[Hull Baggie]

I agree, he has to get until Christmas at least but I hope he starts using his substitutions a bit better.  It's an easy rod for his own back if we aren't getting results and he's not using thge squad.

Better use of subs and less Pulis like tactics would be a good start.

[Foster#1]

Chairman and board have let him down. Hope people see this and turn on board if things don't go well and not moore

[WBAinDEVON]

Chairman and board have let him down. Hope people see this and turn on board if things don't go well and not moore

but if football continues to be bad as like at forest then Darren carries some responsibility

[Fritzl Palace]

Chairman and board have let him down. Hope people see this and turn on board if things don't go well and not moore

To an extent I agree, but we have more than enough quality in this squad to be performing better than we have thus far and that is Darren's job.

[maccbaggie]

Chairman and board have let him down. Hope people see this and turn on board if things don't go well and not moore

He's let himself down - it was his choice to try to retain the core of players rather than go for a mass turnover of players, and he has decided what are priorities are - which he has failed to identify as our central midfield. You'll probably find he thinks we've had a good window, because he overrates the ability of many of our old guard.

[paulosull]

With players we have at the minute there's only one way of playing pumping balls over the top for Gayle to run onto

[Fritzl Palace]

With players we have at the minute there's only one way of playing pumping balls over the top for Gayle to run onto

There really isn't...

We have some very good ball carriers at this level in Barnes, Phillips, Morrison, Barry etc, we should be playing through the thirds and carving teams apart with Gayle on the end of the chances created.

[paulosull]

There really isn't...

We have some very good ball carriers at this level in Barnes, Phillips, Morrison, Barry etc, we should be playing through the thirds and carving teams apart with Gayle on the end of the chances created.

well from what I've seen in two games so far that's all we're doing

[Fritzl Palace]

well from what I've seen in two games so far that's all we're doing

Hence my frustrations with those selecting the side and tactics.

[SmethDan]

well from what I've seen in two games so far that's all we're doing

Goal v Bolton - wide player cuts in from the right and scores a screamer.

Goal v Forest - decent passing move through the pitch finished off by a tremendous strike by a wide player.

[TheJacko2000]

Goal v Bolton - wide player cuts in from the right and scores a screamer.

Goal v Forest - decent passing move through the pitch finished off by a tremendous strike by a wide player.

Also 3 po8nt blank headers from Set pieces missed.


2 simple headed chances within 8 yards of goal blazed over by stupid acrobatic volleys. One on one hits post. Open goal 12 yards out hits bar. Open goal rebound headed tamely back to keeper.


We are creating big clear goal scoring chances.

[telford baggie]

Chairman and board have let him down. Hope people see this and turn on board if things don't go well and not moore

how do you know..Darren Moore may be happy with whats he got and only wants back up players as thats all we seem to be after, if Darren Moore fails theres only 1 person to blame and after 2 games hes not doing himself any favours

[victor mature]

 Middlesbrough seem to be after the sort of players I thought  we'd be after. Strange that Pulis's signings for Palace and Boro aren't as carp as the signings Albion made while he was here. Maybe they weren't his signings. Meanwhile this window is the worst since we signed HRK. ******** to them

[BaggieNick]

Or perhaps they were his signings under the usual financial constraints we have all become accustomed to.

[paulosull]

Can't see us being under the constraints of FFP but can see us being under constraints of a billionaire owner ok a owner with sod all money.

[Windmill Baggy]

Or perhaps they were his signings under the usual financial constraints we have all become accustomed to.

I don't think it has a great deal to do with financial constraints. Middlesbrough signed Aden Flint for £7m, he's one of the best centre backs in this division, a notch if not two above Bartley. Dawson's been quoted as being worth £20m+ and he's good, but he's really not much better than Flint.

In this division however you can get away with playing some average players and still go up. Fulham were playing some ordinary players last year and had a threadbare squad. Odoi at centre-back is no better than Bartley and he played an important part in their promotion. For all the hype Sessegnon is not much better than Philips. They also lacked a goalscorer prior to signing Mitrovic in January, yet still finished third in the table. Cairney as their attacking midfielder is not in the same league as Chadli. Macdonald as their 'playmaker' is no better than Morrison.

It's the coaching that elevated Fulham, rather than their personnel. Their goalkeeper would always play a goal-kick to a defenders feet, even when the opposition put three forwards on the 18 yard line. Our players are hoofing it forward even when under no pressure in their own half. It's an archaic style of play that needs to be addressed.

[Westie]

Big Dave has been let down badly by Lai and so have we. The ownership of our club by Lai makes my blood boil. I take every opportunity to express my opinion of the man except on this board. Peace certainly saw him coming.

[geoff]

Steven Gerrard has slammed West Brom manager Darren Moore

Talking in the Daily Record, Gerrard said: “James was magnificent. Good players get attention from other clubs. I don’t appreciate that attention 24 hours before a big game. I’d like a phone call off of big Darren [Moore] at some point.

“But James handled it very well and that was probably his strongest performance so far".

I think it should be the other way round Steve

[Baggies]

Gerrard has been a bitbof a knob already so far in his post game interviews. He came out with some guff last week about how Rangers had been discriminated against by referees for years and now this.

If he lasts in management, you can guarantee that he will do exactly the same at some point and he won't think twice.

Just a big mouth with a big club attitude.

[Chipperfan]

Gerrard has been a bitbof a knob already so far in his post game interviews. He came out with some guff last week about how Rangers had been discriminated against by referees for years and now this.

If he lasts in management, you can guarantee that he will do exactly the same at some point and he won't think twice.

Just a big mouth with a big club attitude.

He’s just another gobsh!te scouser with an overinflated opinion of himself. He needs to get over himself.

[Fritzl Palace]

I fail to see how that is Gerrard slamming Moore? Headlines become more and more embarrassing with every passing day.

It's Gerrard using it as an opportunity to have a dig generally, the only mention of Moore is in him hoping he gets a phone call from him, which is a nonsense in itself. We bid for a player on transfer deadline day, what does he expect in life?

[SmethDan]

I wouldn't have been too impressed to receive such a late bid if I were Gerrard and preparing for a game.

While I appreciate that targets come and go Albion had all summer to put the feelers out.

If we'd wanted Tavernier that badly we should have been in much sooner.

However, if I wanted to know Gerrard's thoughts on the subject I'd sh it in a jar and take a sniff.

The bloke always comes across as an arrogant, sneering bell end.

[Blowee]

Matt Wilson's piece is an interesting view on Darren Moore. It's fair comment that time is needed to change things at our club and that this has been a very difficult summer. I agree that Darren Moore should be given that time and that we should support him in this endeavour. Many of us predicted that we'd be mid table this season - I'm just a guilty as many on here of being disappointed with 1 point out of two games and our approach in those matches but what did we expect? Personally I was hoping we'd go for Graham Potter but now we have Darren Moore I would like to back him for at least the season.

[Baggies]

Moore said the right things in the main and I understand the need to give him time, but my alarm is more around the fundamentals. Not using substitutes has always been one of my biggest bug bears, not making any tactical change when things were going wrong is a hint towards somebody who isn't sure what to do and his seeming comfort with our immobile central midfield- the same midfield EVERYONE agreed was not good enough last year - makes me think he isn't going to make the improvements our team needs.

He will get enough time but the early assessment is alarming.

[Blowee]

I share these concerns but at the same time can understand the temptation not to change things too quickly. Bolton probably was a bit of a wake up call. Had things gone differently we could have won it comfortably and we probably would have gone to Forest with a more confident approach. Had we got 4 points at this stage I think we would all have been quite happy. Fine margins - I won't get too carried away whatever the results for a while. Whoever took over would have needed time.