'On the players': Lewis Cox & Jonny Drury analyse West Brom's draw with Cardiff

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Jonny Drury and Lewis Cox analyse West Brom's 0-0 draw against Cardiff. Albion were after a first win in five games - and dominated Cardiff throughout. They had massive chances in both halves, with Josh Maja having the best late in the second half. But it was another frustrating afternoon for Albion.

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00:00Thank you fans, welcome to expressionstar.com, welcome to the Hawthorns, welcome to another

00:12day when Albion have not scored at home. It is now two goals in, I don't know how many

00:17games, six games on home soil and another frustrating afternoon today. Coxy against

00:23Millwall last time out here, they didn't really have any chances today, they had enough to

00:26probably win about five games, so this video probably could be quite short. Battered Cardiff

00:33could not score. So frustrating isn't it Jonny, I feel for the home punters really, not a

00:41good record here is it at all, that's an understatement, it has to change. I'm one of the joint lowest

00:46home scorers in the top four divisions with Palace in the Prem, played less games and

00:52then Tranmere in League 2. It's a damning statistic, obviously it's a bit broad and

00:58doesn't necessarily tell a whole story does it of games and moments like today, however

01:03the bottom line is two goals scored it. What I would say is in those six games one goal

01:09conceded it. We joked didn't we when we were in there. Not quite getting your money's worth

01:14at the Hawthorns at the moment. No, three goals in six games. However, obviously need

01:19to make clear that one goal against in six, it is a very good stat. You can't make no

01:24arguments about that as it is good or better than the two goals scored isn't it and I think

01:29Corbijn said in his press conference there, something obviously he's very keen to cling

01:34to and I'm sure the players as well. Seven clean sheets in 12 league games now, which

01:39I would say goes a long way to suggest why I'll be in a fifth still in the table and

01:43I don't want to mention the table too much because it is important and it isn't. We always

01:48talk about the table in the good times and when there's wins don't we, but it is early

01:53to be sort of worried too much and distracted about the table. I think more so we need to

01:58look at what's happening in each game and four draws in a row now isn't it in those

02:04six winless games. That sequence started here in that Millwall game and we just very, very,

02:10very quickly think back to that. That was having created nothing that day to day, nothing.

02:14The magic chance early, that was it. Since we had Oxford, should have won. Didn't create

02:18too much but should have won obviously last minute. Blackburn I thought in midweek against

02:22the good side was a step up, created a bit more, should have taken one of their chances.

02:26Today, I mean how many chances really? It should have been at least two or three by

02:30half time shouldn't it?

02:31Yeah and I've been outside and I've heard, not the people I spoke to but you hear sort

02:35of shouts against Corbijn and there was quite a bit of that after Blackburn but today I

02:39think he's alluded to it in his press conference. He can set his team up any way he likes but

02:44when he watches them batter aside like that, he expects them to have the quality to go

02:50and win the game and they did. It's kind of today's on the forward players.

02:54Just saw Robert Earnshaw there haven't we?

02:56We have yeah.

02:57He'd have put one away I think.

02:58He would have done.

02:59I've seen a little front flip.

03:00Front two of Robert Earnshaw and John Homer is walking outside there, that would be interesting.

03:04Yeah, you're right. I mean John Swift was one of three players to come into the side

03:11today and I thought he did okay. I thought he had a decent game but he had two big chances

03:17in the first half alone, as did Darnell Furlong. Alright, look we can't be relying on a right

03:21back to score but he does chip in with goals. Should have scored, maybe in midweek as well

03:24shouldn't he?

03:25Yeah.

03:26Maggia, Corbijn spoke quite well of him at the end there didn't he? You'll be able to

03:31read it at some point in the coming days online but he used the word terrible to describe

03:35the sort of minutes and reliance on Maggia and I think, I don't think that's a language

03:39barrier thing, I think it's almost borderline he's had to play a hell of a lot, borderline

03:44too much really Maggia and obviously hasn't scored for a long time, I think five games

03:49after the brilliant streak he had to start the season and, look we've said this before

03:53haven't we, but there cannot be an over-reliance or a reliance on Maggia. On Fellows to create

03:59Fellows didn't even start today, came on late on but Maggia, you know I think the moment

04:03in the 90th minute where Maggia hits a goal in front of Smeric, straight at Anak who saves

04:09it on the line, I think it sort of sums up and typifies the whole thing really and that

04:13would have gone in in the first six weeks of the season wouldn't it?

04:16Of course it would have.

04:17But look, Albin, as you said at the top, did enough to win the six games, they haven't

04:23won today didn't they and I think look, I'm not trying to gloss over this or go too rosy,

04:28Cardiff were poor and they're in a good period aren't they Cardiff, I think that's five unbeaten

04:34as Mr. Homan appears in the background again, five unbeaten I think for Cardiff now since

04:39they changed manager, three wins, two draws, their caretaker boss has clearly sorted them

04:44out, addressed them but to me they were poor today, they should have conceded, on another

04:49day they'd have conceded three first half goals wouldn't they?

04:52But equally, they could have scored as well, they could have at bad moments, it could have

04:57been a lot worse today for Albin, could have really been bitten on the backside but it's

05:03frustration again, hopefully it will, if you create this many chances, hopefully it will

05:08turn.

05:09Very quickly, I think Corbijn's overall point there and I'll write it in a second for you

05:14to read but was look, keep going and don't let the confidence be dented by what isn't

05:21happening because a lot that is happening is still okay, I think in a nutshell is where

05:26he is with message to his players and even supporters so there is that but obviously

05:32now six games need to nip this in the bud very quickly, it gets no easier does it with

05:36Luton and Burnley up next and obviously there are issues in case you forget Jonny, just

05:40quickly in fitness as well aren't there?

05:43Yes, injury issues which you can read all about on expressandstart.com, frustration

05:47again at the Hawthorns, hopefully it will turn, feels like one of them, when it hits

05:51someone's backside the floodgates will open, hopefully that's at Kenilworth Road on Friday

05:56Fana score here at the Hawthorns, Albion nil, Cardiff nil, all the rest of your reaction

06:02you know where to go expressandstart.com

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