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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: May 18, 2024, 09:32:57 AM »
There is no evidence to the contrary either a throw away comment.

2 wins in 11 at Olympiakos.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: May 17, 2024, 11:44:37 PM »
Where's the evidence to suggest he can't?  He's at least earned the right to have the opportunity to have a season where he can actually spend some money.

It's easy to forget the absolute dross we've had as managers in recent times.  Are there better managers out there?  Yes of course.  Are they available, interested in coming to us and can our board actually identify them in the first place?  Doubtful.

He's done far better with this team than I expected when he joined us and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with the rebuild of the squad over the summer.

His use of Sarmiento. Whilst I thought the player had his obvious limitations, the way he was asked us to play was completely wrong and made him look even worse. Ipswich used him differently and he did a lot better there.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: May 17, 2024, 11:05:45 PM »
I can’t believe there are some critising Carlos. That 1st half was a Mourinho type level of tactical performance m. You give this manager a good class of players & we’l go places.

Let’s see what these team looks like next season with a group of players that fit Carlos’s style. I think we end up on more points than we did this season because of this manager.

Where’s the evidence to suggest he can coach good players? Just because a manager gets a limited group to a certain level doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll do better with better players.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Grady Diangana
« on: May 17, 2024, 10:55:04 PM »
I just don’t see how he recovers from that performance.

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Don't torture yourself with that hope it would seem at the very best a long shot.

Are you actually trying to say that clubs in the Premier League will be interested in him?

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Agreed. I really hope we can strike a deal with Celtic. He has had a really positive impact since coming in on loan.

Honestly, you should actually apply for a job in our recruitment department working under Ian Pearce.

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Agreed. I really hope we can strike a deal with Celtic. He has had a really positive impact since coming in on loan.

When was the last time he scored or assisted?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: May 17, 2024, 10:16:37 PM »
Just had a quick look at the post match thread and one or two questioning whether Carlos is the right coach to take us forward. I'll nail my colours to the mast on this and say he is. My only concern is whether he wants to go into next season which is going to be a difficult and transitional one. All parties need to be clear about the direction of travel and if Carlos has his doubts we thank him for his services and wish him well for the future.

Let me stress I hope this is not the case but frank discussions need to be had right from the outset.

My worry is if Corberan stays the average age of the squad will rise to 32

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Kyle Bartley
« on: May 17, 2024, 10:06:31 PM »
Weak leader.

If we offer him a new contract I’m actually done with this club.

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Not just judging on tonight but I stand by what I said, we should not be paying any kind of money for him.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan
« on: May 17, 2024, 10:04:09 PM »
Absolutely livid after that.

Deserves credit for getting us top 6 but I have serious concerns long-term about the style of football and obsession with experienced pros.


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2, another 2 on 19.

We don't have anyone in the top 24 of the goal charts.

By strikers I mean people playing as actual centre forward not inside forward/inverted wingers.

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It kills us when they double up and we have no other threat but with Fellows on the right it makes us difficult to play against. If we had a 20 goal striker and we'd had these guys all season we'd have finished top two.

How many 20 goal a season strikers were there in the Championship this year?


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Spoke to someone who works in the recruitment team at a Premier League club. He’s not a fan either, thinks his decision making is awful and someone will end up paying way over the odds for him based on a purple patch at the start of his time here.

I have a horrible feeling it will be us.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: May 13, 2024, 09:48:05 AM »
Really hope he goes 343/523 for this one.

Similar to Leicester, have our RCB and LCB quite wide to prevent their 8s breaking through.

Front 3 press their 3 defenders man to man like the last 15. With how well they keep the ball, you can’t expect BTA and GD to press outnumbered for 90 mins.

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Him and Fellows the only two threats on the pitch! I don't get you hatred of Johnstone, he as been a breath of fresh air. Nothing to do with him being a Celtic player is it?

That did make me laugh.

Why would I be bothered about Celtic? I don’t follow Scottish football.

Merely pointing out a player is not as good as our fans think he is, is not hatred.

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One of the two best threats for the Albion MJ and Fellows are the best chance we've got of winning this and they should have more space in the away leg.

Well, naturally in most teams the wingers are going to be the biggest threats aren’t they?

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I’ll try and be balanced here by saying overall he’s done more good than bad.

However, I hope Corberan has the courage to not start him next Friday, as we looked a lot more threatening once he went off.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Alex Palmer
« on: May 02, 2024, 02:06:47 PM »
Never underestimate the importance of good goalkeeper distribution when trying to break through a team’s press.

It’s one of the main reasons why Burnley won the league at a canter last year.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Alex Palmer
« on: May 02, 2024, 02:05:31 PM »
I'd rather that his worst skill than any of the other skills required of a goalkeeper!

Never underestimate the importance of good goalkeeper distribution when trying to break through a team’s press.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Ian Pearce
« on: May 02, 2024, 12:28:28 PM »
purely on the evidence of highlights of Sheff Wednesday match I would try to sign Musaba who apparently scores goals and is fast and if not a similar type of player.

In about 10 years, maybe.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Alex Palmer
« on: May 02, 2024, 12:17:09 PM »
I know what i see mate, i know hes a good keeper and i think he'll improve as gk tend to
So I'll stick with my understanding of the game, how he communicates with his defenders his distribution etc, i dont need to know about the metrics, i know because i am there watching

Well his distribution is terrible even his biggest supporters would admit that.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Alex Palmer
« on: May 02, 2024, 11:27:44 AM »
Hey JMullen 95, tell me how many clean sheets does Palmer have so far this season?
 I think it’s 17,
Not bad for a go is it?
He’s the best we’ve got ,a top keeper in this division,do you know how good he would be if we get promoted,because if you do know ,give me Saturday’s lottery numbers please.

But that stat in itself isn’t necessarily a good measure of his goal keeping ability. For example, in all 17 of those games, the opposition may not have a shot on target. As I understand, the more detailed metrics suggest he’s about average for this division.

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Judging by Corberan’s comments in the Express and Star, it looks like he’d rather the average age of the squad go up rather than down, which is extremely concerning.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Under 23's / Academy Thread
« on: May 02, 2024, 09:28:43 AM »
I don't think 'stiffs' is the right term for our age group teams and it doesn't have to be week in week out straight away. Whitwell does look a talent and looks physically strong. Given our lack of youth and depth in the midfield options, given a good pre-season he could well be in the mix for next season. His 1st team introduction in the cup may have 'only' been against Aldershot but in his 30 minutes on the pitch he picked a perfect pass into the path of Fellows who tucked it away.

Exactly. Which makes the signing of MVilla all the more bizarre.

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