[caravanc58]

why is our defence so poor, looking at the personnel at our disposal it's the one area where I would expect it to exceed, and having an experienced ex defender as manager it's baffling why we've conceded so many goals.
we've got the worst goals against in the top 10 and conceded as many as Wigan in19th place, not even sure we've kept clean sheets two matches running.
there's lots wrong at different times at the Albion but this defence has been consistently poor all season.
it's not played on paper but our 1st choice back 4 should've done a lot better

[TheJacko2000]

why is our defence so poor, looking at the personnel at our disposal it's the one area where I would expect it to exceed, and having an experienced ex defender as manager it's baffling why we've conceded so many goals.
we've got the worst goals against in the top 10 and conceded as many as Wigan in19th place, not even sure we've kept clean sheets two matches running.
there's lots wrong at different times at the Albion but this defence has been consistently poor all season.
it's not played on paper but our 1st choice back 4 should've done a lot better

Goalkeeper, and insistence on trying to beat the press with limited personnel.

[17GD]

I hate to say it again (have said it in other topics) but it's down to tactics and management. Professionals can't always do what's asked of them, particularly if they're being asked to do something they're not comfortable with. It's clear that they're being told to build from the back even though we don't have the technical ability.

Dawson and Hegazi remind me, to an extent, of Paul Mardon and Paul Raven. No nonsense defenders, physical and a bit dirty. No real skill as such, but will head the ball away all day long. But they're being told to play with their feet in and around their own box.

I also think some of our players have the opinion that they're too good for this league, and while they're pondering that thought, the opposition player has whipped the ball past him and has the ball in our net.

Football is a simple game. Whichever goal the ball is closest to, that's likely the goal the ball will end up in. And we play around our own box far too much. Why do you think when a team is winning by the odd goal and the clock is on 90 minutes they put the ball in the opposition corner? because it's furthest away from their own goal. It's something Albion don't seem to comprehend this season.

[caravanc58]

Goalkeeper, and insistence on trying to beat the press with limited personnel.

Goalkeepers need better cover than our lot have given, the tactic of playing out from the back has cost us quite a few goals but some we've conceded have been comical. Leeds 1st goal last night was a free hit from 20 yards with no defender closing down, that's just down to poor defensive play and something you'd expect to be worked on in training.

[hardtobeat]

Goalkeeper, and insistence on trying to beat the press with limited personnel.

Nowhere near the whole problem. Why? Because we aren't just shipping goals from when we have possession we are conceding from basic lack of individual ability to defend and from a lack of collective organisation of who to mark , when to attempt a tackle and when to back off , when/how to play somebody offside  etc !!