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Re: Slaven Bilic
« Reply #800 on: February 14, 2020, 09:30:57 AM »
You don't think our downturn in form coincided with losing Diangana and Gibbs for extended periods?

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« Reply #801 on: February 14, 2020, 09:47:12 AM »
You don't think our downturn in form coincided with losing Diangana and Gibbs for extended periods?
Of course it did mate but that wouldn't have made any difference had the winless run continued.
Neither have played in the last 3, so the answer was always there, it just took a while, and a new signing to find it.
I never said he should have been sacked but, if he hadn't turned it around, he would have, that's football. Thankfully, he re-discovered the magic and we can all move on, hopefully to the title. Even then though, if I think he gets things wrong, I will be critical. As a fan of 40+ years, I have earned that right.

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« Reply #802 on: February 14, 2020, 10:38:05 AM »
You don't think our downturn in form coincided with losing Diangana and Gibbs for extended periods?

I didn't say he was beyond criticism, I said he should not be criticised unless his performance as a manager was negligent, clearly, too any fair minded person, it wasn't.
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« Reply #803 on: February 14, 2020, 10:48:13 AM »
I didn't say he was beyond criticism, I said he should not be criticised unless his performance as a manager was negligent, clearly, too any fair minded person, it wasn't.
So, if a manager loses 20 games in a row but, in your mind is not negligent during that time, but merely a victim of circumstance, he should just be allowed to continue without being criticised?
I don't believe that to be fair minded.

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« Reply #804 on: February 14, 2020, 11:07:36 AM »
What I like about Bilic is that he reacts to how the game is going and  makes changes  - often they work but at least he has ideas.
We've had a coach whose Neolithic tactics produced a very defensive game which was unattractive to those watching and to those thinking about playing for the club.  We've had a coach who seemed paralysed by indecision and who only made substitutions upon an injury or too late to have an effect.  In my opinion Bilic suffers from neither of those faults and I think he should be allowed to get on with it.
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« Reply #805 on: February 14, 2020, 11:14:09 AM »
What I like about Bilic is that he reacts to how the game is going and  makes changes  - often they work but at least he has ideas.
We've had a coach whose Neolithic tactics produced a very defensive game which was unattractive to those watching and to those thinking about playing for the club.  We've had a coach who seemed paralysed by indecision and who only made substitutions upon an injury or too late to have an effect.  In my opinion Bilic suffers from neither of those faults and I think he should be allowed to get on with it.
Pep, Mourinho,Klopp.....all still get criticism from time to time
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Just because Bilić is better than others in your opinion does not mean that everybody should shut up and not speak if they feel they see something that doesn’t look right.
Btw when you see he reacts .....didn’t react to well at Barnsley when we were desperate for width.....he put Barry on and left Phillips and Edwards on the bench.....
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« Reply #806 on: February 14, 2020, 11:21:26 AM »
20 games in a row is quite excessive.  But, for example, if your squad comes down with a flu bug and you end up with half the squad out injured or suspended.  Do you blame the manager now he's had to resort to playing the U18's?  Sometimes the manager can do everything and you end up just waiting for your better players to come back.

For me, this run of bad form we had was down to a few things.  The fixture congestion over Christmas and the tiredness, the injuries and suspensions and the lack of a quality forward. 

It's not like Bilic was setting us up entirely wrong, and for the most part people agreed with the majority of the players picked.  He tried bringing Hegazi back in, and that didn't work so he took him back out.  We've had to persist with Townsend and O'Shea, who wouldn't be my first choice.  Biggest criticism you could aim is probably that we stuck with SJ in goal, but he's not been that awful lately.  What other line ups should have tried that would have fixed any perceived problems? 

It's not that he shouldn't be criticised at all, but that there were clear circumstances which were obviously going to affect the performance of the team. 

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« Reply #807 on: February 14, 2020, 12:25:47 PM »
Progress not perfection is what we seek.
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« Reply #808 on: February 14, 2020, 02:40:01 PM »

For me, this run of bad form we had was down to a few things.  The fixture congestion over Christmas and the tiredness, the injuries and suspensions and the lack of a quality forward. 


Lack of a quality forward is the only one of the above I personally agree with. A decent forward may just have won us a game on his own and kick started out season. Maybe Austin could have done that though.

The rest i'm afraid didn't justify the run of form. Fixture congestion (and tiredness) are generally the same for everyone, so why get dispensation for that?

The same could be said of suspensions and injuries to a degree unless you have a particularly hard time of it (which we didnt). We had missed Gibbs for a decent stretch anyway and as for Diangana, if Bilic's ability as a manager is so reliant on him we really should be asking questions.

Suspensions - Pereira only missed one game of the poor spell I believe?

My reservations on Bilic are around his ability to organise a defence, and how well we will be able to perform when he doesn't have a vastly superior squad (which against 85% of the teams we will play this season)

Everyone wants him to succeed and only very few called for the chop but lets see how the next three games go before he is back to being untouchable.




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« Reply #809 on: February 14, 2020, 02:57:01 PM »
I questioned the way he didn't seem to use the squad especially well during congested December, and I still think that a bit, but he stuck to his guns, brought in the right reinforcements and we have had the rub of the green back on our side - Luton's non-penalty for example- where we weren't getting it during the bad run.  Nowhere near job done though, I'm not even looking at threads with names like "who goes up with us" and "what position will we finish" etc etc, I'd take 2nd on GD with 80 points right now.

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« Reply #810 on: February 14, 2020, 03:28:19 PM »
When you think back to the black days of Pulis what Slav has done is, for me, nothing short of  miraculous. Would anyone have dared dream of being top of the league and six points clear this time last year? And playing some really exciting stuff?

The bloke has, quite simply, repaired my love for all things Baggies!

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« Reply #811 on: February 14, 2020, 03:46:25 PM »
When you think back to the black days of Pulis what Slav has done is, for me, nothing short of  miraculous. Would anyone have dared dream of being top of the league and six points clear this time last year? And playing some really exciting stuff?

The bloke has, quite simply, repaired my love for all things Baggies!

Well said. He's been outstanding.

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« Reply #812 on: February 14, 2020, 04:06:13 PM »
I think that people are right to question team selection and tactics when things aren't going right however Bilic has done a fantastic job this season so far. Talk of him getting the sack a couple of weeks ago was unbelievable. I don't recall people questioning Mowbray during the Championship winning season despite the fact that we lost 11 games along the way.
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« Reply #813 on: February 14, 2020, 06:36:34 PM »
What I like about Bilic is that he reacts to how the game is going and  makes changes  - often they work but at least he has ideas.
We've had a coach whose Neolithic tactics produced a very defensive game which was unattractive to those watching and to those thinking about playing for the club.  We've had a coach who seemed paralysed by indecision and who only made substitutions upon an injury or too late to have an effect.  In my opinion Bilic suffers from neither of those faults and I think he should be allowed to get on with it.

This made me laugh. "Neolithic" haha

But spot on
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« Reply #814 on: February 15, 2020, 03:21:58 PM »
Bilic needs to sort out that defence and its time changes are made keeper who is rooted to the spot on every cross needs a rollicking or dropping, Bartley is having a mare every game of late.

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« Reply #815 on: February 17, 2020, 12:31:10 AM »
Bilic needs to sort out that defence and its time changes are made keeper who is rooted to the spot on every cross needs a rollicking or dropping, Bartley is having a mare every game of late.

Dropping for who? Please don't suggest bond... there is a reason he is now about 26/27 and still a back up keeper, there is a reason he has spent his career getting loaned out and a reason he was free.

The way some people go on about dropping Johnstone, they must think Bilic is somehow going to get the next Neuer plucked out the academy!

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« Reply #816 on: February 17, 2020, 04:48:52 AM »
Dropping for who? Please don't suggest bond... there is a reason he is now about 26/27 and still a back up keeper, there is a reason he has spent his career getting loaned out and a reason he was free.

The way some people go on about dropping Johnstone, they must think Bilic is somehow going to get the next Neuer plucked out the academy!
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« Reply #817 on: February 17, 2020, 09:53:50 AM »
Dropping for who? Please don't suggest bond... there is a reason he is now about 26/27 and still a back up keeper, there is a reason he has spent his career getting loaned out and a reason he was free.

The way some people go on about dropping Johnstone, they must think Bilic is somehow going to get the next Neuer plucked out the academy!

 ikeep asking and no-one answers, What the hell is Al Habsi doing???  What are we paying for??
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« Reply #818 on: February 17, 2020, 10:56:54 AM »
ikeep asking and no-one answers, What the hell is Al Habsi doing???  What are we paying for??
That had occurred to me too, but I guess he's just backup backup.

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« Reply #819 on: February 17, 2020, 01:05:10 PM »
That had occurred to me too, but I guess he's just backup backup.

A backup backup goalkeeper for me should be a youth player. Bilic must really not rate the kids he has available.

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« Reply #820 on: February 17, 2020, 01:20:33 PM »
A backup backup goalkeeper for me should be a youth player. Bilic must really not rate the kids he has available.

The only one of the "kids" anywhere near first team ready is Alex Palmer currently on loan at Plymouth and playing regularly. Probably more beneficial than sitting in the stands playing under 23 football and the occasional outing on the bench. People at the club are apparently quite excited about Josh Griffiths who is England's under 18 keeper and training with the 1st team group. 
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« Reply #821 on: February 17, 2020, 01:21:27 PM »
A backup backup goalkeeper for me should be a youth player. Bilic must really not rate the kids he has available.
Palmer’s on loan, Griffiths and Cann are 18ish and ahead of Brad House while The likes of Pierce and Przybek are gone (not sure on Keranovic, he’s disappeared)

So no, GK is not the strongest position at this moment, both Cann and Griffiths especially are rated but is it wise to risk a 17 or 18 year old with no prior experience.

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« Reply #822 on: February 17, 2020, 01:31:39 PM »
Griffiths' distribution was awful when I saw him in the U23's. I'd say he's a good way off the first team.

Palmer will be 24 at the start of the new season, if he doesn't break through in the summer he never will. I have a feeling we will sell him to a lower league team.

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« Reply #823 on: February 17, 2020, 01:55:58 PM »
ikeep asking and no-one answers, What the hell is Al Habsi doing???  What are we paying for??

It's quite obvious what he's being paid to do. Al Habsi started out as an airport firefighter. He's therefore employed not only as third choice goalkeeper but also doubles up as training ground fire marshal. Two birds with one stone and all that.

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« Reply #824 on: February 17, 2020, 01:59:36 PM »
It's quite obvious what he's being paid to do. Al Habsi started out as an airport firefighter. He's therefore employed not only as third choice goalkeeper but also doubles up as training ground fire marshal. Two birds with one stone and all that.

Yours, M. Jenkins (maybe....allegedly....etc).

Of course, how I can be so slow on the uptake is shocking really.
Maybe we should get Foster back then, as I understand he makes a mean pasta salad and is a dab hand with a bottle of domestos
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