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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 07, 2024, 10:09:12 AM »

 Probably only Owls supporters think they could get promoted yet they are only 3points behind us.Blackburn and Millwall have games in hand and could go above us as we throw away our chances.
 We were unlucky with DK ,Carlos won't play Cole and Cleary is on loan.
 Where are the goals to come from?
 One of the problems is that rather than have us making our mark on a game and making the opposition worry about us he is obsessed with nullyfying the threat which the opposition are likely to cause.
We must concentrate on doing our own thing first and foremost and of course be aware of threats our opponents pose.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 01, 2024, 04:48:08 PM »

 At the beginning of the run of draws a case could be made for bringing Wallace and or Swift on late in the game to make or score a goal.
 however after so many attempts with this tactic you would think the penny would drop and Carlos would try something different.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Daryl Dike

« on: November 26, 2024, 05:51:02 PM »

 Why has he got to be match fit when Carlos will only put him on for a few minutes for half a dozen games as he rarely seems to build fitness steadily or suitability in any of the players not playing in his favoured 14 or so.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: November 24, 2024, 12:44:54 PM »

 at least in his summation Carlos admitted we lost momentum in the later stages.
 He seems to feel that he must play Wallace and Swift.Yesterday Wallace did his headless chicken routine and Swift who had only been on a couple of minutes completely waste a free kick from a good position.I thought in the few minutes he was on the pitch
 Cole gave the impression that he deserves more game time.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: November 24, 2024, 10:49:28 AM »

 We are constantly told how tiring it is for the players to play 2 games in 3 days.
 It is hard for fans to prove or disprove this statement but yesterday Fellows and Maja were subbed after about 70 minutes because they were exhausted.Or so we are led to believe yet they hadn't played for 2 weeks so is our training system faulty.
 All I know that Sainz of Norwich was   speeding all over the pitch for 90 minutes and didn't look even slightly tired.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: OUT ON LOAN THREAD

« on: November 12, 2024, 09:45:22 PM »

 I assure you it was only by coincidence I saw a bit of Walsall's Bristol Motors match and in that time Cleary used the ball well and smashed in a goal.
 He seemed to be wearing a scrum cap so I don't know if he has been injured but apparently he is not match fit but if he could repeat tonight'seffort in our team he would walk into our team so let's hope this is his normal form and we recall him in January.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: November 03, 2024, 07:12:40 PM »

 i have just watched Millwall completely out play a poor Burnley side and lead one nil but we must beware as they really upped their game with a triple substitution on 64 minutes when they introduced Rodriguez and Sarmiento.If only Carlos would make positive substitutions and really look more positive.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: November 02, 2024, 06:46:40 AM »

 By mistake I started  a post in the aftermatch debate of the Cardiff match but as the Administrater has not moved it there have been no comments despite 93 views.
 The subject was poor use of free kicks and corners.Yesterday against Luton in the forty second minute we had a free kick a couple of yards inside our own and after 2 kicks it was back with Palmer rather than in Luton's half.
 Why doesn't Carlos ban this utter waste of a good position?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Set Pieces

« on: November 01, 2024, 08:54:17 PM »

Just watch our free kick after 42 minutes to see what I mean

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Set Pieces

« on: October 26, 2024, 06:12:35 PM »

 Surprisingly free kicks are free kicks and you can try and kick the ball where you want to.
 Corners are free kicks so why do we rarely try to kick ball into six yard box,near to penalty spot or even to the edge of the area near the D
 and actual free kicks  near the half way line seldom kit kicked directly into the opposition's half and are passed sideways or even back to our goalkeeper without an opposing player touching it.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Josh Maja joins Albion

« on: October 24, 2024, 06:24:42 AM »

 He is clearly a threat to opposing teams but that is all he is a threat.
 It is like having a weapon you have no intention to use.
 He hardly seems to get in the area and when he does no team mate supplies him with a ball he can use and certainly not with a scoring chance.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: October 21, 2024, 05:19:59 PM »

 I don't know how good Cole is but apparently he was a     reasonable striker in league 1 so surely he is more likely to score than most midfielders so as we  can't score he should be given a chance.
 At the moment  if Maja is not in a scoring position the midfielders and wingers have got no body to aim for who is likely to score.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: October 20, 2024, 11:58:44 AM »

 Carlos has a lot going for him but
 a)He does not react if games evolve differently
 b)He doesn't pick squads to cover all eventualities
 c)He seems to only be able to develop youngsters via the loan system rather than blooding them (look at all the teenagers in the Premiership
)
 d) His substitutions are predictable

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: System / Tactics / Personnel

« on: October 20, 2024, 11:46:33 AM »

 I do not like time wasting but teams do particularly goalkeepers.They just fall on the ball or take a stroll round the penalty area
 holding the ball.Yesterday near the end of the game with us leading one nil the ball just entered our penalty area and Palmer picked it up and instantly rolled it out rather than using up time as mentioned.Sad but unprofessional.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Karlan Grant

« on: October 19, 2024, 06:16:18 PM »

 against Swansea he went to the by line and put 2 or 3 superb,dangerous centres with his left foot but now he is not going to the by line but putting early centres in with his right foot which are not really dangerous at all.
 With his newly found work rate it might be an idea to play him as the attacking midfield and have a winger such as Johnston on the wing.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: John Swift

« on: October 02, 2024, 10:37:32 AM »

 Basically he messed up 4 or 5 promising moves just after half time.I expected him to have been replaced by Diangana and I assume the latter was not fit or why was he not playing or on the bench/

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: September 19, 2024, 08:40:05 PM »

 Managers of major clubs don't have to tell the players much as basically they are all good.They have to deal with an intrusive media and be able to deal with players earning much more than themselves.
 football is not all about money and looking in from the outside he seems to be employed by honest knowledgable persons so I can't see him leaving as he seems very happy at the club.
 Obviously i don't know everything about him and perhaps he would be tempted by a massive Spanish club.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Where will we finish this season?

« on: September 02, 2024, 02:01:06 PM »

 we are currently in position of automatic promotion and excluding Sunderland we will stay there unless a team below us scores a minimum of between two and ten points more than us in the rest of the season.
We possibly have the strongest squad which will give us a great advantage when suspensions and injuries come along.
 Many professional athletes pay specialists to help them get a winning attitude and I think we get this from Carlos.
 We are not a team of a goalie and ten outfield players we play totally as team and because of this I think we will go up automatically.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Tom Fellows

« on: August 29, 2024, 04:59:00 PM »

 Goalkeepers are important and Ramsdale and Johnstone are quite good but not exceptional yet supposedly going for 20M and 10M respectively so it would be nonsensical to sell an acknowledged probable star of the future for less than 20M

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Tom Fellows

« on: August 28, 2024, 05:53:14 AM »

 I don't think we should sell him because any fee is peanuts if keeping him gets us promoted and we miss out if we sell him.
With regard to Southampton they have less than 72 hours to do the business and there is little time to switch targets so they don't get anybody if they don't get him so they have to pay our price if we agree to sell but i would keep him if he is happy.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Tom Fellows

« on: August 27, 2024, 07:37:48 PM »

 Money is not everything Fellows might want to stay
 We haven't got to sell because he can go for nothing next year
We musn't virtually give him away like we did Pereira
If we are prepared to sell it is up to the potential buyer to come up with the money and as the window will close shortly we must test their resolve as they won't be able to sign him if we do not get our asking price and I do trust our owner in business matters and of course if at the end of the day we sell him and it is likely the reason for us missing promotion the sale really would be bad business with potential loss far exceeding the transfer fee.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: State of the Squad - (Championship 2024/25)

« on: August 02, 2024, 09:12:02 AM »

 At last we seem to have an owner who is an astute business man and it appears he naturally wants us to succeed on the field as well as financially.I think he will adopt Brentford's moneyball policy and get players offering the most promise and value.I hope i am right.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: August 01, 2024, 08:35:36 PM »

Sorry i forgot Grant

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: August 01, 2024, 08:25:03 PM »

 since our last match last season we have lost availability of 12 players Pipa Johnston Weiman Chalobah Pieters Reach Phillips Asante OK Kipre Griffiths M'Vila and gained the services of 7 Taylor Faal Widsmith McNair Cole Heggem and Diakite are we going to make several signings or bring in the young players in our squad.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: TV Games

« on: August 01, 2024, 09:15:45 AM »

 Sorry I have not seen anything about not using style cards,if this is the case how do we gain access to the ground