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General Football & Sports / Re: Official: James McClean signs for Stoke

« on: June 28, 2016, 10:11:46 AM »

Seriously?

Think so

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General Football & Sports / Re: Official: James McClean signs for Stoke

« on: June 27, 2016, 05:21:35 PM »

Cant knock his work rate but this is not enough if we are to progress to another level. His only technical strength is he can cross a ball. He has nothing else.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Stadium Expansion

« on: May 18, 2016, 04:49:31 PM »

if we'd had a 40k capacity for the last 25 years and only attracted 25k supporters, this statement would hold some credence.

but we haven't and it doesn't.

only midland club in the Premiership, if we don't expand now, we'll never expand.

we have the same capacity as Fulham and Crystal Palace 

don't know why people complain about this?? it's not like you've got to cough up the cash?

Dont we have a 26500 capacity stadium and attract about 24000? So we dont fill what we've got. Didnt know anyone was complaining. I would think it would great sitting in a crowd of 35000. More likely in a crowd with lots of empty seats

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Stadium Expansion

« on: May 18, 2016, 03:38:28 PM »

No offence but this is the type of post that makes me pull my hair out. It shows a complete lack of understanding of football as a whole.

I can't be bothered to point everything again look back through previous posts, but just to quickly summarise - NOW the league is EVERYTHING, back in the past the FA CUP was the biggie. Go back look through FA Cup attendances then think.

also look at other clubs average league gates from yesteryear then look at them now after new stadiums / stadium developments.

I can't believe people still don't get it.

(Can someone find me a banging head against a brick wall smilie?) 

In your opinion. Your club maybe dont shere your views

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Stadium Expansion

« on: May 18, 2016, 03:14:02 PM »

I dont get where people think we need more seats. Since early sixties (when we were pretty successful), when the capacity of the ground was a lot higher, we only ever got 28-30,000 in the ground for league games. I would love to think we could attract +35k but cant see it happening.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Happy Birthday Jeff

« on: May 13, 2016, 09:01:16 AM »

If only we could see the like.......

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Stagnating....

« on: May 12, 2016, 08:26:18 AM »

I really hope you are right. I'm weighing up the season ticket next year given how flat this season has been. Heart will usually rule over head though.

Guess it's being called a supporter

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General Football & Sports / Re: Tony Pulis

« on: April 28, 2016, 11:49:21 AM »

A blind man on a galloping horse could see that Ricky was unfit, overweight and had next to no game in the previous 12 months.
I can only think that they bought him because the changing rooms needed painting.

Seem to recall a lot on these forums were happy with this signing. We can all judge with the benefit of hindsight

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Can't Wait for this season to end

« on: April 27, 2016, 05:15:17 PM »

It's such a shame. This season we are likely to finish 13th, currently 25 points ahead of Vile, who are going down.

Should have been a great season. Totally ruined by Pulisball.

Good job we didn't have Tim or Remi in charge then, else we'd be joining them

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General Football & Sports / Re: Seals watch - Anything Villa

« on: April 18, 2016, 12:39:28 PM »

My wife and I stopped in at our local last night for a couple after an evening out...

Sadly, we walk in on a group of ex-Pats, being lead by a Viler, lamenting the woes of the Premier League setup.

It seems that the footballing public is being cheated out of having the "Best" competition due to the way that the "Biggest" clubs are not being protected..

Villa are much too big and internationally important to be relegated and the system should stop it from happening.

You see, about 8 teams should have guaranteed places and only the "lesser" 12 teams each season be involved in the relegation battle.... SERIOUSLY

This is what this Viler was argueing 

Back in the day (and I mean in the founder years of the league) this was the case. Albion benefited one year when they won the cup and finished bottom of the league and London clubs were protected for the "good" of the competition!

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General Football & Sports / Re: Tony Pulis

« on: April 10, 2016, 04:00:23 PM »

Yesterday was a big positive but unfortunately that will not be the blueprint going forward. You know eventually we shall resort to type and that is what I find most disappointing. We have heard on endless occasions as a defence for our most mind-numbing performances that this current group are incapable of playing any other way. Yesterday showed with the shackles reduced we are able of moving the ball through defence and midfield and then looking to create chances.

What does annoy me is when we perform how we did yesterday, a bravado, positive performance but then resort to negative, mind-numbing pooh against sides who are equally as bad or if not worse than ourselves.

I'd love yesterday to be the blueprint going forward but unfortunately it won't be and the evidence is there at Stoke to prove that.

didnt we lose?

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General Football & Sports / Re: Tony Pulis

« on: January 14, 2016, 01:47:57 PM »

Sorry tylerm that i dont share your opinion.

I havent liked how we have played all season,  i think we can do better with a bit more attacking intent.

Last night just showed how we can play and be a bit more attack minded. The subs last night were great and at the right times. I thought he may of bought sess on for morrision but i understand why he didnt at that stage of the game and the game being 0-0.

So Pulis should take some credit for last night then...

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Biggest WBA 'scandal'

« on: January 12, 2016, 09:57:48 AM »

Jimmy Hagen.........players on strike

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General Football & Sports / Re: Salomon Rondon

« on: August 07, 2015, 02:21:01 PM »

Michael Yokhin ‏@Yokhin  16m16 minutes ago
West Brom wanted to sign Salomon Rondon 2 years ago.
Will get him now.

#WBA @westbrom2day @billhowell68

 Michael Yokhin ‏@Yokhin 
AVB: "Zenit are forced to release Rondon".

ESPN football writer

Newcastle medical in 72 hours.....

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General Football & Sports / Re: Joleon Lescott Joins Aston Villa

« on: July 31, 2015, 11:44:02 AM »

Tit for tat offer. £2m for Clarke......OK, £1m for Lescott

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: New owners and name change?

« on: July 21, 2015, 05:28:38 PM »

I hope the ground always remains The Hawthorns...........character and history in the name; better than all these souless new grounds/sponsors names.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Georgios Samaras

« on: July 17, 2015, 03:16:52 PM »

A waste, we never got to see what he is capable of. 

Yeah we did, the little we saw was enough. Glad he has gone.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Guochuan Lai

« on: June 26, 2015, 05:14:48 PM »

The only part probably not true is Jezza fooling us all because he ain't fooled me.

Oh dear, the club is a shambles, isnt it................

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: 2015/2016 kit

« on: June 05, 2015, 04:42:38 PM »

Ive heard on the grapevine(someone who is itk) that the badge will be dropped and instead replace it with wba similar to the 78 kit, i quite like the idea if true

Hope not. Still if it's stripes we have to be grateful for small mercies.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Season Ticket 2015 - 2016

« on: May 14, 2015, 08:24:55 AM »

not renewing

one reason Pulis,

pooh football, 4 centre backs

he will ruin this club

i cannott believe you have sat in your seat this year and not felt the same

and we're going to play open attractive football with the current squad of players?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: THE ALBION ASSEMBLY - PLEASE READ

« on: May 12, 2015, 02:56:23 PM »

Truth is nobody who matters cares about the Albion assembly. They listen (pretend to take views on board, pat members on the head and reassure them of their worth) then ignore like any other type of politician.

Utterly pointless.

Is there anything positive you would like to say about your club?

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General Football & Sports / Re: Tony Pulis

« on: May 06, 2015, 12:34:07 PM »

I keep hearing the endorsement of an extended Pulis reign, which is argued  will aid this club in becoming established in this division, well in my opinion that isn’t a particularly ambitious remit seeing as next season we will be heading into our 6th consecutive season in the Premier League.   Six seasons?  Are we not established enough already?

Sure, as you rightly say, the last two seasons haven’t been good in terms of our playing style and the general entertainment that has been served by the team has not been satisfactory but does that mean we should accept our lot and be bored to tears every weekend?  I’d like us to strive for a bit of style, a bit of fair and a bit of imagination, I’d like our team to be setup (especially at home) in a manner which doesn’t solely focus on how to stifle and nullify but principally how to use our own capabilities to inflict damage on the oppositions vulnerabilities.

Again I also hear the results versus performance argument, in my opinion they are not mutually exclusive concepts, there are also the patronising Mowbray and tippy-tappy remarks, why does it have to be one extreme to another?   I’m not advocating some sort of utopian tika-takka I’d just like us to show more ambition, I don’t see any sort of victory having the majority of possession but,  maybe slight contradictory, I do like to see my team have more than 30% possession of the ball during a home game.

And for that you need the players. This current batch, bar a couple, are bereft of any real quality. So....lets see what the summer brings. 2014/15 is job done. Survival.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Tony Pulis

« on: May 05, 2015, 04:55:20 PM »

A very lucky manager??? Bearing in mind he had years of success at Stoke, came in and saved Palace and now looks to have done the same with us, I'm not sure how he can be described as lucky!?!

Also, if we are talking about results, I really struggle to see how we could do much better with the current squad! We weren't doing as well as Pulis is doing under Clarke (apart from his first few months in charge), we werent doing better under Mel and we werent doing as well under Irvine!!!

I think it is unfair on Pulis that when most new managers come in, it is often said they need time and their own players...yet Pulis isn't being afforded that by some on here. Historically he doesn't play attractive, expansive football, however I will judge his playing style with us when he has signed some of his own players. In any case, I'd rather see an Albion team fighting and battling together like we did Saturday than a team who play fancy football but lose most weeks!

Pulis has come in to a club that has performed badly on the pitch and off it for the last couple of years...and in the matter of a couple of months, he has turned our fortunes round on the pitch, and has had the authority to make changes behind the scenes (such as getting rid of Downing etc...something which many have cried out for for quite a while). Hopefully no longer will we have clowns like Burton and Day dictating who we sign!

I agree. He can can only work with the squad he has and he is definitely trying to wotk to ours strengths. The fact that it is unattractive football shows that we haven't got that many.

Judge him next year. I personally think he is a good fit for Albion.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: THE RUN-IN THREAD

« on: April 30, 2015, 11:42:46 AM »

QPR would need to win all 4 of their remaining matches to achieve 39 points they play 3 of those 4 are away at Liverpool, Man City and Leicester. They have only won 2 away games all season.

Burnley could only get to a maximum of 38 points but they also have 3 away games against West ham, Hull and Villa.

Sunderland have 2 away games at Everton and Chelsea and 2 home games against Southampton and Leicester they have only won 5 games all season can't see why they would suddenly win 4 on the bounce. To equal our total (at the moment ) of 37 they would have to win 2 and draw 1 of those 4 games.

All this assumes that we won't get another point which if we do manage to get a draw out of our last 4 matches then it will be nigh on impossible for Sunderland, QPR and Burnley to go above us.

They also have Arsenal away.....

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: THE RUN-IN THREAD

« on: April 29, 2015, 04:45:42 PM »

i dont do or understand odds, what if i put £30 pound on that figure, whats the return?

You could buy Big Vic with your winnings