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Paul Suart â€@PaulSuartWBA 5m5 minutes ago
Rumours about Hal Robson-Kanu are true. He's heading to West Brom for a medical. #wba
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Christ on a bike.
I don't know why I'm so surprised, it's the Albion way afterall.
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The guy isn't even a bad player
But its so underwhelming its untrue
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The guy isn't even a bad player
But its so underwhelming its untrue
He's lower end Championship standard, mind you.
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Welcome to the Albion Kanu. You might get a few more games than last season
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I would think he wouldnt be fit for a while...no real pre-season or pre-season games
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What a waste of wages. I severely hope this is a short term contract weighted heavily in our favour.
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He is not a bad player, just a very very very average one....
BBC also running with it, I cannot believe this signing, This club looks almost certain to be relegated in my eyes unless some decent players come in
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Just speechless, no idea why I got my hopes up once again.
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Panic setting in
Typical Baggies, linked with decent players then underwhelm you at the end
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The guy isn't even a bad player
But its so underwhelming its untrue
Does it really surprise you though? Not me.
To put it into perspective:
Stoke - Bony
Palace - Benteke / Remy
Boro - Negredo
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Preparing for the Chsmpionship with today's signings?
Desperate stuff......
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Slimani to Robson Kanu?
Unbelievable.
A championship player...
Have you seen everyone else's transfers??
Relegation odds shortening...
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I still dream about his turn in the euros, somthing to cling on to. can he do center half
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Available all summer, I'm sure he was a first choice though.
This is what happens when you leaving everything ti the last minute folks, some kn here would not accept the reality of the situation.
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I don't think words are adequate enough to describe my sheer disappointment about this...
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Better than fat boy slim but that's not saying much and we still have him at the moment on the books.UN F BELIEVABLE !
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You would think we would of all learnt by now not too get excited, typical of being a Baggies supporter, get you all excited one day, kick you in the B**Ls the next.... >:( :(
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Would be very disappointed if he is the only signing for striker position, lack of quality at all.
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I wouldn't mind signing someone on a free if they were really good and 'an improvement on what we already have'. However, this guy has proven to be a championship plodder for years. You just knew it would happen though didn't you? You have to laugh.
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http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/confirmed-hal-robson-kanu-way-11825137
Free agent Hal Robson-Kanu is travelling to the Midlands for a medical ahead of a proposed move to West Bromwich Albion.
The 27-year-old's contract was not extended by Reading at the end of last season, yet he shone for Wales at Euro 2016 and became a national hero.
His memorable goal against Belgium, helped Wales seal a 3-1 win and a place in the semi-finals.
The former Arsenal trainee played against West Brom last season in Reading's 3-1 FA Cup fifth round win at the Madeski Stadium in February.
Albion were linked with Robson-Kanu, able to play on the either wing or up front, earlier this summer.
Tony Pulis was in France during Euro 2016 working as a pundit with ITV and may well have taken a closer look at his compatriot.
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If it looks like we're keeping berahino, and we have Rondon, then at least Kanu is a better option than Vic or lambert.
Really underwhelming though.
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If this is anything other than a one year, appearance based deal, we're idiots.
Christ, he's a free agent too. We can sign him, if we really have to, when we don't need the medical staff free for someone good.
I'm usually quite positive, but make room for me in the mob of villagers brandishing pitch forks.
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Pathetic, really this is a poor signing
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The guy isn't even a bad player
But its so underwhelming its untrue
He is pretty bad, he had a decent Euro's but we've seen over and over again the dangers of buying players based on tournaments.
With this said the only surprise is its taken this long, he's basically a worse version of Jon Walters. Pulis loves that kind of player.
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Better than fat boy slim but that's not saying much and we still have at the moment on the books.UN F BELIEVABLE !
If he's to sit on the bench so we can sell Berahino, it makes some kind of sense.
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He is pretty bad, he had a decent Euro's but we've seen over and over again the dangers of buying players based on tournaments.
With this said the only surprise is its taken this long, he's basically a worse version of Jon Walters. Pulis loves that kind of player.
As long as he puts a shift in thats all TP is worried about.
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If it looks like we're keeping berahino, and we have Rondon, then at least Kanu is a better option than Vic or lambert.
Really underwhelming though.
Doubt he's any better than Vic and that's saying something!!!
Having Saido still here hardly helps the mood level and now this!
Long hard season ahead by the look of the squad....
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Trying to compose myself!
If he replaces Lambert and we bring another quality, pacey striker in then this would be OK business for me?
However, if our forward line tomorrow is Rondon, Berahino, Robson Kanu and Lambet then I will probably need lots of whiskey to sit through most of our games
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I think I'd rather sign Nwankwo.
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I will always want Albion players to do well, but from what I've seen he's very ordinary and had a good Euros. I wouldn't even want him as a substitute and think the likes of McClean, Leko are much better.
Get rid of Lambert though and it's not too bad.
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The club have brought this on theirselves. Spend all summer hyping up offers for Silimani etc and go and grab a freebie. They just want the backlash sometimes.
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Maybe re-sign Big Vic is still a better option than signing Robson-Kanu lol
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Maybe re-sign Big Vic is still a better option than signing Robson-Kanu lol
Cheaper wages I bet, probably half what Vic was on.
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Trying to look on the bright side, if he signs does that mean Saido can go?
Leaving a bit late I know.
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Awful signing, flattered to deceive at Euros, his league record is absolutely terrible.
If we sign others, to knock him down the pecking orde,r then what the hell he cost nowt, but if this is our last scrape at the bottom of the barrel then we may as well pack it in.
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First game where we draw 0-0 again:
Reporter: So Tony, a 0-0 drw, what are your thoughts?
Pulis: Well we worked hard, stuck to our game plan and played some good football. *adjusts hat* GMac worked well, Daws had a good shift and we just didnt finish our chances.
Reporter: Robson-Kanu came on in the second half, do you think he contributed towards the performance?
Pulis: Well, Hal worked hard. He came on and gave us some options, and the intent was there to play some good football.
Reporter: You were linked with Sissoko/Camacho in the market, do you think those signings would have changed the performance today?
Pulis: Well the backroom team worked hard but it just wasnt to be. We never publically said who we are after.
Reporter: Berahino looked out of sorts again, do you think he is disgruntled about not leaving in the summer?
Pulis: Well with Saido, he will work hard and put in the effort required. He is a WBAplayer this season so we expect him to work hard in the next couple games.
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You wait all day for pulis to pull a proverbial rabbit out of the hat and what do we get? A has been championship player who could only be bothered in a showcase tournament, a bit like sissoko, time to sling your hook pulis and take Lai with you,you have took the p1$$ with your statement that they have to be better than we have,I suppose your right though he's better than jacksh1te
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Trying to look on the bright side, if he signs does that mean Saido can go?
Leaving a bit late I know.
you cant call that a replacement
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This might just be a swap for lambert. If it is then it's good business and decent cover in what is quite a thread bare position.
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On Saido's last few games, it might be :)
Shocking I know.
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Am I right that our new striker has career stats of 1 goal every 7 games in the championship!!!
We thought Leon Best was a bad option!?
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Am I right that our new striker has career stats of 1 goal every 7 games in the championship!!!
We thought Leon Best was a bad option!?
I believe he played on the wing at Reading, in which case his record is far better than Sess's was tbf
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Trying to look on the bright side, if he signs does that mean Saido can go?
Leaving a bit late I know.
Saido's form has declined since his transfer saga but I'm sure he is still much better than Robson-Kanu.
We are crazy if we sign Robson-Kanu as Saido's replacement.
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This might just be a swap for lambert. If it is then it's good business and decent cover in what is quite a thread bare position.
Love your optimism
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First game where we draw 0-0 again:
Reporter: So Tony, a 0-0 drw, what are your thoughts?
Pulis: Well we worked hard, stuck to our game plan and played some good football. *adjusts hat* GMac worked well, Daws had a good shift and we just didnt finish our chances.
Reporter: Robson-Kanu came on in the second half, do you think he contributed towards the performance?
Pulis: Well, Hal worked hard. He came on and gave us some options, and the intent was there to play some good football.
Reporter: You were linked with Sissoko/Camacho in the market, do you think those signings would have changed the performance today?
Pulis: Well the backroom team worked hard but it just wasnt to be. We never publically said who we are after.
Reporter: Berahino looked out of sorts again, do you think he is disgruntled about not leaving in the summer?
Pulis: Well with Saido, he will work hard and put in the effort required. He is a WBAplayer this season so we expect him to work hard in the next couple games.
This is spot on, I was doing his voice throughout too.
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We're a joke.
Just seen the villa and wolves signings.
Embarrassing.
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Am I right that our new striker has career stats of 1 goal every 7 games in the championship!!!
We thought Leon Best was a bad option!?
And Reading would have created more chances than we will!
Does anyone else feel stupid that we got embroiled in the Carvalho, Camacho, Slimani hype and we probably end up with the likes of Robson Kanu and McCarthy? When will we ever learn? :'(
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Have I taken the day off work for this???
'Ee's a good lad, works aard'
Good god.
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this is desperate, he doesnt even have to sign before 11 because hes a free agent, why is he busting a gut trying to get to us leaving the welsh camp behind
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He's busting a gut to get there, as he can't believe some suckerwants to buy him.
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F****** Hal Robson Kanu, and you wonder why the local Asian kids support Man U, Chelsea, etc.
Even the Dingles wouldn't buy him.
Laughing stock...again.
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Cant see what the hate is about. Hes coming in as cover for Phillips on the right hand side now Sess has gone, and Leko probably being loaned out for a year. For free why not?
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And Reading would have created more chances than we will!
Does anyone else feel stupid that we got embroiled in the Carvalho, Camacho, Slimani hype and we probably end up with the likes of Robson Kanu and McCarthy? When will we ever learn? :'(
Seeing as they're foreign with no Premier League experience, I don't see why we would have got them with Pulis in charge :D (half-joking)
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Even by our standards this is embarrassing. If we wanted him why didn't we sign him in July? He's been training with the club all summer so even he knows he's only getting signed as nothing better has come along. Championship here we come and after this window we deserved it....well the club does
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this is desperate, he doesnt even after sign before 11 because hes a free agent, why is he busting a gut trying to get to us leaving the welsh camp behind
It's a ploy by the club to make it look like were actually doing something on deadline day. The bloke has been available all summer.
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Matt Wilson â€@mattwilson_star
At least he's a striker, and an upgrade on Anichebe. But Robson-Kanu trained with #wba in summer and wasn't signed then. He's a last resort
It sums up our situation, we have no other option and Robson-Kanu would be the only signing for striker role.
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I feel like every last drop of optimism has been kicked out of me with this one. Cheap, small time and ambitionless.
There better be some good news to counter this or I think I'm done.
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this is desperate, he doesnt even after sign before 11 because hes a free agent, why is he busting a gut trying to get to us leaving the welsh camp behind
Because then the club can say they signed there no.1 target all along on deadline day
We know why sky didn't bother having a reporter at our ground or training base; they know how we work
Disappointed but not totally surprised
Can see Ulloa coming and maybe a final late surprise but not holding my breath
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Even by our standards this is embarrassing. If we wanted him why didn't we sign him in July? He's been training with the club all summer so even he knows he's only getting signed as nothing better has come along. Championship here we come and after this window we deserved it....well the club does
because he has stated from the off he wouldnt make his decision til deadline day, no chance of anybody signing him weeks ago !!
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On the brink now of finishing with the club, after being a lifelong third generation Baggie.
They have taken the urine once to often.
Get us excited with names like Slimani and then sign Hal Robson fecking Kanu.
Cheers Albion enjoy the money you save.
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If Hal Robson Kanu is the answer I have no idea what the question is.
Why are we worrying about signing him today. He is out of contract. We can sign him tomorrow if we miss out on decent targets.
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If Hal Robson Kanu is the answer I have no idea what the question is.
Why are we worrying about signing him today. He is out of contract. We can sign him tomorrow if we miss out on decent targets.
exactly, resources should be elswhere
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Cant see what the hate is about. Hes coming in as cover for Phillips on the right hand side now Sess has gone, and Leko probably being loaned out for a year. For free why not?
Because we don't need cover! We already have Gardner and Leko, so to bring someone in who is not even as good as them makes no sense whatsoever, even for free (we still have to pay his wages!)
Even Pulis says we need players that improve our starting 11. He doesn't. Not even close.
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But surely the whole point of all these £20-30 million Strikers linked was for if and only if we sold Berahino for £20 million.
As soon as we knew very early on this morning Berahino was probably going nowhere, so too was any hope of a big money striker signing today.
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why is it always about signing someone for cover.....??
here's a new idea, why don't we try to always sign someone that more or less is bought to start immediately, and that by definition relagates the player that hasn't been performing to the bench/cover......that way we evolve and don't stagnate....??
What happened to the statement we will only pull in players that will improve us....!!!
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There is no way the club can spin this as a positive signing, they can't say he was number 1 target cause we know he's not, he was a free agent and always will have been last resort, if he trained with us already we obviously didn't see enough to jump at the chance for him.
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If Hal Robson Kanu is the answer I have no idea what the question is.
Why are we worrying about signing him today. He is out of contract. We can sign him tomorrow if we miss out on decent targets.
Because we don't want to look like we did nothing on deadline day.
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Whats the betting he starts and Nacer is on the bench against Bournemouth
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No real surprise chadli aside. The players we are now looking at are poor and won't really improve us really hope they make me eat my words and sign camacho and a good striker but they wont this is albiom >:(
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I really hope that this is a back up signing and TP and the board have some aces up their sleeve for later tonight.......
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If he can hold up the ball he improves us in the current playing style.
Extremely underwhelming but obviously not the end of our business.
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Underwhelming but he will still get my support
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It does feel like a huge punch in the gonads when teams around us are signing proven forwards.
Stoke-Bony; Palace-Benteke and Remy; Boro-Negredo; Sunderland - Ndong; Swansea - Llorente and Baston; Soton - Boufal; Watford-Okaka
We are lucky Hull and Burnley haven't strengthened, but I think Andre Gray is an outstanding forward.
I've still got a feeling we'll pull a few rabbits out the hat
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If he can hold up the ball he improves us in the current playing style.
Extremely underwhelming but obviously not the end of our business.
I hope your right or we are right in it up to our necks
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If he can hold up the ball he improves us in the current playing style.
Extremely underwhelming but obviously not the end of our business.
Promise?
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If Hal Robson Kanu is the answer I have no idea what the question is.
Why are we worrying about signing him today. He is out of contract. We can sign him tomorrow if we miss out on decent targets.
How about:
"Who was that bloke who scored the wonder goal at Euro 16, despite a really bad goalscoring record throughout his career?"
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Disgraceful Albion, Cheap, Small time & Unambitious everything that sums up the club perfectly.
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How about:
"Who was that bloke who scored the wonder goal at Euro 16, despite a really bad goalscoring record throughout his career?"
If that's the way we should have looked at it, we would have signed him in July when he was training with us.
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If that's the way we should have looked at it, we would have signed him in July when he was training with us.
I was being facetious.
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is there any possible chance we can fluff this one
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How about:
"Who was that bloke who scored the wonder goal at Euro 16, despite a really bad goalscoring record throughout his career?"
That's good. Or what about... 'Name the computer from 2001 A Space Odyssey, A former West Brom player and England captain with a bubble perm, and lanky Nigerian who used to play up front for West Brom?'
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One question
WHY?
I hope this isn't going to turn into the normal Albion transfer deadline farce
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One question
WHY?
I hope this isn't going to turn into the normal Albion transfer deadline farce
I think it's to late for that it seems it already has with the likes of Camacho,
Carvahlo and slamani all mentioned we are down to Hal Robson-Kanu bit of a underwhelming day
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is there any possible chance we can fluff this one
Was hoping we would balls this up but as it's free and cheap i expect this to be done within a few hours.
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He could fail his medical ;D
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It does feel like a huge punch in the gonads when teams around us are signing proven forwards.
Stoke-Bony; Palace-Benteke and Remy; Boro-Negredo; Sunderland - Ndong; Swansea - Llorente and Baston; Soton - Boufal; Watford-Okaka
We are lucky Hull and Burnley haven't strengthened, but I think Andre Gray is an outstanding forward.
I've still got a feeling we'll pull a few rabbits out the hat
I literally have no idea who half of those players are and I'd prefer them.
Except Negredo, he was sh*te and moaned a lot on Sunday.
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He could fail his medical ;D
We'd offer him a 5yr contract to cover his recovery with an additional year in the clubs favour in case we need him to keep the bench warm a bit longer
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this is massively underwhelming
if we thought he was worth having this should have happened at least 4 weeks ago.
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how long before we witness a cryuff turn in an Albion shirt
A.pretty soon
B.give him chance to settle in first
C.never in this world ever again
gotta be C ::)
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This is the type of signing I'd expect the Vile or Dingles to be making. Certainly not us.
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I was being facetious.
Sorry and I was :)
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how long before we witness a cryuff turn in an Albion shirt
A.pretty soon
B.give him chance to settle in first
C.never in this world ever again
gotta be C ::)
it was a fluke, hand of god
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If its a squad filler with bigger name to come im ok with it , not half as bad as some make out.
Ask yourself this , can he be any worse than Vic or Lambert last season ?
Give him a chance.
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If its a squad filler with bigger name to come im ok with it , not half as bad as some make out.
Ask yourself this , can he be any worse than Vic or Lambert last season ?
Give him a chance.
And if it isn't a squad filler and pulis can't attract anyone better?
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If its a squad filler with bigger name to come im ok with it , not half as bad as some make out.
Ask yourself this , can he be any worse than Vic or Lambert last season ?
Give him a chance.
If he is better than what we have already then it shows how poor our squad is.
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And if it isn't a squad filler and pulis can't attract anyone better?
I answered that with my post , it isnt good enough.
That said Hammond must know all about him , I'll give the bloke a fair go.
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If he is better than what we have already then it shows how poor our squad is.
Bry , what exactly did Vic and Lambert do between them ?
Huge wages ..3 goals between them ?
Kanu cant be any worse.
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Bry , what exactly did Vic and Lambert do between them ?
Huge wages ..3 goals between them ?
Kanu cant be any worse.
Can't be much better either !
Squad filler at best after we have just got rid of those.
We got rid of far superior 'back up' strikers in recent years like Vydra and Rosenberg who are head and shoulders above the likes of RKanu and Lambert!
We must be the laughing stock of the area so far with two signings that any decent Championship team would scoff at.
We can hope for better later but time is running out and we just look lost in the 'new money' Premiership.
PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG ALBION !!!!
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Waste of time and effort trying to get this done now, doesn't' have to be done so let's get our other deals done (if there are any) and re-visit this another day!
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Waste of time and effort trying to get this done now, doesn't' have to be done so let's get our other deals done (if there are any) and re-visit this another day!
Yes, that's another aspect - the time we seem to be wasting on nothing signings today.
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Bry , what exactly did Vic and Lambert do between them ?
Huge wages ..3 goals between them ?
Kanu cant be any worse.
Agreed plus Gamboa & Poco were,nt even playing so for an outlay of say £2 million, perhaps even less, we've got someone who we can use, against say £5million for 4 who we can't
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This feels like "We're not going to get Camacho or Carvalho or Rodriguez or Slimani, and we can't get rid of Saido.........omg, PANIC"
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24 goals in 198 games for Reading. 1 goal every 8 games. Some are saying he's a right winger not a striker. Well if he's blocking progress for Leko then bringing him in is an even worse decision.
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Robson-Kanu :o
That just about sums this club up as we stand. Absolutely nailed on relegation fodder to join the likes of Craig Gardener.
Absolutely clueless in the transfer market thus far. What an absolute farce.
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This is sending an understandable chill down people's spines, but I think it's best to keep our powder dry on this one until we see what else happens up to 11.00pm.
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Lads HRK stats are as a winger, he will be replacement for Rondon at times as he does the same job, just slightly quicker.
Yep we all want too spend 20m on a striker, but I can all remember people moaning about gmac signing, when they wanted roger Johnson.
Give people a chance before slating
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Surely the way to do it with squad fillers is to buy better quality players in the starting 11 thus pushing the old not so good players into the role of squad fillers, We have to be about the only team in the country that has just got rid of a bang load of average players and are replacing them with more average players.
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This is sending an understandable chill down people's spines, but I think it's best to keep our powder dry on this one until we see what else happens up to 11.00pm.
A very good point , for all we know this could have been planned days ago if we could let others go. Im hoping we are saving our real money for better quality but feel HRK will actually be ok.
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Lads HRK stats are as a winger, he will be replacement for Rondon at times as he does the same job, just slightly quicker.
Eh? So you're saying that Rondon is a winger then?
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Waste of time and effort trying to get this done now, doesn't' have to be done so let's get our other deals done (if there are any) and re-visit this another day!
I was going to mention this. why take the time and energy when we could sign him anytime after the window closes...
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Surely the way to do it with squad fillers is to buy better quality players in the starting 11 thus pushing the old not so good players into the role of squad fillers, We have to be about the only team in the country that has just got rid of a bang load of average players and are replacing them with more average players.
Copy this post and send it to the albion board
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Lads HRK stats are as a winger, he will be replacement for Rondon at times as he does the same job, just slightly quicker.
Yep we all want too spend 20m on a striker, but I can all remember people moaning about gmac signing, when they wanted roger Johnson.
Give people a chance before slating
Gets more and more hilarious (if only it was funny and a joke), a winger now !!! Dear me.
RK on one side and McClean/Gardner on the other eh !!!!
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Gutted if this signing goes through as it shows the intention of new owners, spend sod all and cross everything that there are three teams worse than us
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to replace Lambert perhaps - Sky suggesting he's in talks with Cardiff
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No, when Rondon needs a rest, or subbed, HRK will be used then.
Give the bloke a chance.
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No, when Rondon needs a rest, or subbed, HRK will be used then.
Give the bloke a chance.
Really, so he'll get Premier game time then ? Christ !!!! #Desperate
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Really, so he'll get Premier game time then ? Christ !!!! #Desperate
LOL Albion should register that hashtag. #Desperate
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Replacement for Lambert and Vic.
Good business imo.
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If this ends up being our only forward signing of the summer then I'll be pretty annoyed.
It is shopping in the basement again - he has been available all summer and we wait until deadline day to make our move. Suggests to me the signings we wanted are not going to happen.
And as for being better tham Lambert and Anichebe? Maybe we should start buying some quality for a change rather than swapping someone pooh for someone as equally pooh.
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Replacement for Lambert and Vic.
Good business imo.
Serious question Jacko, what about HRK is better than Lambert and Vic? scoring record , work rate ?
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Robson bloody Kanu? Good god almighty.
Laughing stock.
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I thought we had learnt and were only in the market for players who will improve our starting line-up? The days of 'squad-fillers' were gone? How wrong I was.
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No, when Rondon needs a rest, or subbed, HRK will be used then.
Give the bloke a chance.
I don't think that anyone on here is having a go at Kanu as a bloke or a player. just most people expected someone who is better than an average championship player.
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Oh my days! We really are a desperate lot aren't we! A straight swap for Lambert as a 'stocking filler' I can just about pallet....but please tell me an out of contract HRC will not be the fruits of the labour of WBA officials paid huge salaries to source and complete the acquisitions of playing staff to greatly improve our results. Please prove me wrong! >:(
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Serious question Jacko, what about HRK is better than Lambert and Vic? scoring record , work rate ?
Age, legs haven't gone and injury record.
Also more versatile than either.
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Replacement for Lambert and Vic.
Good business imo.
Really ????? Dear me some people seem to match the non ambition of the club and deserve to wallow in the Championship. Even then he wouldn't be a good signing at that level considering the quality of strikers we have had down there in the past.
Where's the goals going to come from in this team ? Rondon has shown in the last two home game that we cannot rely upon him for a full season.
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Isn't he a free agent, meaning we could have got him anytime?
Why stink up the deadline day with it.
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Isn't he a free agent, meaning we could have got him anytime?
Why stink up the deadline day with it.
Maybe other clubs where sniffing
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Really ????? Dear me some people seem to match the non ambition of the club and deserve to wallow in the Championship. Even then he wouldn't be a good signing at that level considering the quality of strikers we have had down there in the past.
Where's the goals going to come from in this team ? Rondon has shown in the last two home game that we cannot rely upon him for a full season.
Berahino is staying. Like it or not him and Rondon are 40 million worth... Improve the service and we'll get better results.
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Maybe other clubs where sniffing
Leaves a bad smell all around. ;D
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Isn't he a free agent, meaning we could have got him anytime?
Why stink up the deadline day with it.
Probably to make us look like we are doing something. Keeps some of our fans happy anyway.
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Is HRK better than Vic and Lambert? YES
Does he work harder than both of those? YES
Is he more flexible position wise than both of those? YES
I will take him, but we need more yes
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Berahino is staying. Like it or not him and Rondon are 40 million worth... Improve the service and we'll get better results.
"Improve the service and we'll get better results."
requires change of manager and change of midfield.
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Isn't he a free agent, meaning we could have got him anytime?
Why stink up the deadline day with it.
He said he'd move today. Not before.
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Maybe other clubs where sniffing
Yeovil and Swindon maybe ?
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"Improve the service and we'll get better results."
requires change of manager and change of midfield.
Berahino needs a change of mindset.
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Is HRK better than Vic and Lambert? YES
Does he work harder than both of those? YES
Is he more flexible position wise than both of those? YES
I will take him, but we need more yes
Really dislike Vic but COULD be effective occasionally and, when he was, was a much better player than Kanu.
Kanu was not rated good enough by Reading FFS.
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Age, legs haven't gone and injury record.
Also more versatile than either.
Yep agree with that. Less talented but a hard worker who would be available more than Vic and would be more of a pain for defences that's Lambert is nowadays
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Really dislike Vic but COULD be effective occasionally and, when he was, was a much better player than Kanu.
Kanu was not rated good enough by Reading FFS.
Wonder if he was still there he'd have started the first game of this season? A player we wouldn't play last season just signed for Werner Bremen for £8m after finishing joint top scorer in The Olympics.
Poor argument.
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Kanu let his contract run down mate, it was his decision.
Kanu thrived in a team where he knew exactly what his role was, i'm just holding fire moaning until i have given him a chance.
Same as Roger Johnson episode years ago, when G Mac came in.
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Kanu let his contract run down mate, it was his decision.
Kanu thrived in a team where he knew exactly what his role was, i'm just holding fire moaning until i have given him a chance.
Same as Roger Johnson episode years ago, when G Mac came in.
He also had Gareth Bale carry the team most of the way but we'll just skip that bit.
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Kanu let his contract run down mate, it was his decision.
Kanu thrived in a team where he knew exactly what his role was, i'm just holding fire moaning until i have given him a chance.
Same as Roger Johnson episode years ago, when G Mac came in.
In one game was it ? Did you not see how limited he was at Reading ?
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Kanu let his contract run down mate, it was his decision.
Kanu thrived in a team where he knew exactly what his role was, i'm just holding fire moaning until i have given him a chance.
Same as Roger Johnson episode years ago, when G Mac came in.
I just can't agree that he thrived. 30 goals in 228 appearances, mostly in the championship, is just not impressive at all. As a championship striker he would be miles behind Hughes, Phillips. Just can't see how this improves us at all. I'm not blinded by transfer fees and would be happy to have brought in someone like Danny Ings who chose to run his contract down but in the case of HRK, there is just nothing about him that has ever impressed me. I have several Reading supporting mates who have the same view.
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I just can't agree that he thrived. 30 goals in 228 appearances, mostly in the championship, is just not impressive at all. As a championship striker he would be miles behind Hughes, Phillips. Just can't see how this improves us at all. I'm not blinded by transfer fees and would be happy to have brought in someone like Danny Ings who chose to run his contract down but in the case of HRK, there is just nothing about him that has ever impressed me. I have several Reading supporting mates who have the same view.
Wasn't he a wide player mostly ?! Also, i still think we're trying to get another striker in, he's going to be replacing Lambert
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Wasn't he a wide player mostly ?! Also, i still think we're trying to get another striker in, he's going to be replacing Lambert
Probably the one positive - if he replaces Lambert !
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Wasn't he a wide player mostly ?! Also, i still think we're trying to get another striker in, he's going to be replacing Lambert
In fairness, he played a bit of both striker and winger but even so, for someone who played most games in very good Reading sides, it's a very poor return.
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You are all missing the point, by signing HRK instead of Slimani or Ighalo or even Peter Crouch, we are saving money, and that's what is really important to this club isn't it, the money.
Hope the high ups at Albion read this board so they can see the lifelong fans who have had enough of their penny pinching ways and are stopping away.
One day the Sky money will stop and they will be screwed.
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If we sign him as a wide player, after signing Phillips and Chadli and with the emergence of Leko, i'd say that is a real head scratcher.
Robson-Kanu will be signed as a striker. After trying to sign Slimani and Sakho, we are going to end up with a player who Reading fans didn't rate while he played in the championship, all on the back of a couple of good performances in the euro's. If this were 10 years ago, we would be signing David Healy.
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I just can't agree that he thrived. 30 goals in 228 appearances, mostly in the championship, is just not impressive at all. As a championship striker he would be miles behind Hughes, Phillips. Just can't see how this improves us at all. I'm not blinded by transfer fees and would be happy to have brought in someone like Danny Ings who chose to run his contract down but in the case of HRK, there is just nothing about him that has ever impressed me. I have several Reading supporting mates who have the same view.
Didn't realise his stats were that terribly uninspiring......oh well maybe he's allergic to hippy crack! There's a positive in everything? However just think, bar Bale not carrying Wales we'd probably get him for 10K a week!!
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Even championship clubs are showing more ambition in the window.
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Are we really signing this Donkey? Is it still Tuesday and my alarm hasn't gone off yet?
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The ever reliable Sky sources still saying that Robson-Kanu is due to have a medical. We may get lucky and he may run out of time ðŸ˜
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we should be so lucky, hes got all the time in the world being out of contract
We really should be focusing our efforts elsewhere today. Robson-Kanu could have waited until tomorrow.
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I think this is our 'reserve' deal. Being out of contract means we can try and get our 5th choice striker in then if we fail with that we'll go for Robson-Kanu.
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maybe we are mate, we dont really know whats going on do we. we have had Robson and Kanu play for us, lets bring them both together again
That's the most optimistic straw clutch I have ever seen ;D
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we should be so lucky, hes got all the time in the world being out of contract
No, he was having his medical with Watford chap an hour ago.
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Like I was saying...the ever reliable sky sources 😄
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Didn't realise his stats were that terribly uninspiring......oh well maybe he's allergic to hippy crack! There's a positive in everything? However just think, bar Bale not carrying Wales we'd probably get him for 10K a week!!
It was Ramsey carrying Wales but I digress. Any Pulis side is greater than the sum of its parts get behind the lad FFS.
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Cant someone nobble him on the way to his medical?
He was having his medical hours ago!!
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It was Ramsey carrying Wales but I digress. Any Pulis side is greater than the sum of its parts get behind the lad FFS.
Is it? He seems to have hampered quite a few attacking players and reduced the impact they have on a match. But that's not for this thread (sorry mods).
Has anyone seen any info on how Pulis plans to use HRK, as a striker or out wide? Not sure how he fits in either way because I've never been particularly impressed with his hold up play and I'm not sure he'd track back enough for TP's liking if played out wide. Seems an odd fit to me.
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I knew he would be a Pulis player as soon as I saw he was free.
Not forme though, average journeyman who has been average everywhere he has played.
He had an excellent Euros but then again so did Chester yet he is in the championship.
Not an improvement whatsoever though if Lambert goes then I guess Pulis will argue he has improved the squad.
Chadli must be raging.
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Is it? He seems to have hampered quite a few attacking players and reduced the impact they have on a match. But that's not for this thread (sorry mods).
Has anyone seen any info on how Pulis plans to use HRK, as a striker or out wide? Not sure how he fits in either way because I've never been particularly impressed with his hold up play and I'm not sure he'd track back enough for TP's liking if played out wide. Seems an odd fit to me.
Just pure desperation to me. Million miles away from improving the first team. Just imagine if and when Rondon (who also needs some real competition/support) gets injured and he's back up !!! >:( >:( >:(
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Just pure desperation to me. Million miles away from improving the first team. Just imagine if and when Rondon (who also needs some real competition/support) gets injured and he's back up !!! >:( >:( >:(
We play one up front. Berahino is back up.
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What's the point of getting backup players like nyom and kanu when are first team isn't good enough ðŸ˜
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What's the point of getting backup players like nyom and kanu when are first team isn't good enough ðŸ˜
The first team is good enough...
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The first team is good enough...
Is it?
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Maybe the Hammond-Reading connection is responsible for this? I thought he kind of fell out with them last season though...
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The first team is good enough...
To scrape through with dire football once more, perhaps. Even you must have a desire for more though, surely?
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We play one up front. Berahino is back up.
We can really rely upon that waster can't we ?????? Eh ? Are you a Club cheerleader ?
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The first team is good enough...
it was maginally better the final day of last season.once more we have regressed
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The first team is good enough...
So for months you've been banging on about how great Pulis is and how only he can manage the players to stay up. Now you're saying that the first team is good enough. So on that basis do you know expect us to finish more comfortably, and what if we have injuries? What if Rondon and Evans are out for a chunk of the season?
Personally I think our squad is better than the position that Pulis will lead us to, but I'm really not sure that we are much better than last season, meanwhile the majority of teams are investing heavily.
I'm still hoping we see a decent midfielder in Camacho signing.
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We can really rely upon that waster can't we ?????? Eh ? Are you a Club cheerleader ?
We haven't got any choice.
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Signed on a 3 yr deal
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3 years we are a joke now
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We'll need championship players next season i suppose
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Signed on a 3 yr deal
Whoopy bloody do
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Bloody brilliant.
Salt in the wound this one.
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:o three years :o i dispair, rubbing it in now
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thats me done
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We are so tight
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3 years we are a joke now
Get his agent to replace Nicky Hammond...
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I'm surprised it's a 3 year deal - I could have understood 1 year with a second in the club's favour.
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More dead wood ??? ???
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Good luck to him. Maybe he'll be able to do a job but, Christ, if this is it what an underwhelming day. We're in big trouble this season...
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Hey to be fair to the guy it's not his fault that the Club have offered him a decent 3 year contract, so I think we should give the guy a chance..... But it is the club who should be lambasted for the way they have conducted their business... For example if we wanted this guy then why wait till today, we could have done this deal weeks ago and moved on to other deals ...
I really am disgusted with the way we have operated as a club while pulls has been in charge of transfers..
I'm done, as much as it hurts me to say this I hope we lose a run of games so that it hastens pulis's exit....
I'm done with them.... For now.
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Not done any pre season. Obviously not fit,we didnt sign sakho cause he wasnt fit,whats the difference complete joke
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Not done any pre season. Obviously not fit,we didnt sign sakho cause he wasnt fit,whats the difference complete joke
16 million quid plus wages.
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But he at least played at the euros
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Was hoping it fell through for a laugh
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Wow. Just wow. 3 year contract. Who the hell is running this club?
A player who Reading couldn't wait to get rid of signs for us for 3 years?
I am rarely surprised with the ineptness (if that's a word) of this club but tonight and indeed this window in general we have taken that to the new level.
It is embarrassing beyond belief. The owners of this club have seriously put this clubs' Premier League position in jeopardy tonight.
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Maybe they just didn't want to give Pulis a large wedge to waste.... Or they are hoping he'll walk. He's obviously got previous
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Why do we have to sign a free agent on last day? For 3 freaking years. Do our staff know the rules ???
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Was hoping it fell through for a laugh
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Hey to be fair to the guy it's not his fault that the Club have offered him a decent 3 year contract, so I think we should give the guy a chance..... But it is the club who should be lambasted for the way they have conducted their business... For example if we wanted this guy then why wait till today, we could have done this deal weeks ago and moved on to other deals ...
I really am disgusted with the way we have operated as a club while pulls has been in charge of transfers..
I'm done, as much as it hurts me to say this I hope we lose a run of games so that it hastens pulis's exit....
I'm done with them.... For now.
As long as he comes in and scores a barrel load of goals I have no problem with the signing whatsoever.
Still don't understand why we had to rush him back from Wales camp when there was no need to.
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Maybe they just didn't want to give Pulis a large wedge to waste.... Or they are hoping he'll walk. He's obviously got previous
Well whoever is doing what saw fit to give Robson-Kanu a 3 year deal, no idea why so if they are planning on hoping he walks, whoever comes in is stuck with another player for 3 years.
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We've signed Hal Robson-Kanu.
Actually say it out loud. Hal Robson-Kanu. We have actually signed him :-X
This is a new low for us. Hal Robson-Kanu.
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Presumably we signed him now to be sure we can let lambert go - if we'd waited and someone else came in then we wouldn't be allowed to let him go /'don't know if he is off
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Hal Robson Kanu
Doesn't it take you back to when you found out about Alan fxxxxxx Irvine?
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But isn't he Anichebes replacement?
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Perhaps the Culture of the club comment was misinterpreted
Players like Robson and Kanu needed
Ok
Sign Robson Kanu at all costs
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He's just third/fourth choice i don't know why everybody is getting their knickers in a twist. The problem lies in that we didn't actually sign any other strikers
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OMG 3 years !!!!!!!! Have we totally lost the plot?
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He's just third/fourth choice i don't know why everybody is getting their knickers in a twist. The problem lies in that we didn't actually sign any other strikers
He's not 3rd or 4th choice then, is he? That's why people are getting their knickers twisted
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good luck to him and I hope he can prove us all wrong but I'd rather have kept sessagnon
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He's not 3rd or 4th choice then, is he? That's why people are getting their knickers twisted
Rondon and Saido are ahead of him so clearly 3rd or 4th choice.
I'm as angry as the next baggies fan but that's no reason to stop thinking.
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He has no chance just look at the comments.... Who ever gave him a 3 year deal should be sacked ..... Who is running the show at WBA?
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So where has this been Officially announced?
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So where has this been Officially announced?
wba Twitter.
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So where has this been Officially announced?
Just confirmed on the official Facebook page.
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Just confirmed on the official Facebook page.
So embarrassing that the Club have sneeked it through late.
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http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/robson-kanu-joins-albion-3285150.aspx
ALBION have confirmed the signing of Wales EURO 16 hero Hal Robson-Kanu.
The 27-year-old, who was a free agent after opting to leave Reading at the end of last season, has agreed a two-year deal with an option for a further year.
Robson-Kanu was given permission to leave Wales’ preparations for their opening World Cup qualifier to complete his deal with the Baggies.
“Everybody enjoyed watching Hal’s contribution to the Welsh performances at the Euros and we’re pleased to have him on board,†said Head Coach Tony Pulis.
Robson-Kanu spent the summer focusing first on the Welsh challenge at the Euros, which saw him score one of the goals of the tournament in his nation’s memorable quarter-final defeat of Belgium, and then deciding his future.
“It was an important decision for me and my family and we took our time,†he said.
“But it’s a fantastic club and manager and I’m really happy to be here.
“I’m particularly pleased to be back in the Premier League. I am grateful for everything that Reading have done for me and I enjoyed my time there.
“But it’s great to take this step.â€
Ironically, Hal comes into the club shortly after one of his Welsh team mates James Chester left for pastures new and naturally he took the chance to enquire about The Hawthorns.
“It’s good to have someone who knows about a new club to tell you about it and James spoke highly about Albion,†said Hal.
“And I’ve got no worries about my fitness. I’m a fit lad and I’ll be more than confident when called upon.
“It’s about the group, the squad being successful and I am really looking forward to playing my part.â€
There was no extended stay at Albion for Robson-Kanu. After completing his medical and signing, he was back to the Welsh camp to get ready for their clash against Moldova on Monday.
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It appears that after the announcement, a tweet was sent from the WBA official twitter account that simply read "lollllllzzz". It was quickly deleted but has been screen printed by many people on twitter.
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There are no words. >:(
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Welcome, better then Lambert.
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Think underwhelmed would be an understatement but welcome and good luck!!
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Hmmmmm
Probably what the club really think of the fans ! I fear they will be in for a real backlash that will shock them if the team don't turn up for the next few home matches..........
https://twitter.com/ReadWestBrom
Yes, Puils will be under fire but it will also be dissent about how the Club is being run - LET THE NEW OWNER KNOW !
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Only thing that confuses me is that HRK had a reasonable decent euros & said he had a few offers but why wait until the season is 3/4 games in before signing for somebody - I thought all players wanted to play??
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Welcome and good luck. I feel a bit sorry for him, not his fault and can't blame him.
Hopefully he puts on the shirt and gives is all, that's all we can ask.
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Welcome mukka hope you enjoy your time with us.
There's a lot of black clouds around at the moment take no offence, the thunder storm that's brewing is for otheirs at the club.
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Just looking at the fury on every fan site board the question is why even announce it, the must know this just makes it worst. Do anybody at the club know what they are doing? I am really surprised we have a quote from TP. After all he said he wanted 5 players who would improve the team
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When you wake up dreaming of William Carvalho and go to sleep with the reality of Hal Robson-Kanu...
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And the papers didnt miss it either
Birmingham Mail will post tomorrow ..........
West Bromwich Albion have risked the wrath of their disillusioned fanbase with an ill thought out tweet.
Albion fans were already voicing their frustration after a disappointing transfer deadline day today.
And just moments after announcing the free transfer signing of Hal Robson-Kanu on Twitter, the club's official account tweeted the message 'LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLZ' and hastily deleted it.
https://t.co/sJtydFZDgs
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good luck to him and I hope he can prove us all wrong but I'd rather have kept sessagnon
me too any chance of getting him back because wer up shire creek
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And the papers didnt miss it either
Birmingham Mail will post tomorrow ..........
West Bromwich Albion have risked the wrath of their disillusioned fanbase with an ill thought out tweet.
Albion fans were already voicing their frustration after a disappointing transfer deadline day today.
And just moments after announcing the free transfer signing of Hal Robson-Kanu on Twitter, the club's official account tweeted the message 'LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLZ' and hastily deleted it.
https://t.co/sJtydFZlDgs
laughing out loud but what's the Z about
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You know what really pees me off about this? It's that the club waited until 11pm to officially announce it as some coup. In reality, HRK was a free agent who we could have signed at any point.
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laughing out loud but what's the Z about
think its because the geezer was covering it for 16 hours ! ! ! must of been bored shitless...
Reckon he deserves either a medal OR locking up !
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It's when we all fall asleep
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Has or will the club come out with its usual spin? Really intrigued how they will try to sell this signing to us, a player rejected by a Championship club and unbelievably on a 3 year deal.
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The best part is we didn't sign Sakho as he wouldn't be fit but we signed a player who hasn't had a pre-season :) Only Albion....
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not sure if it's already been said but there's no need to scramble to find the 'loollz' tweet - it's on the official site! i hoped for and expected a better calibre of player with the names thrown around the last few days but will give the lad a chance before writing him off, in my opinion he is an upgrade on Lambert!
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He was just damage limitation job. He could have signed next week. Id love to here the pathetic excuses how they pretended to sign benteke slimani camacho and carvalho and ended with nothing.
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we can only hope he comes good. one lives in hope.
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Good luck to the lad, hope he offer us a different dimension when hes used, in hindsight hes a better option to have than Vic or Lambert, so its an upgrade.
Can also give us cover on the wing if needed.
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good luck to him and I hope he can prove us all wrong but I'd rather have kept sessagnon
We haven't seen him play yet so I am not sure you can make that comparison.
For me Sess was inconsistent. Some games he was a real handful but there were too many games where he was quiet - a bit like Amifiltano.
We had an underwhelming transfer window [Chadli aside] but its not his fault. We all need to welcome him to the club and hope he can deliver. He certainly seems up for it.
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He was just damage limitation job. He could have signed next week.
presumably signed yesterday so they could ship Lambert to Cardiff, hence also late confirmation.
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presumably signed yesterday so they could ship Lambert to Cardiff, hence also late confirmation.
Surely if this was the case we should have got Robson-Kanu in after the Euro's and shipped out Lambert to Cardiff earlier?
I imagine Robson-Kanu is on around £20k p/w and Lambert is on £40k p/w here so over the past few months that's a few £££ we could have saved and got Robson-Kanu settled/fitter quicker?
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I think if I was a player seeking a new club and read some of the comments on this Forum i would run a mile. Every player mentioned is usually slaughtered. Some speak as if the have watched the player play for hours on end. Grow up and just be happy we are not in the same mess as our other local clubs find themselves.
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I don't think anyone would have an issue if we'd gotten rid of Lambert and Berahino and signed HRK and a top quality striker.
The issue is that we effectively now have HRK as our second striker because there is no way in hell that we can rely on super Saido to perform for us, he stopped bothering 18 months ago, no chance of that changing.
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Surely if this was the case we should have got Robson-Kanu in after the Euro's and shipped out Lambert to Cardiff earlier?
I imagine Robson-Kanu is on around £20k p/w and Lambert is on £40k p/w here so over the past few months that's a few £££ we could have saved and got Robson-Kanu settled/fitter quicker?
I'm not aware Cardiff or anyone showed much interest in Lambert prior to yesterday.
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presumably signed yesterday so they could ship Lambert to Cardiff, hence also late confirmation.
Probably right Loxley, and the majority of us wanted to see Lambert move on and its happened.
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Signing this guy, after being linked with the likes of Slimani, Benteke and Sakho, is like your missus going out, with the promise of bringing you back a nice juicy steak for your tea, and coming back with a tin of out of date catfood. .
I'm sorry I know that is horrible and I'm sure he's a smashing lad, but there is no way he is a Prem striker, he was struggling in the Championship for god's sake. I'm not even having this "He's better than Lambert", there's no evidence that he is!
I hope I'm wrong and he becomes a success, and by success I mean a real success, making a real contribution, not a McClean "success", whereby he is not quite as rubbish as you expected him to be!
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I havent seen that much of him play but what i have seen he is certainly attack minded and works hard, for the way we play that might not be a bad thing as it gives us another option.
He reminds me of Walters from Stoke is his style and i would of taken him, Walters has a better scoring record but Robson-Kanu got a couple in the euros so maybe he likes the big stage and as he hasnt played in the premier league he could rise to the challenge! (He almost might not but lets give the bloke a fair chance)
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Maybe he'll do a good job as a Horsfield type, who knows? We'll see I suppose.
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I havent seen that much of him play but what i have seen he is certainly attack minded and works hard, for the way we play that might not be a bad thing as it gives us another option.
He reminds me of Walters from Stoke is his style and i would of taken him, Walters has a better scoring record but Robson-Kanu got a couple in the euros so maybe he likes the big stage and as he hasnt played in the premier league he could rise to the challenge! (He almost might not but lets give the bloke a fair chance)
He played in the Prem for Reading, mostly as a sub.
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He played in the Prem for Reading, mostly as a sub.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/35371/History/Hal-Robson-Kanu
Yeah 13 starts and 12 appearances off the bench. Finished the season with 7 goals and 1 assist. (£30m Moussa Sissoko got 1 goal and 7 assists last season for Newcastle.)
Wikipedia had him listed as a left winger for that season:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Reading_F.C._season
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I'm not aware Cardiff or anyone showed much interest in Lambert prior to yesterday.
According to Cardiff Lambert was their first choice with Robson Kanu backup. :o
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https://www.whoscored.com/Players/35371/History/Hal-Robson-Kanu
Yeah 13 starts and 12 appearances off the bench. Finished the season with 7 goals and 1 assist. (£30m Moussa Sissoko got 1 goal and 7 assists last season for Newcastle.)
Wikipedia had him listed as a left winger for that season:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Reading_F.C._season
IF he gets those stats for us I'd be over the moon, surprised but over the moon.
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HRK played mostly as a winger when in the championship and as a striker in the prem scoring 8 goals. If you want to compare him with Saido then it must be when Saido was out wide and they are not too dissimilar. I would hope he takes the left wing spot with chadli behind rondon.I also believe that he has been training with the Albion while out if contract so pulis would have had a good luck at him.oh and he can head a ball unlike Saido.give him a chance I ssy
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Think he is been written off too soon. He played as a winger for most of his time there!
I think him playing as a wide left option or our back up striker has to be step up from the likes of McLean and mardy not bothered Berahino playing.
He's strong he's quick he is a team player, can head the ball he's another outlet last season we lacked this. Arguably we will have at least 3 decent ball players on the pitch (if Pulis plays them) that can carry the ball and beat a man surely that's better then watching the likes of lambert plod along.
Good luck to the lad
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HRK played mostly as a winger when in the championship and as a striker in the prem scoring 8 goals. If you want to compare him with Saido then it must be when Saido was out wide and they are not too dissimilar. I would hope he takes the left wing spot with chadli behind rondon.I also believe that he has been training with the Albion while out if contract so pulis would have had a good luck at him.oh and he can head a ball unlike Saido.give him a chance I ssy
Well I also think we need to give Bryan and Nwankwo's love child a chance..
Yes, he isn't what we all got excited about but he may well surprise us :)
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Well I also think we need to give Bryan and Nwankwo's love child a chance..
Yes, he isn't what we all got excited about but he may well surprise us :)
destiny with a surname like that to play for us,having watched a footballing profile of his career,hes quick mobile can run with the ball and got rangey passes.if he plays anything like the euros for us he may just have found his niche,goood luck to him
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He will be ok. I reckon he will work hard, fill in when needed and be happy too and get the odd decent goal now and again. Better then all our other options recently bar Rondon.
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Hi guys,
It's been a while since I last posted on your forum. It was after our FA Cup clash last season. My 7 year old kid is still singing Albion songs since that day. He loves the Al-i-al-i-o. We're the West Bromwich from the Black Country!
I can't believe he is still singing Albion songs after all this time.
Anyway, I'm here to talk about "Hal Robson-Kanu, Hal Robson" as the Wales fans sing. I noticed that a lot of you seem to be p*ssed off about his signing. There is something about Hal that means that fans don't really like him. A lot of Reading fans seem to slate Hal as well.
He is actually a very good player. I think the problem was that he tends to get injured and have long periods out and he seems to be inconsistent. But he can turn it on.
Last season when we were flying and in the top 2 in the early part of the season, Hal was a big part of that. Losing Hal Robson Kanu and Aaron Tshibola to injury was a large part of the reason we took a slide down the table.
Hal Robson Kanu can be an outstanding player and I think he is maturing enough now to know what level of performance and effort is required to deliver for the team and he seemed ready and willing to give it for Reading last season. He has been outstanding for Wales. If he is given the right rocket up his ar*e then I think he will be a good player for the Albion. You have to keep him on his toes. If his performance levels drop, make sure you give him some stick from the terraces so that he remembers what he is representing.
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Another point about Hal. The season that we were in the Premiership, Hal was one of our best players. He scored what was it 7 or 9 goals that year from wide areas. He was one player that looked good enough to be in the top flight. The rest were not good enough and we went down. But Hal looked comfortable and of the right standard and able to cause problems for Premier League teams both offensively and defensively. Being part of a title winning Reading side and very successful Welsh side should mean that Hal knows and fully understands the work rate and effort that is required to achieve things in football. He potentially could be a very good signing for the Albion. At the end of the day, you got him on a free so it is hardly a gamble, you have nothing really to lose.
I guess the main reason you're all so p*ssed is because the Albion are not competing with other clubs in the transfer market at the moment in terms of transfer budget. Reading have been in that situation for years now. At the end of the day it's prudent to spend what you can afford. Otherwise you're sacrificing future budgets for present day gambles. You have a good season now, only to struggle with a restrained budget for 10 years and be in the lower divisions.
Just support the club for what it is... That's what we're supposed to do as football fans. It's better to achieve against the odds through careful recruitment and clever management rather than waste money on undeserving footballers. There is no one better than Pulis. I'd love to be an Albion fan right now. Relocate West Bromwich down to Berkshire.
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Hi guys,
It's been a while since I last posted on your forum. It was after our FA Cup clash last season. My 7 year old kid is still singing Albion songs since that day. He loves the Al-i-al-i-o. We're the West Bromwich from the Black Country!
I can't believe he is still singing Albion songs after all this time.
Anyway, I'm here to talk about "Hal Robson-Kanu, Hal Robson" as the Wales fans sing. I noticed that a lot of you seem to be p*ssed off about his signing. There is something about Hal that means that fans don't really like him. A lot of Reading fans seem to slate Hal as well.
He is actually a very good player. I think the problem was that he tends to get injured and have long periods out and he seems to be inconsistent. But he can turn it on.
Last season when we were flying and in the top 2 in the early part of the season, Hal was a big part of that. Losing Hal Robson Kanu and Aaron Tshibola to injury was a large part of the reason we took a slide down the table.
Hal Robson Kanu can be an outstanding player and I think he is maturing enough now to know what level of performance and effort is required to deliver for the team and he seemed ready and willing to give it for Reading last season. He has been outstanding for Wales. If he is given the right rocket up his ar*e then I think he will be a good player for the Albion. You have to keep him on his toes. If his performance levels drop, make sure you give him some stick from the terraces so that he remembers what he is representing.
Hi mate,
I think a lot of the frustration wasn't against HRK himself, it was more to do with being massively under whelmed by his signing. (we was linked to some big names prior to his arrival, big to us anyway.)
I'm sure we will get behind him when he slaps the shirt on.
Can you give us the inside info on Nick Hammond?
Was he good for Reading? can we expect great things from him (like we did with Dan Ashworth), or is he somebody that neither excited you or dis-appointed you?
All the best for the season mate.
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Thanks for that reading, its quite re-assuring.
The frustration here is with the general chaos of a never ending takeover, The un-ending Berahino saga and horrible football style. Apart from that life is great.
HRK's future depends upon him adapting to T.Pulis style, he will be expected to work 'aard, run a lot and if out wide play in his own half 70% of the time min.
On another subject, Nick hammond what was your take on him?
Get your lad up the Hawthorns again soon, sounds like he could be "educated" in the baggies ethos.
Lesson 1. its actually
Al-i-al-i-o. West Brom FC from the Black Country
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Regarding Hammond, we were all impressed with how much money he used to be able to get for us selling our average players. We would sell someone who was sh*te and Hammond would have agreed some crazy 7 figure sum for the lad and we were thinking WHAT? £4million for Nick Blackman for example. He's gone to Derby and hasn't scored.
He was always great at negotiating very good deals for the club for both incoming and outgoing players. He's a good salesman and negotiator. He's a valuable asset to have in the boardroom. He does his job well. If you do have to reluctantly sell any of your players he will make damn sure you get not just what they are worth, but a lot more than what they are really worth.
Fans always overvalue players, but at Reading, he was getting bigger sums than even we thought our players were worth.
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He does his job well. If you do have to reluctantly sell any of your players he will make damn sure you get not just what they are worth, but a lot more than what they are really worth.
Don't mention Berahino, nothing to see here......
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Regarding Hammond, we were all impressed with how much money he used to be able to get for us selling our average players. We would sell someone who was sh*te and Hammond would have agreed some crazy 7 figure sum for the lad and we were thinking WHAT? £4million for Nick Blackman for example. He's gone to Derby and hasn't scored.
He was always great at negotiating very good deals for the club for both incoming and outgoing players. He's a good salesman and negotiator. He's a valuable asset to have in the boardroom. He does his job well. If you do have to reluctantly sell any of your players he will make damn sure you get not just what they are worth, but a lot more than what they are really worth.
Fans always overvalue players, but at Reading, he was getting bigger sums than even we thought our players were worth.
Cheers for that Reading, at least that has put a smile on my normally gloomy face!!!
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Don't mention Berahino, nothing to see here......
Think the Berahino ship sailed a long time ago Barrington.
Is it right he can go in January for next to nothing?
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Thanks for taking the time to comment Reading - quite reassuring.
I don't intend to repeat what other posters have said, but there are quite a few strange things going at with our club at the moment, and the signing of a 'free agent' with an hour to go before the end of the transfer window summed it all up. The 'Lolzz' text on the Albion twitter account just after didn't help either.
I hope he puts on the shirt and plays with pride, he certainly seems up to it. I don't think anyone means anything personal to HRK and we all wish him well. After a lot of media hype we were expecting a big continental signing, but it didn't happen - HRK arrived instead.
Sometimes timing is everything - but thank you for your input and good luck this season.
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Hopefully HRK has enough between his ears to know that if he's not full-on at premier league level he's not going to be there longer than 2 years. He's worked very hard for Wales and I'm sure he'll do the same for us.
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Could well start Saturday with Rondon not due back from international duty til late in the week
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I wonder how match ready he is judged to be as he's only had about 30 minutes game time (last night). Suspect Pulis will stick with Rondon for that reason.
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I have this nagging feeling H.R.K is going to do alright for us , but then again I thought Lambert would too :o
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One thing is crystal clear he wants to be here and do well in the premier for that reason alone he will be ahead of bambino in the pecking order and rightly so imo.
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Thanks for that reading, its quite re-assuring.
The frustration here is with the general chaos of a never ending takeover, The un-ending Berahino saga and horrible football style. Apart from that life is great.
HRK's future depends upon him adapting to T.Pulis style, he will be expected to work 'aard, run a lot and if out wide play in his own half 70% of the time min.
On another subject, Nick hammond what was your take on him?
Get your lad up the Hawthorns again soon, sounds like he could be "educated" in the baggies ethos.
Lesson 1. its actually
Al-i-al-i-o. West Brom FC from the Black Country
Lesson 2
it's actually al i al i al i o (x2) West Brom FC from the Black Country. :D
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I havent got a problem with him being here and I hope he does well, I think he will be more successful than Lambert, and probably overall offer us more than Anichebe.
The only problem I think the fans had was all the 'big names' we were linked with and we expect a bit of a marquee signing, to then end up with a freebie kind of deflated the whole forum.
I wish Robson Kanu well and hope he does well, got a feeling he will win the fans over as he seems to put in a good shift everytime I have seen him play.
Seems a similar player to Walters.
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I was a bit puzzled when everyone went nuts due to HRK signing. I think he'll do ok for us. His goalscoring isn't good for a striker, but that's because he's been used as a winger most of his career.
I hope the team is improved by the end of Jan so that he won't be a nailed on starter each week. But he's good enough to deserve a shot and it's notable that he only signed a 2+1 contract. So It's not like we're tied into a £60-80kpw 5 year deal like we could have been with one of the BIG money buys (who could well have flopped obviously).
HRK has suffered because people wanted the big name player, which i don't blame them for. But if we'd have had exactly the same window, with the addition of William Carvalho signing in the last minute, we'd have gone from "rubbish" to "brilliant" in many peoples' eyes and HRK would have been seen in a better light, despite him not being in any way different to who he is now.
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I think mainly he has suffered because Albion fans looked at his goalscoring records, not realising he has spent most of his career on the wing.
Much like Sessegnon who also has a terrible goalscoring record, and is a player many Albion fans (74% according to a recent poll) wanted us to keep
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I was a bit puzzled when everyone went nuts due to HRK signing. I think he'll do ok for us. His goalscoring isn't good for a striker, but that's because he's been used as a winger most of his career.
Which will no doubt be because Robson-Kanu's a winger and not a striker! People seem to be trying to turn him into being a striker because we have so few of them. He can play in the striker position, and has done at times, but then again so has Olsson and no-one would call him a striker!!
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Which will no doubt be because Robson-Kanu's a winger and not a striker! People seem to be trying to turn him into being a striker because we have so few of them. He can play in the striker position, and has done at times, but then again so has Olsson and no-one would call him a striker!!
Even as a winger though he does not really improve the 1st team and that was what was promised. The disappointment was the lack of genuine quality coming in.
As it is, he's another decent, ard working, squad player, but we have enough of them already.
Now the dust has settled I really hope he does well, seems a decent bloke who genuinely wants to play for our club and, if he did turn down mega Chinese bucks to come, then good on him.
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Even as a winger though he does not really improve the 1st team and that was what was promised. The disappointment was the lack of genuine quality coming in.
As it is, he's another decent, ard working, squad player, but we have enough of them already.
Now the dust has settled I really hope he does well, seems a decent bloke who genuinely wants to play for our club and, if he did turn down mega Chinese bucks to come, then good on him.
But perhaps he didn't turn down mega Chinese bucks. :)
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Even as a winger though he does not really improve the 1st team and that was what was promised.
Pulis said that was what we needed (which I agree with - it's always best to sign players who'll displace those in your first choice XI as that's the best way to improve), but I don't recall anyone promising anything.
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Pulis said that was what we needed (which I agree with - it's always best to sign players who'll displace those in your first choice XI as that's the best way to improve), but I don't recall anyone promising anything.
Oh that's ok then. Sorry.
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Oh that's ok then. Sorry.
Don't get me wrong, in the end we failed dismally in the transfer window (again) for whatever reasons, but I think it was more the hope that killed the fans, arising from the players we were being linked with towards the end of the window, rather than specific promises from the club about what level of player it was going to sign.
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Yeah, it's like knowing you've lost a fiver so you're rummaging down the back of the the couch looking for it. You might find £1, and you should be glad that you're £1 up, but you really wanted that missing fiver.
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Not a Premier player in my mind. Had a decent Euros and still couldn't find a club and we end up with him when we could have signed him weeks ago.
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Not a Premier player in my mind. Had a decent Euros and still couldn't find a club and we end up with him when we could have signed him weeks ago.
Well one reason given for it being last minute was the fact that Cardiff took Lambert off our hands.
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I keep reading that he couldn't find a club or that Reading didn't want him. He declined a new contract with Reading not vice versa.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/hal-robson-kanu-letting-reading-11562421
and as for finding a new club he could afford to take his time and wait for the right deal for him. It's not like he'd be struggling to put food on the table while he waited for a new club. His performances in the Euros just raised his profile a little higher too.
I think he'll be a decent option. Yes I would have liked us to have signed a higher quality attacker but I think he'll fit the Pulis system and has a bit of pace to get us up the pitch quicker.
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I keep reading that he couldn't find a club or that Reading didn't want him. He declined a new contract with Reading not vice versa.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/hal-robson-kanu-letting-reading-11562421
and as for finding a new club he could afford to take his time and wait for the right deal for him. It's not like he'd be struggling to put food on the table while he waited for a new club. His performances in the Euros just raised his profile a little higher too.
I think he'll be a decent option. Yes I would have liked us to have signed a higher quality attacker but I think he'll fit the Pulis system and has a bit of pace to get us up the pitch quicker.
Good post - factual about HRK for a change.
Wouldn't it be funny if he banged a few in for fun early doors and turned out to be our best signing over the window.....stranger things have happened!!
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https://youtu.be/BugI5ZrIt_M (https://youtu.be/BugI5ZrIt_M)
I know a YouTube compilation can make anybody look great but I thought I'd post this after taking a look at what he's like. He looks explosive to me and perhaps does thinks quickly, which our team was missing. Him and Phillips should add a bit of edge to our attacking and I daresay his hard work should really help Rondon. Throw Chadli in the mix and as long as our front lot don't get any long term injuries we should be ok, can then hopefully add quality in January.
I think he's a good signing, much like everybody else I was gutted it wasn't as well as a quality central midfielder and striker but hey ho. Let's hope Williams line about having money for January is true and with the takeover nearly over the line the manager may be backed to add to the strike force.
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Is this bloke match fit because if not then Tony won't play him?
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Is this bloke match fit because if not then Tony won't play him?
He can't be match fit, but I think Pulis will have him on the bench, assuming Robson-Kanu hasn't been signed against Pulis's will, in which case he'd probably become a new member of the bomb squad.
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Might depend on how fit Rondon is following his journey?
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https://youtu.be/BugI5ZrIt_M (https://youtu.be/BugI5ZrIt_M)
I know a YouTube compilation can make anybody look great but I thought I'd post this after taking a look at what he's like. He looks explosive to me and perhaps does thinks quickly, which our team was missing. Him and Phillips should add a bit of edge to our attacking and I daresay his hard work should really help Rondon. Throw Chadli in the mix and as long as our front lot don't get any long term injuries we should be ok, can then hopefully add quality in January.
I think he's a good signing, much like everybody else I was gutted it wasn't as well as a quality central midfielder and striker but hey ho. Let's hope Williams line about having money for January is true and with the takeover nearly over the line the manager may be backed to add to the strike force.
Scores a few different goals
Hard to judge like you say off a YouTube video but I'm hoping for a player with a point to prove that he can play at the top level
If he plays like he did at the Euros then happy days
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Scores a few different goals
Hard to judge like you say off a YouTube video but I'm hoping for a player with a point to prove that he can play at the top level
If he plays like he did at the Euros then happy days
I'm seeing a Keith Andrews type figure
If he does nothing, then so what, if he gets involved and scores (ESP a goal that matters) then great.
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I've never had a problem with the signing of HRK, it has always been the fact that we only signed HRK. If we signed HRK as a direct replacement for Lambert, Anichebe then fine, but we needed someone with more ability as a starting striker as well as back up in that position.
He will always have my support so long as he gives his all for us, it is just a painfully underwhelming stand alone signing. Him and Nyom on deadline day were just a kick in the spanners following all the talk that had preceded it and our dire need for quality in the side not more squad players.
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Not fit to start - 10 days to 2 weeks before he's ready! So he was able to play for Wales in midweek , played in the Euros, trained with us in the summer and not fit.. Is this TP bombing him out before he starts as he's not a marquee signing. A joke if you ask me.
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Pulis code for I'm not going to play him. Yes whatever yawn
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Not fit to start - 10 days to 2 weeks before he's ready! So he was able to play for Wales in midweek , played in the Euros, trained with us in the summer and not fit.. Is this TP bombing him out before he starts as he's not a marquee signing. A joke if you ask me.
Absolute joke, why again sign a player who is not fit to replace a player/players who are not fit, Lambert and Anichebe. The so called squad and team building at our club "beggars believe"
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so we didn't sign sakho because he wouldn't be ready till mid sept.
sign a out of contract player who wont be ready till mid sept.
cheap cheap.
consistent bullshyte.
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I don't get the big issue tbh. HRK will be having a mini pre-season as he's not had a proper pre season and had about 25 mins in a game that was already put to bed this week. Sakho...there were obvious doubts about his temperament, injury record, and maybe attitude when he came for the discussions/medical.
Wales do not have strength in depth...giving Hal a low pressure run out for 25 mins this week made sense. The next game is Austria away in 4 weeks which is a huge game so Wales want him game ready or at least close.
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so we didn't sign sakho because he wouldn't be ready till mid sept.
sign a out of contract player who wont be ready till mid sept.
cheap cheap.
consistent bullshyte.
My thoughts exactly
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Not fit to start - 10 days to 2 weeks before he's ready! So he was able to play for Wales in midweek , played in the Euros, trained with us in the summer and not fit.. Is this TP bombing him out before he starts as he's not a marquee signing. A joke if you ask me.
Sounds like another one we won't get to see.
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I'm sure he will be used as an impact sub generally in any case, thats what he does quite effectively for Wales.
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I'm sure he will be used as an impact sub generally in any case, thats what he does quite effectively for Wales.
Anyone would be an upgrade to bambino for me.
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He was brought in as a replacement for Lambert/Vic...who he didn't play. I'd expect him to warm the bench for a long time.
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Not fit to start - 10 days to 2 weeks before he's ready! So he was able to play for Wales in midweek , played in the Euros, trained with us in the summer and not fit.. Is this TP bombing him out before he starts as he's not a marquee signing. A joke if you ask me.
What is the joke? TP or the signing. TP for me.
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Pulis code for I'm not going to play him. Yes whatever yawn
My immediate thought when I saw what Pulis said. He's not really going to feature much and so we will have another squad player unused and so the cycle starts again at the club after clearing the decks (or so we thought).
Really is building into one big mess that needs sorting once the owners are officially in - not that I'm too impressed with Williams so far !
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so we didn't sign sakho because he wouldn't be ready till mid sept.
sign a out of contract player who wont be ready till mid sept.
cheap cheap.
consistent bullshyte.
it does start to make you wonder if there was any money available
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We've replaced Anichebe and Lambert with Kanu. Even if Kanu wasn't first pick I'd be gobsmacked if he doesn't play more of a part than those two.
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Fingers crossed he'll turn it on and win us over, he's hardly had a warm welcoming party since his arrival!
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Fingers crossed he'll turn it on and win us over, he's hardly had a warm welcoming party since his arrival!
It's not against him personally, it's how events unfolded and what the signing represented from our club at that particular important time after an almost non existent window. Throw in the poor end to last season, dire football, diminishing attendances, the mess of the takeover, Peace and Jenkins still hanging around, Pulis at his obstructive best etc and you can see how the frustrations developed and continue to simmer. Thank god for a decent opening day at Palace else who knows what would be going on by now !!
FOUR KEY and WINNABLE games coming up that, I feel, will shape our season one way or another.
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Whatever the merits of Robson-Kanu no player arriving at a club should read that his Manager doesn't want him. Ask yourself how good would you feel if you walked into your new job and your boss said "welcome aboard frankly you weren't a patch on the bloke we wanted but you'll do?"
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Not ideal, but hopefully it'll spur him on more to show what he can do.
I expect him to sit on the bench a lot but provided he's given chances off the bench and not continually ignored then I think he can do a job.
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I keep reading that he couldn't find a club or that Reading didn't want him. He declined a new contract with Reading not vice versa.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/hal-robson-kanu-letting-reading-11562421
and as for finding a new club he could afford to take his time and wait for the right deal for him. It's not like he'd be struggling to put food on the table while he waited for a new club. His performances in the Euros just raised his profile a little higher too.
I think he'll be a decent option. Yes I would have liked us to have signed a higher quality attacker but I think he'll fit the Pulis system and has a bit of pace to get us up the pitch quicker.
I think Hal was offered a 6 figure weekly salary to play in China this season. He would have been one of the top ten highest paid players in the world. Which is completely ridiculous really.
I think it was the case that Reading didn't want Hal. It was because they could not afford to renew his contract on the same terms and Hal would obviously think that he is so good and worth the money so wouldn't accept less than he thinks he is worth any way. So it's a bit of both really.
Hal signed his last contract with Reading when we were in the Premier League and so was on way more than Reading could afford once we were back in the championship and its not just Hal. Reading have been offloading all their big earners. Norwood went to Brighton, the Pog left as soon as they could get shot of him. Guthrie had to be taken off the wage bill. They won't renew Danny Williams contract next summer and obviously no one is going to buy him in contract because he is sh*t and not worth the money. These players all think they are worth so much more than they really are. But they are sh*t as evidenced by Reading's bottom half championship positions over the last 3 years.
The money has just gone crazy these days.
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I can't believe that Reading managed to get themselves into so much financial trouble because of the wages of players like Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Chris Gunter, Garath McLeary, Oliver Norwood, Danny Williams, Royston Drenthe for christ sake. No club should be getting into trouble because of the wages of those guys. It really beggars belief.
If Reading had pushed the boat out for Renato Sanchez then I could understand getting into financial trouble over it. But Danny Guthrie. Incredible.
Reading will be restrained in the market until they get the last ones off the books. Relegation from the Prem and not making an immediate return can set your ambitions back years.
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That was probably Hammond's worst period but I'm not sure it is really his fault. Hammond was very successful for well over a decade. It was our crazy Russian short-term owner who promised money that he didn't really have. The club selected the wrong players, paid too much and are now paying the price. They thought Zingarevich or his Dad would write a cheque. They didn't. Reading had to borrow the money instead.
Hammond thrives when there isn't any money to spend. He is good at selling players for more than they are worth and buying players for less than they are worth. Maybe that is not a good sign, that you bring someone in who punches above his weight on limited funds. Some managers have a good rep for working with limited cash. Pulis is probably that type of manager as well. So the decisions the West Brom board are making make sense. But they don't involve spending £30 million on Bolasie. They are more about signing players like Kanu on a free.
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That was probably Hammond's worst period but I'm not sure it is really his fault. Hammond was very successful for well over a decade. It was our crazy Russian short-term owner who promised money that he didn't really have. The club selected the wrong players, paid too much and are now paying the price. They thought Zingarevich or his Dad would write a cheque. They didn't. Reading had to borrow the money instead.
Hammond thrives when there isn't any money to spend. He is good at selling players for more than they are worth and buying players for less than they are worth. Maybe that is not a good sign, that you bring someone in who punches above his weight on limited funds. Some managers have a good rep for working with limited cash. Pulis is probably that type of manager as well. So the decisions the West Brom board are making make sense. But they don't involve spending £30 million on Bolasie. They are more about signing players like Kanu on a free.
You make some good points, but IMO, our problem this window, was a power clash, between Hammond & Pulis.
Pulis was top dog from when Terry Burton left until Nick Hammond joined us in April. Nick was seen by the board as a help to the head coach, Pulis saw him as a threat: from that point, it was only going one way. We're seeing the dying throes now.
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That's interesting because one of the things about Hammond is that he doesn't interfere with the managers job. That is why he was always able to get on so well with all the managers that Reading have had. He just does his job quietly in the background.
The reason Reading appointed him in the first place was because John Madejski knew s*d all about football and he needed someone who knows the game to interact between the board and the manager. A manager is always going to want money from the board to spend on the team. The board don't want to pay over the odds for players. Since Madejski didn't have a clue what footballers were worth or how they add value, he needed someone who does understand and is not the manager. Hammond could regulate the relationship between the board and the manager and make sure mistakes weren't being made. A knowledgable person who sees things from the boards point of view and not the managers. Otherwise the manager will keep asking for money and Madejski couldn't evaluate whether the money should be given or not.
Maybe, in that case, you're right. There is room for friction there. Especially if Pulis isn't used to this Director of Football nonsense above his head. Perhaps there is a power struggle going on at the moment. Maybe they don't see eye to eye on transfers and Pulis is probably a tougher character than some of the managers that we have had at Reading who just got on with the job within the limitations they were set.
Pulis doesn't look like someone that will take any sh*t. He does it his way or it's the highway. It looks like he is struggling with this new layer of management above his head.
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I think the telling line is the last one, everybody saw it above his head apart from Pulis.
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You make some good points, but IMO, our problem this window, was a power clash, between Hammond & Pulis.
Pulis was top dog from when Terry Burton left until Nick Hammond joined us in April. Nick was seen by the board as a help to the head coach, Pulis saw him as a threat: from that point, it was only going one way. We're seeing the dying throes now.
I don't think Hammond is a threat to Pulis' job. Hammond certainly has no designs on that particular job. He sees himself very much in an upstairs role in the boardroom.
But, possibly Hammond is seen by Pulis as more of a nuisance. An obstacle. Someone in his way preventing him from doing the job he wants to do. Someone holding Pulis to account and questioning his signings perhaps. Someone getting involved in player negotiations instead of Pulis and imposing tighter limitations. But those limitations will be coming from the owners and not Hammond. Hammond has to operate within the constraints afforded by the club, the budget, the owners etc.
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I don't think Hammond is a threat to Pulis' job. Hammond certainly has no designs on that particular job. He sees himself very much in an upstairs role in the boardroom.
But, possibly Hammond is seen by Pulis as more of a nuisance. An obstacle. Someone in his way preventing him from doing the job he wants to do. Someone holding Pulis to account and questioning his signings perhaps. Someone getting involved in player negotiations instead of Pulis and imposing tighter limitations. But those limitations will be coming from the owners and not Hammond. Hammond has to operate within the constraints afforded by the club, the budget, the owners etc.
Sorry haven't been very clear.
When Terry Burton left WBA, the job of DoF was, in effect, redundant, so Pulis had free reign. When Nick joined us, in April, (I'm not sure who was accountable to who), Pulis would have to demonstrate to the board that his way of doing things was more advantageous to the business than Nick's. So from that point of view, there was a benchmark & acountability factor that wasn't there before. So you're right in saying that Nick wasn't a threat to his job, but he was a threat to the single handed way that Pulis likes to work.
I think many on this forum now share the view that it's difficult to see a situation where TP can adapt in a genuine Head Coach/DoF axis.
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Back on topic, I have a feeling HRK could be the perfect foil for someone like Rondon.
He works his socks off and puts in a good shift, hassling defenders into mistakes, this could free up Rondons workload and potentially give him more space to function in and around the box (when we get there).
a front four of:
Rondon
Robson Kanu Chadli Phillips
Doesnt look too bad.
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You would think with him being a fellow welsman he would get a little more game time
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You would think with him being a fellow welsman he would get a little more game time
Pulis has already said that Robson-Kanu wasn't one of his choices. Being Welsh didn't help Chester either!
I'd like to see him get more game time though as he has a bit of pace and we need that as an outlet when we are trying to close games out.
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Pulis has already said that Robson-Kanu wasn't one of his choices. Being Welsh didn't help Chester either!
I'd like to see him get more game time though as he has a bit of pace and we need that as an outlet when we are trying to close games out.
Assume, as I previously suspected, that the club was embarrassed by the summer transfer window and it was a desperate and failed attempt to pacify the fans on the last day of the window.
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I think he could become an unsong hero given the chance
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I think he could become an unsong hero given the chance
thats the rub !
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He should have been given more game time on Saturday. Bringing him on right at the end when we were losing 4-0 was pointless. If Rondon gets injured, we have no-one else who's match-fit who can play as a striker, not that that's Robson-Kanu's natural position anyway.
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Did well for Wales last night. Really put a shift in for 65 minutes and played a big part in the goal.
Useful game time but I still struggle to see him getting much of a look in for us unless Rondon gets injured....quite a bit of competition in wider positions now.
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I thought the same mate, he put in a really good shift and some really good runs.
Has a real presence about him and comes across a bit of a defenders nightmare in that he never stops working.
Think if he got a decent run in the team we would be impressed by him.
Cant fault the lads commitment levels, only question is were and who does he replace in the team?
Should be getting a bit more game time in my opinion though.
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Think he'll only ever be a bit part player under Pulis, which is a shame as I think he can bring something to the team. He's more of a wide-man than a through the middle striker.
I'd rather see him come on for the last 10-15 minutes than Gardner as he would be a decent out ball when we are trying to defend a small lead. That's not a criticism of Gardner just that we tend to resort to backs to the wall; sit deep defending when he comes on, with the ball being punted up front but coming straight back as whichever attacker is left on has no real support. Robson-Kanu could at least provide some support and attacking impetus to help stop the ball coming back so quickly.
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Well if rondon isn't fit (stayed here for internationals) start HRK. Rondon is undroppable at the moment and without competition players don't perform as well.
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Generally speaking I think he's done as expected in terms of what you'd expect from a free-transfer player from the Championship. I think he fits the team a lot better than Lambert and Anichebe, and is far fitter than both of them - who scored a combined 1 goal last season which says a lot. So effectively it's like swapping £60k p/w for 20k p/w which is a massive benefit for us.
From what I've seen, he shows glimpses of quality, especially in the Liverpool game. He's definitely not the laughing stock that some made out when he signed, but saying that I don't think he'll ever be a starter either - but I imagine he also knew that when he signed.
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Goal Nominated for an award i hear
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wearing a poppy at the FIFA awards, good on him
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I'm really warming to this bloke. Has actually got something about him at this level. I don't think he should be more than 3rd or even 4th striker but he's turning out to be a very shrewd signing.
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Ball seemed to stick to him a bit more. Good with his feet and has a good turn of pace as shown today
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Did very well today. It's a bit hard to work out if he brought about a change in the way we played or whether we started to push up more and get closer to the striker. Think sometimes we expect Rondon to punch holes in defences single handed but we don't expect that of HRK.
Wonder if Chris Coleman has been in Pulis' ear for HRK to get a bit more game time before next weekend....
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Very likeable a bit like Pepe Mel.he should start the next game
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Good performance by Hal & has earned a starting place against Utd :D
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Thought it was a bit harsh to drop him after Everton where they all struggled. That said his calf appeared to be heavily strapped when he came on Yesterday.
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2 goals in 23 games. Terrible. Why are we offering him a new contract. Not good enough, clearly. On a reported £50,000 a week as well. :o
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2 goals in 23 games. Terrible. Why are we offering him a new contract. Not good enough, clearly. On a reported £50,000 a week as well. :o
I don't mind him as a 3rd or 4th choice winger/striker but he really shouldn't be paid that much.
We should be able to sell him to a decent championship club for around 2-4 million and find an equally good replacement but for a lower salary
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2 goals in 23 games. Terrible. Why are we offering him a new contract. Not good enough, clearly. On a reported £50,000 a week as well. :o
A bit harsh to judge him in that way. Hes been a substitute in almost all of those games. His goal per minute ratio is better than Rondon for example. We do need 1 or 2 better strikers and I would keep HRK as a squad player.
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2 goals in 23 games. Terrible. Why are we offering him a new contract. Not good enough, clearly. On a reported £50,000 a week as well. :o
We haven't (as yet) according to the Birmingham Mail.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-contract-news-latest-12850367 (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-contract-news-latest-12850367)
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2 goals in 23 games. Terrible. Why are we offering him a new contract. Not good enough, clearly. On a reported £50,000 a week as well. :o
He as only started 3 games!! Rondon as,started 26 and,scored 7 Gordon Bennett!!
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HRK is a 4th choice at best PL striker in the Craig Beattie, Simon Cox mould. Should not get an extension nor paid anything above £20k a week.
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Given he's got a year left and another in the clubs favour, someone would need to seriously lose the plot to offer him an improved deal at this stage.
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Just don't think he's a Premiership striker, I mean Reading released him, under Nicky Hammond. Then Hammond signs him again for us :o works hard but offers nothing.
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He as only started 3 games!! Rondon as,started 26 and,scored 7 Gordon Bennett!!
I can't even believe we're having this debate. There's a reason why one cost us £12m from a Champions League club and the other was a last minute panic freebie after he was released by Reading.
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Now I do like the bloke but no way in this world is he anything other than a 3rd or 4th choice striker at this level. Reading that he's on £50k-a-week and we are looking to extend his deal makes me feel a little nauseous to be completely honest.
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I can't even believe we're having this debate. There's a reason why one cost us £12m from a Champions League club and the other was a last minute panic freebie after he was released by Reading.
Why is that reason? I must be missing something!
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Thought he looked better on the wing. He's decent back up and as a different option but he's exhibit A of why we're so bare up top this season.
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Why is that reason? I must be missing something!
Because someone who starts up front for a Champions League team tends to be a higher calibre of player than someone who isn't good enough to start up front for a Championship team...
If you genuinely believe that HRK is better than Rondon then fair enough, but I, and I'd imagine 99% of professional footballers and managers would disagree with you.
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HRK probably wouldn't get a starting place in any other prem team, we've done well this season moving on players who don't improve us so why start creating a new bunch
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Because someone who starts up front for a Champions League team tends to be a higher calibre of player than someone who isn't good enough to start up front for a Championship team...
If you genuinely believe that HRK is better than Rondon then fair enough, but I, and I'd imagine 99% of professional footballers and managers would disagree with you.
Junior Baggie what planet are you on, if you think HRK is a better player than Rondon. Ok Rondon is going through a bad spell, but I still think he will come good. A Chinese Super League club were willing to pay £32.5 Million for Rondon. HRK was released by Reading...
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HRK probably wouldn't get a starting place in any other prem team, we've done well this season moving on players who don't improve us so why start creating a new bunch
100% agree, we shouldn't be offering him a new deal, done nothing to warrant it, and on stupid £50,000 a week wages. Baffling :o :-[
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Thought he looked better on the wing. He's decent back up and as a different option but he's exhibit A of why we're so bare up top this season.
Useful player to have in the squad , you sum it up well.
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Junior Baggie what planet are you on, if you think HRK is a better player than Rondon. Ok Rondon is going through a bad spell, but I still think he will come good. A Chinese Super League club were willing to pay £32.5 Million for Rondon. HRK was released by Reading...
Could be wrong, but I think that's pretty much what 'Junior Baggie' was saying ;) .
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2 goals in 23 games. Terrible. Why are we offering him a new contract. Not good enough, clearly. On a reported £50,000 a week as well. :o
My god you are controversial more than me lol, you can see his commitment in abundance , more so than rondon with issues, 4 starts to how many the best striker in the premier league according to some who sing
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Junior Baggie what planet are you on, if you think HRK is a better player than Rondon. Ok Rondon is going through a bad spell, but I still think he will come good. A Chinese Super League club were willing to pay £32.5 Million for Rondon. HRK was released by Reading...
The rumour was they were willing to offer that money, the same as you keep on about HRK being on 50k who told you that?
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Because someone who starts up front for a Champions League team tends to be a higher calibre of player than someone who isn't good enough to start up front for a Championship team...
If you genuinely believe that HRK is better than Rondon then fair enough, but I, and I'd imagine 99% of professional footballers and managers would disagree with you.
I haven't said he is better, i am just sticking up for a player who as done no wrong given his best and at the moment looks more likely to score when a chance comes than Rondon. Also HRK played in the Euros and scored a cracker ;)
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I haven't said he is better, i am just sticking up for a player who as done no wrong given his best and at the moment looks more likely to score when a chance comes than Rondon. Also HRK played in the Euros and scored a cracker ;)
To be fair Rondon would do well to play in the Euros :P
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Nothing I've seen tells me that we should be keeping him.
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To be fair Rondon would do well to play in the Euros :P
Well you never know, Armenia and Australia compete in Eurovision :P
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Nothing I've seen tells me that we should be keeping him.
I am starting to think the same way now TBH. Cannot help but think he is distracted, either with family issues in Venezuela, or the fact that there is interest from China.
£32m would have been an excellent return on our investment and would have paid for a decent striker.
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I am starting to think the same way now TBH. Cannot help but think he is distracted, either with family issues in Venezuela, or the fact that there is interest from China.
£32m would have been an excellent return on our investment and would have paid for a decent striker.
I was talking about Kanu ;D
I still think there is a very good player in Rondon, but he's stifled by the tactics we play. Yes he's had time to learn the system, but it still isn't much good for him.
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My mistake.
However I agree with you on that point too. We all thought it was a strange signing when it happened. Can't fault his effort but its not what we need.
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I don't want to be too hard on Hal Robson-Kanu really.
Letting 3 out and out strikers go (Lambert, Anichebe and Berahino) and only brining in one striker/winger (on a free transfer too) just seems so amateurish from a premiership club.
Fair enough running out of time in the summer, but they had between 1st September and 31st January to try and source/pick up another striker
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Can't fault his endeavour but he desperately lacks quality. He reminds me of kids football, where they just chase the ball around.
He's done ok for a freebie but not enough to warrant a new contract and, if he leaves in the summer, it will only be one way, which sort of says it all.
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To be fair Rondon would do well to play in the Euros :P
I know that! Just comparing that with Rondon playing in the champions league!
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HRK is a far better player than some are saying in my view , usual squad player and has given us more than Anichebe and Lambert did the last two years.
I imagine the 50k talk is the usual rubbish from the Mirror.
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Did he touch the ball after coming on today?
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Did he touch the ball after coming on today?
You wasn't at the game then?
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You wasn't at the game then?
Oh I was sadly. Offered nothing as did Rondon. Looked all over the place with 2 strikers on the pitch, neither knew what they were supposed to be doing.
Edit: Just looked at the stats and he touched the ball 8 times in his half an hour on the pitch ::), motm performance right there
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Oh I was sadly. Offered nothing as did Rondon. Looked all over the place with 2 strikers on the pitch, neither knew what they were supposed to be doing.
Edit: Just looked at the stats and he touched the ball 8 times in his half an hour on the pitch ::), motm performance right there
He still looks more of a threat than Rondon!
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He still looks more of a threat than Rondon!
Both were pretty poor today. HRK isn't the long term answer. Not sure what the short term answer is either to be honest.
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Absolutely useless at this level. Released by Nicky Hammond at Reading. Then he signs him on a free for us. Mind blowing. :o
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Absolutely useless at this level. Released by Nicky Hammond at Reading. Then he signs him on a free for us. Mind blowing. :o
He wasn't released at Reading, he chose to run down his contract and take his chance at getting a deal elsewhere.
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Absolutely useless at this level. Released by Nicky Hammond at Reading. Then he signs him on a free for us. Mind blowing. :o
That's the second time I've seen this. I'm almost certain Nicky Hammond was at Albion when HRK left Reading.
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HRK not being offered a new deal with Reading was announced on 9th May 2016, HRK then left in June 2016. Hammond left April 2016, so he could well have not been still with Reading when the decision was made to release him. Could potentially be why Hammond chose to offer him a deal with us.
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The end of the day, he is absolutely useless at this level, runs around like a headless Chicken. We cant move on with him, I also argue he isn't worth keeping as a squad player.
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The end of the day, he is absolutely useless at this level, runs around like a headless Chicken. We cant move on with him, I also argue he isn't worth keeping as a squad player.
At the end your day maybe , i think he's alright.
Chipped in with a few goals and assists whilst costing a lot less than Anichebe and Lambert in wages.
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At the end your day maybe , i think he's alright.
Chipped in with a few goals and assists whilst costing a lot less than Anichebe and Lambert in wages.
What are you on about. He's on £50,000 a week, doesn't warrant those figures on his outlay. Not good enough ...
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What are you on about. He's on £50,000 a week, doesn't warrant those figures on his outlay. Not good enough ...
I think the £50k figure was being mentioned as an improved contract by the media. Can't find what he's on at the moment, but when he left Reading it was £10k a week, so imagine it's around £20k.
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What are you on about. He's on £50,000 a week, doesn't warrant those figures on his outlay. Not good enough ...
He's on nothing like 50k and those figures came from the very unreliable Daily Mirrror over a possible new deal.
Do your home work before jumping the gun .
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The end of the day, he is absolutely useless at this level, runs around like a headless Chicken. We cant move on with him, I also argue he isn't worth keeping as a squad player.
He is as good as Rondon at the moment though........
I cannot believe for one second that he is on £50,000 a week. He was a freebie with no real top division track record. Worth having on the bench to offer alternatives in a game, but should be 3rd or 4th in the striker order at the club.
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Signed a new contract until 2020.
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That's a shame
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Lol that Hal Robson Kanu comfortably earns more in a week than I do in a year
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Signed a new contract until 2020.
Not technically-gifted but works hard every time when he plays.
Don't rated him when he joined us last year but now I think he is good enough for backup role (3rd choice striker).
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Hes obviously on low wages, so having him in the squad frees up more for better quality players.
Id rather have HRK and a 70k a week guy, than no HRK and 2 distinctly average players on 45k
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Hes obviously on low wages, so having him in the squad frees up more for better quality players.
Id rather have HRK and a 70k a week guy, than no HRK and 2 distinctly average players on 45k
He's signed an improved deal, so effectively taking up more of this money you mention for better quality.
For me in this league he should be a 4th option.
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He's signed an improved deal, so effectively taking up more of this money you mention for better quality.
For me in this league he should be a 4th option.
Why would we need 4 options for one position? ???
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He'll be useful if we get relegated :-X
I'm sure he's a nice guy with a mortgage to pay.
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I like Robson-Kanu, think he's shown glimpses of what he's capable of in his few appearances. Certainly knows where the net is. I'm happy with this. A good option to have.
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Why would we need 4 options for one position? ???
Because Pulis likes to play people out of position and Rod will probably get wasted running up and down the wing. Rondon isn't up to it either.
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Why would we need 4 options for one position? ???
it's not really 4 options though as he is nothing like Rondon in playing style, he is arguably similar to Rodriguez. I expect us to go for a target man (Rondon style player) as well and then we will have 2 options for each playing style.
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I would guess with HRK signing a longer deal Albion will not be signing any other strikers. Hopefully I'm wrong because Jay Rod is going to have a lot riding on him being fit and scoring regularly now.
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Signed a new contract until 2020.
made up with this, now give him some proper game time
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made up with this, now give him some proper game time
Why? He's garbage.
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made up with this, now give him some proper game time
Renewing?
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no not until Pulis goes, quite sad not to renew after years and years but looking forward to the break. i do like HRK though and look forward to watching him from my armchair
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Nice to see that we are allowing the like of Leicester , hudds , Watford etc have the pick of Europe whilst we get this and any other Bosmans still left on August 31st
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Why? He's garbage.
He was free and he is cheap. That's the Albion way
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He's ok for what he is. Rarely starts and can chip in with the odd goal. Theoretically if Rondon stays then it would only push HRK down the pecking order. He was more of our 2nd striker last year, I imagine he will be our 3rd of 4th choice this year which is an improvement - but he's definitely not as bad as some people make him out to be.
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Don't see the point. Yes he might work hard and be cheap but he is holding up the progress of the likes of Leko and Roberts.
Pulis will trust a championship at best Hal rather than give youth a chance.
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Signed a new contract until 2020.
Oh FFS.That shows our ambition
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Totally not good enough, I fail to see the point of a squad player, might as well give some youth a chance
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About as pointless as trying to sign a player who we played 4 times in half a season (Wilson)
Just looked on wiki and kanu has played 311 games in is pro career. Scoring 41 goals that's 7.5 games per goal. Why why why why do we have rubbish like this in our squad
Never ever been good enough and an actual downgrade on anichebe when he was fit and fortune. Which I never thought I'd say
Pathetic
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very much 3rd choice striker hopefully 4th choice. why a 3year contract?
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Give the guy a chance FFS >:(
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Strange giving him 3 yrs as never a first team player at this level and unable to win games from the bench.
He will also be blocking the progress of the youngsters.
Does not bode well that the new regime have any more ambition for the club.
Add in efforts to get Wilson in (again not good enough) and you can see how limited our effective options will be if they are clogging up the bench.
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Give the guy a chance FFS >:(
Is he going to improve a lot then FFS ???
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Give the guy a chance FFS >:(
Don't be silly all the experts on here all know better, not!!
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Give the guy a chance FFS >:(
He had 29 of them last season; not good enough for a club who should be aiming for top 10.
How many other Premier League sides would have him? In all honesty...
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He had 29 of them last season; not good enough for a club who should be aiming for top 10.
How many other Premier League sides would have him? In all honesty...
He was part of a team that finished top 10 and was 8th for most of the season, scored a couple of crucial goals too. I think if we had signed a couple of players before this news there wouldn't be much negativity about this.
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He had 29 of them last season; not good enough for a club who should be aiming for top 10.
How many other Premier League sides would have him? In all honesty...
No he didn't have 29 chances he started five games! And came on as a sub 24 times!!
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No he didn't have 29 chances he started five games! And came on as a sub 24 times!!
Exactly
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There are 2 reasons why we may have done this.Firstly to protect any resale value ( he hasn't got one really but neither did Gardener) or because his name fits a song
Agree with others we needs loads better
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I dont think he's a mid table championship standard player like many on here think.
Think he is probably good enough to start for the top 7 maybe 8 teams in that division.
As a 4th choice in a Premiership side and a squad filler for league cup games it seems fine really. Just hope the club goes out and signs a 2nd choice target man striker now.
Will they actually do that however is another debate and I guess we will only know the answer come the start of September.
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I dont think he's a mid table championship standard player like many on here think.
Think he is probably good enough to start for the top 7 maybe 8 teams in that division.
As a 4th choice in a Premiership side and a squad filler for league cup games it seems fine really. Just hope the club goes out and signs a 2nd choice target man striker now.
Will they actually do that however is another debate and I guess we will only know the answer come the start of September.
Dress it up any way you like it shows any lack of ambition or forward thinking.
It means we will be (maybe) looking for another striker to fill the 3rd/4th striker role.
Jay gets injured and we end up with the same strike force as last year
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For all their faults we've gone from Pete , long , lukaku , fortune to him , how is this progression ?
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Nice to see that we are allowing the like of Leicester , hudds , Watford etc have the pick of Europe whilst we get this and any other Bosmans still left on August 31st
To be fair Wales are still in Europe :P
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Give the guy a chance FFS >:(
Agreed, to many moaners :) we got Kanu ,Robson Kanu just dont think you undersatnd
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Agreed, to many moaners :) we got Kanu ,Robson Kanu just dont think you undersatnd
I understand that he will score no more than 3 goals next season and no other teams in the Premier League would have bought him. That's not moaning its just stating the facts.
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I feel sorry Robson-Kanu who seems to have become the poster boy for everything that is apparently wrong at the club. There is an element of truth here but I think some of the criticism has gone over the top.
First up the Pulis fan club needs to get off the guys back. This is the type of player that Pulis adores hard working disciplined good to have about the place albeit limited. While his arrival last year was a bit last minute when a few other things had gone tits up the decision to give him a 3 year contract (which is madness in my opinion) means that Pulis wants him around and will play him ahead of any youngsters we have on our books. Like Pulis like Robson-Kanu.
Secondly I'm not sure how good anyone thinks a 3rd/4th choice striker at third tier Premier League club is going to be. I've had a quick look and there are players with bigger reputations out there but last year produced fewer goals per minute than Robson-Kanu. Take a bow Benik Afobe and Wilfred Bony the former played in a team that created a lot more chances than us and the latter would have the idiot half of the fan base "buzzing" if we signed him. There are others who are just very obviously average. Although as an aside Chelsea did manage to win the the title with just 2 strikers.
Thirdly he is not a striker but a winger who can fill in as a striker. If I don't like the player this is why, if one of our back up strikers is a winger who can play as a striker that's not a terrible idea but he should at least be a first choice winger, Robson-Kanu isn't.
Overall I'm not going to get excited about the 3rd'/4th striker because the chances are it will be a fairly limited player either an experienced player on their way down or a youngster still a bit raw who may not make the grade even if given the chance. Worse still it could be an expensive cast off whose reputation was cemented on a golden season that is now a rapidly fading memory but is a "good age" and therefore worth a long contract that takes them well into their 30's.
Ultimately how this looks depends where we end up at the end of the window and how Pulis sets up his team next season and specifically how he uses Jay Rod. Although the outcome ranges from ok to poor.
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I feel sorry Robson-Kanu who seems to have become the poster boy for everything that is apparently wrong at the club. There is an element of truth here but I think some of the criticism has gone over the top.
First up the Pulis fan club needs to get off the guys back. This is the type of player that Pulis adores hard working disciplined good to have about the place albeit limited. While his arrival last year was a bit last minute when a few other things had gone tits up the decision to give him a 3 year contract (which is madness in my opinion) means that Pulis wants him around and will play him ahead of any youngsters we have on our books. Like Pulis like Robson-Kanu.
Secondly I'm not sure how good anyone thinks a 3rd/4th choice striker at third tier Premier League club is going to be. I've had a quick look and there are players with bigger reputations out there but last year produced fewer goals per minute than Robson-Kanu. Take a bow Benik Afobe and Wilfred Bony the former played in a team that created a lot more chances than us and the latter would have the idiot half of the fan base "buzzing" if we signed him. There are others who are just very obviously average. Although as an aside Chelsea did manage to win the the title with just 2 strikers.
Thirdly he is not a striker but a winger who can fill in as a striker. If I don't like the player this is why, if one of our back up strikers is a winger who can play as a striker that's not a terrible idea but he should at least be a first choice winger, Robson-Kanu isn't.
Overall I'm not going to get excited about the 3rd'/4th striker because the chances are it will be a fairly limited player either an experienced player on their way down or a youngster still a bit raw who may not make the grade even if given the chance. Worse still it could be an expensive cast off whose reputation was cemented on a golden season that is now a rapidly fading memory but is a "good age" and therefore worth a long contract that takes them well into their 30's.
Ultimately how this looks depends where we end up at the end of the window and how Pulis sets up his team next season and specifically how he uses Jay Rod. Although the outcome ranges from ok to poor.
Thank you for a sensible post Standaman. I agree with your thoughts.
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I understand that he will score no more than 3 goals next season and no other teams in the Premier League would have bought him. That's not moaning its just stating the facts.
No, they are your opinions not facts.
You don't know how many goals Robson Kanu will score next season until the end of next season, you don't know if another Prem club would have made an offer for him as he has now agreed a new contract if he hadn't someone like Huddersfield or Brighton may have come in for him as a 3rd/4th choice attacking option just like he is with us.
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Give the guy a chance FFS >:(
Give the guy a chance sorry but did you not see robson kanu playing for Albion the whole of last season. This isn't a new signing that we are supposed to give a chance to.
This is someone who has played a season and looked terrible and that's being kind. Wouldn't even get in the dingles or the viles team at the bottom end of the championship so why are we rewarding a striker for scoring 3 goals all season . The blokes laughing and were the joke
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As many have said, this is about context at the end of the transfer window. HRK can play up front or on the wing so is a useful squad player IF we have another out and out striker to share the load with Rondon. He's a decent enough player in my opinion to effect a few games a season (he' done so for us and Wales). My money is on Ulloa or similar (aged and quality target man) ending up with us to vie with Rondon for the (very) lone frontman role so HRK will be brought on late in games to try to effect something now and again or will be there for injuries.
He's a bit like Wilson in that I'll reserve judgement until the end of the window. If we sign specialists in their positions who they become back up to then they're decent signings in my opinion. If we don't then it would be disappointing but the realist in me says this is a very Albion window. Safe and steady, just enough to get by.
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I understand that he will score no more than 3 goals next season and no other teams in the Premier League would have bought him. That's not moaning its just stating the facts.
not much game time to state many facts about his footballing credentials. for me hes more useful to us than Rondon
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I feel sorry Robson-Kanu who seems to have become the poster boy for everything that is apparently wrong at the club. There is an element of truth here but I think some of the criticism has gone over the top.
First up the Pulis fan club needs to get off the guys back. This is the type of player that Pulis adores hard working disciplined good to have about the place albeit limited. While his arrival last year was a bit last minute when a few other things had gone tits up the decision to give him a 3 year contract (which is madness in my opinion) means that Pulis wants him around and will play him ahead of any youngsters we have on our books. Like Pulis like Robson-Kanu.
Secondly I'm not sure how good anyone thinks a 3rd/4th choice striker at third tier Premier League club is going to be. I've had a quick look and there are players with bigger reputations out there but last year produced fewer goals per minute than Robson-Kanu. Take a bow Benik Afobe and Wilfred Bony the former played in a team that created a lot more chances than us and the latter would have the idiot half of the fan base "buzzing" if we signed him. There are others who are just very obviously average. Although as an aside Chelsea did manage to win the the title with just 2 strikers.
Thirdly he is not a striker but a winger who can fill in as a striker. If I don't like the player this is why, if one of our back up strikers is a winger who can play as a striker that's not a terrible idea but he should at least be a first choice winger, Robson-Kanu isn't.
Overall I'm not going to get excited about the 3rd'/4th striker because the chances are it will be a fairly limited player either an experienced player on their way down or a youngster still a bit raw who may not make the grade even if given the chance. Worse still it could be an expensive cast off whose reputation was cemented on a golden season that is now a rapidly fading memory but is a "good age" and therefore worth a long contract that takes them well into their 30's.
Ultimately how this looks depends where we end up at the end of the window and how Pulis sets up his team next season and specifically how he uses Jay Rod. Although the outcome ranges from ok to poor.
What football are you watching. Kanu is by no means a winger
Like the majority, Kanu should be nowhere near a team aiming for another top ten finish.
I'd bet 90% of the teams wouldn't take him in any sense.
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What football are you watching. Kanu is by no means a winger
Like the majority, Kanu should be nowhere near a team aiming for another top ten finish.
I'd bet 90% of the teams wouldn't take him in any sense.
I'm merely going by where he has played the bulk of his first team career appearances to date which is as a winger. I almost guarantee that the team that does finish 10th will have some fairly average players in their squad they will only become "bang average" if they are linked with us.
Like I said I think the contract extension is dumb, he's not first choice anything and to get that contract he should be but the final judgement on it should be reserved to the end of August it could be okay but it is never going to be great.
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We have been hoodwinked into thinking the team wants to progress year on year when the actual aim is to stay in the league at all costs.
The Chairman and manager would see 17th place as a success.
Fans are no longer important we know to some extent what we will get.
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not much game time to state many facts about his footballing credentials. for me hes more useful to us than Rondon
:o :o Based on ?
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Think J Rod is our marquee signing this window, don't believe we have any where near 40 million for transfers. Owner is keeping to Ebenezer's plan of running a tight ship, think we will bring in new signing 's but on paper they will be underwhelming. Just hope the kids get brought through.
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Think J Rod is our marquee signing this window, don't believe we have any where near 40 million for transfers. Owner is keeping to Ebenezer's plan of running a tight ship, think we will bring in new signing 's but on paper they will be underwhelming. Just hope the kids get brought through.
That's a shame, he's by no means a 'marquee signing'
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If HRK played for any other club, and he scored past us, we'd be disappointed. We would fancy our chances if he started against us, so lets flip it on its head and look at it another way.
Ridiculous signing in the first place and nothing i have seen has changed my mind, even in the slightest.
Some posters trying to justify him being a 4th choice striker, wouldnt Leko/Roberts be better filling that gap???
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:o :o Based on ?
one went months without scoring and the other didn't get selected ahead of him. :o :o :o
if Rondons poor what does that say about HRK.
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Great goal today. Great control, composure, strength and finish
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Great goal today. Great control, composure, strength and finish
For me our best striker
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What an absolute hero. Great attitude, takes his chances, great strength with his goal today. Fair play lad. Top pro.
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Great goal today. Great control, composure, strength and finish
All of that, and I don't think there was anything malicious about his challenge . I have played it back a few times and think it may be worth appealing against the red card.
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My first reaction was red. Seeing it again I think he's been a bit naughty . His eye's weren't on the man but I think he knew where he was. No complaints for me. Bit silly really as for all his critics he gave the Burnley back line a torrid time when he was on the pitch and did extremely well for the goal
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For me our best striker
and me
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I don't think he's a bad player, certainly a decent squad player in the TP mould!
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I remember not that long ago some people being up in arms about the signings of Robson Kanu and Hegazi, so far this season they've got us 6 points. Just shows that people should have faith in the recruitment team at the club, in fairness i think we've made great signings over the last 2 years with not that many duds at all.
Baring in mind that he cost next to nothing to sign, i think he's a good squad player.
I don't remember that many fans moaning under whelmed yes but ready to give them both a chance
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Definite red for me, doubt we'll bother appealing it.
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My first reaction was red. Seeing it again I think he's been a bit naughty . His eye's weren't on the man but I think he knew where he was. No complaints for me. Bit silly really as for all his critics he gave the Burnley back line a torrid time when he was on the pitch and did extremely well for the goal
I think there's enough for an appeal, but I think it will fail because they won't want to be seen to be accepting raised elbows. What a pillock the Burnley player looks like going down like that. HRK's going to be a useful player for us again, he knows his limitations and drifts about well to compensate.
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I think on the red is the argument is about intent and that's a tough call to make. He didn't look for the player but he had to know roughly where the player was and leading with the arm was likely to hit him.
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I think the FA have the power to reduce the ban so maybe 1 game would be fairier?
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Great goal yesterday that won us the game. If Rondon was in that position I don't think we score, so credit to HRK.
The red card for me is a yellow, he never once looks at the player with any intent to hurt him, if you compare the red to Arnautovic red they are miles apart in terms of the intent.
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We are appealing the decision and rightly so
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Was never a red for me but I'm shocked were appealing, it's the kind of challenge that when a red is given they just don't get rescinded.
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Compared to some of the tackles that have gone unpunished this weekend, it was nothing. No consistency
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Just seen the sending off, with my referee hat on I can't see it being rescinded unfortunately.
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Just seen the sending off, with my referee hat on I can't see it being rescinded unfortunately.
I agree but do wonder what happened to the player who went down like a sack of spuds? Did he actually receive any medical attention on the pitch? As surely such a severe blow should have been at least worthy of a concussion protocol of some sort? (insert tongue in cheek smiley here)
Maybe these sort of crumples are worth a look at as part of the diving protocol?
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Compared to some of the tackles that have gone unpunished this weekend, it was nothing. No consistency
Exactly, compare that to the one from Ibrahimovic on Dawson
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Exactly, compare that to the one from Ibrahimovic on Dawson
Incomparable, Ibrahimovic plays for Man Utd.
But yeah, as has been said, not a red on review but probably won't be rescinded.
Can't work out if Lowton was milking it or he's just a bit of a fanny.
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Ban upheld.
Suspended for the cup game and two league games.
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Ban upheld.
Suspended for the cup game and two league games.
holy smokes, is a red normally a 3-game ban? That was a soft call and should had only been a yellow.
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'Violent conduct' I'm guessing, which carries at least the three games.
Can understand it not being overturned, but it's pretty galling when you see some of the tackles that went unpunished this weekend.
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'Violent conduct' I'm guessing, which carries at least the three games.
Can understand it not being overturned, but it's pretty galling when you see some of the tackles that went unpunished this weekend.
My thoughts exactly. Where is the consistancy ::)
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There is no consistency with referee decisions! Week in week out every season we see mistakes, so when are we going to see some sort of video help for them on bigger decisions? Surely the performance given against the performance expected shows they need this kind of help.
I'm assuming even more so as the money involved is getting to be immense!
Just my little opinion though.
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Now there is a surprise can't overturn little old Albion's appeal can they ::)
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FA have rejected Albion's appeal against Robson-Kanu's red card, which means he misses Accrington Stanley, Stoke, and Brighton #wba
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There was never a hope in hell of that being over-turned anyway.
If there was a video ref what would they have done ? It was a minimum definite yellow bordering on straight red so no point moaning about this one...more red than yellow in my eyes.
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There was never a hope in hell of that being over-turned anyway.
If there was a video ref what would they have done ? It was a minimum definite yellow bordering on straight red so no point moaning about this one...more red than yellow in my eyes.
Considering how short we are of forwards, it was worth a try.
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There was never a hope in hell of that being over-turned anyway.
If there was a video ref what would they have done ? It was a minimum definite yellow bordering on straight red so no point moaning about this one...more red than yellow in my eyes.
How do you work that out!? He tickled him under the chin! I'd hate to think what Lowton would have done if he had had a real smack, he should be ashamed
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how do we make the jump from someone gritting his way to a goal from an overall awful buildup aided by even worse defending to that someone being considered the best striker at the club?
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how do we make the jump from someone gritting his way to a goal from an overall awful buildup aided by even worse defending to that someone being considered the best striker at the club?
Whats that got to do with anything? Surely that's a positive from the striker if he managed to make something out of nothing.
Also I take it the defending was top quality tonight
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Whats that got to do with anything? Surely that's a positive from the striker if he managed to make something out of nothing.
Also I take it the defending was top quality tonight
by no means I'm trying to argue that Rondon is the best striker at the club. As far as I'm concerned the title belongs to Jay based on pre-season and how he looked by all accounts in the home opener (which I didn't get to watch). And yes maybe my gripe with the buildup isn't really relevant here, but I'm baffled HRK has gone from the free transfer we all bashed to now some people calling him the best striker at the club based on most recent memory.
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Rondon is easily a better player than HRK can't believe we're even having this discussion. I like HRK, he's proved a useful sub for us who's scored some crucial goals for us. He's a bit like our version of Solskjaer.
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posters now saying HRK is better than Rondon are the same who was probably moaning when we signed him. I don't think he's a bad player but I wouldn't pin my hopes on him playing 90 mins regularly and getting goals with the service our forwards get.
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Nothing against the lad but he's our third choice striker behind Rodriguez and Rondon
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Hal's attitude is first class and he did well in recent game but it can't change the fact that he is not in the same class with Rondon.
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I like Hal, I like his attitude.
Rondon has the CV but I get the impression he will be out the door at the first opportunity he gets.
Hal did well to take his goal on Saturday, if that had been Rondon he'd have been on the floor the first time the defender looked at him.
Based on CV's Rondon looks the better striker, at the moment on the pitch its HRK for me.
In the next few games Rondon has the chance to wrestle the mantle from Hal, lets see how that goes.
Will he come on and make a genuine effort or will he throw his shirt at the bench again?
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by no means I'm trying to argue that Rondon is the best striker at the club. As far as I'm concerned the title belongs to Jay based on pre-season and how he looked by all accounts in the home opener (which I didn't get to watch). And yes maybe my gripe with the buildup isn't really relevant here, but I'm baffled HRK has gone from the free transfer we all bashed to now some people calling him the best striker at the club based on most recent memory.
Didn't mention Rondon earlier. Was pointing out that a poor defence and poor build up play shouldn't take anything away from a striker
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While Hal might not be the kind of striker who will get you 20 goals, his attitude is spot on. Sometimes you need players who have that kind of attitude because not everyone can be first choice. It's good to know we've got someone who can come in and do a job when he's asked to do it.
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What are people not getting here - those of us saying HRK is our best striker base it on goals to minutes played. I've stated this before, Rondon is a good player, I like him, I want him to do well. But Hals goalscoring record is a goal every 180 mins or so, and Rondon's is every 320 mins or so. This argument started with me pointing out when another poster in the transfer forum stated 'disappointing panic buys like HRK' and I stated, using facts, he's our best striker.
REGARDLESS OF OPINION those are the statistics. You might enjoy watching one more the other, you may think one does something better than the other, but based on PURE STATISTICS, HRK scores goals more often than Rondon, making him OBJECTIVELY our 'best striker'. Not 'the striker that scored more goals in his total career', not 'the striker with more goals for the club', not 'the most entertaining / hard working / most attractive striker'.
AT PRESENT, HRK scores goals more regularly than Rondon. Tell me any other measure by which we can deem who is our 'best striker' that is objective? He's our most effective striker.
Make all the petty digs you like, call us crazy, say we don't know what we're talking about. Statistically HRK is better than Rondon. Who would I put in the team each week? Rondon. Who do I like as a player more? Rondon. Who do I wish had better support and could score more? Rondon.
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What are people not getting here - those of us saying HRK is our best striker base it on goals to minutes played. I've stated this before, Rondon is a good player, I like him, I want him to do well. But Hals goalscoring record is a goal every 180 mins or so, and Rondon's is every 320 mins or so. This argument started with me pointing out when another poster in the transfer forum stated 'disappointing panic buys like HRK' and I stated, using facts, he's our best striker.
REGARDLESS OF OPINION those are the statistics. You might enjoy watching one more the other, you may think one does something better than the other, but based on PURE STATISTICS, HRK scores goals more often than Rondon, making him OBJECTIVELY our 'best striker'. Not 'the striker that scored more goals in his total career', not 'the striker with more goals for the club', not 'the most entertaining / hard working / most attractive striker'.
AT PRESENT, HRK scores goals more regularly than Rondon. Tell me any other measure by which we can deem who is our 'best striker' that is objective? He's our most effective striker.
Make all the petty digs you like, call us crazy, say we don't know what we're talking about. Statistically HRK is better than Rondon. Who would I put in the team each week? Rondon. Who do I like as a player more? Rondon. Who do I wish had better support and could score more? Rondon.
Here's a stat...
HRK 301 career appearances 42 goals.
Rondon 367 career appearances 128 goals.
Rondon has scored more goals in the last 3 and a half seasons than Kanu has scored in his entire career.
PURE OBJECTIVE STATS
:-X
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Didn't mention Rondon earlier. Was pointing out that a poor defence and poor build up play shouldn't take anything away from a striker
you alluded to Rondon when you commented on Accrington's defending last night, which nobody had brought up.
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HRK is undoubtedly in better form at the moment than Rondon. THAT isn't up for discussion really. I'm still rating Jay ahead them both at the moment.
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Here's a stat...
HRK 301 career appearances 42 goals.
Rondon 367 career appearances 128 goals.
Rondon has scored more goals in the last 3 and a half seasons than Kanu has scored in his entire career.
PURE OBJECTIVE STATS
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Jesus Christ.
Yes Rondon has scored more goals over his career. Congrats! You can read Wikipedia. Think Stoke fans claim Berahino is their best striker because she scored 20 goals in one season for us?
Which part of 'OUR' doesn't compute? Over his total career, he's a better striker than Hal yes. He's just not a better striker FOR US. He could have scored 500 goals for other teams but none of that matters. Goals per minutes played he's vastly inferior to Hal. Hal scores more regularly for us, irrefutably. Do I think Hal is the better player, no. But he's better at scoring goals, more regularly, for us, than Rondon. What don't you get?
Anelka scored 155 goals for other teams. Shall we get him back. I mean he scored two for ya but he's obviously a fantastic striker. Markus Rosenberg has 38 goals in 94 games for Malmo, but 0 for us. But obviously if you ignore how they played in our kit, he's great.
A players pedigree means nothing if he doesn't regularly put the ball in the net for US.
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Rondon is an excellent forward, yes his strike rate for us could be better, but he is often totally isolated, no team takes Rondon lightly, he is always a handful
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I don't mind Hal as a squad player , he's worked hard for his chance here and adds something to the current squad.
Not saying he should be a regular starter but I'm happy enough to have him around. Bargain really.
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What are people not getting here - those of us saying HRK is our best striker base it on goals to minutes played. I've stated this before, Rondon is a good player, I like him, I want him to do well. But Hals goalscoring record is a goal every 180 mins or so, and Rondon's is every 320 mins or so. This argument started with me pointing out when another poster in the transfer forum stated 'disappointing panic buys like HRK' and I stated, using facts, he's our best striker.
REGARDLESS OF OPINION those are the statistics. You might enjoy watching one more the other, you may think one does something better than the other, but based on PURE STATISTICS, HRK scores goals more often than Rondon, making him OBJECTIVELY our 'best striker'. Not 'the striker that scored more goals in his total career', not 'the striker with more goals for the club', not 'the most entertaining / hard working / most attractive striker'.
AT PRESENT, HRK scores goals more regularly than Rondon. Tell me any other measure by which we can deem who is our 'best striker' that is objective? He's our most effective striker.
Make all the petty digs you like, call us crazy, say we don't know what we're talking about. Statistically HRK is better than Rondon. Who would I put in the team each week? Rondon. Who do I like as a player more? Rondon. Who do I wish had better support and could score more? Rondon.
So you didn't think HRK was a disappointing panic buy when we signed him?
If Tyler Roberts comes on for the last 5 minutes against Stoke and scores would he be our best striker? In fact, a goal every 5 minutes would surely make him our best ever striker? By your logic, Iheanacho is the best striker in PL history, it's a flawed argument.
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Do I think Hal is the better player, no.
This quote is comedy gold considering the whole discussion was about who is a better player out of HRK and Rondon.
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you alluded to Rondon when you commented on Accrington's defending last night, which nobody had brought up.
Did I? Rodriguez scored as well against them. Anyway enjoy putting words in my mouth
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Great game for wales tonight and a great headed goal. You know my feelings, he should always start ahead of the ineffective rondon
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Well played HRK. Good option to have coming off the bench for sure.
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He may be starting against Brighton if Rondon is crocked
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He may be starting against Brighton if Rondon is crocked
I'd expect Rodriguez to start. Robson Kanu will be first choice off the bench (probably would have been anyway). In fact, if Rondon is injured, he'll be the only choice off the bench (which shows the folly of not getting another striker in during the transfer window).
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I'd expect Rodriguez to start. Robson Kanu will be first choice off the bench (probably would have been anyway). In fact, if Rondon is injured, he'll be the only choice off the bench (which shows the folly of not getting another striker in during the transfer window).
Burke can play central, I wouldn't want to mark him.
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Burke can play central, I wouldn't want to mark him.
indeed he can as can Phillips but both would be last resort options, surely it would have been better to have got an established striker in rather than a relying on wingers who can also play through the middle?
Also according to reports Pulis has told him that he needs to "be patient" and is one for the future so I think it's unlikely that we'll see Burke getting much game time this season (barring injuries).
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2017/09/05/comment-new-decisions-for-west-brom-boss-tony-pulis-to-make/
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Isn't he still banned Saturday?
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Isn't he still banned Saturday?
yes he is, that's a very good point!
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Isn't he still banned Saturday?
Damn, someone remembered!
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Rekeem harper on the radio saying HRK told him that Blackburn rovers would be good for him as they were bigger than Albion....
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Rekeem harper on the radio saying HRK told him that Blackburn rovers would be good for him as they were bigger than Albion....
bigger history maybe, probably meant albion rovers
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He will be ready to put a nail in slavens coffin a week on saturday
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Rekeem harper on the radio saying HRK told him that Blackburn rovers would be good for him as they were bigger than Albion....
I just knew someone would put there own spin on this,what he actually said was that he had sat down with HRK who advised him to go on loan to Blackburn as they were a bigger club than the Albion as they had won the premier league, which Rakeem said he didn't know that and that helped him make his mind up!!
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He didn't know they had won the Premier League? :o
Blimey, I feel old now.
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Rekeem harper on the radio saying HRK told him that Blackburn rovers would be good for him as they were bigger than Albion....
Booo HRK out, Rondon In
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Booo HRK out, Rondon In
booo HRK in Goal shy Rondon out for dissing the shirt and for being goal shy of course
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He didn't know they had won the Premier League? :o
Blimey, I feel old now.
No he's only 17! I don't know how old you are but I'm old enough to be is Granddad!
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had a good game last night, thought wales looked less likely last night when he was subbed
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Great goal bound header in the second half but I thought he was bullied off the ball for most of the game......
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Great goal bound header in the second half but I thought he was bullied off the ball for most of the game......
pretty much, vokes did he touch the ball when he came on.the irish defence pretty much solid
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It was not an easy night for strikers to look good that's for sure. HRK did pretty well with limited space and opportunities.
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was he injured on Monday. who would have thought i would be singing his praises when we heard he was on his way to us.
The bloke is a decent footballer and our best chance of a goal. Rondon with better service would probably be better than some give him credit for. I fell out with him for chucking the shirt but i appreciate most footballers dont give a toss nowadays
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Muscle strain, slight doubt for Saturday too.
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Hope the under-rated Hal is fit for next week. Far more of a handful for the opposition than Rondon and J-Rod . Cannot believe that I have written that, but it is true.
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God if we are relying on kanu for goals we are in the crapper.
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God if we are relying on kanu for goals we are in the crapper.
You said it mate, even if we attack for 90 mins, we don't have a decent goalscorer
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God if we are relying on kanu for goals we are in the crapper.
He ain't no worse than Rondon or Rodriguez, in fact he is a better finisher than Rondon and Rodriguez is being played out of position so I'd have no problem with him starting.
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he was poor today and so was mr strop Rondon. no striker stands a chance with this head coach
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At least he scores regularly here by the looks:
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/Premier+League/West+Brom
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At least he scores regularly here by the looks:
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/Premier+League/West+Brom
if he put the same effort staying on side on the pitch and organising his bit on the side maybe hed also score for us, doubt it though.
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He's just not good enough. We had two championship strikers on the pitch yesterday and we wonder why we can't score goals.
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He's just not good enough. We had two championship strikers on the pitch yesterday and we wonder why we can't score goals.
Very true.
The blame lies with the muppets who sign these type of players.
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Would prefer to see how he goes as a pairing with Rondon before slating him, and see if they can work together. Him and Jrod, and Rondon and Jrod have not worked; the common factor being Jrod who I think may be a decent player but do not believe he is a central striker. certainly not on his own nor it would appear, as a partner to either of our other two.
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Been picking up a bit of overtime. ;D
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051281/Hal-Robson-Kanu-romped-Romanian-webcam-girl.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051281/Hal-Robson-Kanu-romped-Romanian-webcam-girl.html)
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What a pudding.
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What a pudding.
Perhaps he wanted her to join the Christmas Pudding Club. :P
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Easily one of the worst strikers in our PL era.
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Easily one of the worst strikers in our PL era.
Without doubt. Woeful
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He wouldn't be starting for any other club in this league so why does he for us? because he works aaard. ::)
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He wouldn't be starting for any other club in this league so why does he for us? because he works aaard. ::)
He wouldn’t make the bench for any other club
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I can't help thinking HRK is not a striker. He runs around hounding defenders with the ball but apart from a rare glimpse he doesn't seem to position himself like a traditional front man. Just seems like he should be an attacking midfielder and sit behind two up front. He may have more impact if not chasing long balls and trying to make passes from midfield instead.
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I do like HRK but I also hope we buy another striker in Jan.
He always puts 110% in and tries to do the right thing but just not premier league quality.
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HRK missed few good chances yesterday.
As I said before, his attitude is first class but his ability and technique really not up to premier league standard.
He should be used as a sub only.
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Both Robson-Kanu and Rodriguez aint good enough for this league. Needs to be addressed quickly
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Not good enough sadly. The big chances keep falling his way and he hasn't been taking them. Stops us playing a proper winger too
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I think we all know that we need another Striker in Jan, but I think one of HRK’s issues is the amount of aerial duels he loses. It’s around 50%. The bloke is 6ft 1 and although i wouldn’t expect him to win everything, the bloke doesn’t even seem to jump very often.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/35371/Show/Hal-Robson-Kanu
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Can't wait till the topic thread reads. Hal Robson-kanu leaves Albion.
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I think we all know that we need another Striker in Jan, but I think one of HRK’s issues is the amount of aerial duels he loses. It’s around 50%. The bloke is 6ft 1 and although i wouldn’t expect him to win everything, the bloke doesn’t even seem to jump very often.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/35371/Show/Hal-Robson-Kanu
According to that site he was our 2nd best player last night in spite of winning 38% of his aerial duels. Clearly done something right.
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I think we all know that we need another Striker in Jan, but I think one of HRK’s issues is the amount of aerial duels he loses. It’s around 50%. The bloke is 6ft 1 and although i wouldn’t expect him to win everything, the bloke doesn’t even seem to jump very often.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/35371/Show/Hal-Robson-Kanu
Yeah I wasn't sure why we persisted on knocking it up to him in the air, after it was clear he wasn't winning his dual with the Arsenal defenders.
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Hope he played today because we were resting Burke for the premier league game against Brighton. Managed to look poor against a league two side and his penalty was embarrassing.
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Dya think 3M is enough if we pay someone to take him off our hands?
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Utter gash !!!
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There has been some really poor individual performances this season, but his today eclipsed them with ease!
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What worries me is he still hasnt found his level! but he still is allowed to take our penalties?
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Mind blowing how he's playing for a premiership club, just a waste of wages and sums up why we are flirting with relegation, shocking to offer a 3yr contract to such a poor player.
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One of the worse to ever play for us (relative to our position). I have no resentment towards him, just to whoever in our club decided to buy him. Shocking decision.
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One of the worse to ever play for us (relative to our position). I have no resentment towards him, just to whoever in our club decided to buy him. Shocking decision.
This one can 99 percent be laid at the door of Hammond.
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This one can 99 percent be laid at the door of Hammond.
And Pulis for accepting him
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And Pulis for accepting him
Pulis came out within a few days and stated he didn't want him.
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Pulis came out within a few days and stated he didn't want him.
So why did he keep playing him?
Wasn't his word about the team, his own?
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So why did he keep playing him?
Wasn't his word about the team, his own?
Kanu was used as a last resort by Pulis. It's only since Pardew came in he's become a regular fixture in the side.
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Against Exeter in the FA cup it's fine when you're 2-0 up and chances are flowing. But what about next week when chances may be minimal? It's criminal to miss such easy chances and is a big part of why we're currently struggling.
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So why did he keep playing him?
Wasn't his word about the team, his own?
Last year Kanu was the only other backup striker because Saido was MIA.
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I don't, if ever slag off a player in the navy and white stripes, however, in his case I will make an exception.
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Pulis came out within a few days and stated he didn't want him.
Quote attributed to Pulis:
“He wasn’t one of my main targets,†said Pulis. “He was available at the end and we thought he would be a good acquisition.
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Pulis came out within a few days and stated he didn't want him.
Williams went for the cheap option then. Like the old saying goes you get what you pay for!
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Pulis came out within a few days and stated he didn't want him.
But he took him,end of AND agreed his contract extension
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I am struggling to think of a worse performance from a Albion player.
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Quote attributed to Pulis:
“He wasn’t one of my main targets,†said Pulis. “He was available at the end and we thought he would be a good acquisition.
As diplomatic a way of saying 'I didn't want him but he's here now so it's tough sh*t' as you will find.
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Just a thought but what right does one of the stiffs have to take the ball away from the nominated penalty taker?
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As diplomatic a way of saying 'I didn't want him but he's here now so it's tough sh*t' as you will find.
Perhaps, however I would not have had Robson-Kanu anywhere near the first team squad. We then go and offer him a contract extension. :o
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But he took him,end of AND agreed his contract extension
Another point of contention.
Pulis stated on numerous occasions he had nothing to do with decisions or involvement with player contract negotiations.
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As diplomatic a way of saying 'I didn't want him but he's here now so it's tough sh*t' as you will find.
At the time we were woefully short on forwards so it was probably a case of "anyone will do, we just need bodies".
The biggest issue I have is WHY IS PARDEW PICKING HIM?
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Another point of contention.
Pulis stated on numerous occasions he had nothing to do with decisions or involvement with player contract negotiations.
Bottom line is Pulis had total control of the club top to bottom and must have rubber stamped his new contract
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We have a terrible strikeforce in general.
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Against Exeter in the FA cup it's fine when you're 2-0 up and chances are flowing. But what about next week when chances may be minimal? It's criminal to miss such easy chances and is a big part of why we're currently struggling.
Don't forget the awful miss he had against Man City in the Cup early the year that should have gotten us into extra time.
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Btm line is Pulis had total control of the club top to.btm and must have rubber stamped his new contract
You're making it up as you go along. Anyone with any awareness can see several of our signings and contract dealings clearly aren't Pulis players.
Just this summer Gibbs Rodriguez Burke Hegazi they clearly aren't Pulis choices purely by the type of player they are. They're what the club came up with for positions he wanted to fill.
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At the time we were woefully short on forwards so it was probably a case of "anyone will do, we just need bodies".
The biggest issue I have is WHY IS PARDEW PICKING HIM?
Well after that and other mediocre performances - if he continues to pick him, that would say a lot about Pardew?
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We shall see what Pardew does for the next match, and whether he plays him from the off or keeps him until the 92nd minute.
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You're making it up as you go along. Anyone with any awareness can see several of our signings and contract dealings clearly aren't Pulis players.
Just this summer Gibbs Rodriguez Burke Hegazi they clearly aren't Pulis choices purely by the type of player they are. They're what the club came up with for positions he wanted to fill.
Loffin you're pulis blinkered
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Loffin you're pulis blinkered
HRK was signed after the transfer window closed - I very much doubt he was high on Pulis' list of targets if we left it so late.
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You're making it up as you go along. Anyone with any awareness can see several of our signings and contract dealings clearly aren't Pulis players.
Just this summer Gibbs Rodriguez Burke Hegazi they clearly aren't Pulis choices purely by the type of player they are. They're what the club came up with for positions he wanted to fill.
I think Rodriguez was his signing. I remember Tony wanted him last year on loan but that could be faulty memory.
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HRK was signed after the transfer window closed - I very much doubt he was high on Pulis' list of targets if we left it so late.
He still kept playing him, even though we had a few good youngsters coming through.
Pulis was blinkered, and that is why we plummeted.
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He still kept playing him, even though we had a few good youngsters coming through.
Pulis was blinkered, and that is why we plummeted.
So does Pardew? Sometimes you've just got to go with what you've got.
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Under Pulis we were only playing with one striker, so he probably thought HRK would do as a second back up. If we are now playing with 2 or even 3 strikers, he's obviously getting found out.
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Well I can certainly say I got it wrong about HRK. Iv been harping on that he's championship quality at best, today he proved he's not even cut out for league 2.
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He still kept playing him, even though we had a few good youngsters coming through.
Pulis was blinkered, and that is why we plummeted.
Who did you prefer as a striker last year when Rondon was out of form? MccLean? If I recall correctly HRK did not even start a game until the Christmas period last year.
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Who did you prefer as a striker last year when Rondon was out of form? MccLean? If I recall correctly HRK did not even start a game until the Christmas period last year.
Again that was last year.
Your nom de plume suits you well, as you are living in the past.
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What's worse is if we end up losing a very promising kid in Tyler Roberts because we persist in playing people like HRK. Pointless having an academy if none of your head coaches trust players under the age of 23.
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Again that was last year.
Your nom de plume suits you well, as you are living in the past.
He's played a lot more under Pardew than Pulis. Under TP, HRK only played over 45 minutes twice in the league.
For Pardew he's already done it 5 times.
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Pulis brought him through the system to play and bu66ered up any chance of a break through by the academy lads.
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Pulis brought him through the system to play and bu66ered up any chance of a break through by the academy lads.
What academy lads ? Tyler Roberts apart we don't seem to have any strikers coming through and where is the evidence Roberts will make it at this level ?
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You're making it up as you go along. Anyone with any awareness can see several of our signings and contract dealings clearly aren't Pulis players.
Just this summer Gibbs Rodriguez Burke Hegazi they clearly aren't Pulis choices purely by the type of player they are. They're what the club came up with for positions he wanted to fill.
Blimey, the extent to which you regard him as Teflon Tone has no bounds does it? Hammond was quoted as saying the following in 2016: "I had good relationships with all the managers at Reading and never have I bought a player that the manager didn't want, there's no point - from the common-sense perspective, there's no sense to it. The challenge is to bring players to the club that will improve the existing squad and that the manager wants. The quality of the squad here is very very good and improving on that is not easy. There has to be a function that supports it and that's where you have a recruitment process and Tony is part of that. He cannot spend weekends watching games in Germany, Spain, or France or even the UK - it's impossible. The football club purchases the player - that's where the finances come from - but Tony's right at the top of the decision making."
This is what Pulis said about the players you've mentioned:
Gibbs: "We've now got a deal which I think is right for the club and I'm really pleased to add a player of this quality and experience to our group. Kieran's a good age and has made over 200 appearances for Arsenal, represented his country and has Premier League and Champions League experience. To add these qualities to our squad is exactly what we're looking for."
Rodriguez: "I’ve spoken to a lot of people who have worked with him and, apart from those ravenous injuries, everyone will tell you he’s a fantastic character. He works hard and his goal scoring speaks for itself. There’s no question we need more competition up front and he’ll bring that competition."
Hegazi: "It’s a magnificent deal for us as a football club and it gives us the opportunity to see if he can adapt to the Premier League. We have got it all tied in with the club that if we like him we can take him. I don’t want to put too much pressure on the lad. We’ve been looking at him for a long time and we’ve managed to get the deal we wanted."
Burke: "He’s a good player, we monitored him before he went to Leipzig. We thought he was a talanted lad with lots of potential. He’s had a year over there. A year more experience and hopefully he’s gained something. He’s not the finished article but we think he’s got absolutely fantastic potential. We think he’s got lots of good qualities. He’s very quick and good in front of goal, he’s got a good eye for a goal. We’re really looking forward to having him involved and part of the group."
Finally, to keep things vaguely on-topic, here's what Pulis said about Robson-Kanu's contract extension: "Hal’s a great lad, hard-working and an honest pro who fits in well with the group. I’m glad that we have been able to tie him down. He’s been disappointed he’s not been playing. He’s made me aware of that every training session. But he’s been first class and when we win games there’s no one happier than him. He’s been a real stalwart in respect of his experience and character."
You dismissively accuse others of making it up as they go along and not knowing what they're talking about, when actually it's you who twists or denies everything to suit your perpetual pro-Pulis obsession.
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Blimey, the extent to which you regard him as Teflon Tone has no bounds does it? Hammond was quoted as saying the following in 2016: "I had good relationships with all the managers at Reading and never have I bought a player that the manager didn't want, there's no point - from the common-sense perspective, there's no sense to it. The challenge is to bring players to the club that will improve the existing squad and that the manager wants. The quality of the squad here is very very good and improving on that is not easy. There has to be a function that supports it and that's where you have a recruitment process and Tony is part of that. He cannot spend weekends watching games in Germany, Spain, or France or even the UK - it's impossible. The football club purchases the player - that's where the finances come from - but Tony's right at the top of the decision making."
This is what Pulis said about the players you've mentioned:
Gibbs: "We've now got a deal which I think is right for the club and I'm really pleased to add a player of this quality and experience to our group. Kieran's a good age and has made over 200 appearances for Arsenal, represented his country and has Premier League and Champions League experience. To add these qualities to our squad is exactly what we're looking for."
Rodriguez: "I’ve spoken to a lot of people who have worked with him and, apart from those ravenous injuries, everyone will tell you he’s a fantastic character. He works hard and his goal scoring speaks for itself. There’s no question we need more competition up front and he’ll bring that competition."
Hegazi: "It’s a magnificent deal for us as a football club and it gives us the opportunity to see if he can adapt to the Premier League. We have got it all tied in with the club that if we like him we can take him. I don’t want to put too much pressure on the lad. We’ve been looking at him for a long time and we’ve managed to get the deal we wanted."
Burke: "He’s a good player, we monitored him before he went to Leipzig. We thought he was a talanted lad with lots of potential. He’s had a year over there. A year more experience and hopefully he’s gained something. He’s not the finished article but we think he’s got absolutely fantastic potential. We think he’s got lots of good qualities. He’s very quick and good in front of goal, he’s got a good eye for a goal. We’re really looking forward to having him involved and part of the group."
Finally, to keept things vaguely on-topic, here's what Pulis said about Robson-Kanu's contract extension: "Hal’s a great lad, hard-working and an honest pro who fits in well with the group. I’m glad that we have been able to tie him down. He’s been disappointed he’s not been playing. He’s made me aware of that every training session. But he’s been first class and when we win games there’s no one happier than him. He’s been a real stalwart in respect of his experience and character."
You dismissively accuse others of making it up as they go along and not knowing what they're talking about, when actually it's you who twists or denies everything to suit your perpetual pro-Pulis obsession.
Just going off bits I've picked up in the media, and a few in the know people on social media etc. Forget what he SAID he's one of the best at it, he's hardly going to say they're all sh*t and I didn't want them is he?
Never mind though mate, it's all Nasty Tony's fault.
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In a nutshell, we signed HRK on deadline day of the window on free after no-one else came in for him. As far as I can remember no Premier League teams or top championship teams wanted to sign him. Shows what 1 good performance and goal in a major championships can do for your career :)
At least we now have a more appropriate song for him "we've got Kanu, Robson Kanu I just don't think you understand. We got him on a free, he missed a penalty..."
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Just going off bits I've picked up in the media, and a few in the know people on social media etc. Forget what he SAID he's one of the best at it, he's hardly going to say they're all sh*t and I didn't want them is he?
Never mind though mate, it's all Nasty Tony's fault.
Jacko, give it up, you are starting to embarrass yourself now,
you can't say forget what came out of the horses mouth and then reference "bits I've picked up in the media, and a few in the know people on social media etc."
that is really struggling !
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Jacko, give it up, you are starting to embarrass yourself now,
you can't say forget what came out of the horses mouth and then reference "bits I've picked up in the media, and a few in the know people on social media etc."
that is really struggling !
Just saying where I got my info from. If anyone thinks managers or indeed anyone in football speaks honestly in press conferences and interviews, well I don't know what to say.
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Just saying where I got my info from. If anyone thinks managers or indeed anyone in football speaks honestly in press conferences and interviews, well I don't know what to say.
yes be cynical about what the pros give us to consume, but,
don't pillory others for having different opinions to yours, when yours are un-corrobable. ie just opinions the same as those you are dismissing.
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With respect, where's the evidence Robson-Kanu is good enough for this level? May as well give our own academy players a chance, or as stated earlier, what's the point in having it.
The evidence that he isn’t up to Premier league football ? You only have to watch him
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With respect, where's the evidence Robson-Kanu is good enough for this level? May as well give our own academy players a chance, or as stated earlier, what's the point in having it.
He ain't up to this level, not once have I ever thought he is, poor cheap signing based on one goal at the Euros and we were the only mugs to give him a deal.
My point was in response to the post earlier saying Pulis brought him to play and ruined the chances of academy kids, what academy kids ? Berahino and possibly Roberts who still is unknown outside League 1 apart then we have had no-one coming through. Before anyone mentions Nabi, he went to Peterborough and has done nothing, started 8 games and seems some of those were in midfield.
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He's gash end of
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Nowhere near good enough for premier league , not good enough to play every week in a good championship team in my opinion. Therefore we’re playing a bit part championship/ lower championship forward every week as one of our main forwards . Argh!!
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Just going off bits I've picked up in the media, and a few in the know people on social media etc. Forget what he SAID he's one of the best at it, he's hardly going to say they're all sh*t and I didn't want them is he?
Never mind though mate, it's all Nasty Tony's fault.
Let's put it another way then Jacko,all these sub prem class players ushered through the door of B71 all happened under TPs watch and for that he's 100% culpable for them being here
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If think we are all forgetting this squad and indeed the forwards were set up to play the Pulis style , we should all know by now that goals from the forwards were low down on Pulis's agenda.
As long as they could hold the ball , battle away and be good at both defending set pieces and attacking them then they would fit for Pulis. HRK was 2nd choice forward mostly under Pulis to Rondon and in those circumstances he did ok , scoring against Man City , Arsenal and the winner away at Southampton isn't too bad as a reserve.
Of course thats all changed under Pardew , he's trying to get neat , flowing attacks going especially away from home.
I don't agree with Pardew playing HRK out wide but accept he doesn't have many options other than a very raw Burke.
Lets see what happens in this window and if HRK is still involved then get behind him , we need to pull together right now.
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Just saying where I got my info from. If anyone thinks managers or indeed anyone in football speaks honestly in press conferences and interviews, well I don't know what to say.
You will find any way you can to bring a topic back to Pulis, and facts are ignored to support your arguments. You should change your name to TheTrump2000. :D
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You will find any way you can to bring a topic back to Pulis, and facts are ignored to support your arguments. You should change your name to TheTrump2000. :D
Don't think I brought up Pulis on this thread, but hey ho.
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Signing kanu was clearly a desperate act. I don't believe he was a Pulis signing necessarily - I think it was a collective act of desperation. Pulis did nothing to make the guy welcome, certainly in his initial comments when Kanu joined where he effectively said that he wasn't on his list - so that didn't help, but Kanu should never have made it in to the second season with us.
Its a shame, he looks to be an honest player and I think he works hard enough and he does have some imagination at times but often lacks the quality to do the things his head tells him to do. So for me we shouldn't be battering the guy with insults, but it is absolutely fair to say that he should be nowhere near this team.
Looking at how Pardew is settling his starting eleven, I reckon that with a couple of additions we will see Kanu, McLean and Livermore take more of a back seat. I think Pardew is settling on Barry and Krychowiak as his midfielders, and he will need to drop Livermore to make space for the desperately needed attacking midfielder/winger.
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available this weekend per Matt Wilson. Goals galore here we come ...
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available this weekend per Matt Wilson. Goals galore here we come ...
Well he ain't going to do any worse than the useless Rondon is he? Because he ain't exactly banging them in is he?
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Well he ain't going to do any worse than the useless Rondon is he? Because he ain't exactly banging them in is he?
HRK is a better footballer than Rondon. Krychowiak is rubbish. Pardew is a great manager. You might know more about football than others have forgotten, but sometimes your judgement is, how should I put it, questionable ;D
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available this weekend per Matt Wilson. Goals galore here we come ...
Welcome back our saviour........NOT
Pathetic should never have signed league 1 at best
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HRK is a better footballer than Rondon. Krychowiak is rubbish. Pardew is a great manager. You might know more about football than others have forgotten, but sometimes your judgement is, how should I put it, questionable ;D
Two out of three ain't bad! I've never said Pardew is a great manager! Rondon doesn't score enough fact and Krychowiak ain't that good either and I stand by my beliefs neither have proved me wrong.
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Two out of three ain't bad! I've never said Pardew is a great manager! Rondon doesn't score enough fact and Krychowiak ain't that good either and I stand by my beliefs neither have proved me wrong.
Technically true, but you were pretty confident about him having the ability to get us up the table. For example
"If the other bloke had let them play, the way Pardew is letting them play we would be half way up the table now"
Pardew as got the ability and once he sign's a goalscorer he will get us out of the mess the other bloke put us in!!
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blokes not good enough for championship never mind prem, another cracking signing by Hammond the muppet
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Technically true, but you were pretty confident about him having the ability to get us up the table. For example
"If the other bloke had let them play, the way Pardew is letting them play we would be half way up the table now"
Pardew as got the ability and once he sign's a goalscorer he will get us out of the mess the other bloke put us in!!
Well he still ain't got a striker as he!? You must have plenty of time on your hands if your digging up my old posts ;)
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Well he ain't going to do any worse than the useless Rondon is he? Because he ain't exactly banging them in is he?
like the rest of the strikeforce then, at least he puts himself about and tries, if the rest of them put as much effort in we might not be in this mess.
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blokes not good enough for championship never mind prem, another cracking signing by Hammond the muppet
I had never made the Hammond, R-Kanu, Pardew - Reading connection of all 4 before (3 of these I recognised but had not linked Robson Kanu as well) - interesting.
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I had never made the Hammond, R-Kanu, Pardew - Reading connection of all 4 before (3 of these I recognised but had not linked Robson Kanu as well) - interesting.
Not hard to see it's a fall-back position, both Pardew & HRK.
HRK caused by a HC who liked to play a brinkmanship game, & Pardew from a fire first then lets see who's available position by the board.
A bit "alligators & lakes" IMO.
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like the rest of the strikeforce then, at least he puts himself about and tries, if the rest of them put as much effort in we might not be in this mess.
If he put his chances away we wouldn't be in this mess either.
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Has HRK played this season if so he has been invisible Remeber his wonder strike against Southampton and a sending off.
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he was given a free transfer by his previous club fo r a reason!
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HRK on the move?
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-brom-transfers-championship-relegation-14538524
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HRK on the move?
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-brom-transfers-championship-relegation-14538524
With any luck...
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HRK on the move?
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-brom-transfers-championship-relegation-14538524
'HRK is unlikely to entertain Championship football'
:D :D Take a look in the mirror son.
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If there is a Premier League manager that asks their board to sign HRK, they should be sacked on the spot.
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The man has got a hell of an agent
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'HRK is unlikely to entertain Championship football'
:D :D Take a look in the mirror son.
That got me too
Who does he think he is??.....he wasnt good in the championship....he got a lucky move to a Prem side it just happened to be us as he was free
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We got him on a free right?
How long does he have left on his contract?
So if we sell him how much would we get for him do you think?
Whatever,we will actually make money on a failure,happy days.
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We got him on a free right?
How long does he have left on his contract?
So if we sell him how much would we get for him do you think?
Whatever,we will actually make money on a failure,happy days.
His signing on fee would have been quite high though. Available on a free on the back of the form of his life in the Euro's.
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We got him on a free right?
How long does he have left on his contract?
So if we sell him how much would we get for him do you think?
Whatever,we will actually make money on a failure,happy days.
He signed a new 3 years contract with us in last summer.
To be honest I don't mind to let him go for free, as I don't think he can score many goals even in championship.
Of course it would be a great deal for us if any club spend €3m on him. ;D
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We got him on a free right?
How long does he have left on his contract?
So if we sell him how much would we get for him do you think?
Whatever,we will actually make money on a failure,happy days.
You know, I would entirely agree with the sentiment, it would be happy days if it weren’t for the fact that signing sub-standard squad fillers like him is a major contributing factor to us being where we are.
We make money on that individual deal and lose far more by dropping a division.
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The man has got a hell of an agent
There’s always that one player every now and again that gets decent move after decent move without warranting it.
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The man has got a hell of an agent
Remember Andy McDermott having a trial with Juventus?
It didn't last long but fair play to his agent for jacking that one up ;D .
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Would be delighted if we got 2.6 million for him! living off that Cruyff turn in the euros. Was a decent free for us to be fair to him and scored a couple of important goals but he wont be a first teamer next season, would rather promote one of the academy kids to the bench.
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Remember Andy McDermott having a trial with Juventus?
I remember that. Those at Juve must've hospitalised themselves laughing when they saw McDermott trying to play football.
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I've know people make stupid signings off the back of one tournament, I've never known people make a stupid signing off the back of one goal - which is exactly what we did here. Mind you, helped that his mate was technical director.
If this lad gets to play top flight football in Azerbaijan he should crawl across broken glass for it. He's not good enough for the Championship, let alone any higher. His time at Reading confirms that.
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Any good thing about him is his song 😂😂😂😂😂
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Not very good, but credit to him, he never gave up, unlike some.
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Interesting stat: In the Championship he has never scored more than 5 league goals per season :o
As said, he's not brilliant but if we can get some money for him then it would be ideal. I can see him moving abroad as opposed to the Premier League.
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He's rubbish. I said it when we signed him and stick by it, the bloke is around League One standard, it's why he was sat On the bench of a poor Reading team in the season before we signed him.
He scored an absolute worldie for us against Southampton, but he only took the shot on from there because he knew he is slower than erosion and wouldn't get any further past the defender to get closer to goal. Would love to see us sell him even if it left us slightly short on numbers. With the new contract I am assuming he is on somewhere in the region of £30k per week? Ridiculous amount to be paying someone of that...ability.
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Slower than erosion- love that
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He's rubbish. I said it when we signed him and stick by it, the bloke is around League One standard, it's why he was sat On the bench of a poor Reading team in the season before we signed him.
He scored an absolute worldie for us against Southampton, but he only took the shot on from there because he knew he is slower than erosion and wouldn't get any further past the defender to get closer to goal. Would love to see us sell him even if it left us slightly short on numbers. With the new contract I am assuming he is on somewhere in the region of £30k per week? Ridiculous amount to be paying someone of that...ability.
If he is on 30k per week, surely, surely we can find an up and coming young player in the lower leagues for that money?
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If he is on 30k per week, surely, surely we can find an up and coming young player in the lower leagues for that money?
You aren't going to like this but I have heard that he is pulling in £50k a week under his new contract even half of that is an absolute fortune for a player as limited as HRK
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You aren't going to like this but I have heard that he is pulling in £50k a week under his new contract even half of that is an absolute fortune for a player as limited as HRK
I heard that too. Even with a 50% flex down clause it’s still far too much
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You aren't going to like this but I have heard that he is pulling in £50k a week under his new contract even half of that is an absolute fortune for a player as limited as HRK
it’s frightening to think that he was never ever going to be a first choice striker and on the back of poor season for us someone thought it was a good idea to hand him a new deal on 50k a week and then come January we are at our wage limit and can’t shift him out.
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You aren't going to like this but I have heard that he is pulling in £50k a week under his new contract even half of that is an absolute fortune for a player as limited as HRK
I did wonder whether it may be as high as that given the improved contract he signed last summer. Williams, Hammond et al are culpable for so much wrong that there is with our club currently. It almost seems too easy for them that we have just paid them off, I feel like I have a right to see them in stocks in West Bromwich High Street and hurl rotten tomatoes at them for the wrongs that they have done to us all.
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I've know people make stupid signings off the back of one tournament, I've never known people make a stupid signing off the back of one goal - which is exactly what we did here. Mind you, helped that his mate was technical director.
If this lad gets to play top flight football in Azerbaijan he should crawl across broken glass for it. He's not good enough for the Championship, let alone any higher. His time at Reading confirms that.
or a stupid signing off NO goals as in Zuhberbuhler
maybe HRK has dodgy photos of Pulis
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Should never have signed him in the first instance.To have extended his contract by a further three years on improved terms, thus pushing us ever closer to our wage ceiling, was bewilderingly absurd.
Whoever had the final say on said extension should (in my opinion) be under investigation from the club and the football authorities. Something about the whole 'decision making process' stinks to me :-X .
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Should never have signed him in the first instance.To have extended his contract by a further three years on improved terms, thus pushing us ever closer to our wage ceiling, was bewilderingly absurd.
Whoever had the final say on said extension should (in my opinion) be under investigation from the club and the football authorities. Something about the whole 'decision making process' stinks to me :-X .
No idea what you are hinting at ???, who at the club allegedly had prior for that sort of thing "Cough'capped one'cough"
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No idea what you are hinting at ???, who at the club allegedly had prior for that sort of thing "Cough'capped one'cough"
He didn't want him......... genuinely feel Mr Facelikeastartledrathavingitsballsslowlychewedoffbyacat should be asked a few questions though ;) .
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Interesting piece about his interests away from the game in today’s Independent.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/hal-robsonkanu-west-bromwich-albion-championship-interview-blockchain-bitcoin-cambridge-analytica-a8476756.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
I imagine he’s quite bright going by this. Note his comments about team mates playing computer games until gone midnight.
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Maybe he should be a university teacher or something then because he certainly can’t play football
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Interesting piece about his interests away from the game in today’s Independent.
Maybe we should free up his time so he can concentrate on these interests full time.
Joke of a footballer.
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Maybe we should free up his time so he can concentrate on these interests full time.
Joke of a footballer.
I’m not a fan myself as it goes, just think it’s interesting to see that there’s another side to people that we as supporters often view as rather one dimensional characters.
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I have no issue with the lad, he tries, he just isn't very good. My issue comes with those who signed him, who are all long since gone, and those who continue to ensure he remains part of our match day squad.
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I have no issue with the lad, he tries, he just isn't very good. My issue comes with those who signed him, who are all long since gone, and those who continue to ensure he remains part of our match day squad.
He's also not a striker as such, just someone who plays there at a push. Unfortunately, we've been at a push ever since he joined us because we still don't have enough strikers in the squad.
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Interesting piece about his interests away from the game in today’s Independent.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/hal-robsonkanu-west-bromwich-albion-championship-interview-blockchain-bitcoin-cambridge-analytica-a8476756.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
I imagine he’s quite bright going by this. Note his comments about team mates playing computer games until gone midnight.
Works out of an office in Chiswick until 9pm?
No wonder he always looks so bloody knackered.
And there was me thinking it was down to his 'other' extra curricular activities.
Busy boy is Hal.
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Just announced his retirement from International football.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45342667
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Just announced his retirement from International football.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45342667
He must be mad. For him to be anywhere near international football is incredible, for him to snub them at 29 is pathetic.
Unless Giggs told him he wouldn't be getting picked because he's pooh...
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Him retiring from international football is a good start, just need him to retire from playing for us now. ;D
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He must be mad. For him to be anywhere near international football is incredible, for him to snub them at 29 is pathetic.
Unless Giggs told him he wouldn't be getting picked because he's S***e...
Seemed to be a flurry of Welsh players retiring since giggs took over..
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You won’t win anything with fogies,
As we have proven
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Just announced his retirement from International football.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45342667
He's thrown his toys out of the pram because he wasn't selected for the latest Wales squad
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Seemed to be a flurry of Welsh players retiring since giggs took over..
Can you name them ?
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Hrk
Simon church
Paul dummet put himself on international exile (although looks like he's back in squad after telling Giggs on 2 occasions he didn't want to play for him.
James Collins I remember retiring (may have been just before giggs though not sure)
Vaughn also retired fairing recently.
They don't have this biggest pool to select from hence this seems like a flurry
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Hrk
Simon church
Paul dummet put himself on international exile (although looks like he's back in squad after telling Giggs on 2 occasions he didn't want to play for him.
James Collins I remember retiring (may have been just before giggs though not sure)
Vaughn also retired fairing recently.
They don't have this biggest pool to select from hence this seems like a flurry
Vaughan retired straight after Euros before Coleman left. Church retired from football due to injury and as you say Dummett has just come back. It's natural for one or two to drift away before a new campaign begins. Brunt retired this week and Vardy and Cahill effectively retired yesterday.
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https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-middlesbrough-boss-pulis-lines-up-reunion-with-west-brom-attacker/
May be off for a reunion with Pulis . be plenty of fingers crossed on our side I should think
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https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-middlesbrough-boss-pulis-lines-up-reunion-with-west-brom-attacker/
May be off for a reunion with Pulis . be plenty of fingers crossed on our side I should think
Wouldn't leave us much time to get replacements in. I would hope that IF there is any mileage in the story then it means we have lined up at least 1 striker to bring in.
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Or that's why we played Burke as a striker on Tuesday.
That would still leave us short of a striker though we need 1 more if HRK doesn't go, 2 if he goes. Also if that was the thinking it does beg the question why Burke hasn't played through the middle when he's been brought off the bench in league games then?
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That would still leave us short of a striker though we need 1 more if HRK doesn't go, 2 if he goes. Also if that was the thinking it does beg the question why Burke hasn't played through the middle when he's been brought off the bench in league games then?
I'm not saying it's right, I agree that we need more, I'm just not convinced that HRK leaving will trigger anyone coming in. I think Darren will have to work with whatever he has left come Saturday.
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I'm not saying it's right, I agree that we need more, I'm just not convinced that HRK leaving will trigger anyone coming in. I think Darren will have to work with whatever he has left come Saturday.
I think you've misunderstood me I wasn't suggesting you believed it, I was just musing as to why we haven't tried Burke through the middle that's all. QPR would have been the ideal game to try it out after we'd gone 4-1 up.
I fear you may be right with regard to not replacing HRK but it would be very naive to go until at least January with only 2 recognised strikers.
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Matt Wilson from the E and S saying we have rejected the loan bid from Boro. Unless Boro were offering a cash fee in January, not sure why Pulis thought we would strengthen a rival on the cheap.
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Matt Wilson from the E and S saying we have rejected the loan bid from Boro. Unless Boro were offering a cash fee in January, not sure why Pulis thought we would strengthen a rival on the cheap.
strengthen?! ???
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Pulis has tried to take him on loan. Just cough up the money Tone.
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I fear you may be right with regard to not replacing HRK but it would be very naive to go until at least January with only 2 recognised strikers.
I don't regard Robson-Kanu as a recognised striker, but we've had that discussion before! ;D I actually think it would be cataclysmic if we end up with just Rodriguez and Gayle.
Let's hope we've got several deals lined up with the money we'll get if Chadli goes, as our transfer activity seems to be dependent on that.
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Pulis has tried to take him on loan. Just cough up the money Tone.
To be fair any deal would need to at least starts as a loan anyway.
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Not sure Robson-Kanu would want to go to Middlesboro even if a deal is agreed.
He has this business he runs now down south, which judging by his interview all his spare time goes into, his family are in london, i am sure i read he is married to some billionaire heiress so i doubt money is too tight for them.
By the sounds he doesnt need to rely on his football income and Middlesboro is a bit out the way so wouldnt be surprised if he turned down the move, he wasnt ever a regular under Pulis here anyway so i imagine he would go from bench warming with us to bench warming at Middlesboro.
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To be fair any deal would need to at least starts as a loan anyway.
Of course loan to perm :)
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Transfer talk goes in the transfer forum
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Does he need a lift be loads of cars now ready to take him. Not good enough.
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Has a goal every 65 mins so far this season plus 1 assist.
Good return.
Better ratio compared to murphy(forest) wildschut(Bolton), soudani(forest) El Mohamady(villa), pukki(Norwich) mount(derby).
All scored 2 goals.
Only players who have scored 2 and assisted more are allioski(Leeds) & hernandez(Norwich)
Some players on that list have been linked with moves away for 5m+. I know some are midfielders..
What happens if Gayle and Rodriguez gets injured?
Don't understand people who say give him away or they will drive him..do they want us to have 2 strikers on board till Jan ?
Hrk will do as back till Jan
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Big mention to Hal who put in a very good performance (as he usually does to be fair) and got the goal he deserved. I know he gets a lot of stick but at this level he’s good at holding the ball up and not a bad finisher when it comes to it
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Big mention to Hal who put in a very good performance (as he usually does to be fair) and got the goal he deserved. I know he gets a lot of stick but at this level he’s good at holding the ball up and not a bad finisher when it comes to it
No he doesn't he's usually awful. That said he's usually played through the middle.
Playing as a wide forward today suited him much better. Had the best game I've seen him have for us.
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Good performance, deserves a bit more respect than he's had on one of his threads over the last couple of weeks.
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No he doesn't he's usually awful. That said he's usually played through the middle.
Playing as a wide forward today suited him much better. Had the best game I've seen him have for us.
Sorry I’m not someone who’s on board with the hate for Hal. Yes he’s limited but he usually holds the ball up better than our other forwards (which is why he gets brought on more often than not) and took his finish well today. I took great pleasure cheering in the face of the guy who sits behind me who was shouting how s*** he is the entire game when he scored.
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Put a great shift in today that's more like it.
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Excellent performance today
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Very good today. Gayle starts next game for me though.
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Offers much more the jay Rod, the shirt is Kanuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssss
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HRK gets alot of stick on here, much of it deserved, but today he was excellent. He has the physical strength to hold the ball up, and in that sense is more of a target man, if that's the way we are going to play. But he also showed some clever technical touches as well, and his goal was cleanly tucked away into the corner.
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Best game in Albion shirt well done Hal, oh yeah cracking goal.
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No he doesn't he's usually awful. That said he's usually played through the middle.
Playing as a wide forward today suited him much better. Had the best game I've seen him have for us.
I agree 100% but i hope its his last one he plays for us, i cant stand cheating gits especially when they are in our colors.
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Offers much more the jay Rod, the shirt is Kanuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssss
Agreed. He should retain his place as wing forward. Gayle in for Rodriguez if were going to change it. However probably shouldn't be looking to change winning team
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Agreed. He should retain his place as wing forward. Gayle in for Rodriguez if were going to change it. However probably shouldn't be looking to change winning team
Tough choice for next game. HRK amazed me yesterday but JRod was excellent too I thought. Would be very hard to drop him after his display. These are the kind of tough decisions we want the manager to have to make.
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By far his best performance for us, the diving was embarrassing though and I hope if he keeps his place Moore has a word with him.
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Unpopular opinion maybe, but I thought he was relatively ineffective compared to Phillips, Rodriguez and Barnes, until he scored his goal. After his goal he looked far more dangerous which hints there are confidence issues with him.
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Deserves to keep his place for the next game 100%.
Took his chance. I will be the first too admit I was abit bemused as to why he was starting but he was solid.
From the first chance when he cut in and took a shot, I thought he looked up for it, held the ball up well, gave us a get out.
Fair play to him.
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Very good against Leeds and he played well against Ipswich in my opinion. Again deserves to retain shirt for Swansea game.
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Very good against Leeds and he played well against Ipswich in my opinion. Again deserves to retain shirt for Swansea game.
I agree he worked his socks off and caused problems. Sometimes not the best decision-maker but deserves his spot.
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I agree he worked his socks off and caused problems. Sometimes not the best decision-maker but deserves his spot.
I wonder if he could be converted to a midfielder :-\
Johnstone
Dawson Adarabioyo Hegazi Gibbs
Robson-Kanu Livermore Morrison
Phillips Rodriguez/Gayle Barnes
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Have to say that he looks like a different player at the moment. A touch more pace and he would be overtaking JRod in the pecking list, that said if Jay plays as poorly as he did last night, it will be the case anyway
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Have to say that he looks like a different player at the moment. A touch more pace and he would be overtaking JRod in the pecking list, that said if Jay plays as poorly as he did last night, it will be the case anyway
I thought JRod had a very good first half, less good second half. At least they and Gayle now know that there's genuine competition between them for two places....with Barnes currently guaranteed one of the front 3 spots.
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Previously been a critic of HRK especially in the central striking role but in the wing forward he's arguably been the pick of the front 3 when playing. Barnes won't be in the game for large parts but suddenly does something (true match winner) HRK puts a shift in and holds the ball up well and really adds balance to the side (we missed him second half v Brentford and against the vile.
Would reinstate him v sheff Utd for Rodriguez and have Gayle through the middle
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He has played in 22 of 27 league games this season, mostly from the bench, in the highest scoring team in the championship & has scored 3 & provided 1 assist.
As back up forwards go, its not great.
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For someone who's in the team as a target man to hold the ball up, his first touch is poor. Lost count of the number of poorly timed, inaccurate passes.
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Shocker tonight. He’s capable of the odd good bit of football but I’d have much rather seen Sako or Leko start.
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Shocker tonight. He’s capable of the odd good bit of football but I’d have much rather seen Sako or Leko start.
I’d very happily get rid of him, get his wage off the wage bill, and get in a loan striker but I can’t see anyone paying all his wages. Maybe someone like Millwall
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Had 1 good game all season when his contract up so can get rid.
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get fed up of hearing his name when he's got the ball and knowing he'll do nothing with it. we need far better options.
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I’d very happily get rid of him, get his wage off the wage bill, and get in a loan striker but I can’t see anyone paying all his wages. Maybe someone like Millwall
he wouldn't get in Millwalls team😰 try Walsall.
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Could have played the 2nd half with 10 men and left him in the changing room...never seen so many miss completed passes...
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Really not good enough if we are serious about promotion.
Need to strengthen and try and offload his wages.
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It’s all been said on here already. He may work hard but is just not good enough. Some clown representing the Birmingham Post gave him a higher rating than Jay who for me worked his socks off and was involved in both goals!
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Poor player. Due to his mobility and physique he can be useful if there's space but if he needs to beat a man, it's unlikely.
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It’s all been said on here already. He may work hard but is just not good enough. Some clown representing the Birmingham Post gave him a higher rating than Jay who for me worked his socks off and was involved in both goals!
Paul Suart ? seems to have his favourites who always rate higher than others regardless of actual performance
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Thought his all round game was poor tonight. Tried too many dummy and flicks that didn't come off and his touch was poor.
Like others have said he's not the required quality really but whilst we seemingly don't have a pot to p*ss in he'll have to do!
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He's just not been good enough at any aspect of the game. I'm not even sure what his role in the team is, he seems to keep drifting out wide into Gayle's way.
His dribbling ability is beyond poor, numerous times these past two games he's gone straight out of play and his hold up play is next to non-existant. If Sake doesn't offer more than HRK, he's a truly dreadful signing and you wonder what the club were thinking.
Hopefully Phillips will go into the front 3 when he's back, if we're reliant on HRK our creativity will dwindle and we will be out of the question for automatic promotion.
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He's still got 18 months left on his contract :(
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Probably his worst game of the season for us tonight, but I don't think he's as bad as some make out (in this division at least; if we did get promotion I would certainly get rid).
He should have been subbed around 60 minutes, which is not his fault. Instead he was allowed to be ineffective for even longer which prolonged his agony.
I think he is best as a sub to hold the ball up, which he is ok at. Other than that, he has the odd game where he does well and gets a goal, but that is about it. I think we just need another Barnes-type player which would push HRK back to the bench and relieve the pressure off everyone.
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Could have played the 2nd half with 10 men and left him in the changing room...never seen so many miss completed passes...
Our goal keeper takes that accolade tonight, though Kanu was dreadful also
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My view remains entirely consistent. Not a footballer. Would happily see anyone start instead of him
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My view remains entirely consistent. Not a footballer. Would happily see anyone start instead of him
Totally agree. Robson Kanu, completely waste of space. How’s he picking up his wages. Tonight’s performance was shocking & embarrassing.
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Think he needs some out of the team. Sako also needs a run so we can actually make a decision on his worth.
Getting a bang on the head certainly didn't help his performance
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How he is in stripes is beyond me the bloke has no attributes except a fat backside which hits the deck more times than he mis controls the ball and that takes some doing.
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He really is a shocking player. The fact we signed him as a Premier League club is almost unbelievable. I refuse to believe that Leko and Edwards wouldn't add more to this team if they had as much gametime.
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If we have any real ambition HRK needs to be spending more time in his IT business and less time on the pitch.
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Our goal keeper takes that accolade tonight, though Kanu was dreadful also
Give it a rest Jacko
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I am pleased its not just me. Showed a small amount of possession skill last night but contributed nothing else. Comes up with the occasional decent goal and lives off it for 10+ games. When I read the pre match chats and posters go on about playing HRK personally I despair. Last night he belonged in the Bolton team unfortunately...........probably a nice bloke but he brings absolutely nothing to our team.
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hes certainly gone down hill
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I would be looking to put Sako in the 11 in front of HRK for a few weeks now.
Has been a while since we saw HRK put in a good performance.
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It really is getting a bit embarrassing now, he is clearly nowhere near this level, probably never was in all fairness. His goals come round about as regular as Hayley's comet and he couldn't trap a bag of sand.
Hard to think of his highlight of the night, not sure if it was running it out of play as he "broke" from their corner, when he passed to a Bolton defender in their 6 yard box, when we had about 4 up in attack, or when he fell over on the edge of our box and gifted them the ball in a dangerous area.
He has the odd average game, when all 9 planets are perfectly aligned, but last night was more what he's really all about.
Whether it's someone already at the club, Sako, Edwards, Leko, Gladys the tea lady, or someone we bring in, he has to be replaced. >:(
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Hard to think of his highlight of the night, not sure if it was running it out of play as he "broke" from their corner, when he passed to a Bolton defender in their 6 yard box, when we had about 4 up in attack, or when he fell over on the edge of our box and gifted them the ball in a dangerous area.
He has the odd average game, when all 9 planets are perfectly aligned, but last night was more what he's really all about.
Whether it's someone already at the club, Sako, Edwards, Leko, Gladys the tea lady, or someone we bring in, he has to be replaced. >:(
Won the free kick that lead to the first goal - but that's about it ;)
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He's just not up to it is he on a consistent basis? We have to do something to retain the threat we had with Harvey Barnes. If that means moving Matty Phillips further forward and finding another option in the midfield so beit. We cannot rely on Gayle and Rodriguez to get all our goals.
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He's just not up to it is he on a consistent basis? We have to do something to retain the threat we had with Harvey Barnes. If that means moving Matty Phillips further forward and finding another option in the midfield so beit. We cannot rely on Gayle and Rodriguez to get all our goals.
At the very least he should be shoved out wide and Gayle brought into the middle, if DM persists with him, we should line up
JRod Gayle HRK
as the front 3
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Give it a rest Jacko
Can only assume you weren't at the game. Johnstone gave the ball away far more than Hal. Posted for balance, so no I won't 'give it a rest'.
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I've been saying this for ages; he simply is not good enough for this football club. He reminds me of James Quinn a bit, in that he plays wide or as a forward but isn't very good at either.
I will cry tears of joy when we get rid.
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All you can say about him is he tries. Not the quality we really need, but i suppose he is on cheap wages as no other team wants him so we are stuck with him.
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Has anybody got an eBay account?
Asking for a friend ;D .
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Yesterday was one of the single worst performances I've ever seen from a player in an Albion shirt. Okay, I may be exaggerating sightly, but not that much. We simply have to find someone better than him.
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All you can say about him is he tries. Not the quality we really need, but i suppose he is on cheap wages as no other team wants him so we are stuck with him.
Cheap!
don t know how accurate this is but this is what came up searching his new contract.
Hal Robson-Kanu signed a 3 year / £4,680,000 contract with the West Bromwich Albion F.C., including an annual average salary of £1,560,000. In 2018, Robson-Kanu will earn a base salary of £1,560,000, while carrying a cap hit of £1,560,000.
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30k a week for this clown? Our board get worse and worse.
I think that's a bit disrespectful mate. No he's not good enough, unfortunately, but you can't knock his effort he always gives 100%. You can't ask any more than that of any player. He deserves respect for that at least.
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30k a week for this clown? Our board get worse and worse.
this was his contract extension , a reward for scoring 3 bloody goals. just shows what Pulls and Williams were capable of.
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I think that's a bit disrespectful mate. No he's not good enough, unfortunately, but you can't knock his effort he always gives 100%. You can't ask any more than that of any player. He deserves respect for that at least.
Correct. He won the freekick we scored from. After the bang on the head he was all over the shot and should have been subbed he was probably concussed
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True. My ire should have been directed at the board not him. It's not his fault he got offered that contract. He's an honest pro in all fairness just not very good.
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Correct. He won the freekick we scored from. After the bang on the head he was all over the shot and should have been subbed he was probably concussed
That made me smile. Is he concussed every game? :P
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Cheap!
don t know how accurate this is but this is what came up searching his new contract.
Hal Robson-Kanu signed a 3 year / £4,680,000 contract with the West Bromwich Albion F.C., including an annual average salary of £1,560,000. In 2018, Robson-Kanu will earn a base salary of £1,560,000, while carrying a cap hit of £1,560,000.
Those figures don't take his relegation clause into consideration.
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/west-bromwich-albion-f.c/hal-robson-kanu-23106/
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Blokes got no pace no ball control no vision and has one decent game since he's signed for us. Couldn't give a pooh if he gives 100% he's pooh.
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Blokes got no pace no ball control no vision and has one decent game since he's signed for us. Couldn't give a rubbish if he gives 100% he's rubbish.
I agree with this 100%... we would all try hard if we got the chance but sadly that is not what it is about. Not good enough to earn a new contract with Reading yet we take him on as a premier league club? Come on!
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Those figures don't take his relegation clause into consideration.
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/west-bromwich-albion-f.c/hal-robson-kanu-23106/
he's still grossly overpaid 😭😭. he's got no standout skill set whatsoever. when I think of some poor strikers we've had over the years I'd put HRK in the Paul Williams category.
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The Paul Williams and James Quinn comparisons are interesting and, having witnessed both of them first hand, not bad assessments!
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Becoming a pro and earning a high paying contract is a lot like everything else in life, most of the time it's who you know not what you know.
How many names come up and you think "I wander if he's related to xxx" and they always are. It's so and sos nephew, son, cousin etc.
Not actually sure if HRK is related to anyone in the game but wouldn't surprise me. Some players are not pro footballers but were in the right place at the right time.
It genuinely baffles me that HRK was considered surplus to requirements at Reading yet we were happy to take him on. I think he'd be fine in League 1, but no higher.
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HRK or Fabian De Freitas - It's a tough call :)
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HRK or Fabian De Freitas - It's a tough call :)
Not really, I'd choose HRK over De Freitas.
In Hal's defence at least he turns up on time although many seem to wish he wouldn't.
As an aside I'd be in more than early if I were on his wage too, lazy fkr ;) .
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Imagine if he has an interview this month.
"So, Hal, says here your a striker?"
"Yes, sir"
"And you currently play for the top scoring team in all the leagues?"
"Yes, sir"
"Bet you've bagged a few then?"
"Three, sir"
"Oh, guess your the man for the assists then, the one setting them all up?"
"Yes, I have one of those, sir"
"Don't call us, we'll call you"
"I have won a few free kicks!"
"Neeeeeext"
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This HRK stuff has become very boring,can't we cancel this please?
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This HRK stuff has become very boring,can't we cancel this please?
You don't have to read it.
It obviously amuses some!
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This HRK stuff has become very boring,can't we cancel this please?
Not everything has to be serious, forums can be fun. ;D
It is a HRK thread though so if HRK stuff bores you, take tuamigos advice and just give it a swerve.
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You know what I think I will.
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You know what I think I will.
Fair play to you.
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anybody on here gushing
http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/973046643?-11200:789
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anybody on here gushing
http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/973046643?-11200:789
I wouldn't be gushing like his mate is doing but to be fair last two games he has played pretty well.
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I wouldn't be gushing like his mate is doing but to be fair last two games he has played pretty well.
Never looks much like scoring but certainly played well the last two , thought taking him off against Boro cost us our out ball .
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I was a HRK basher, but he has played quite well the past few matches. Credit where credit is due.
His one main problem is he can't hold the ball up. He has skill, he reads the game well and he does have a good shooting technique. But the ball rarely sticks with him. Therefore he loses possession.
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just wish he'd stop trying to win free kicks as often as he does, throws himself to ground far too easy it's embarassing at times.
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just wish he'd stop trying to win free kicks as often as he does, throws himself to ground far too easy it's embarassing at times.
it is but sadly it's all too common in the modern game, we've had Long and Rondon do it too in recent years.
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just wish he'd stop trying to win free kicks as often as he does, throws himself to ground far too easy it's embarassing at times.
Also, the way he always tries to turn with his head down, rarely looks up and plays a telling pass. Played well on Wednesday but he doesn't half make the game look far more difficult than it is.
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I think he has done well in the last few games he has played in, but he isnt the sort of player we should be playing with any regularity.
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Anyone know the extent of HRK’s injury?
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Good news, reports suggesting that West Bromwich Albion player, Hal Robson-Kanu's injury not as bad as first feared...
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Good news, reports suggesting that West Bromwich Albion player, Hal Robson-Kanu's injury not as bad as first feared...
The fact that his injury isn't too bad is indeed good news.
It's also a positive in as much as Darren Moore will have to think his team line up without having HRK either starting or on the bench.
Hopefully we see the return of Gayle in the central striker role.
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Just want to give a shout out to HRK scored a lovely header today he doesn't deserve half of the stick he gets on here and he's the only one of our strikers that offers a bit of physicality upfront he's just a bit inconsistent with his performances.
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We miss him, I would play him either over Gayle or Jrod
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We miss him, I would play him either over Gayle or Jrod
JRod was absolutely fantastic yesterday. The amount of work he put in and his intelligence were top drawer. Sometimes he has quiet games and sometimes he has a poor game like against Forest but fans don't appreciate a lot of what he does. Jay is one of those players who you don't properly appreciate till you don't have him. Not to mention ultra dependable on penalties and he's fired 17 goals this season.
Fair play to Robson-Kanu it was clear he wasn't fit yesterday and could only manage to play 45 minutes but that 45 minutes was enough to win us the game.
Outstanding management by Moore. He knew we were in the proverbial with regards to forwards but he used HRK for a half then took him off and made us sit in and defend the lead second half, even playing Sam Field in an unusual role and Field did his job for the team as well.
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HRK is never going to get many goals and he isn't as good a hold up player as Rondon or if you roll back the years Marc fortune. But he puts a shift in and he offers physicality which we don't have up there.
He was clearly struggling from the off yesterday and was obviously played through the pain barrier. Hasn't got the goals his hard work has warranted so chuffed he got a goal today. Well done son
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Played well yesterday and scored a cracking header while on the pitch, on evidence of last few games there is a footballer in there somewhere and I'd just wish he'd show us more often. Gripe over well done Kanuuuuuuuuuuu
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I could never fault him for effort, commitment and dedication. I also do like him as a person from what I’ve seen of him. He gave so much of himself for the cause yesterday. Thank you Hal!
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Played an important role yesterday when clearly not fully fit.
Well done Hal and thank you for helping us SOTV at their own bog heap 8) .
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I have been a big critic of him, but fair do's he was great yesterday.
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Kanu will be fondly remembered by me after scoring that goal yesterday I'm still glowing :D.
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He's still pooh, but if he scores more like yesterday I won't point it out as often :P
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He's rubbish. Goal was a fluke. He could try that header another hundred times and it not go in. Delighted with the win, and when he does perform he's worth his place wide right in our system as a left footer. Problem is he turns up once in a blue moon.
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https://twitter.com/kierandoody/status/1096798304573239296
Nuff said
COYB SOTV
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He's rubbish. Goal was a fluke. He could try that header another hundred times and it not go in. Delighted with the win, and when he does perform he's worth his place wide right in our system as a left footer. Problem is he turns up once in a blue moon.
Fluke?
He could have dropped his pants and swung his tallywacker at it for all I care.
I didn't notice whether last night's moon was blue but the Vilers were come full time.
Strange that given #theyreallydon'tcareaboutus - much
Hal's header and the Hand of Rod' are right up there as contenders for goal of the season for me ;D .
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Fluke?
He could have dropped his pants and swung his tallywacker at it for all I care.
I didn't notice whether last night's moon was blue but the Vilers were come full time.
Strange that given #theyreallydon'tcareaboutus - much
Hal's header and the Hand of Rod' are right up there as contenders for goal of the season for me ;D .
https://twitter.com/i/status/1097216864176893952
Nothing 'fluke like' about that
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1097216864176893952
Nothing 'fluke like' about that
Great wasn't it 8) ?
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Never been a fan of HRK, however I fail to recall many better headed goals.
Particularly when you discount “bullet†headers.
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Never been a fan of HRK, however I fail to recall many better headed goals.
Particularly when you discount “bullet†headers.
Rondon's against Swansea 2 years back was the best one I've seen - when he got the hat-trick, the way he guided it was incredible. I do agree though, HRK's was an excellent header.
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;D Reminded me of "The King" when he used to glance his headers. Not in "The King" class..but maybe we should get off his back ...as he did score against the Vile
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He was excellent against Villa but I wouldn't be too revisionist on his impact.....he still only scored or assisted 1 in the previous 24 (and none in the previous 12) before that game, which is not really acceptable when you see how prolific Barnes, Gayle, and Rodriguez have all been as part of the front 3.
When he's on it like Saturday or against Leeds he can be a real asset....but unfortunately those games don't come often enough, and through no lack of trying. When Phillips is back i'd hope he'd feature in the front 3 with Gayle and Rodriguez.
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Doesn't score anywhere near enough , sometimes beats himself .....and yet at this level so important to this side especially against physical sides .
I can't help but like him much like Fortune :D
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Doesn't score anywhere near enough , sometimes beats himself .....and yet at this level so important to this side especially against physical sides .
I can't help but like him much like Fortune :D
I was actually pleased to see him coming on at half time. I am worried for myself.
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Yep, make no bones about it this is his level but he's winning me over. We actually miss him and he can supply a physical threat. Cannot believe i've wrote this sentence.
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I was actually pleased to see him coming on at half time. I am worried for myself.
Same here. He does a job, sticks his backside out when being challenged from behind, and makes time for others to get into position to attack. A Marmite player. I like Marmite. ☺ï¸
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Doesn't score anywhere near enough , sometimes beats himself .....and yet at this level so important to this side especially against physical sides .
I can't help but like him much like Fortune :D
He suits this more direct style in a much lower quality league. He's probably an above average player at this level, but he's got no pace no real flair aside from the odd flick or turn no eye for goal and zero vision so fans struggle to take to him. He has got quality but it's very much embedded at Championship level.
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Played very well when he came on and held the ball up well.
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I’m no fan but made a huge difference tonight and well done to Shan for bringing him on. He gave their defence something to worry about.
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offers a lot more than Rodriguez.
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Said it for a while, he holds the ball up better than any other attackers in our team, puts himself about, offers us an aerial option and is generally smart on the ball. Certainly felt more positive when we brought him on tonight
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He's a frustrating player to watch at times, he blows hot or cold and nothing between, though he does seemingly relish playing against more physical teams like tonight and has been holding the ball up well for us. Certainly works much harder for the team than J-Rod does who truly frustrates me more than HRK does at the moment.
I was actually pleased to see him coming on at half time. I am worried for myself.
I was also pleased to see him come on at half time and basically made the same comment as you ;D
It seem's that HRK is beginning to create himself a bit of an odd "cult hero" type thing with us at the moment.
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Reminds me of Joe Mayo in the way he just ignores the groans, gets his head down and does his job.
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offers a lot more than Rodriguez.
Unless you count goal scoring of course. But he makes a difference for sure.
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I have grown into a Robson-Kanu fan. He was a breath of fresh air when he came on last night. He seems to play better when playing with both Rodriguez and Gayle
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I have grown into a Robson-Kanu fan. He was a breath of fresh air when he came on last night. He seems to play better when playing with both Rodriguez and Gayle
The thing with HRK is he is like Rondon. He has a great game 1 every 8 games and the other 7 he is absolutely dire.
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I hate to say it but we look so much better with him in the side
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I have grown into a Robson-Kanu fan. He was a breath of fresh air when he came on last night. He seems to play better when playing with both Rodriguez and Gayle
I was one of his biggest critics but he’s proved me wrong. Will never be a goalscorer but is an underrated targetman, runs his socks off every game and is increasingly a key player for us. We are a lot weaker without him.
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I said to my mate at half time we need Robson-Kanu out there because there is no outlet and no one to hold the ball up. Job done!
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I was one of his biggest critics but he’s proved me wrong. Will never be a goalscorer but is an underrated targetman, runs his socks off every game and is increasingly a key player for us. We are a lot weaker without him.
Disagree. He played well last night and against Leeds at home. Majority of his other performances he has been absolutely dire.
No other team in the championship would give him a contract IMO.
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Disagree. He played well last night and against Leeds at home. Majority of his other performances he has been absolutely dire.
No other team in the championship would give him a contract IMO.
We will have to agree to disagree
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Disagree. He played well last night and against Leeds at home. Majority of his other performances he has been absolutely dire.
No other team in the championship would give him a contract IMO.
I thought he was very good against Boro , when he was subbed we lost our hold up / out ball . Villa away for 45 mins he played well too , I think the9 key is having Gayle or Jrod in the same side or both . On his own I'd agree Hal wouldn't be up to it.
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I thought he was very good against Boro , when he was subbed we lost our hold up / out ball . Villa away for 45 mins he played well too , I think the9 key is having Gayle or Jrod in the same side or both . On his own I'd agree Hal wouldn't be up to it.
Spot on
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He was excellent last night, changed the match for us. He linked well with Gayle and Holgate.
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He was excellent last night, changed the match for us. He linked well with Gayle and Holgate.
I think if Shan is going to persist with 2 up top it be worth playing him in a 2 with Gayle
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He's best used as a sub IMHO, he can put it about a bit if we need to shake it up, as on Friday
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He's still a poor player. He just looks good because he was replacing Morrison, who should have been let go last summer, if not before.
In an ideal world, we'd have Phillips fit, and so would have the balance that we didn't have with Morrison. However if we aren't going to get anything from Murphy / Montero / Leko, etc., it looks like he'll have to do.
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I'm probably going to get shot down for this,but purely based on performances on the pitch this season I would currently have him over Austin and Zamore,and lets get this straight I'm no big fan but purely going on current performances versus the other 2 forwards
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He's such a waste of money. He's ok as a player but I get frustrated by how much he is getting paid for the return he gives. He did alright the other night in the U23's by all accounts😏
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I thought he made a huge impact today, showed more than Austin but there is no credit for him from our fan base because of who he is.
Assist and the keeper with a great save to deny him.
Also he had 2 tap ins but Edwards was greedy.
Give him a start Slav.
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He did very well when he came on today. Always moving and making himself available. Could have scored but was denied by a good save and took the Sawyers pass skilfully in his stride to keep ahead of Barbet and win the foul for our 2nd. We all know he’s no world beater but you can’t usually fault him when he’s used off the bench. Until we sign some goal scoring strikers then he’ll continue to be a very valuable part of the match day 18.
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In my view he is one of many who are benefiting from Slaven’s management. Wouldn’t start with him personally but has made an impact from the bench a few times already.
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He did very well when he came on today. Always moving and making himself available. Could have scored but was denied by a good save and took the Sawyers pass skilfully in his stride to keep ahead of Barbet and win the foul for our 2nd. We all know he’s no world beater but you can’t usually fault him when he’s used off the bench. Until we sign some goal scoring strikers then he’ll continue to be a very valuable part of the match day 18.
I think this is the best take on HRK..
One thing I can’t complain about his heart and desire, he always gives his best but he is a use from the bench with his running once the Centre Halves have tired.
He’s not the greatest but he has his uses.
Let’s not forget his goal VP he deserves respect for that ;D
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When he comes on he’s a nuisance and puts himself aboutand seems to give it 100%. We know (and he probably knows) he’s not a world beater but I think he gets a lot of stick when he’s not done anything wrong. Could we do better, yes. Do we need better especially if promoted, yes. But let’s give the guy a break.
I thought when he came on yesterday he more than contributed and was very unlucky not to score.
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He's the ideal sub to bring on with 15/20 mins left of the game his pressing up top helps in keeping the ball in the oppernants half & makes them rush their pass's. At last he's found his place in the team. 8/10
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When he comes on he’s a nuisance and puts himself aboutand seems to give it 100%. We know (and he probably knows) he’s not a world beater but I think he gets a lot of stick when he’s not done anything wrong. Could we do better, yes. Do we need better especially if promoted, yes. But let’s give the guy a break.
I thought when he came on yesterday he more than contributed and was very unlucky not to score.
Very well put
If I were a striker, winger I’d want him in the team, takes a lot of knocks, puts himself about and never stops..a
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Very well put
If I were a striker, winger I’d want him in the team, takes a lot of knocks, puts himself about and never stops..a
you can see why slav brought him on bit more physical againt that dirty centre back with the foreign name well done kanu what was needed at the time
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The irony is that for all the stick he gets on here and from other Albion fans, his name gets sung more than any other player during games.
Or is it just because it's a catchy tune?
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Agree that he did well when he came on. Looks much more threatening than Zohore right now.
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He'll never be more than a sub for me. Sometimes (like yesterday he has a great impact and plays well but often he goes missing)
I remember against Leeds last season at home he played well and scored a great goal, but too often he's below par. Basically he's a decent 1 in 5 player. That said, I think for his wages he's still an expensive option and right now I'd still put him behind Zohore and Austin.
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Useless when started but always decent as a sub.
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Useless when started but always decent as a sub.
He strengthened your argument tonight.
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He strengthened your argument tonight.
Don’t think any of our 3 strikers have looked particularly good this far, for me he needs to pick one and tell him he will start the next 5, swapping and changing as much as we do is bad for the player, and doesn’t help the midfield.
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Not up to it at higher championship level. Odd to start him v Leeds. Will only get worse as his speed diminishes. Surely Zohore is the future?
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Waste of space and should be nowhere near first team.
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The fault lies with the person who decided to give him a 3 year contract. Who was that anyway? This is his last year at least.
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Can we always please pin this performance in our minds for the next time he comes on against a poor team where we’re in complete control and actually almost looks like a footballer.
I’m certainly hoping Slav has.
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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear that was not good at all last night ???
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if we do not finish in the top 2 this season it will be down to our strike force, HRK & Zohore are bottom half championship strikers at absolute best.
woeful.
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To be honest all three strikers look below what we need.
I'd even consider playing Phillips as our most forward midfielder and bring Krovinovic into the midfield, play without a recognised striker.
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Have not been impressed with our first team striker options and this summer's two transfers both of which smacked of desperation in my opinion, certainly Austin. HRK getting game time yet again tells me that we have problems in this area.
What hasn't been discussed is why Willock isn't getting a look in. Can anyone update me on his situation and how he has performed in I presume the reserves.
And also are there any promising youngsters in the forward position that are close to the first team?
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Have not been impressed with our first team striker options and this summer's two transfers both of which smacked of desperation in my opinion, certainly Austin. HRK getting game time yet again tells me that we have problems in this area.
What hasn't been discussed is why Willock isn't getting a look in. Can anyone update me on his situation and how he has performed in I presume the reserves.
And also are there any promising youngsters in the forward position that are close to the first team?
Haven't seen Willock myself but according to one poster on here who has seen him in the U23's, he's no where near first team yet.
Obviously the fact that Bilic hasn't even put him on the bench would bear this out
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The fault lies with the person who decided to give him a 3 year contract. Who was that anyway? This is his last year at least.
No, there was nothing wrong with signing him in the first place. We had 2 first team strikers on the books and the transfer window had closed. We desperately needed another striker just in case.
What IS wrong is that 2 years later we're still starting with him.
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To be honest all three strikers look below what we need.
I think this is it really. Playing a striker with more mobility and in theory better hold up play than Austin last night was a logical move but we know Robson-Kanu's limitations and Zohore also does not seem to have the right mentality or ruthless streak to be the man either.
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No, there was nothing wrong with signing him in the first place. We had 2 first team strikers on the books and the transfer window had closed. We desperately needed another striker just in case.
What IS wrong is that 2 years later we're still starting with him.
You're getting things mixed up. Originally we signed him on a 2 year deal, with an extra year in our favour. This was in the summer of 2016, which meant that he should have been gone before the start of last season. But then, inexplicably, we gave him a new 3 year contract in the summer of 2017. It's this decision I was questioning.
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All three strikers have looked below what we need (which is in contrast to every other position pretty much) but HRK has been the worst of those three.
Should get zero game time unless one of Zohore and Austin is injured and even then, should only get minutes as a sub.
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No, there was nothing wrong with signing him in the first place. We had 2 first team strikers on the books and the transfer window had closed. We desperately needed another striker just in case.
What IS wrong is that 2 years later we're still starting with him.
I believe he is referring to the fact that, under Pulis, we gave him a new contract.
I dread to think what money he has taken from us over the years. I put him up there with Myhill.
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He's ok at coming on and tumbling over a lot when we just need to consolidate, but he can't start, he's just not good enough. It was embarrassing last night, in the sense that we had this wonderful movement in behind, with Perreira, Diangana, Phillips, Furlong, Sawyers, Ajayi and Ferguson and then him, lumbering up top, trying to twist and turn and ending up on his arris. It was the equivalent of me joining up with Diversity and doing a bit of dad dancing FFS.
We need a striker that fit's the dynamic of the team. Someone young, hungry, enthusiastic and a bit maverick.
I'm really happy with the way we are looking, over the moon in fact, it's pant wetting stuff at times but, in terms of our strike force, January cannot come soon enough.
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Awful player, easily bullied of the ball and does not have the speed or positioning sense to attack defenders. We desperately need a striker in the transfer window or for Austin to find his form.
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I think last nights performance will tell Slaven everything he needs to know.....
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He's ok at coming on and tumbling over a lot when we just need to consolidate, but he can't start, he's just not good enough. It was embarrassing last night, in the sense that we had this wonderful movement in behind, with Perreira, Diangana, Phillips, Furlong, Sawyers, Ajayi and Ferguson and then him, lumbering up top, trying to twist and turn and ending up on his arris. It was the equivalent of me joining up with Diversity and doing a bit of dad dancing FFS.
We need a striker that fit's the dynamic of the team. Someone young, hungry, enthusiastic and a bit maverick.
I'm really happy with the way we are looking, over the moon in fact, it's pant wetting stuff at times but, in terms of our strike force, January cannot come soon enough.
We had all summer to address this problem but somehow didn't manage to. January will be even more difficult for us unless we either spend big or get lucky.
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We had all summer to address this problem but somehow didn't manage to. January will be even more difficult for us unless we either spend big or get lucky.
From memory within this Forum, someone had spoken to HRK on transfer deadline day. I remember reading it at the time and thinking 'yeah right'. However, it was very accurate with four of the five signings, ie; Willock, Periera, Diangana and [I think] Austin. The fifth one was Gayle, who was supposed to have been returning but backed out at the last moment as he wanted a permanent deal.
So you could say that the striker issue was thought to have been resolved but fell apart on TDD.
I know that someone will correct me on this - please feel free.
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From memory within this Forum, someone had spoken to HRK on transfer deadline day. I remember reading it at the time and thinking 'yeah right'. However, it was very accurate with four of the five signings, ie; Willock, Periera, Diangana and [I think] Austin. The fifth one was Gayle, who was supposed to have been returning but backed out at the last moment as he wanted a permanent deal.
So you could say that the striker issue was thought to have been resolved but fell apart on TDD.
I know that someone will correct me on this - please feel free.
That's correct, we were also trying our damdest to get the fella who ended up at West Ham. Would have been a great signing for us....Just a sub at West Ham.
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It was a strange game to give HRK a starting chance in, that's all.
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Doesn't strike me as a massive vote of confidence for Zohore if Robson-Kanu is being picked above you to the lead the line.
A severely limited footballer and one who should not be the main or replacement forward in a side aspiring for promotion.
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You're getting things mixed up. Originally we signed him on a 2 year deal, with an extra year in our favour. This was in the summer of 2016, which meant that he should have been gone before the start of last season. But then, inexplicably, we gave him a new 3 year contract in the summer of 2017. It's this decision I was questioning.
Ah, I see. I didn't realise it was that long ago. :o. I would still say as a 4th\5th striker he's adequate (just) though.
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From memory within this Forum, someone had spoken to HRK on transfer deadline day. I remember reading it at the time and thinking 'yeah right'. However, it was very accurate with four of the five signings, ie; Willock, Periera, Diangana and [I think] Austin. The fifth one was Gayle, who was supposed to have been returning but backed out at the last moment as he wanted a permanent deal.
So you could say that the striker issue was thought to have been resolved but fell apart on TDD.
I know that someone will correct me on this - please feel free.
I think you are right. It was all a bit last minute though and we had no back up plan to Gayle it seemed. Had Gayle signed we'd have been no further forward anyway due to his injury.
Back to HRK what we need to remember was that he is more of a winger than striker so is never going to be that effective regardless of his limited ability. No different to sticking Phillips or Burke up there IMO which again is something that we shouldn't be doing.
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That's correct, we were also trying our damdest to get the fella who ended up at West Ham. Would have been a great signing for us....Just a sub at West Ham.
Ajeti ?
he'll regret joining West Ham in a few years
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His just not a starter, His record is shocking, Look how he panicked last night when we had that counter attack, He just didn't look up, No composure at all. He should always be on the bench.
We won't get top 2 without a 20+ goalscorer, Look at the promoted teams last season. We even had two strikers get 20+ and still didn't get top 2.
All 3 of the strikers need to offer more.
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I still don't get the 'we've got Kanu' song unless you are singing it in jest and I am missing the point.
Makes me cringe every time I hear it......
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one wonder goal at Euro 16 has earnt him a fortune. hadn't even got a club at the time. Pulls masterstroke 😠
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Don’t get the hatred
Always gives 100%, didn’t pick himself and scored against villa 😀
Non of the 3 have looked spectacular, imo Austin the worse of the 3, it doesn’t help being in / out , we need to play one and tell them (whoever it is) that they have the next 5 games
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I still don't get the 'we've got Kanu' song unless you are singing it in jest and I am missing the point.
Makes me cringe every time I hear it......
Couldn’t have put it better myself , in his world he probably thinks he’s a crowd favourite . I would never boo the lad because in my opinion he shouldn’t have been signed in the first place.
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Don’t get the hatred
Always gives 100%, didn’t pick himself and scored against villa 😀
Non of the 3 have looked spectacular, imo Austin the worse of the 3, it doesn’t help being in / out , we need to play one and tell them (whoever it is) that they have the next 5 games
Jaysus! HRK for 5 games, that should see us through to mid table
Like others have said, our strikers are pretty poor.
Dress it up anyway you like they are pants
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Oli Burke is our player. Could get him back in January.
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Slaven started him,due to his improved appearances of the subs bench and in fairness deserved a start,but we all know how the story goes when Kanu does start,just goes to show how little options we have up front,like a previous poster suggested maybe try 6 midfielders instead.
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Slaven started him,due to his improved appearances of the subs bench and in fairness deserved a start,but we all know how the story goes when Kanu does start,just goes to show how little options we have up front,like a previous poster suggested maybe try 6 midfielders instead.
4-6-0 Formation didn't do the great Barcelona team of a few years ago any harm. They played a False 9 but the movement of the central 6 was so phenomenal they used to get in behind the opposition at will. They probably still averaged 3 goals per game!
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4-6-0 Formation didn't do the great Barcelona team of a few years ago any harm. They played a False 9 but the movement of the central 6 was so phenomenal they used to get in behind the opposition at will. They probably still averaged 3 goals per game!
If ever there was an Albion squad that could/should try it....this is the one
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;D Great if used as a sub for the last 15-20mins...He can be "nuisance" value to opposition defences.
Not a starter at all in my opinion. Best used when we are in front and defending the lead.
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;D Great if used as a sub for the last 15-20mins...He can be "nuisance" value to opposition defences.
Not a starter at all in my opinion. Best used when we are in front and defending the lead.
Great????? I agree with the gist of the post to be fair. If you are in front he can help preserve the lead. If on the other hand you need a goal...…………………... ;)
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4-6-0 Formation didn't do the great Barcelona team of a few years ago any harm. They played a False 9 but the movement of the central 6 was so phenomenal they used to get in behind the opposition at will. They probably still averaged 3 goals per game!
I remember Ray Harford thinking along these lines a few years ago when he was with us.
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At the end of the day he just isn't good enough.
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At the end of the day he just isn't good enough.
Agreed. He is low end Championship at best.
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We’ve had him for long enough, under enough managers, to know he isn’t a starter. Fair enough that Bilic gave him a go but I’d like to think that won’t happen again. Sadly Zohore looks far too placid to use his impressive strengths so for me we need to persevere with Austin.
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We’ve had him for long enough, under enough managers, to know he isn’t a starter. Fair enough that Bilic gave him a go but I’d like to think that won’t happen again. Sadly Zohore looks far too placid to use his impressive strengths so for me we need to persevere with Austin.
Maybe we need to look at this from the other angle
He can’t pick himself, Leeds is one of the “biggest†matches of our season
Don’t we need to ask questions of the manager ....he may be “super Slav†but not beyond questioning?
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Maybe we need to look at this from the other angle
He can’t pick himself, Leeds is one of the “biggest†matches of our season
Don’t we need to ask questions of the manager ....he may be “super Slav†but not beyond questioning?
Hard one with Kanu because genuinely the player that comes off the bench for 20 mins is not the same player who starts. He does have qualities when he can be bothered.. same as Zohore by the looks of it. We really need a goalscorer and we will walk this league (without trying to sound arrogant). With the plethora of youth talent have we not got any impressive strikers that could potentially step up to the plate and get the guys on their toes in the meanwhile? ( or they all been nabbed like most our youth prospects?).
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We are currently negotiating a new deal - WTF - REALLY???????
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If this happens, I will be extremely disappointed. We made a horrendous mistake under a regime that had no clue what it was doing as evidenced by decisions to retain the services of Pulis until it was too late and spending an absolute fortune on tripe that ended up getting us relegated, now is the time to sever all ties to that mistake but instead we are rewarding failure and giving him a further year...madness.
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We are currently negotiating a new deal - WTF - REALLY???????
To protect his value and sell him in next summer...hopefully.
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To protect his value and sell him in next summer...hopefully.
Wishful thinking, but sadly no one will buy him.
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There is an upcoming evening with Slav at the Hawthorns with Adrian Chiles. Perfect time to ask him about HRK. I think Hal needs to go at the end of this season personally however a top class coach like Slaven is no mug.
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There is an upcoming evening with Slav at the Hawthorns with Adrian Chiles. Perfect time to ask him about HRK. I think Hal needs to go at the end of this season personally however a top class coach like Slaven is no mug.
How you going to word the question mate ? Listen Slav Kanu is a pile of rubbish do not give him a new contract , what you think about that boss ? ;D
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To protect his value and sell him in next summer...hopefully.
;D ;D What value?.
He's of no use to man nor beast
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To protect his value and sell him in next summer...hopefully.
Reading didn't bother, they knew only a desperate club with a tw@tty manager would want him for a free on deadline day...
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I don't care what anyone says HRK is a better option off the bench than Zohore.
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There is an upcoming evening with Slav at the Hawthorns with Adrian Chiles. Perfect time to ask him about HRK. I think Hal needs to go at the end of this season personally however a top class coach like Slaven is no mug.
Do you really think any half decent manager or even person is going to give you anything of value about a current player / employee?
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Shocking decision still living off his goal from the Euros and should be in L1 where his level actually is
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Isn’t his contract up in the summer?
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We got him on a free let him go on a free. Time to kove on.
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I don't care what anyone says HRK is a better option off the bench than Zohore.
He probably is, just don't ever start him again.
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I don't care what anyone says HRK is a better option off the bench than Zohore.
Shouldn’t we be interested in players that will play in the starting 11 rather then players who very rarely play well for 20 minutes .
Shocking decision from the club
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Shouldn’t we be interested in players that will play in the starting 11 rather then players who very rarely play well for 20 minutes .
Shocking decision from the club
it's a squad game now mate. And it's a shocking decision? so Bilic doesn't know what he's doing then? I know who's opinion i would sooner go with.
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I can imagine a scenario where Slav is faced with having to run with Charlie and his not great injury record, big Ken who hasn’t set the world alight and potentially a disgruntled HRK who knows he is out of contract soon, with this in mind and the potential for possibly getting a little back if they can off load HRK in the summer it makes some sense to give HRK a short term deal at not the highest rate
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I can imagine a scenario where Slav is faced with having to run with Charlie and his not great injury record, big Ken who hasn’t set the world alight and potentially a disgruntled HRK who knows he is out of contract soon, with this in mind and the potential for possibly getting a little back if they can off load HRK in the summer it makes some sense to give HRK a short term deal at not the highest rate
That makes sense to me.I was hoping for a new striker in Jan but this is the Albion.
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That makes sense to me.I was hoping for a new striker in Jan but this is the Albion.
Now I'm worried, i am making sense to Glos !, Oh dear ! what Mrs Albionic keeps telling me might be right after all :o :-X
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It's been confirmed. Utterly ridiculous.
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Our first miss-step for a while...
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This is crazy got him on a free let him go on a free. Not good enough 1 good game last season.
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This means that Austin, Zohore and HRK are now tied up until summer '21 or longer in Zohore's case.
Given that we only play one up top, which is likely to continue (and should), then I'd assume we are unlikely to sign another striker in January.
If we go up then we would surely need to sign a main striker for the prem with the other 3 still likely to be on the books.
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Awful.
Be Barry next. Some odd conversations go on behind the scenes at Albion.
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This means that Austin, Zohore and HRK are now tied up until summer '21 or longer in Zohore's case.
Given that we only play one up top, which is likely to continue (and should), then I'd assume we are unlikely to sign another striker in January.
If we go up then we would surely need to sign a main striker for the prem with the other 3 still likely to be on the books.
Strange isn’t it. None of permutations seem to make any sense. It doesn’t suggest they are hopeful any young forwards will step up soon either.
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Just read elsewhere. I am speechless!
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I don't like to put the lads down but HRK is terrible.
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The embodiment of a Tony Pulis player and the sort I'd hoped we were finally moving away from :(
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I don't like to put the lads down but HRK is terrible.
I know, I don't want to castigate someone but what on earth are we doing.
Was his last goal villa away in the league? I may be wrong but I can't recall a goal this season for sure.
He has scored 9 goals in three and a bit years! And he's 30!
At worst, any contract talks should've been put on n hold until summer and a reevaluation made then.
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Really disappointed with this news. Cannot begin to see the logic in it. He has to be the luckiest man in football. To have earned several million pounds from our club given the quality he has, words fail me .
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Silly to give him an extension - but not the worst decision in the world. If that is the worst transfer decision we make all season then I will take it, but he's clearly not good enough and on good wages too.
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From stuff I've been reading here I was under the opinion it was an option in his contract he has chosen to activate and who can blame him given it's probably good money for 12 more months
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From stuff I've been reading here I was under the opinion it was an option in his contract he has chosen to activate and who can blame him given it's probably good money for 12 more months
It if was his option, you can't blame him. He's setting up an IT business I think.
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It if was his option, you can't blame him. He's setting up an IT business I think.
apparently a very clever chap when it comes to his business interests but an awful footballer.
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He’s nowhere near as bad as people make out
Puts the effort in and if I were defending I would rather play against any of our other forwards than him.
You can’t all praise Slavs every breath, then moan about the player if he extends his contract .
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I totally agree that he is not as bad as I thought, as upon checking his stats, he is actually much worse than I imagined.
He is a forward, playing in a free scoring, championship side who has managed 4 goals & 1 assist in 40 league appearances. He has actually managed as many bookings as goals & as many red cards as assists.
Putting in effort is a minimum requirement for any professional athlete, but is also something of a smokescreen used to cover for his obvious lack of sufficient quality.
I would absolutely love him to prove me and many others wrong & score/assist a load of goals over the remainder of his new contract, however, history tells us this is merely wishful thinking.
It’s an awful decision to re-sign him.
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He’s nowhere near as bad as people make out
Puts the effort in and if I were defending I would rather play against any of our other forwards than him.
You can’t all praise Slavs every breath, then moan about the player if he extends his contract .
But how much say did he have? Smacks of a board decision to save on a transfer fee in January for a position that clearly needs boosting and improved.
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Terrible player who has been converted from a below average winger to a bad striker.
His 9 goals in 99 games are embarrassing for a winger let alone a striker.
Living off the Wales goal and a big mistake giving him an extension.
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Terrible player who has been converted from a below average winger to a bad striker.
His 9 goals in 99 games are embarrassing for a winger let alone a striker.
Living off the Wales goal and a big mistake giving him an extension.
Check his whole career stats. One goal every 10 games at best. Dear oh dear
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Kanuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :P
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Showed again today (and in the last match) the difference between him as a starter and a sub...
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Kan Who?
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Great to him celebrate his new contract !! A nice tap-in for a change; if only he could do more of those fox in the box goals.
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We've got Kanu Robson-Kanu!!
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Showed again today (and in the last match) the difference between him as a starter and a sub...
I agree but not sure why. Makes no sense but is proven time and again.
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Showed again today (and in the last match) the difference between him as a starter and a sub...
Possibly because he has got fresh legs and the opposition are cream crackered.
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Check his whole career stats. One goal every 10 games at best.
Must be an avid UB40 fan.
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Just seems that much more switched on when he's sub. He is a fairly decent player when switched on...he just seems to go into some sub par cruise mode when he starts.
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Pleased for Hal today.
Whether you rate him or, as is more likely, don't ..he takes a lot of rubbish on social media etc for someone who pulls on an Albion shirt.
Important three points, so nice one!
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He was alert enough to score that goal
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But how much say did he have? Smacks of a board decision to save on a transfer fee in January for a position that clearly needs boosting and improved.
The same board that sanctioned sawyers, ajeyi,Austin, pereira ,Diangana,furlong etc etc ?
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The same board that sanctioned sawyers, ajeyi,Austin, pereira ,Diangana,furlong etc etc ?
Superb answer !!
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Was his type of game today scrappy bitty horrible conditions that needed somebody to hold the ball up and be a nuisance.
He deserved his goal be nice if he got a few more. Hes never a starter but serves a use off the bench
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Pleased for Hal today.
Whether you rate him or, as is more likely, don't ..he takes a lot of rubbish on social media etc for someone who pulls on an Albion shirt.
Important three points, so nice one!
He won the three points today, can’t argue with that. SJ played a big role as well. Fair play to both really, we are quick to criticise
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He won the three points today, can’t argue with that. SJ played a big role as well. Fair play to both really, we are quick to criticise
I agree, both played well today.
I have criticised both players in the past.
I am a hard task master, but will give credit where it is due.
SJ may well develop into a good goalkeeper rather than just a shot stopper. This is something which can be helped by coaching, the right training and encouragement.
Awareness is one of the key features of goalkeeping.
Kan-Who? showed his awareness as a forward to score that goal today.
All players should expect the ball from any area to come to them and at whatever speed... That is the sign of awareness.
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Well done Hal.
I eagerly await his next goal..........that should be against Birmingham on Dec 14th ;)
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credit to him for his hold up play when we were winding down the clock too. Loved that bit of skill to win the free kick in front of the away end. Perriera thought it was hilarious.
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Well done Hal.
I eagerly await his next goal..........that should be against Birmingham on Dec 14th ;)
Nail on the head , probably be a good goal too !
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The club has plenty of credit in the bank so I wasn't going to whine about them giving HRK an extension. The plain fact is he is third choice striker in a side that plays a lone striker and without looking I can't name most Championship sides 3rd choice strikers so I suspect most aren't any better than HRK.
I suspect the club won't be signing a striker in January (it is near impossible to land a good one) so across the season we will need HRK and right on cue yesterday he delivered the type of important 20 minutes that will result in promotion and if the price of keeping him happy in that role is a contract extension which does not cost us anything in the short term well so be it.
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If he does that twice more this season, he'll have earned his money
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I for one accept that he blows hot and cold and I’ll love him and not love him at times, but for sure, he always gives his best for the team when he plays.
Yesterday, I loved him, but who knows what my emotions towards him will be on Tuesday. Carpe diem HRK!
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For me he seems to have a decent game when used as a last 20 mins sub,but always has a poor game when he starts,probably extended his contract as if we got promoted might have a resale value to another champ club that's the only reason I can think off
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Great off the bench again. Maybe we should play a false number 9 and bring him on at 55 mins each game.
He changed the tide tonight when stoke were looking ok.
Kanuuuuuuuu
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Yeah, he looks to be thriving in this system. I definitely prefer him as an impact player off the bench.
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Officially the strangest player I've ever known , looks a level below then the next time pops up with something vital . This isn't a one off , its regular .
Still believe its best off the bench though .
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Officially the strangest player I've ever known , looks a level below then the next time pops up with something vital . This isn't a one off , its regular .
Still believe its best off the bench though .
Agree, he has a very high-tempo style with lots of running which I think is less effective from the start.
I'd actually start Zohore on Saturday as I don't think Austin is doing much lately though.
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Agree, he has a very high-tempo style with lots of running which I think is less effective from the start.
I'd actually start Zohore on Saturday as I don't think Austin is doing much lately though.
He actually hasn't got any pace, or change of pace. That's why he will always lose the race for through passes, and his turns on the ball are like in slow motion.
But I know what you mean, he keeps plodding away, and his physical presence helps hold the ball up and brings other more skilful players into the game.
Thought his penalty was well taken and the commentator thought he waited to see which way the keeper was diving, which if true, is something alot of penalty takers can't do. HRK is a decent player at this level, but quickly gets found out against quicker and better defenders.
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Did more in 20 mins than Austin did in 70 mins tonight,start Zohore and bring Kanu on,ive seen enough of Austin his 3rd choice for me,Austin is miles too slow he cant keep up with the pace of the game,half the time he is still in midfield when we have broke forward,the ball dianga put in in the first 5 mins that's a goal with gayle,Austin either cant or is too slow too anticipate where the cross is going
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I thought he was OK at the weekend, didn't do a lot more than chase things down and stretch play for the MF to utilise, never a goal threat though. Not a long term option in my view.
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I thought he was OK at the weekend, didn't do a lot more than chase things down and stretch play for the MF to utilise, never a goal threat though. Not a long term option in my view.
I thought he held the ball up well when he needed to, as well as the things you mention.
I thought he was better than OK though as he put in the kind of performance I wasn't expecting from him as he is usually pretty poor when starting.
We definitely need a goal scorer in Jan though.
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I thought he held the ball up well when he needed to, as well as the things you mention.
I thought he was better than OK though as he put in the kind of performance I wasn't expecting from him as he is usually pretty poor when starting.
We definitely need a goal scorer in Jan though.
Agree it was one of his better performances, the issue is can we afford to have a main striker (whichever of the 3) who is not a goal threat?
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I didn't see it. He ran around a lot and closed down (but then so would I), but his actual holding the ball up was non-existent. He was on the pitch for 90 minutes and attempted 17 passes. In comparison, against Stoke, Austin had 15 passes, 1 key pass and played only 60 minutes and we all considered his performance quite poor.
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I didn't see it. He ran around a lot and closed down (but then so would I), but his actual holding the ball up was non-existent. He was on the pitch for 90 minutes and attempted 17 passes. In comparison, against Stoke, Austin had 15 passes, 1 key pass and played only 60 minutes and we all considered his performance quite poor.
I think you need to consider we were playing an in form Hull side rather then an out of form bottom of league zero confidence Stoke side.
Kanu for me is the number 1 striker...at least until January
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I think you need to consider we were playing an in form Hull side rather then an out of form bottom of league zero confidence Stoke side.
Kanu for me is the number 1 striker...at least until January
You may well be right, but what a scary thought that is!
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You may well be right, but what a scary thought that is!
Haha maybe based on the last few seasons but purely based on his contribution so far this season and the way we play I think it is the right thing to do... we have to sign a new forward in January though but I am sure the 23 other sides are all saying the same and are shopping in a similar market.
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Agree it was one of his better performances, the issue is can we afford to have a main striker (whichever of the 3) who is not a goal threat?
no we can't. We have to get someone in in January. Unless Austin and Zohore start scoring for fun between then and now.
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If he had a yard extra pace he'd be the perfect striker for this team. Honestly can't believe I've just typed that...
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Seems to have clicked for him since the last international break. I'm not even on about his goals, but his overall awareness and build-up play is much better. Perhaps he's focusing on different stuff in training but his decision making is much better and whatever it is, it's working.
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If he had a yard extra pace he'd be the perfect striker for this team. Honestly can't believe I've just typed that...
I thought exactly that tonight, he put himself about well in tight spaces
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Easily deserved of sky's man of the match, never doubted him if you look back
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His performance levels of late as a starter have me very pleasantly suprised. Keep it up!
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His performance levels of late as a starter have me very pleasantly suprised. Keep it up!
I was also not his biggest admirer.
In this case please put more ketchup on, as I eat my words of the past. lol
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I was also not his biggest admirer.
In this case please put more ketchup on, as I eat my words of the past. lol
These are the times i'm happy to be wrong too!
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These are the times i'm happy to be wrong too!
I for one didn't rate him, and judging by SB comments recently he didn't realise how good he was either.
I still think he goes down easily looking for cheap free kicks he rarely gets when he should use his strength more instead, but I hope his current form continues for as long as possible.
Never thought at the start of the season that he'd be our highest scoring striker.
Tbh I would not have surprised if he had scored at all.
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When we signed him, I was despairing.
When we extended his contract I was perplexed.
As of last night consider me converted. HRK has finally found his sweet-spot and is playing like a man possessed. HRK >>>>> Austin >>>>>>>>> Zohore
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I felt exactly the same about Bartley, but he has also turned things around big style and is now a major defensive asset
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I must be the only one who thought we'd have been out of sight by the hour mark had Austin started instead...
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I must be the only one who thought we'd have been out of sight by the hour mark had Austin started instead...
Indeed you are.... :)
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Indeed you are.... :)
Didn't cross my mind at all !
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It looked last night as if he was sweeping across the front line less and using his energy to get at the defenders directly in one channel at a time - whatever side he was on the opposite winger seemed to push forward more. Hard to see on the telly though.
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I must be the only one who thought we'd have been out of sight by the hour mark had Austin started instead...
Only if the wand had been on hand with a steady supply of sumptuous through balls making the most of Charlie's fiendishly 'guised runs. He wasn't. Never mind, maybe next time.
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HRK link-up play and touch is better than Austin, he is smarter in possession and his movement is better which helps Pereira and Diangana. Austin is better at attacking crosses but moves like an oil tanker in reverse and is prone to a dodgy first touch. I'm hoping his last couple of goals will help with his confidence. I still think we need to be looking for a razor sharp and lightning quick striker in January with one eye on next season. We essentially need another Odemwingie from somewhere.
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HRK link-up play and touch is better than Austin, he is smarter in possession and his movement is better which helps Pereira and Diangana. Austin is better at attacking crosses but moves like an oil tanker in reverse and is prone to a dodgy first touch. I'm hoping his last couple of goals will help with his confidence. I still think we need to be looking for a razor sharp and lightning quick striker in January with one eye on next season. We essentially need another Odemwingie from somewhere.
A scout in every car park in Jan then...
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Nice to see that the timing of his runs has improved greatly, with the quality of ball now being played it's a forwards dream.
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Would go as far as saying we don't need another striker until The summer , always rated him. Go do it for Wales now
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For all the criticism 99% of us have given him he's doing the job and his finish yesterday was absolute class and not for the first time.
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Joseph Masi Twitter Account
"Hal Robson-Kanu has also reversed his decision to retire from international football. Striker is enjoying his most prolific ever season and is back available for Wales."
Source: https://expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2020/01/27/west-broms-hal-robson-kanu-makes-himself-available-for-wales/
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Most prolific season ever....... 7 goals to date. :)
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He's rubbish, a half dozen game purple patch doesn't negate the previous 3 years.
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Strange timing, I'm assuming there's some connection with the Cardiff game. I'm not sure if this announcement will make him more or less popular in Wales....the Cardiff fans will be indifferent to it at best I think.
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If you can get hold of the free paper "Metro", he gives an interview in it.
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Also a piece in The Athletic this week written by Steve Madeley.
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Also a piece in The Athletic this week written by Steve Madeley.
Are you able to post it for the non-subscribers?
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Does any player run at full pelt towards the ball, a much as hrk, only to pull up if it looks like a bit of work? both he and Phillips spend all of their time hiding when we're in possession
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Genuinely the worst regularly playing striker we've had in decades, he is atrocious. He'd fit right in with some of 90's players.
There is absolutely nothing about him. Doesn't score goals - doesn't even get chances because his ancticipation is so bad, doesn't assist, doesn't hold the ball up, doesn't link play, doesn't win headers, doesn't even close down effectively. He doesn't even stand in position.
Austin isn't even much good but HRK drags the entire team down with him when he comes on as he offers so little. At least Austin actually stands in the position rather than HRK drifting over to the wing which is pointless as he has no dribbling ability.
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Looked better today I thought.
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Genuinely the worst regularly playing striker we've had in decades, he is atrocious. He'd fit right in with some of 90's players.
There is absolutely nothing about him. Doesn't score goals - doesn't even get chances because his ancticipation is so bad, doesn't assist, doesn't hold the ball up, doesn't link play, doesn't win headers, doesn't even close down effectively. He doesn't even stand in position.
Austin isn't even much good but HRK drags the entire team down with him when he comes on as he offers so little. At least Austin actually stands in the position rather than HRK drifting over to the wing which is pointless as he has no dribbling ability.
Agreed, however why can’t Bilic and his coaching staff see it.
Zohore is very poor however I’d still start him before Kanu.
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Agreed, however why can’t Bilic and his coaching staff see it.
Zohore is very poor however I’d still start him before Kanu.
Zohore is more limited. Kanu is stronger on the ball it might not seem it comparing physique but Kanu is a better player.
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Agreed, however why can’t Bilic and his coaching staff see it.
Zohore is very poor however I’d still start him before Kanu.
I'd put Bartley up there over hrk
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Since the restart robson Kanu is playing like robson Kanu ... that our ole patch has really been and gone
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Genuinely the worst regularly playing striker we've had in decades, he is atrocious. He'd fit right in with some of 90's players.
There is absolutely nothing about him. Doesn't score goals - doesn't even get chances because his ancticipation is so bad, doesn't assist, doesn't hold the ball up, doesn't link play, doesn't win headers, doesn't even close down effectively. He doesn't even stand in position.
Austin isn't even much good but HRK drags the entire team down with him when he comes on as he offers so little. At least Austin actually stands in the position rather than HRK drifting over to the wing which is pointless as he has no dribbling ability.
And Zohore can’t get ahead of him.. we really are struggling.
I agree wholeheartedly with your post. There have been parts of the season where HRK has performed well but it’s a pretty low bar he’s set.
Our striking options are awful for a side second in the leaguel
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And Zohore can’t get ahead of him.. we really are struggling.
I agree wholeheartedly with your post. There have been parts of the season where HRK has performed well but it’s a pretty low bar he’s set.
Our striking options are awful for a side second in the leaguel
On post lockdown performances the fact we are second with those three strikers is miraculous. No threat, anticipation or suggestion of goalscoring instinct between them.
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And Zohore can’t get ahead of him.. we really are struggling.
I agree wholeheartedly with your post. There have been parts of the season where HRK has performed well but it’s a pretty low bar he’s set.
Our striking options are awful for a side second in the leaguel
This and the quoted post from Dan. Spot on. Woeful FOOTBALLER.
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Some of the balls that were wiped across their goal mouth and none of our striker's had the instinct or desire to attack those balls was criminal. Kanu just isn't that good and that's a fact.
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Genuinely the worst regularly playing striker we've had in decades, he is atrocious. He'd fit right in with some of 90's players.
There is absolutely nothing about him. Doesn't score goals - doesn't even get chances because his ancticipation is so bad, doesn't assist, doesn't hold the ball up, doesn't link play, doesn't win headers, doesn't even close down effectively. He doesn't even stand in position.
Austin isn't even much good but HRK drags the entire team down with him when he comes on as he offers so little. At least Austin actually stands in the position rather than HRK drifting over to the wing which is pointless as he has no dribbling ability.
A lot of that isn't true , if it is it makes Bilic a woeful manager.
HRK outed Austin from that role , he's had some good performances and lead the line very well especially away from home. To say he's been poor overall this season I can't agree with , I'd agree post lockdown his form has reverted back to pre Bilic times and he looks way off it .
Suspect he'll start on Friday.
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Some of the balls that were wiped across their goal mouth and none of our striker's had the instinct or desire to attack those balls was criminal. Kanu just isn't that good and that's a fact.
Even if he had good anticipation, he's not built to get to those sort of crosses. He is too heavy, so starts slowly and turns slowly. He is only good at holding the ball up if its played into him, but that's sadly not enough for a No.9.
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The one that went across the goal wasn't really his fault. If you watch it he is involved in the middle, ball goes out wide and makes the run. He would have to be odemewingie speed to get to it.
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A lot of that isn't true , if it is it makes Bilic a woeful manager.
HRK outed Austin from that role , he's had some good performances and lead the line very well especially away from home. To say he's been poor overall this season I can't agree with , I'd agree post lockdown his form has reverted back to pre Bilic times and he looks way off it .
Suspect he'll start on Friday.
The only reason he outed Austin from that role is because Austin is physically not capable of playing full matches.
It says volumes that in his career best season he has 10 goals. His next best is 7. The guy has no business being a championship striker, yet alone for a team aiming for promotion. I literally don't think there's a side in the league who don't have at least one striker better than him.
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The one that went across the goal wasn't really his fault. If you watch it he is involved in the middle, ball goes out wide and makes the run. He would have to be odemewingie speed to get to it.
He's not a striker. He's a bottom half Championship right midfielder. I've no idea why he's even still at the club.
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A small bit of me dies everytime I see him in an Albion top. He is so clearly below the level needed. Look, I thank him for his service, but he needs to be moved on in the Transfer window. We can, and have to, do better.
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The only reason he outed Austin from that role is because Austin is physically not capable of playing full matches.
It says volumes that in his career best season he has 10 goals. His next best is 7. The guy has no business being a championship striker, yet alone for a team aiming for promotion. I literally don't think there's a side in the league who don't have at least one striker better than him.
Again he's done alright , Periera and the rest connected well with him most of season . Overall team wise and goals he's added more than Austin but the brutal truth is neither are good enough and you can add Danish Ken to that too.
Be it Bilic or Dowling it was a major mistake.
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Again he's done alright , Periera and the rest connected well with him most of season . Overall team wise and goals he's added more than Austin but the brutal truth is neither are good enough and you can add Danish Ken to that too.
Be it Bilic or Dowling it was a major mistake.
Can you see us getting rid of all 3 before next season?
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Can you see us getting rid of all 3 before next season?
No , not even if we go up.
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Can you see us getting rid of all 3 before next season?
My fear is that Robson Kanu will still be a prominent member of this side next season
The fact he has been such a regular is a damning indictment on Bilić, Downing and the rest of the recruitment team
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My fear is that Robson Kanu will still be a prominent member of this side next season
The fact he has been such a regular is a damning indictment on Bilić, Downing and the rest of the recruitment team
Fear thee not the future.
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I thought he did well when he came on and was more of a threat then Austin.
I also think he has to start Friday, that’ll mean we keep hold of the ball better up top and free up space for the wide men.
Criticism him all you like but he has performed very well this season.
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I thought he did well when he came on and was more of a threat then Austin.
I also think he has to start Friday, that’ll mean we keep hold of the ball better up top and free up space for the wide men.
Criticism him all you like but he has performed very well this season.
How do you feel about turmeric shots?
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How do you feel about turmeric shots?
Reckon shock therapy might be a better prescription.
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To put into perspective just how poor he and our strikeforce are -bar Cardiff every side in the leagues top scorer has scored more than ours. Which is mind boggling when you think about it.
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I thought he did well when he came on and was more of a threat then Austin.
I also think he has to start Friday, that’ll mean we keep hold of the ball better up top and free up space for the wide men.
Criticism him all you like but he has performed very well this season.
Yeah thats my take on him this season although his form since the restart has dipped badly .
If he can find that form it takes a lot a pressure off the midfielders and gets them up the pitch.
He's played his part in the large number of away wins this season.
Not the answer but not as bad as some make out but then again the three midfielders behind a bigger / holding forward is a Bilic thing.
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To put into perspective just how poor he and our strikeforce are -bar Cardiff every side in the leagues top scorer has scored more than ours. Which is mind boggling when you think about it.
Id guess thats the same for midfielders , been a strange season for our goal scoring.
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Kanu isn’t good enough. However he had a purple patch of a 2-3 months where he did well. Now that he is back to normal we can see that his skill at holding the ball up is missed. Austin tries but it’s not his game. I do wonder if Zohore has really been given a decent chance, but in the end none of them are good enough. We’d have been promoted by now if we’d had a decent striker.
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He's contributed to a side that potentially will be promoted however there can be no doubt our strikeforce is abysmal, it's so obvious to watch. It's miraculous really we could be promoted with such an abject bunch of strikers. HRK and Austin can put a shift in and Zohore has scored a few pens otherwise I have very few compliments to dish out. It seems cliche to say a quality striker would have meant we'd have walked this league but I can't disagree, I'd have settled for half decent compared with what we have.
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I would rather have the lanky fit from brum and that tells you all you need to know about the standard of our strikers
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Contracts usually run till end of June and are then renegotiated.
I seem to recall that the club could not wait till then and offered him an extension to his contract in October which is unbelievable if correct.
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Has a career long record of around one goal in ten games. Do we need to say more??
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Has a career long record of around one goal in ten games. Do we need to say more??
it's 1 in 6 (19 goals for us in 114 games). Still poor though.
Hasn't scored since we beat Preston 9 games ago...maybe he's due one!
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And this is playing in a team that's allegedly free scoring.
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Has a career long record of around one goal in ten games. Do we need to say more??
Ah yes, but he did score THAT goal in the Euro 2016 quarters
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The fact we keep giving him new contracts continues to astound me.
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Was on 36k pw on his last one with a 50% flexdown so can't imagine what his new one will be ???
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The fact he has somehow got to 10 league goals this season (which really isn't an achievement anyway) is a miracle on par with Leicester winning the premier league.
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All this pressure has come from Sawyers
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Man should never wear an albion shirt again and to top it off I turn the football off and the cretin is on question of sport
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Man should never wear an albion shirt again and to top it off I turn the football off and the cretin is on question of sport
and yet Austin was even worse.
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Man should never wear an albion shirt again and to top it off I turn the football off and the cretin is on question of sport
I turned over he is useless on that as well!
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We should be able to get rid when we fail in play offs absolute joke of a player.
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Unbelievable that we've now got three strikers who are below championship level.
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I've only been saying this for what 4 years now? 5? Unbelievable he's still at the club.
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Looks like a competition winner who gets to play on the pitch before a game... except he's stayed on the pitch for 4 f*****g years.
...and we've paid him £40k a week.
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Donkey got an contract extension so will be here for a while yet.
Should concentrate on his career as a footballer rather than his turmeric sideline.
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Everything which has been wrong this season. HRK leading the line after being given a new contract.
Inept all round
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The last shot on target he had for us was against Wigan. In February. He's on a 9 match run without a shot on target, 400 minutes of football.
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The last shot on target he had for us was against Wigan. In February. He's on a 9 match run without a shot on target, 400 minutes of football.
Jesus wept.
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The last shot on target he had for us was against Wigan. In February. He's on a 9 match run without a shot on target, 400 minutes of football.
I'm crying at those stats. And he starts in a match we must win.
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The last shot on target he had for us was against Wigan. In February. He's on a 9 match run without a shot on target, 400 minutes of football.
But there are those who say he's good at holding the ball up. That may help but his primary job is to be sharp enough to weasel out chances, and then hit the target.
He is just not built to do that. I've seen oil tankers turn faster.
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He works hard but should never have been in the position of leading our line.
He was third choice last year and thirs choice when Reading last went up.
He did better than expected in the early months and reverted to form after Christmas.
Not his fault Dowling dropped the ball buying Zohore (and even Austin).
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Incredible that this man leads our line isn’t it.
I nearly fell off my seat the other day when the commentator said this was a career best season with 10 goals.
27 goals in the last SEVEN years.
Yes. SEVEN. YEARS.
An absolute disgrace.
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Incredible that this man leads our line isn’t it.
I nearly fell off my seat the other day when the commentator said this was a career best season with 10 goals.
27 goals in the last SEVEN years.
Yes. SEVEN. YEARS.
An absolute disgrace.
Yet some moron decided he was worth a new contract - madness.
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Club run by a bunch of morons a blind man and his dog would do a better job.
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Robson Kan WHO?
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The last shot on target he had for us was against Wigan. In February. He's on a 9 match run without a shot on target, 400 minutes of football.
Wow that’s appalling!
Even if we were a side stuck at the bottom rather than challenging at the top that stat would take some believing.
I
Would rather see a youngster play there that watch Kanu able around when he’s in this kind if nonexistent form.
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The problem is that he's not supposed to be a striker. I'm not sure who started him there
(might have been Moore). It was an experiment which nobody one has put a stop to, probably due to the lack of other striking alternatives. At Reading he played as a right sided midfielder.
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The problem is that he's not supposed to be a striker. I'm not sure who started him there
(might have been Moore). It was an experiment which nobody one has put a stop to, probably due to the lack of other striking alternatives. At Reading he played as a right sided midfielder.
No he didn't he went from mediocre winger to a terrible striker at Reading.
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No he didn't he went from mediocre winger to a terrible striker at Reading.
You sure about that? I always remembered him playing deepish. When he played for Wales, scoring that long range effort, he was playing midfield.
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The problem is that he's not supposed to be a striker. I'm not sure who started him there
(might have been Moore). It was an experiment which nobody one has put a stop to, probably due to the lack of other striking alternatives. At Reading he played as a right sided midfielder.
He used to come on as sub in the Premier at CF, under Megson and I think under Pulis. I stand to be corrected, my memory ain't that great unless it's the late 70's / early 80's.
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Robson Kan WHO ?
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You sure about that? I always remembered him playing deepish. When he played for Wales, scoring that long range effort, he was playing midfield.
Played up front for Wales when he scored the Cruyff. We signed him off the back of it. Never been a right mid since. He's just ****
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The club have confirmed that he broke his arm on sunday, fair play for playing on. Withdrawn from the wales squad and will have surgery on wednesday.
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Broken arm. A few people called it in the match thread.
Surgery on wednesday, doesn’t say how long he will be out but I’d guess 4-6weeks. As much as we don’t rate him, Bilic does like him as an option so you’d think a striker becomes even more pressing now. As if it was t desperate enough already.
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Would never wish ill on anyone, but if it means Bilic gets to hammer home the point of us needing a striker to the board then it could be a blessing in disguise
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Depends where he has broken his arm. I remember Phil Gilchrist played with strapping years ago, although he eas a bit of a warrior (not saying Hal isn't of course).
I can't see Austin going out now, unless the club decide Owen Windsor can make the step up.
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Depends where he has broken his arm. I remember Phil Gilchrist played with strapping years ago, although he eas a bit of a warrior (not saying Hal isn't of course).
I can't see Austin going out now, unless the club decide Owen Windsor can make the step up.
May as well give Windsor a run ready for next season, as it would appear we have already declared no interest in the premier league.
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Corrr I am a doctor I said on the match thread that was 100% broken and whatever you say about him fair play for the heart for carrying on.
Speedy recovery sir.
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Sadly injury is the only way some of these players will be permanently sidelined with Bilić in charge. Fair play for staying on after it happened, but I can't say I'm sorry he's missing for the next 6 weeks.
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Sadly injury is the only way some of these players will be permanently sidelined with Bilić in charge. Fair play for staying on after it happened, but I can't say I'm sorry he's missing for the next 6 weeks.
Yep, 100%.
Kanu needs shipping out before next season starts, same as Phillips, Zohore, Gibbs, Austin and another year older Grosicky - at least, preferably one or two others as well.
The money we'd save on wages for that lot cannot be underestimated.
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Fair play for him to continue on. We moan about players not showing grit and playing for the club - he's at least done that.
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Fair play for him to continue on. We moan about players not showing grit and playing for the club - he's at least done that.
I'd never ever criticise his effort / commitment / attitude / professionalism. Exemplory.
He just isnt good enough for what we need unfortunately.
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Don't rate him but respect for playing on.
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If he's out 6 or so weeks I wonder how long Lamela is out for after that right hook. Must have broken his jaw...
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HRK Twitter Account
Gutted to have broken my arm in @WBA game on Sunday. Playing on for 20mins was pretty painful, but no way was I leaving the team to play with 10 men! Testament to our togetherness and team spirit to be a success this year! Op on Weds, then over to @TheTurmericCo to recover Raising.
I hope all goes well for you tomorrow Hal, respect!
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Fair play to him, he's a tough cookie, but glad we have to choose a different sub option, on the hour mark, for the next 6 weeks at least.
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Fair play to him, he's a tough cookie,
Pah!
When I broke my wrist at work I continued to push parcels across a track.
That's a real man for ya. ???
I won't mention how I broke my wrist though. :D
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HRK Twitter Account
Gutted to have broken my arm in @WBA game on Sunday. Playing on for 20mins was pretty painful, but no way was I leaving the team to play with 10 men! Testament to our togetherness and team spirit to be a success this year! Op on Weds, then over to @TheTurmericCo to recover Raising.
I hope all goes well for you tomorrow Hal, respect!
A Baggie mate of mine told me HRK has a successful business outside football and now I know which one it is, The Tumeric Company!
Wish his smoothy shots would give him some sharper goal prowess instead of just reducing his inflammation!
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Pah!
I won't mention how I broke my wrist though. :D
Good god...
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Fair play to him, he's a tough cookie, but glad we have to choose a different sub option, on the hour mark, for the next 6 weeks at least.
Unless he goes in goal :o
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I'd never ever criticise his effort / commitment / attitude / professionalism. Exemplory.
He just isnt good enough for what we need unfortunately.
Agree with this. And him being injured doesn’t help us when we have an immobile Austin and Zohore. This is not good news I’m afraid.
I’d go Zohore over Austin and probably try Phillips ahead of them both when Robinson needs a break. Not a great situation.
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Joseph Masi Twitter Account
Hal Robson-Kanu has had a successful operation on his broken arm. Albion hope it will only keep him sidelined for a few weeks but it is still a too say
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Joseph Masi Twitter Account
Hal Robson-Kanu has had a successful operation on his broken arm. Albion hope it will only keep him sidelined for a few weeks but it is still a too say
But for our striker issues, I doubt many of us would use the word 'hope'.
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But for our striker issues, I doubt many of us would use the word 'hope'.
So you would hope it was permanent!!
I despair at some of our so called supporters. HR-K may not be to your taste at this time. But some respect would not be amiss!!
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So you would hope it was permanent!!
I despair at some of our so called supporters. HR-K may not be to your taste at this time. But some respect would not be amiss!!
Personally, I didn’t respond directly to the comment as I considered it contemptuous, but good on you
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At least he always works hard and tries his best
Get well soon HRK
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So you would hope it was permanent!!
I despair at some of our so called supporters. HR-K may not be to your taste at this time. But some respect would not be amiss!!
I took it to mean hopefully by the time he's fit we will have made the 2 additions required that will determine that he never starts another game for the club again.
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I took it to mean hopefully by the time he's fit we will have made the 2 additions required that will determine that he never starts another game for the club again.
That’s a valid personal assessment, but what was posted was open to conjecture, wouldn’t you agree?
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I took it to mean hopefully by the time he's fit we will have made the 2 additions required that will determine that he never starts another game for the club again.
That's exactly what I meant Jacko. We need urgent replacement(s) as we can't go into the rest of the Premiership season relying on HRK.
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That's exactly what I meant Jacko. We need urgent replacement(s) as we can't go into the rest of the Premiership season relying on HRK.
I don't think we'll see him for months rather than weeks as the club hope , I broke my arm nearly the same place as Hal and the same type of break. Agony for a fair while although granted he'll have the medics at the club to recover while I had the sofa and TV .
Could really do with 2 forwards now.
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Not a natural goalscorer by any stretch, but some of his goals last year were right up there, over achieved by some.
Hope he recovers well.
I agree 2 strikers would be nice now.
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All of the best Hal, get some of that turmeric down your neck lad.
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I am of course sympathetic to the fact his arm is broken but, as others have said, if this is the catalyst that forces the club to replace him then small blessings etc.
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Deep joy, HRK returns to training.
I wonder who makes way for him Grant or Robinson?
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Deep joy, HRK returns to training.
I wonder who makes way for him Grant or Robinson?
One or the other, every game as soon as the clock strikes 60.
Terrible news. As if seeing Phillips warm up wasn't bad enough.
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well thats Ole Solskaers week thrown into turmoil, he won't get a wink tonight now !
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One or the other, every game as soon as the clock strikes 60.
Terrible news. As if seeing Phillips warm up wasn't bad enough.
Terrible news that one of our players who as always conducted himself in the right way always given his best and always tried as recovered from a bad injury.
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He could take the place of Phillips on the bench which i guess is a very very very minor silver lining.
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He could take the place of Phillips on the bench which i guess is a very very very minor silver lining.
Wishful thinking!Since Bilic has opted to use Philips, he’s not just been making up the bench numbers so I’d be surprised if HRK replaces him.
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Knowing Bilic he will have them both on at the same time.
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Knowing Bilic he will have them both on at the same time.
bloody hell, just shoot me now. :(
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Gutted. Unfair (perhaps), but I'm gutted he's back.
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Terrible news that one of our players who as always conducted himself in the right way always given his best and always tried as recovered from a bad injury.
I'm not complaining about his recovery, it's his availability that concerns me!. And it was a broken arm for god's sake, hardly life threatening, lighten up.
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I'm not complaining about his recovery, it's his availability that concerns me!. And it was a broken arm for god's sake, hardly life threatening, lighten up.
I didn't say it was life threatening. And i don't feel like lightening up. No need for your comments on Hal or to me.
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I didn't say it was life threatening. And i don't feel like lightening up. No need for your comments on Hal or to me.
Its a forum, you responded to mine, I responded to yours, that's pretty much how it works.
I'm sure "Hal" will lose no sleep over my comment. :D
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Its a forum, you responded to mine, I responded to yours, that's pretty much how it works.
I'm sure "Hal" will lose no sleep over my comment. :D
Neither will i mate.
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Neither will i mate.
Glad to hear that, have a good one. ;)
COYB
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Terrible news that one of our players who as always conducted himself in the right way always given his best and always tried as recovered from a bad injury.
The straight red card during his 14 minute cameo on the last game of the 18/19 season away at Derby was utterly disgraceful conduct of HRK, albion59. Who knows what may have happened in the play-off semi final against the Vile if we’d had the option of bringing HRK on.
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The straight red card during his 14 minute cameo on the last game of the 18/19 season away at Derby was utterly disgraceful conduct of HRK, albion59. Who knows what may have happened in the play-off semi final against the Vile if we’d had the option of bringing HRK on.
The issue was the Gayle red card. To a man everyone I spoke to was delighted HRK was unavailable. Bit similar to this broken arm in that respect.
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The issue was the Gayle red card. To a man everyone I spoke to was delighted HRK was unavailable. Bit similar to this broken arm in that respect.
I’m certainly not a big fan of HRK, but he was a handful against the Vile in our 0-2 win at Villa Park midway through the season. At the time of the sending off I was more vexed about the thoughtlessness of his action. I do however, distinctly remember being at the Hawthorns during the playoff semi final second leg and thinking he may have been more useful than Brunty, Harper and Leko.
But yeah I agree with what you’re saying Jacko. When Dwight got his marching orders, the hill became a mountain. Still, my original post was more about St. HRK not being so righteous 😆
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The issue was the Gayle red card. To a man everyone I spoke to was delighted HRK was unavailable. Bit similar to this broken arm in that respect.
Gayle's dismissal was undoubtedly a major issue. HRK's actions were less so in my honest opinion. However, like Gayle we'll never know whether he would have made the final difference.
I would suggest Chris Brunt's actions in the second leg probably had a greater impact on our chances of success than HRK's absence in particular. I imagine you feel the same.
By no means am I HRK's greatest supporter but I haven't met anyone who was delighted he was unavailable for the play offs. Angered by his unprofessionalism yes, but certainly not delighted.
I have however spoken to a number of people who'd have been happy to have (figuratively) throttled Chris Brunt for his actions had they bumped into him outside the Hawthorns that night.
This probably doesn't matter either way though as both of our accounts are as circumstantial as they are anecdotal ;D ;) .
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The straight red card during his 14 minute cameo on the last game of the 18/19 season away at Derby was utterly disgraceful conduct of HRK, albion59. Who knows what may have happened in the play-off semi final against the Vile if we’d had the option of bringing HRK on.
I always maintained that he should never have played for us again after that.
We were already short on numbers and because of him we had to watch Leko faffing around like a fish out of water against Mings.
We also were not helped by the ridiculous decision to send Gayle off and the ineptitude of Chris Brunt.
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I always maintained that he should never have played for us again after that.
We were already short on numbers and because of him we had to watch Leko faffing around like a fish out of water against Mings.
We also were not helped by the ridiculous decision to send Gayle off and the ineptitude of Chris Brunt.
We would struggle to put 11 out if we didn’t let those that made mistakes play again .
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Championship at best. Need to offload in January ( hopefully someone will be daft enough to take him).
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I always maintained that he should never have played for us again after that.
We were already short on numbers and because of him we had to watch Leko faffing around like a fish out of water against Mings.
We also were not helped by the ridiculous decision to send Gayle off and the ineptitude of Chris Brunt.
It could be argued that he should never have played for us before that either.
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We would struggle to put 11 out if we didn’t let those that made mistakes play again .
Kicking someone on purpose is not a mistake
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Kicking someone on purpose is not a mistake
Gibbs did that, Gayle dived and got a ban .....every single player at some time....I don’t think you just bomb them straight away.
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Still absolutely useless! With Grant starting and Robinson as sub, we don't need this guy at all. Contributed nothing when he came on.
Is it just down to the fact HRK wants to play football and Austin does not? Is it that basic?
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Still absolutely useless! With Grant starting and Robinson as sub, we don't need this guy at all. Contributed nothing when he came on.
Is it just down to the fact HRK wants to play football and Austin does not? Is it that basic?
He held the ball up very well and set Gallagher away for when Robinson hit the bar?
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Still absolutely useless! With Grant starting and Robinson as sub, we don't need this guy at all. Contributed nothing when he came on.
Is it just down to the fact HRK wants to play football and Austin does not? Is it that basic?
You may have watched a different game to me ....he was good when he came on , held the ball up well , put himself about well and gave 100%.
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I think sometimes we let our personal views influence what we think we see on the pitch. Frankly I'm in year 3 or 4 where I just cant believe he's in our squad, but he has clearly had some good times with us and did well when he came on - especially the brilliant turn to set Gallagher away.
Call it as you see it rather than whether you like the player or not. He did well for me.
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Personally I thought he did ok when he came on
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Sorry but our goal threat diminished completely after Robinson hit the bar. He is too slow, can't get in behind and never looks like scoring. Nowhere near good enough for the level we are playing!
We are finding it hard enough to score as it is, then we bring him on and my expectations of us scoring evaporate even further.
Just not for me.
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He's constantly diving to win free kicks which I find quite pathetic. I don't mind him having a role off the bench but he's not a goal threat like Robinson who deserves more time on the pitch and Grant.
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I think sometimes we let our personal views influence what we think we see on the pitch. Frankly I'm in year 3 or 4 where I just cant believe he's in our squad, but he has clearly had some good times with us and did well when he came on - especially the brilliant turn to set Gallagher away.
Call it as you see it rather than whether you like the player or not. He did well for me.
Very well said, there are players that I am not too keen on, but when they play well credit is given.
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>:( Was he playing?
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HRK is out for another two weeks after receiving a kick to his wrist, which is now in plaster, during the game against Sheffield United.
No everyone's "cup of tea" I know, but I hate to see any player sustaining an injury that prevents them playing (please utilise "playing" as befits your agenda in any reply) ;D
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>:( Was he playing?
From memory he warmed the goalkeepers hands quite nicely for a change
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Did he win a single header after he came on??
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He's been a good servant and last season we saw some of his best form with us at a point.
But we can not be bringing him on hoping he gets a winner.
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Unfortunately SA is learning about HRK what most of us already know. Hope he doesn't take too much longer to find out. Don't want to pin the blame on HRK though, who is doing his best, but he should be nowhere near the Prem league.
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Had a purple patch last season and that's it
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Please get rid in the summer would prefer Sawyers up top. :o
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Please get rid in the summer would prefer Sawyers up top. :o
Dont worry hes out of contract
He will be gone
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Dont worry hes out of contract
He will be gone
Given the amount of players out of contract I can see HRK being offered an extension..
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Dont worry hes out of contract
He will be gone
And then we will hear he is "training with us" at the end of August. And then he will re-sign as a free agent. Today is Groundhog day... feels like it!
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Given the amount of players out of contract I can see HRK being offered an extension..
We would have offered a contract by now
He will be gone along with Bartley, Gibbs, Peltier, Townsend etc
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Settle up the wages on the reminder of his contract now shake his hand and show him the exit door. Complete waste of time.
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We would have offered a contract by now
He will be gone along with Bartley, Gibbs, Peltier, Townsend etc
Not so sure about that they wont make decision until we are officially down. Think we will retain him and a few others as we have 8 out of contract and 4 loans going back and we might see periera and johnstone go. Not sure I trust them to do that much of a rebuild
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Why? What's the point? How many timea does he touch the ball? In front of Diangana, Robinson, Grosicki?
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Allardycr wanted somebody the ball would stick with. My personal preference would have been Robbo but HRK did get stuck in during the limited time he was on. He wont be first choice next season anyway.
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Why? What's the point? How many timea does he touch the ball? In front of Diangana, Robinson, Grosicki?
It’s a glowing endorsement of the three players you mention really.
It is clear that SA wanted a physical presence upfront to join Diange - which none of the other three provide.
You know that..
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Allardycr wanted somebody the ball would stick with. My personal preference would have been Robbo but HRK did get stuck in during the limited time he was on. He wont be first choice next season anyway.
I hope he won't be here then. A bang bang average player who has been here far too long.
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Caused Everton a few problems due to fact that he like them didn't know what he was doing, if we can get rid in summer will be pleased.
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Allardycr wanted somebody the ball would stick with. My personal preference would have been Robbo but HRK did get stuck in during the limited time he was on. He wont be first choice next season anyway.
I hardly saw him touch the ball. How about we use pace in behind? I think Robinson has been one of our better players this season. Like Livermore, HRK is not even Championship standard.
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How **** must Sam think of Robinson and Grant that HRK is a head of them. Recruitment last Summer has been an absolute joke.
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How **** must Sam think of Robinson and Grant that HRK is a head of them. Recruitment last Summer has been an absolute joke.
They aren't centre forwards so he's not using them there.
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They aren't centre forwards so he's not using them there.
nor is HRK
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Allardycr wanted somebody the ball would stick with. My personal preference would have been Robbo but HRK did get stuck in during the limited time he was on. He wont be first choice next season anyway.
He won’t be here so you’re right.
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How **** must Sam think of Robinson and Grant that HRK is a head of them. Recruitment last Summer has been an absolute joke.
All about opinions I guess. I see nothing wrong with the Robinson signing, can't see that was an absolute joke.
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All about opinions I guess. I see nothing wrong with the Robinson signing, can't see that was an absolute joke.
If we had missed out on promotion then Robinson would have been an adequate signing but certainly not for this league.
He’s had about as much impact as Oliver Burke has at Sheffield Utd.
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All about opinions I guess. I see nothing wrong with the Robinson signing, can't see that was an absolute joke.
well he can't get into a team that has had only three wins all season I'd call his recruitment and majority of summer signings not only a joke but abysmal recruitment by Dowling and Slaven.
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If we had missed out on promotion then Robinson would have been an adequate signing but certainly not for this league.
He’s had about as much impact as Oliver Burke has at Sheffield Utd.
What I found bizarre was that Robinson was brilliant against Chelsea at home, scored twice, full of confidence, and for the next few games he spent a lot of time on the bench. Hasn’t been the same since.
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I like Robinson and much prefer him to Phillips who is a waste of space contributing virtually zero.
As for HRK, can’t wait for the end of the season for him to be in that taxi along with many others - better make it a large minibus to fit them all in.
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I don't have the energy to check this but I would like to know the last time he came on as a sub and the result improved (assuming it won't happen today either).
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I don't have the energy to check this but I would like to know the last time he came on as a sub and the result improved (assuming it won't happen today either).
Ages ago I'm struggling to think of when he did that it was ages ago if ever.
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I like Robinson and much prefer him to Phillips who is a waste of space contributing virtually zero.
As for HRK, can’t wait for the end of the season for him to be in that taxi along with many others - better make it a large minibus to fit them all in.
Scrap the Minibus get one of the double Deckers on the 74 of the Birmingham Road divert in to Halfords Lane and pick up most of the squad and then send it on it's way preferably as far as away from West Bromwich as you can get so say Bristol or France.
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Ages ago I'm struggling to think of when he did that it was ages ago if ever.
And yet he comes on game after game
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And yet he comes on game after game
I didn't even play him in the Cups on Fifa I played Austin, my main two strikers or one of our youngsters. I just released him. I think the last time he made an impact was against Southampton in the Premier League a few years ago under Pulls possibly after we just signed him where he scored a Wonder goal.
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And yet he comes on game after game
Allardyce is really testing me by playing HRK all the time and not Robinson or Diangana. He seems to love the old guard, Phillips included and it's not working.
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The club will spring a surprise in the summer with a new contract, maybe. :'(
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Garbage. Dowling to reward him for all his hard work again no doubt.
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He killed the game today. Awful substitution.
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My post in-game summed up the situation.
And therein lies the problem with this club.
5 years on we are still seeing right midfield journeyman Hal Robson-Kanu, a desperation free transfer the manager didn't want, playing up front for us.
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Wasn't happy when we signed him and bloody annoying to see him still here, just another reason that Dowling should get his marching orders.
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10 quid says he gets a new contract next season , I'll put it in the site fund If I'm wrong .
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Easiest money ever made when this fella was on a free. 8 -1 to sign for us or something he was. Bookies had us as 4th or 5th favourite but no doubt in my mind he should have been odds on for us to sign him.
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He hasn't made an Impact sub since Southampton a few years ago under Pulls where he scored a Wonder Strike. He had a good season last season but that is 1 good season in who knows how many get rid to someone like Stoke. Thanks for the Service Hal but it is time for you to go to salvage your remaining career and maybe get one more good season out of yourself which ay happening here.
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I seem to post on this thread every year that I’m embarrassed the guy is still on our books, have no idea how he actually gets on the pitch and can’t wait for the day he leaves. And yet he’s still ******* here...
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I seem to post on this thread every year that I’m embarrassed the guy is still on our books, have no idea how he actually gets on the pitch and can’t wait for the day he leaves. And yet he’s still ******* here...
Is he finally out of contract this summer? This is were I think that old manager who will not be named did not get anywhere near the credit he deserved, by actually working a miracle to get poor players like HRK looking really good for a spell and scoring goals - talk about getting blood out of a stone.
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Isn't he some sort of financial guru or something? Bitcoin, Block chain etc. Could he be giving advice to head coaches at club because I'm trying to figure out how the hell he gets game time as ability would not get him a run in div 1. As for Phillips he must be paying to play.
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Allardyce more or less admitted afterwards that he wanted to go 4-2-2 and HRK fits into that formation. Trouble is, its debatable whether he can deliver in the Champs. never mind the PL. He is just hopelessly slow in tight spaces as well as in straight forward sprints. It really is taking SA a long time time to find out what most of us here already know.
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Just surprised to learn that he's only 31.
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Just surprised to learn that he's only 31.
Feels like he's been here 31 years...
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No way he can be given a new deal surely. GET RID
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He's not even a half decent Championship striker.
If he played for a Rotherham / Birmingham / Derby he'd never score.
He'd probably do a job for someone like Gillingham.
The fact Allardyce uses him in front of Diangana and Robinson is just incredible.
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I myself would personally get a bus of the 74 drive it up Halfords Lane and take HRK and the other dross as far as the bus could go from West Bromwich. I like his effort you can tell he tries but no good trying if you can't do anything. He makes Benteke look World class.
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A little bit of me died yesterday when I saw him coming on.
I've asked the question what does he offer so many times? Why have six Albion managers continued to pick him, why is he still here His goalscoring record in league one is woeful. In 418 career appearances he has scored just 61 goals. He is just a small part of the major problem that this club has at present. I really hope he is moved on in the summer.
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A little bit of me died yesterday when I saw him coming on.
I've asked the question what does he offer so many times? Why have six Albion managers continued to pick him, why is he still here His goalscoring record in league one is woeful. In 418 career appearances he has scored just 61 goals. He is just a small part of the major problem that this club has at present. I really hope he is moved on in the summer.
Got nothing against the man but did not realise the stats were that bad. Only scored 10 times when we got promoted. My gut feeling he will be offered a cheap one year deal and he will take it as the reality is no one else wants him.
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Sent home early from Wales duty due to breaking curfew
Source: The Athletic
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Sent home early from Wales duty due to breaking curfew
Source: The Athletic
Can someone take him out every Friday night till the end of the season?
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Showing his top class professionalism there. No doubt we call him into the club offices for a quick word in his ear with a new 2 year contract
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Rabbi Matondo and Tyler Roberts also sent back for breaking curfew. Sounds like they were just up past their bedtime, nothing malicious but rules are rules.
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Rabbi Matondo and Tyler Roberts also sent back for breaking curfew. Sounds like they were just up past their bedtime, nothing malicious but rules are rules.
There young they are going to be stupid being lead by HRK I can only assume
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There wasn't a Taxi involved was there?, these players are so selfish and immature its unbelievable.
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40 mins playing time at Emirates, LMAO.
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40 mins playing time at Emirates, LMAO.
40 minutes walkabout, you mean
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Allardyce must be getting advise on bitcoin by crypto boy, only explanation I've got for another no show.
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If we resign this chap i'm having next season off.
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Nowhere near good enough, but neither are many of our squad. I pray that prat Dowling doesn't give him a new contract
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He’ll be given a new deal. He will be viewed as being able to ‘do a job’.
They will see bigger priorities elsewhere and HRK is therefore an easy fix.
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He’ll be given a new deal. He will be viewed as being able to ‘do a job’.
They will see bigger priorities elsewhere and HRK is therefore an easy fix.
NO NO NO NO NO NO. We will have Zohore!!! Surely not more HRK!?!!
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Ridiculous that he's here, no other premiere league club would entertain him.
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He’ll be given a new deal. He will be viewed as being able to ‘do a job’.
They will see bigger priorities elsewhere and HRK is therefore an easy fix.
12 month contract on 2k a week, as 4th choice striker. Anything else then please god no.
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Ridiculous that he's here, no other premiere league club would entertain him.
Agreed he’s awful, however how many premier league teams would sign Sawyers, Livermore, Furlong, Ajayi, Grant, Zohore, Edwards, Grosicki
I could go on.
And yet some fans suggested any decent coach would keep this squad up.
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Just get him out of the club, free transfer.
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It angers me how this guy still gets on the pitch. I think BIg Sam brought him on tonight to prove a point more than anything else.
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He’ll be given a new deal. He will be viewed as being able to ‘do a job’.
They will see bigger priorities elsewhere and HRK is therefore an easy fix.
Said the same earlier , cheapest easy option.
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He’ll be given a new deal. He will be viewed as being able to ‘do a job’.
They will see bigger priorities elsewhere and HRK is therefore an easy fix.
Agree, looks nailed on from where I’m sitting. Allardyce has shown time and time again that he sees something in him, just like Pulis, Pardew, Moore and Bilic before him.
I have to imagine he is a good character to have around the club, comes across as fairly intelligent and probably a hard worker in training.
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Agree, looks nailed on from where I’m sitting. Allardyce has shown time and time again that he sees something in him, just like Pulis, Pardew, Moore and Bilic before him.
I have to imagine he is a good character to have around the club, comes across as fairly intelligent and probably a hard worker in training.
I think his best asset is that he's physical and can give the team an outlet up the pitch if the defence has been under pressure. But apart from holding onto the ball for a short period, that's about it. If you need to score 3 goals in a Must Win situation, he's about the last option.
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I think his best asset is that he's physical and can give the team an outlet up the pitch if the defence has been under pressure. But apart from holding onto the ball for a short period, that's about it. If you need to score 3 goals in a Must Win situation, he's about the last option.
He’s terrible at holding onto the ball as he can’t stop diving and falling over.
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PLEASE NO MORE
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So now it’s his turn...
Is there anybody on here that thinks that it may be a collective season of just not being good enough anchored with a few poor decisions ?
I’ve seen people slating Livermore and sawyers this week, and whilst they aren’t the best, they haven’t played for months.
DOWLING is basically going to end up in The Hague for war crimes and the rest of the players one by one will be pulled apart....not forgetting the evil lai , who somehow has ignored all the 200m bids that fellow posters have put in for the club, which is a shame because the comedy of watching some of them running West Brom would be classical carry on.
But yes....today it’s Hal,s fault.
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I don't blame Kanu, it's not his fault. I blame the manager for picking him.
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So now it’s his turn...
Is there anybody on here that thinks that it may be a collective season of just not being good enough anchored with a few poor decisions ?
Yes - have you not read the rest of the forum?
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I said when he scored his Euros wonder/lucky goal. Some dummy is going to sign him for that. Little did I know....
Not even a goalscorer at Championship level, a ridiculous waste of our resources! Nothing personal, he does his best, but I'd have released him a long time ago.
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Only ones to blame are the managers who play him, when other options might repeat might , give us a greater chance of scoring
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He hasn't scored in the league since lockdown 1 has he?
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Can see him getting a new deal from Dowling after goal, hope not.
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Was relieved by Allardyce's tone. Was more annoyed with the 2 misses than pleased about the goal. He's often accused of taking credit for that sort of thing so not only does it give me hope we won't look to re-sign HRK but also that Sam isn't what he is unfairly accused of.
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Was relieved by Allardyce's tone. Was more annoyed with the 2 misses than pleased about the goal. He's often accused of taking credit for that sort of thing so not only does it give me hope we won't look to re-sign HRK but also that Sam isn't what he is unfairly accused of.
I was about to write the same. He had 3 excellent chances today with just the keeper to beat, and he scored just one. His lack of speed showed up when AlexanderArnold was able to recover from yards away and get a block in for the second chance. He tucked the ball well into the corner for the first, but it would have been poor if he had not of spotted that gap.
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Had any sort of vision he'd have put it on plate for Pereira when bloke by defender.
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I suspect we will see him on the bench next season
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Still scratching my head as to why HRK didn’t square it 🤔
Pereira putting his face into his hands in a moment of bewilderment said it all.
Fingers crossed this is finally the end of the line for HRK at WBA 🤞🏻
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I suspect we will see him on the bench next season
Smart money is on that , 1 year deal .
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Smart money is on that , 1 year deal .
wast of wages which we probably can't afford but if Sam stays can see a deal being done.
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wast of wages which we probably can't afford but if Sam stays can see a deal being done.
I think whoever is our manager next season will have Kanu in their squad. I've no doubt Dowling will give him a new short term contract.
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I think whoever is our manager next season will have Kanu in their squad. I've no doubt Dowling will give him a new short term contract.
again waste of wages and place in squad, one decent short spell in Championship dosnt cut it with me in time at club.
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again waste of wages and place in squad, one decent short spell in Championship dosnt cut it with me in time at club.
I agree with you, I'm not saying I want it, just that I expect it
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It just shows you what a level we have sunk to with HRK ousting the hopeless Diagne in leading the line. Both are worse than useless and shouldn’t even be near the bench.
If anyone on here thinks we will bounce straight back up with what will be left of our squad will be ‘avin a laf.
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I think it will be a typical Albion case of too many other areas to address so we'll offer him a new deal. It's happened far too often and is one of the reasons we find ourselves where we are now.
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It just shows you what a level we have sunk to with HRK ousting the hopeless Diagne in leading the line. Both are worse than useless and shouldn’t even be near the bench.
If anyone on here thinks we will bounce straight back up with what will be left of our squad will be ‘avin a laf.
Both are poor players at this level.
HRK should never be here and Dowling should get the boot for shelling out on Diangana.
However. Both will be good enough next season.
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Must be in the running for May's player of the month now. What a goal machine.
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It just shows you what a level we have sunk to with HRK ousting the hopeless Diagne in leading the line. Both are worse than useless and shouldn’t even be near the bench.
If anyone on here thinks we will bounce straight back up with what will be left of our squad will be ‘avin a laf.
HRK out of contract and off
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It'll be an absolute joke if he gets another contract. What an awful player. I have always thought he was utter dog cack.
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Both are poor players at this level.
HRK should never be here and Dowling should get the boot for shelling out on Diangana.
However. Both will be good enough next season.
Baggies man said Diagne not Diangana.
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It'll be an absolute joke if he gets another contract. What an awful player. I have always thought he was utter dog cack.
Totally agree get rid lived off 1 goal for long enough absolute donkey
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HRK has his qualities but is not good enough for a top end Champ, bottom end PL side, which is what we are. If CA can get a gig at a mid table championship side, then Hal should also find this as his level.
He is a likeable footballer and i would expect a number of offers to come in for him. Works hard and can lead a line but doesn't have the pace, touch or goal scoring instinct to play at the top. I'd say anymore, but i'm not sure he ever did have it, can't see any other club in the top flight who would have given him a contract at the time to play that role.
The squad needs freshening for next season and Hal has done his time here, as had Gibbs. I would also like to see Jake move on but i can't see any one in the Champ matching his wages. I would also consider looking at offers for Phillips. He forced his way back into the team towards the end of the season, but he often find a decent couple of months each season, but its just not enough and i'm not sure how productive that phase was either ?
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He's not remotely good enough, as any glance at his record will tell you. But i'd be surprised if we didn't end up giving him a year extension given our lack of strikers (although even he was never really that before us at club level).
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I'll be surprised if he's not in the 2021-2022 squad photo.
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Has he gone yet?
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I'll be surprised if he's not in the 2021-2022 squad photo.
I'd be surprised if he's not in the 2030-2031 photo.
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People on here saying get rid of him and him and him ! Almost certainly 5 players plus Perriera from yesterday’s squad won’t be with us ( 4 loans and Johnstone ) so before we add to that list it may help to get one or two in otherwise we’ll be struggling to put 11 on the pitch which in turn means we need a new manager pronto !
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Not sure we'll have any offers. When he was out of contract nobody was interested until we went for him.
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Left out of the Wales Euros squad, not that that is a surprise.
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He did again yesterday what no other Albion player could do. Put the ball in the net!
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With how many outgoings we have and our lack of options up front, I’ll be suprised if he isn’t offered a one year deal.
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It's in the stars,
Robinson, Grant, Kanu, Zohore will be next seasons strike force or I'm not riding this bike
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Not sure we'll have any offers. When he was out of contract nobody was interested until we went for him.
We don't need offers thankfully. He will be out of contract and technically unemployed which, by coincidence, is the exact position he was in 5 years ago when someone signed him for us !!
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New contract announced just before England kick off first Euro game ;D
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I also can see this bloke getting a new 12 month deal i'm sad to say.
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Let's hope he fancies a move closer to home to concentrate on his business.
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Are Reading fans not pining for him to return as a coach or manager like our lot do? ;) Shame if not...
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He was on the spot to take his goal yesterday, (it would have been a howler if he had of missed it), but watching him reminds me of watching a 50 year old trotting about. He has no change of pace, and he turns very slowly. He offers a bit of a focal point for attacks in that his body strength can hold off defenders for a while, but that's about it. We really must do better than HRK if we are serious promotion contenders.
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I'm bored of watching him fall over to con free kicks out of referees. Didn't work in the premiership.
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I'm bored of watching him fall over to con free kicks out of referees. Didn't work in the premiership.
But not bored of Pereira and Gallagher doing the exact same thing?
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Robson Kanu is not even Championship standard, you'll see next season when there's no Pereira.
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Not in the Welsh squad, that's knocked £50 of his valuation
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Not in the Welsh squad, that's knocked £50 of his valuation
£25 - £50 = ?
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I'm bored of watching him fall over to con free kicks out of referees. Didn't work in the premiership.
Spot on there mate, but also they’re normally never free kicks in a million years.
Bizarrely has shown himself to be ‘useful’ in the last couple of games, doesn’t pull back his previous years though. Please no more!
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Spot on there mate, but also they’re normally never free kicks in a million years.
Bizarrely has shown himself to be ‘useful’ in the last couple of games, doesn’t pull back his previous years though. Please no more!
In fairness he was our best striker last year however he needs to go now. We need to move on
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In fairness he was our best striker last year however he needs to go now. We need to move on
Only because we failed to replace Gayle and Rodriguez and had to rely on him. Zohore was never the answer and Austin never got fit. It's pretty amazing that we got promoted with kanu as our number 9 haha
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Only because we failed to replace Gayle and Rodriguez and had to rely on him. Zohore was never the answer and Austin never got fit. It's pretty amazing that we got promoted with kanu as our number 9 haha
All true but he did well when he played and scored some important goals he got into double figures
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But not bored of Pereira and Gallagher doing the exact same thing?
To answer your question, watching Gallagher dive was tiresome but he has now left. Pereira IMV is not a habitual diver, he actually like's to put himself about a bit and takes a lot of punishment, particularly in the championship.
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To answer your question, watching Gallagher dive was tiresome but he has now left. Pereira IMV is not a habitual diver, he actually like's to put himself about a bit and takes a lot of punishment, particularly in the championship.
Really? Pereira isn't habitual? I beg to differ.
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Really? Pereira isn't habitual? I beg to differ.
Will you be happy to see him gone?
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Will you be happy to see him gone?
Will be a sad day when he does go, but a necessary one
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Will be a sad day when he does go, but a necessary one
It will be an even sadder day if the funds raised from his departure are squandered on the unnecessary.
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It will be an even sadder day if the funds raised from his departure are squandered on the unnecessary.
I doubt they will be unnecessary, we need numbers, they will be more along the lines of inadequate, mediocre, etc Unless we sign more left wingers that is, then they will definitely be unnecessary haha
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I doubt they will be unnecessary, we need numbers, they will be more along the lines of inadequate, mediocre, etc Unless we sign more left wingers that is, then they will definitely be unnecessary haha
We've got plenty of numbers, even now. We need quality and end product. The irony being that if/when Pereira leaves we'll be letting go of both in the hope we can get some more. And it's the hope that............
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We've got plenty of numbers, even now. We need quality and end product. The irony being that if/when Pereira leaves we'll be letting go of both in the hope we can get some more. And it's the hope that............
We haven't got a squad for a 46 game championship season, not even close
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Will you be happy to see him gone?
No not at all, only worry i have is were the money will go. I'm just not getting it's boring seeing one player dive but not the other. Shouldn't make any difference because one player is very good and the other one ain't! I don't want Kanu to stay either. Just making a point.
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Fundamentally nothing against HRK but I think it would speak volumes about our budget and ambition if he was still here next season.
Time to move on and improve.
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Fundamentally nothing against HRK but I think it would speak volumes about our budget and ambition if he was still here next season.
Time to move on and improve.
Him or us Nick?
Its a big ask of both to be honest. ;D
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If we give him another year, he will be more "one of our own" than any of the academy lads! ::)
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GONE 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Taxi is in the car park.
Birmingham New Street bound bus is waiting outside the car park.
:D
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Correct decision. Nice guy and a trier but not really good enough. Good luck in the future.
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Correct decision. Nice guy and a trier but not really good enough. Good luck in the future.
That's fair. Gave his all but just not where we needed him to be. Like Gibbs not his fault he got offered the contracts he did
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Cheers Hal, you gave us a few good games / memories, cannot remember you ever sulking / shirking, wish you good luck in your next venture
We had Kanu, Robson Kanu...,,,,
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A player we should never have signed that stuck around for 5 years. Best news to come out of the Albion since Pardew got sacked.
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A Craig Gardner type signing who we were obviously going to sign because it was so unimaginative and easy but didn't actually fit any criteria of anything we needed. Then we kept around because the same reasons.
Those two signings on frees basically sum up that era of the club.
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quite an enigma, some of his goals were exceptional, but overall never really did enough.
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Shocked they haven't offered him a contract. It still wouldn't surprise me if in 2 months time he hasn't got a club and we haven't got adequate forwards in that we gave him a 12 month contract.
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Well someone has woke up and smelt the coffee.........
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Shocked they haven't offered him a contract. It still wouldn't surprise me if in 2 months time he hasn't got a club and we haven't got adequate forwards in that we gave him a 12 month contract.
I would despair at that to be quite honest.
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I said the same as wbasoprano to my dad ;D
Very pleased with the news, he has been paid extremely well by us for very little output in those five years. Happy with all the players we released, time to start afresh with this squad, few more could do with being sold in addition to those released with a clean slate for the new manager and plenty in the wage budget
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Well he tried hard, but wasn't effective enough at the end of the day, so I'm pleased they haven't found a reason to give him another extension.
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He tried, scored some memorable goals that I enjoyed; southampton New Year’s Eve, Villa away. But ultimately not good enough.
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He tried, but he was never good enough. Disappointed when we signed him, disappointed when we picked him, disappointed when the crowd sang his name.
I'll be even more disappointed when we give him a new one-year deal in September because Dowling hasn't turned up anyone better.
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He tried, but he was never good enough. Disappointed when we signed him, disappointed when we picked him, disappointed when the crowd sang his name.
I'll be even more disappointed when we give him a new one-year deal in September because Dowling hasn't turned up anyone better.
And more disappointed when he scores against us next season
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And more disappointed when he scores against us next season
As if he'll get another gig in the Championship...
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Likeable footballer but 24 goals in five years!!
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Wish him all the best. I blame Albion, rather than HRK. He had some moments of real quality and, as a free, would have sat well as a fourth choice striker at the club. Due to our ambition, it turned out he was thrust higher up the pecking order than that.
Hopefully, with his and Ivanovic's wages off the books we can move on.
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Wish him all the best. I blame Albion, rather than HRK. He had some moments of real quality and, as a free, would have sat well as a fourth choice striker at the club. Due to our ambition, it turned out he was thrust higher up the pecking order than that.
Hopefully, with his and Ivanovic's wages off the books we can move on.
And Gibbs, and Austin, and Grosiki. 5 of our top 10 biggest earners have all left now.
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Ummm, thanks for trying Hal? All the best...there were some good goals but not enough goals. Never felt an affinity to this player.
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Contributed as best he could. Poor use of funds in reality. Dont blame the player i blame the club. Thanks for the goal at villa park
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made the most of his very limited ability to become the ultimate journeyman
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Contributed as best he could. Poor use of funds in reality. Dont blame the player i blame the club. Thanks for the goal at villa park
My view too , he was very handy under Bilic for a while . Right choice though at his age .
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made the most of his very limited ability to become the ultimate journeyman
Journeyman?! he's only had 2 clubs in his career!!
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The end of an Error!
He did his best, but his signing was indicative that we had no plan or competent recruitment process at the time. I must admit his recent goals had me fearing he'd get year 6!
To get out of the Championship you normally need one or two very heavy scorers and that's not Hal.
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Journeyman?! he's only had 2 clubs in his career!!
To be really pedantic, journeyman means someone who turns up day after day on a daily rate, from the French journee =day. So there. 😳
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Good luck for the future Hal and thank you for your service to West Bromwich Albion
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Ran the show up front away to Millwall in horrendous weather conditions during the promotion campaign. Played well away to Bristol City too and had 'some' very good games for us. And thanks for the goal at the Seal Pen Al'.
When he wasn't hiding behind the curtains, which happened too often sadly, he could be surprisingly decent at times such as against Leeds at home in the 4-1 game under Darren Moore.
It always seemed surprising when he played well which speaks volumes though. Odd piece of recruitment all round to be honest during very up and down times in our club's history.
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No problem with the bloke but made a good living off that strike in world Cup £50 grand :o a week of a living mind. Club even gave him exstension with increased wage of £55 k :o a week the lad must have thought he'd won the lottery, this club has and is run by donkey's.
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Good luck for the future Hal and thank you for your service to West Bromwich Albion
bloke was bloody useless and being paid over the odds by club, three month purple patch in Championship under Bilic does not cut it.
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No problem with the bloke but made a good living off that strike in world Cup £50 grand :o a week of a living mind. Club even gave him exstension with increased wage of £55 k :o a week the lad must have thought he won the lottery, this club has and is run by donkey's.
He was on 30k a week. Still about 28k too much mind you
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I hope this is the end of a sorry saga when Albion's staff took on a centre forward solely on the basis of a rather fortuitous shank for Wales.
At Reading he played a lot on the wing - sound familiar?
He did play his heart out but there were lots of opportunities he missed because he wasted time manoeuvring the ball to his left foot. We won't make that mistake again (oh, hang on, there is this Zohore chap).
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He was on 30k a week. Still about 28k too much mind you
first signed he's on £50 grand got exstension by Pulis and wage increase to£55 k. So made serious cash for the limited ability he possess.
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first signed he's on £50 grand got exstension by Pulis and wage increase to£55 k. So made serious cash for the limited ability he possess.
Signed on £15k a week first season, then been on £30k ever since
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Amazing how some people are complaining we are letting him go but at 32 I suspect his best days are behind him.
If we were linked with a striker with a record of 24 goals in 154 apperances the same people would be complaining that we shouldn't sign that striker as his record isn't good !
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Nothing against HRK personally when I say this, but he epitomises everything that is wrong with this football club during the 5 years he’s been here. A panic cheap option free transfer who the head coach didn’t even want, clearly not good enough but rewarded with a new contract because it’s the easiest and cheapest option, ends up as another barely used squad player over 30 who still gets on the pitch ahead of more promising players even when we’ve got nothing to play for. Then to top it off there's still fans who would offer him a 1 year deal because he can ‘do a job as a backup’.
A perfect example of a lack of direction and ambition from the club, and the willingness of some fans to just accept it.
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Signed on £15k a week first season, then been on £30k ever since
stuck in back of mind that after contract exstension reports circulating that he got £5k a week wage increase and £55 grand was quoted. Couldn't believe it at time.
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stuck in back of mind that after contract exstension reports circulating that he got £5k a week wage increase and £55 grand was quoted. Couldn't believe it at time.
Think it was the Athletic who said he was on around 35k per week in the PL and 17.5k pw in the EFL.
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I actually think he over-performed during his time here. His first season under Pulis, he was quite effective, then in his previous season with Bilic he was probably our best striker.
Nonetheless, how he played over 150 games for us is pretty crazy.
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25 goals in 5years. Should never have signed in first place good riddance we need better
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I actually think he over-performed during his time here. His first season under Pulis, he was quite effective, then in his previous season with Bilic he was probably our best striker.
Nonetheless, how he played over 150 games for us is pretty crazy.
Yes a lot of people will think he was incapable of playing well but pre-covid he was doing exactly that under Bilic. Like most of the squad his fitness seemed to plummet post lockdown 1.
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25 goals in 5years. Should never have signed in first place good riddance we need better
Couldn't agree more! A very very lucky bloke who's made a fortune on the strength of one goal.
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Couldn't agree more! A very very lucky bloke who's made a fortune on the strength of one goal.
I don't even think it was that good a goal. Its one those punts that could go anywhere, top corner or into Row Z. He always tried his best for us, but deep down he must realise he was lucky to get a shot at the Prem League.
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I don't even think it was that good a goal. Its one those punts that could go anywhere, top corner or into Row Z. He always tried his best for us, but deep down he must realise he was lucky to get a shot at the Prem League.
I think it was his goal for Wales that he lived off.
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made the most of his very limited ability to become the ultimate journeyman
Two clubs? :'(
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I think it was his goal for Wales that he lived off.
That's the one I was referring to.
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I would despair at that to be quite honest.
Quite likely and they've probably said that to him.
Neither he nor us could get anyone better so .......welcome our new signing the welsh wizard ...... ;D
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Has been better than many have suggested
Put a much higher work rate in than plenty players that get lauded
Scored some crucial goals on the way up
Weeeeeeeee had Kanu, robson Kanu
And overall I think we suited each other .
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Has been better than many have suggested
Put a much higher work rate in than plenty players that get lauded
Scored some crucial goals on the way up
Weeeeeeeee had Kanu, robson Kanu
And overall I think we suited each other .
Agree 100%. He was offered a contract he accepted not his fault who on here would have refused? Always did his best(not good enough) but tried always had a go and never let anyone down. Robson-kanu I thank you and wish you all the best.
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HRK symptomatic of our horrific recruitment at that time and has conned a living out of this sport. A forward who averages 4 goals a year in his career.
Not sure him “trying hard†warrants any emotional parting with the club- it was time to move on a couple of seasons ago to be honest.
Personally would like to see us be more ruthless with players like this.
Wish him well whatever he does next though.
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Not sure him “trying hard†warrants any emotional parting with the club- it was time to move on a couple of seasons ago to be honest.
Don't absolutely hate him; but he did completely mess up by petulantly getting sent-off against Derby ahead of of our play-offs. As things transpired; we were very stretched for attacking players; even if it was just to come on and take a penalty.
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Has been better than many have suggested
Put a much higher work rate in than plenty players that get lauded
Scored some crucial goals on the way up
Weeeeeeeee had Kanu, robson Kanu
And overall I think we suited each other .
Released him on a free, now we may finally win the league...
We had Robson-Kanu
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HRK symptomatic of our horrific recruitment at that time and has conned a living out of this sport. A forward who averages 4 goals a year in his career.
Not sure him “trying hard†warrants any emotional parting with the club- it was time to move on a couple of seasons ago to be honest.
Personally would like to see us be more ruthless with players like this.
Wish him well whatever he does next though.
should never have been signed but got into Pulis's team because he worked ard and that's about all he has offered except the falling over, bad touch and constantly being offside.
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Ahh HRK scored some wonder goals tried but wasn't good enough good luck to whatever he goes on to do personally can see him retiring if no one calls calling and then being a Pundit. Anyway we move on onwards and upwards
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Ahh HRK scored some wonder goals tried but wasn't good enough good luck to whatever he goes on to do personally can see him retiring if no one calls calling and then being a Pundit. Anyway we move on onwards and upwards
He’s got outside interests such as a few of his own businesses. HRK is one of the brighter ones who has invested his generous earning into laying foundations for a future. Unlike many ex-professionals who find themselves labouring on site including our own Super Bob.
Lee Naylor will take some beating though, prior to 1st lockdown he was skint and back at his moms in Walsall.
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He’s got outside interests such as a few of his own businesses. HRK is one of the brighter ones who has invested his generous earning into laying foundations for a future. Unlike many ex-professionals who find themselves labouring on site including our own Super Bob.
Lee Naylor will take some beating though, prior to 1st lockdown he was skint and back at his moms in Walsall.
You’re correct. I tend to remember he was involved in the benefits of Turmeric as a benefit to to joint problems.
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You’re correct. I tend to remember he was involved in the benefits of Turmeric as a benefit to to joint problems.
he's got a deal with Brighton to supply them with those Turmeric tablets if I'm not mistaken.
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Isn’t he also married to the heir of the Albert Bartlett Rooster Potatoes company?
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Isn’t he also married to the heir of the Albert Bartlett Rooster Potatoes company?
Hayley Bartlett.
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.........Lee Naylor will take some beating though, prior to 1st lockdown he was skint and back at his moms in Walsall.
The term 'legend' is banded about all too often, given his business interests outside of the game I'd be surprised if HRK ever joins forces with 'Play with a Legend'......
https://www.playwithalegend.com/lee-naylor
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The term 'legend' is banded about all too often, given his business interests outside of the game I'd be surprised if HRK ever joins forces with 'Play with a Legend'......
https://www.playwithalegend.com/lee-naylor
I'm the assistant referee in the video of the goal on that page, and don't ask ;D
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Well, HRK might have finished at top level as a player but what a great performance this afternoon as a BBC pundit!
Very distinct verbally and flowing with none of the ‘You know’ comments in fact the best of the three on the panel.
Well done Hal.
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Well, HRK might have finished at top level as a player but what a great performance this afternoon as a BBC pundit!
Very distinct verbally and flowing with none of the ‘You know’ comments in fact the best of the three on the panel.
Well done Hal.
He is very good and tactically aware. Could do worse than have him as our new Manager🤣🤣🤣
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Very posh from Hal!
I wonder what he makes of the black country accent, he sounds like a public school boy haha
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He's so posh isn't he. Not a major shock I suppose, any footballer who sets up a business while still playing has something between their ears.
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Yes very well spoken and well turned out!
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Might not rate him as a player but he is a clever bloke who has done well for himself away from the game (as well as in the game)
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Good on Hal bringing attention to the source of the problem at the club, he wasn't afraid to mention it live on sky last night either. https://mobile.twitter.com/RobsonKanu/status/1577965776933474305
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Good on Hal bringing attention to the source of the problem at the club, he wasn't afraid to mention it live on sky last night either. https://mobile.twitter.com/RobsonKanu/status/1577965776933474305
Spot on, although it’s pretty ironic, if the club was ran properly he’d never have signed for us.
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Spot on, although it’s pretty ironic, if the club was ran properly he’d never have signed for us.
That's true ; :D
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HRK has his own buisness so can't be a complete mug when it comes to running a business. Certainly couldn't do a worse job than our current Chief Executive.