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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Mikey Johnston joins on loan (Official!)
« on: February 21, 2024, 08:30:16 AM »
Sign him permanently! Proper footballer in the true Albion tradition!

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: February 16, 2024, 02:05:08 PM »
Despite being euphoric all morning I'm now becoming increasingly nervous about tonight's game. We're up against a very good team and need to be right on it. I'd really like to see Weimann starting instead of BTA who I feel is much more of a natural finisher and more able to read Tom Fellows intentions.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Action For Albion/ Potential Takeover
« on: February 16, 2024, 07:28:59 AM »
Wow!! Just woken up to this!! Been dreaming of this moment for ages, still letting it sink in.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate
« on: January 31, 2024, 03:58:30 PM »
From all the social media footage I've seen those few Wolves fans celebrating the 2nd goal in among the 'nice' easy-going Baggies in the Halfords got off lightly. Maybe they considered themselves safe to wear their colours in that particular section? They must have been testing the patience of the 'nice' baggies around them for nearly all the game....didn't the stewards notice anything out of place? In a nutshell, the sensationalism of the press has blown up the inevitable minor scuffles (when a couple of Baggies in the Halfords lost patience) into something out of all proportion to reality. All the stuff that then happened in the corner of the East Stand looked to me like nothing much more than a few scuffling with police and stewards.....with many many more just trying to get closer to film it on their phones!! It was mainly all handbags!

But, because nobody likes us anymore we're going to be hung out to dry.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Action For Albion/ Potential Takeover
« on: January 28, 2024, 05:39:18 PM »
As somebody who knows nothing about takeovers just wanted to say cheers to everyone who has simplified it for eejits like me, overseas baggies and Standaman especially have made it abit more understandable!

Seconded! Fascinating insights into an alien world!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Callum Marshall Joins Albion on loan
« on: January 27, 2024, 10:00:45 AM »
Optimistic about this. Pace up front is everything....with him and Fellows on the pitch it will get bums off seats and create a much better atmosphere to get the team buzzing. For me, Dike just isn't a natural and not very good at football, and BTA misses/wastes way too many opportunities. Hopefully, Marshall will naturally have the ability to read a game and anticipate what Fellows might do.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Action For Albion/ Potential Takeover
« on: January 12, 2024, 03:56:31 PM »
Interesting to see how it plays out. If it's the Shilen Patel route then it would be the Drs Kiran & Pallavi Patel Family Office. Wealthy family based in Tampa, made money through healthcare in the US. Investing their wealth now into other businesses e.g. F&B, hotels and other businesses. Nice to see he has a strong emphasis on philanthropy (hopefully an actual value rather than for tax benefits or PR). Glad to see it's a family office rather than a PE group or some others, albeit the concern would be on money available to invest. All in all, I'm sure there could be a lot worse and at least these guys have actually built multiple businesses and have money, unlike a certain Mr Lai.

My thoughts too. I reckon there may be a fair few baggies in Florida? Any of you have anything to add?

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: January 03, 2024, 02:16:01 PM »
Bit concerned about this one, we really need to be well up for it or it will be another Woking. They have a very attack minded style and their No.10 Josh Stokes is some player....would love him to come and play for us.

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Stokes for Aldershot looks a useful player.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Action For Albion/ Potential Takeover
« on: October 30, 2023, 05:48:04 PM »
I don’t even have much hope of getting someone who will seriously invests. If someone invests and they get us to the prem then great. However once our paper value increases, who buys us at £150m knowing how precarious our position is at the top table and the potential damage of dropping out.

Whilst individual games have always been there own spectacle, it feels more and more like each game on its on merit is the be all and end all.  That’s ok to an extent but it’s also quite sad really.

When I was hitting my height of love for the game / the Albion and going home and away every week, my dad fell out of love with it and started going to live rugby and cricket more.  He was about 50 at the time and now he’s in his 60s his interest is basically checking our results post match and watching the odd tv game but that’s it.

I could never really understand how that had happened but now I’m 36 myself, whilst I don’t think it will happen to me to the same extent  (and I know I’ll always support the club) I do wonder what my support will look like in 15 years due to apathy / disillusionment with the landscape and reality  of modern football.

I'm of the same vintage as your Dad Johnny. When Sky 'invented' the Premier League in 1992 we all new then what lay on the horizon. The big six or whatever you want to call them have got exactly what they wanted and stuff the rest. No-one can compete with them. Look at Sheff Utd....in fact, look at the bottom 3. We haven't got a prayer at that level. Just enjoy individual games now if you can, thats what I try to do.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate
« on: October 22, 2023, 09:53:32 AM »
Since i've been going up, weve had Sneekes, Maresca, Koumas, Gera, Teixeira, Morrison, Dorrans, Thomas, Brunt, Greening, Odemwingie, Tchoyi, Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Chadli, Pereira and Grosicki, all varying degrees of good, but all of whom in moments and flashes gave you confidence they might create you chances or break lines and get you off your seats.

The last few games I've sat through over a few seasons now, I just don't get the sense from anybody that they are going to make something happen. There is nothing to get excited about. Nobody on the bench who might change a game. There aren't any moments in the game where you feel a wide player had the beating of a full back. It was a feature of every game I went to that there would be moments in a game where everyone stood up in the stands as the players approached the goal, in anticipation that something was about to happen. It didn't happen once yesterday.

Albion games stopped being fun a long time ago. It's a tough sell for me to motivate myself to go when we don't even have 1 or 2 players who can get me excited about even fleeting moments in the game.

Best post on here in years! Giving Pereira away was catastrophic, we had a golden opportunity to re-build around him for one fleeting period in the last woeful 6 or 7 years and we blew it. Dread to think where we'll be this time next year unless we're bought out.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: September 16, 2023, 02:32:10 PM »
Bristol will go a regulation 2 - 0 up and then he'll bring on Sarmiento for the last fifteen minutes.....this is getting tiresome now.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Ian Hamilton
« on: September 06, 2023, 12:28:22 PM »
That's truly awful news. Outstanding player at a crucial time in the clubs history. Life is cruel at times, and this is one of them.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat
« on: September 02, 2023, 03:49:42 PM »
Commentators just said game is screaming out for Sarmiento and Grady types and they are right.

Spot on. And BTA is so isolated its ridiculous.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: September 02, 2023, 07:10:44 AM »
Hoping to see Sarmiento get a lot more time on the pitch today.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: August 18, 2023, 04:59:55 PM »
I fancy Sarmiento to make an impact. Good player. Just hope he gets a decent amount of time on the pitch!

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: August 12, 2023, 02:12:54 PM »
That is a horrific line up, it's relegation battling hoping to steal a point kind of stuff. Lots of strange decisions there, not least keeping kipre in the side.

Ha ha! Yes. The bench looks better than this selection!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Josh Maja joins Albion
« on: August 01, 2023, 08:07:10 PM »
I've been a right miserable git since Periera was given away. But I'm pretty positive about our two new additions. COYB!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Josh Maja joins Albion
« on: August 01, 2023, 02:34:01 PM »
Have to say I'm pleased with this. Two very good recent additions, both young and like attacking with pace.....exactly what we've been asking for! COYB!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Josh Maja joins Albion
« on: August 01, 2023, 11:41:52 AM »
Seems OK to me. Good first touch, spacial awareness, and quick. All better than Dike!!

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Loved watching us under Atkinson, Ardiles and Megson.
Hated watching us under Little, Pulis and Pardew.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Guochuan Lai
« on: July 25, 2023, 05:08:56 PM »
Promising news. Something more concrete appears to be happening at last, and realistic figures are mentioned. We need to escape the Chinese strangle-hold and its complex system of allowing money to leave the country (or not)!

Fingers crossed.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: The summer / next season
« on: July 24, 2023, 08:05:12 AM »
Sad to reflect that Harvey Barnes has been sold for a fee probably not far off the true value of our club at present. Think we'll quickly go to a US hedge fund for about 50 million when it gets desperate next spring.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Tony Brown
« on: July 12, 2023, 09:34:26 PM »
I think the Oldham moment will always be my most treasured memory as a lifetime Bsggie. Youngsters.....just watch it on YouTube.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: June 03, 2023, 06:59:02 AM »
Until we hear otherwise I would assume Carlos did not know about Gourlay's imminent departure. With regard to Leeds if they do come calling then I would assume Corberan would go. There is a lot of things up in the air at Leeds and new ownership is not out of the question and some of the people that Corberan worked with while Bielsa was there in particular Sporting Director Victor Orta are no longer at the club. I would say it is far from certain that Leeds will be interested in Corberan

Agree. Leeds Utd are an absolutely massive club and wealthy individuals will be queuing up to buy them (think Saudis for example). They will be able to attract managers from a wide pool of high calibre people.....with Carlos some way down the list IMO.

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