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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Tony Mowbray appointed as Head Coach

« on: January 18, 2025, 08:24:21 AM »

Came back for the mozza brunt testimonial glad he’s coming back

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: January 06, 2025, 08:31:32 AM »

Reading about Wickys previous experience not for me, zero knowledge of English football and limited experience elsewhere

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: December 26, 2024, 07:36:51 PM »

Watching todays game if we are going to take weeks to appoint someone then we should get Mowbray down to steady the ship.. top coach .. look at Sunderland Blackburn teams full of inexperienced young players and he always got them near the play offs. He will be happy to get back into the game following his illness and for a few weeks at least we will have an experience coach. Until we get someone permanently

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: December 26, 2024, 07:24:08 PM »

Correct.

Took Kilmarnock into Europe and Scotland into a major final

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Ticket Info & Requests

« on: September 03, 2024, 09:37:13 AM »

I will have one ticket going spare £29.75 DM if interested

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Season tickets

« on: July 27, 2024, 07:12:43 PM »

I've also got the validating comment. I'm not sure what it means, but in the terms and conditions you have to show that you're a genuine supporter to be accepted for membership. I suspect it's a software holding position.

Considering I’ve been on their system since it was set up and an ex season ticket holder they should have all this set up before the launch

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Season tickets

« on: July 27, 2024, 10:49:21 AM »

Any one having problems with buying the membership? I paid for it and it went to my WBA ticket app I confirmed it was for me however on my account the loyalty points haven’t been added and it says it needs validating ?

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: May 17, 2024, 10:38:37 PM »

I agree entirely. Corberan set the team up to give us a chance against opposition that had more than us, but we needed to be 100% in taking care of possession. Which we weren’t.

He has made the most of what he’s had and given the makeup of our side I can understand any coach being cautious. We don’t exactly have the luxury of firepower.

But when I look across the pitch I see achievement. Players such as Palmer and Fellows have been integrated into the side under Corberan; Johnston was a loan success; Furlong improved markedly at right back; we were generally pretty sound at the back over the whole season, which kept us in nearly every game; and several players we’d written off as a waste of money and space gave us unexpectedly improved displays.

Those are all the marks of a good manager. There are plenty around who would have produced very different outcomes - we’ve had a few ourselves.

A number of those players have played their last game for us and it’s likely to be a changed side that starts in August.

My hope is that Corberan now gets a chance to sign some players for a team that he himself actually wants to field. And then we may learn more about his philosophy as a coach than the “make do and mend” approach with a squad he inherited that was in the relegation zone.

He more than deserves that chance.

Totally disagree set up negative when against Southampton you have to press them high up the pitch like we did at the hawthorns

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: April 13, 2024, 10:12:09 PM »

How did the ref only find 4 minutes of extra time? Each substitution should had added on 30 seconds (Sunderland’s last one took a minute to leave the pitch) then we had the keeper lying down for over 2 minutes and the defender going down for another 2 minutes.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Albion Tackle Crowd Behaviour

« on: February 05, 2024, 07:54:18 PM »

There is no excuse at all for throwing anything at anyone. What I will say is if they are the same set of disabled supporters I saw both before and after the game outside then their carers were very mouthy and extremely hostile with no provocation at all from any of our fans that I could see. I have honestly never seen anything like it from a set of carers it was disgusting.

Yeah I saw a lot of this just outside, the lady was really gobby and just would not leave (not sure what happened as didn’t see that but something must had as she had lost it) some of our fans seem to take the urine which was disappointing but then resulted in a disabled blues fan to get his walking stick out like a club swinging it around … all the time the police were just standing around instead of trying to calm the situation down… they literally had to be dragged over to sort it out

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: January 28, 2024, 04:15:50 PM »

Simple the club should immediately identify which seats where trouble makers came from and immediately ban them today, by taking quick and swift action it may avoid further punishment… they also need to change how they sell tickets for this type of game

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: January 28, 2024, 03:00:04 PM »

Clips I’ve seen so far was wolves fans in the Halfords by the brummie which looks like the major course of aggro, also some wolves fans in the east stand. Problems in the millennium corner shows let’s say an a older man twonk a copper and tries to punch the rest of them before getting a baton beating

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: January 28, 2024, 01:37:59 PM »

I may be Wolves fans in a home end, but it’s us who will get the blame. I can’t believe the length of the delay.

We only sold tickets to season ticket holders and members … you see where the blame sits

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: January 28, 2024, 01:29:38 PM »

Who would have guessed … West Brom allowing season tickets holders to,purchase an additional ticket would not cause problems … selling to wolves and bringing people who haven’t been …. Could have sold to people who have a track record of attending games

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Ticketing system

« on: January 25, 2024, 09:43:25 AM »

I understand your frustration but going forward, if you go to most home games and pay full whack then you would be cheaper buying a season ticket anyway as it works out around 15-16 a game for adults and it gives you the guarantee of a seat for cup matches, or even buy a kids one for £23 and upgrade the tickets to an adult when you go to the matches.

This season it has worked out well and I have managed to go to most games but last season only a handful my situation isn’t normal as I have a disabled child that needs round The clock care so I just cannot commit now days, hence why I go when I can. After this and being told by the club I cannot even try to buy a ticket then for me that’s it I won’t be trying for any other games, which is a shame as it’s a release of stress for me but hey ho.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Ticketing system

« on: January 24, 2024, 06:22:30 PM »

Now that the rush for tickets for the wolves game has ended I really do think the way the club organised how the tickets should be sold was and is a farce. For a start smethwick end season ticket holders should had been first to buy unoccupied seats in the stand, than season ticket holders and then members. Lastly any remaining tickets should have been on the points system for fans that do actually go for some games. (Which is now me) before the pile on starts about part timers etc I was actually a season ticket holder for over 20 years starting with Saunders but circumstances mean I now cannot attend every game, but when I can I go. I was a member when it was a fiver but when they increased this to £20 there really isn’t much benefit when you pay full whack for your ticket. My argument isn’t about not getting a ticket but the fact that I cannot even try and buy one (this also includes the blues game) when I am on the system and been to most home and some away games ( every time we have also won  ) the club are happy for me to buy a ticket for a Rotherham or a swansea but will not allow me to try and buy a ticket for a wolves or blues.  It’s even more galling when a number of people who haven’t been to 1 game this season are going Sunday. I am annoyed and since the club have effectively barred me will not be buying any more tickets this season when I am free I go to Halesowen town. Nor will I be using my cash in the club shop. I know a few people like me that are feeling like this.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Segregation

« on: January 22, 2024, 08:45:58 PM »

It could easily cope with a 80/20 split … did you go to villa park and the small concourse 

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Segregation

« on: January 19, 2024, 10:32:30 PM »

Villa wasn’t a cup game where we had to give them 15% of the capacity

I was always talking about villa park and most other grounds the split between fans is 2 rows of seats maximum

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat

« on: January 19, 2024, 10:29:56 PM »

And yet some claim the ground is big enough 🤔

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Segregation

« on: January 17, 2024, 08:31:48 PM »

I don’t see a chance any club would have 1000 fans in a stand like that against their fiercest rivals. I don’t think the police wouldn’t allow it. Don’t forget you don’t just have to segregate the seats but entry, concourses, toilets and exits (plus fire exit plans id imagine. Youve got a duty of care to stewards too, can’t have them as human barriers with unaccceptable level of risk. Sticking 1000 Albion in just seems unworkable whilst having acceptable risk management of all factors.

The stand is roughly half’s or all. Segregation could probably be narrower for some league games mind.

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Against villa the stand was split so that argument doesn’t stack up. As most see them as their fiercest rivals

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Segregation

« on: January 17, 2024, 05:58:06 PM »

Why is it that the Albion has such a large segregation in the smethwick between away and home fans … I haven’t seen any other club have such a large gap. Obviously most teams would have had the 1000 + fans in the smethwick but not us. I been to villa park white hart lane etc and you could stretch out and touch the home fans (only stewards stood all along the rows) worst thing the smethwick is an ideal away end for segregation as well. A lot of fans are going to be disappointed next Sunday

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat

« on: January 17, 2024, 05:53:35 PM »

Does members mean you have an Albion account if so my mate does if not can he still buy them in Person from the ticket office and not be a ST holder.

No I believe being a member was £20 a season. Tbh it’s shocking that if you have brought tickets this season and you are not a member or season ticket holder then you cannot try to buy a ticket (after season ticket holders/members obviously) not a good way to treat the other fans

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat

« on: January 16, 2024, 10:45:24 PM »

The ground isn’t big enough for this type of game and yet we set ticket prices at £20. Since we have no money they should had set these at normal prices £28

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Taylor Gardner-Hickman joins Bristol City

« on: January 15, 2024, 09:33:10 PM »

Very strange no mention of the fee. Has he gone on a free and this covers the cost of Wienmann?

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General Football & Sports / Re: Jeremy Sarmiento signs on loan - official.

« on: January 02, 2024, 12:55:08 PM »

Strange one as with the number of injuries and African cup call ups he was nailed on to start every game in January