. But I have said before that if our players are called up then they will adapt to that level."
    • 14:40 Swansea scored three goals from just four shots on target in the meeting with the Baggies in September, while West Brom failed to score with five shots on target.
    • 14:35 West Brom have won just two games at home and Hodgson wants to see the errors cut out: "Mistakes dictate matches. We haven’t really faced major tactical problems in home games, we’ve simply made mistakes at the wrong ends of the pitch – that’s been made worse by not taking chances when it matters. We know we need to put that right and we need a change of fortune because, if anything, our away games have been equal in terms of fortune – but the home games haven’t evened out for me."
    • 14:30 West Brom manager Roy Hodgson makes two changes. Jerome Thomas returns from injury to replace Simon Cox, and Steven Reid starts in place of Gabriel Tamas, who is not in the squad. New signings Keith Andrews and Liam Ridgewell are both among the substitutes. Swansea are unchanged from the team which drew 1-1 with Chelsea on Tuesday.
    • 14:25 West Brom have won just two games at home this season, while Swansea have been victorious just once away. Just a point and a position separate them in the league, with Swansea in 14th and West Brom in 15th.
    • 14:20 WEST BROM: Foster; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Shorey; Dorrans, Morrison, Mulumbu, Thomas; Odemwingie, Fortune. Subs: Fulop, Cox, Andrews, Ridgewell, Tchoyi, Jones, Scharner. /// SWANSEA: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Allen, Britton, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Graham, Sinclair. Subs: Tremmel, Monk, Agustien, McEachran, Routledge, Moore, Lita.
    • 14:15 Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Swansea City’s trip to The Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion.

  • Summary

    • 90+1' A golden chance for West Brom as Fortune gets into the area and shoots but the ball squirms under Vorm and just wide of the near post!
    • 70' What a miss! Dorrans crosses the ball into the area and into the path of Odemwingie who blasts well over from close range with just Vorm to beat! That was a shocking miss from the Nigerian.
    • 68' Graham cuts the ball back to Dyer whose shot is deflected inches wide for a corner!
    • 58' GOAL! WEST BROM 1-2 SWANSEA. Sigurdsson plays a beautiful pass across the area and Graham is on hand to dispatch the ball left-footed past Foster from close range!
    • 54' GOAL! WEST BROM 1-1 SWANSEA. Sinclair plays in Taylor down the left and the defender's cross is inch perfect for Sigurdsson who calmly slots past Foster!
    • 53' GOAL! WEST BROM 1-0 SWANSEA. The corner skims off Caulker's head and lands at the feet of Fortune who controls before drilling across goal and past Vorm!
    • 50' Dyer lets fly from just outside the area and his effort just clears the bar!
    • 43' Dorrans's inswinging free-kick is turned goalwards by Olsson but Foster makes the save, holding onto the ball.
    • 41' Fortune's header is cleared off the line by Sigurdsson and then Fortune's shot is blocked by Taylor as West Brom go close!
    • 40' Dorran's dangerous cross is chester out for a corner by Rangel as Thomas lurks with menace at the back post.
    • 29' Graham beats Olsson to an Allen cross and fires the ball wide of Foster's goal.
    • 19' Nathan Dyer's delicate ball into the box is hoofed out for a corner by Foster as Sinclair closes in.
    • 17' Shorey's inswinging cross hits Ashley Williams on the hand as he goes up for a header with Gareth McAuley. The ball goes wide, but big penalty claim for West Brom there.
    • 16' Sigurdsson curls the ball a yard or two wide of Ben Foster's left-hand post. Goal kick to West Brom.
    • 14:20 WEST BROM: Foster; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Shorey; Dorrans, Morrison, Mulumbu, Thomas; Odemwingie, Fortune. Subs: Fulop, Cox, Andrews, Ridgewell, Tchoyi, Jones, Scharner. /// SWANSEA: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Allen, Britton, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Graham, Sinclair. Subs: Tremmel, Monk, Agustien, McEachran, Routledge, Moore, Lita.

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  1. Pure Swansea class. Entertaining, highly watchable­ football. A more than deserved win.

    From Owen, on Sun 5 Feb 22:33

  2. a lovely day for the swans...and the sheep were nice to

    From GREGORY, on Sun 5 Feb 20:56

  3. No Tamas..here comes the defeat for West Brom...

    From Alex B, on Sun 5 Feb 2:13

  4. why again are we loaning out players who arent getting­ played? our loaning system is a joke

    From Champions Of Europe, on Sun 5 Feb 1:36

  5. well done city,

    I say hard cheese west bum

    Tee hee

    From Ian, on Sun 5 Feb 1:36

  6. You can all now see how far backwards the Baggies have­ gone, PaulCu-T will have all the answers though,­ Hodgsons bit of Cu-T

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 1:16

  7. PaulCunT like the team played today they must have been­ taking instruction from a Cu-T like you,

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 1:04

  8. PaulCu-T for wll post to see

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 1:00

  9. PaulCu-T you make yourself look a real Cu-TPaulCu-T

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 0:58

  10. u are most vunerable right after u scored...u guys are­ professionals wes bromich u should know that

    From BuzzSaw, on Sun 5 Feb 0:58

  11. Chin stroker leads you to another home defeat. Wolves­ and Wigan closing in on you. Hanging on to 15th just.­ Worse to come.

    From Delphi, on Sun 5 Feb 0:58

  12. After today now you look a real Cu-tPaul, PaulCu-t

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 0:57

  13. PaulCu-T

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 0:55

  14. PaulCu-T

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 0:55

  15. da iawn abertawe!

    From jay, on Sun 5 Feb 0:54

  16. PaulCu-t

    From iamazealon, on Sun 5 Feb 0:54

  17. comke on the baggies suprise us

    From Dean, on Sun 5 Feb 0:48

  18. swansea deserve to be up with arsenal.we are the only­ teams to play football that everyone LOVES.

    From SIMON, on Sun 5 Feb 0:43

  19. well done the jacks candy and baby come to mind . can­ west brom fight back for a point lol.

    From lean machine, on Sun 5 Feb 0:40

  20. my brummy james cagney, yooooou dirty root

    From lean machine, on Sun 5 Feb 0:36
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