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Last Match Forum - 04/01 Swansea City (A) / Re: After Match Debate

« on: January 04, 2025, 02:33:16 PM »

Completely threw that game away with the subs, completely unnecessary. An important week ahead and i hope we can move forward to making an appointment ready for the next league game because we can't keep throwing away results like that.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: January 02, 2025, 10:46:52 AM »

I wasn't against Luke Williams at first but the way he has acted since the links started means i would stay well clear. The way he is treating Swansea currently when he is asked about the job is disrespectful in my opinion and apparently he did the same whilst at Notts County.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: December 31, 2024, 10:28:21 AM »

He took Coventry to a play off final - many would break our backs for that because it looks very unlikely here.

People cite the money at Coventry - but how much of that was earned off the back of Robins in the first place? He wasn’t given a windfall. He built it with the signings and improvement in Gyokeres and Harmer.

And although he spent money in the last two windows, there’s clearly a strict profile of player that Coventry and Robins wanted. Of the last three windows Robins had, only one player was above the age of 25. The others were signings between 21-25 who could be improved with good coaching and later sold for a profit. That process was cut short but self sustainability sounds good in my book.

We could do a lot worse.

I did like the idea of Robins but the more i read it seemed pretty clear that his bad run of form coincided with his Assistant leaving him so i would worry about that moving forward.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Ousmane Diakite Signs

« on: December 30, 2024, 11:45:00 PM »

Just remember Diakite cost us a win against the Blades.

I feel like that's harsh. I was very critical of him first half but second half he completely turned it around and if we're going to say he cost us the goal which is fair, you can argue he saved us potentially from conceding two off the top of my head.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: December 29, 2024, 11:55:54 PM »

I wouldn’t believe a word he says personally.

He’s playing the gallery.

Agree with this. After the home game he mentioned that he had x amount of players under 22 but failing to mention included in those were Burrows, Gilchrist and Rak-Sayki, the later probably being worth more than most our squad. Hearing him talk about us subbing on Swift and Cole you would have thought we were bringing on superstars but it's all to make him/them look better.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: December 29, 2024, 02:35:40 PM »

Really happy with that point and the big thing was we deserved it. I heavily criticised Diakite first half but he shut me up second half with a much improved performance, this is why i'm not a coach 

Molumby my MOTM, he was literally everywhere.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: December 29, 2024, 01:15:21 PM »

I feel sorry for Diakite but he has to come off if we stand any chance of getting anything here.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: December 29, 2024, 01:04:43 PM »

Absolute clanger, how has he missed that ffs.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: December 28, 2024, 10:50:17 PM »

People complaining about Corberan will not tolerate Eustace. I had a browse at one of their message boards and they do rate him very highly but this comment stuck out..

'The only note of caution I would sound is that the way we play I think there's a very fine line between nicking games 1-0, or drawing them,or losing by the same scoreline.'

He is having a very good season this year and arguably overachieving but last year he had the championship top goal scorer and won 4 in 18. I would personally rather go in a different direction.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Next Head Coach Thread

« on: December 27, 2024, 01:38:37 PM »

Won a European trophy in 2023, not bad for a dinosaur. If there is any chance that it is affordable and he is interested, then he would easily be my first choice.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Uros Racic joins on loan

« on: December 26, 2024, 09:32:14 PM »

He really is a terrible.

I read today that now cc has gone, they are now reconsidering whether to send him back as was planned, until a new manager had seen him.

There's nothing to see anymore, he is just not good enough and for someone his size he has absolutely no presence.

Agree with every word, we have to cut our losses with him surely.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 23, 2024, 05:04:27 PM »

I think their finances make us look like Manchester City, hopefully nothing in it but if there is then i struggle to see how he would turn them down if i'm honest.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 20, 2024, 09:31:23 AM »

Very happy that it looks like Southampton have gone elsewhere.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Caleb Taylor

« on: December 19, 2024, 03:02:49 PM »

I feel like with both Caleb and Josh Griffiths the time is coming quickly where they will want to be playing frequently or they may look at moving on.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 19, 2024, 02:56:45 PM »

Not sure how true it is obviously but there has been an article posted in a Spanish newspaper claiming Carlos is Southamptons first choice. The newspaper has 3.3m followers on twitter and the article is on it's website so maybe has some truth in it?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Uros Racic joins on loan

« on: December 15, 2024, 04:14:02 PM »

I was excited when we signed him based on his profile but he has been seriously underwhelming.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: December 15, 2024, 04:01:06 PM »

Starting 11 was all wrong, got what we deserved ultimately. Number 8 for Watford was brilliant.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 06, 2024, 02:34:27 PM »

There is a little bit of noise that the Dingles have Corberan on their potential list of replacements for the Might Gary O’Neil…
If they officially approached that would be very interesting .

I watched the first half of their game against Everton and i'll say it quietly, he would probably be a good fit for them. Going forward they clearly have no issues, Cunha could play for any team in that league in my opinion and he would certainly make them harder to beat. One thing i would say is my two best mates are Wolves fans and have been unhappy with the increase in tickets this season, would their fans be willing to pay that high of amount to watch the style of football that he would play?

I have asked and this journalist apparently got a few Wolves things correct before, i'm hoping that this time he has got it wrong.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Carlos Corberan

« on: December 02, 2024, 01:57:50 PM »

Sorry but that's absolute rubbish unless we appoint an absolute idiot. This squad should be finishing top six.

It should be finishing top 6, and we have been pretty much there for what seemed like all of last season and the majority of this season which is why my opinion is changing at the moment is a none starter. On the other hand i am not like others who seem to think we're not allowed the criticise him. The line up at Preston i understood due to their height and the aerial duels won but the subs i thought to put it bluntly were a bit of a joke. I also still can't get over him not bringing on Cole instead of Wallace to play upfront.

If reports are true about how close we are to the line of breaching PSR then paying off a manager is the last thing we need to be doing. Someone may correct me if i'm wrong but it seems like we would have to sell an asset to fund getting rid of him and his coaching staff, i wonder how many would let for example Fellows go if it meant a new head coach?

You can see he has changed it in recent weeks with the shape and some of the draws in isolation are good results but Preston along with Oxford and Blackburn off the top of my head were games where we really should be putting teams to the sword and we just didn't and i'm not sure whether thats down to the tactics, the players or a bit of both. He's never going to be an exciting manager who plays free flowing football and that for some fans will never be good enough as football is entertainment and when you are not winning, issues arise.

Regardless of my thoughts results have to improve quickly. I'm not sure what the record was under Bruce but if he got 12 points from 12 games then i think the entire fan base would be up in arms. He has money in the bank with me and probably other fans but that is dwindling.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: November 30, 2024, 04:44:51 PM »

Swift on for Racic' Wallace on for maja.

What on earth is going on

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: November 30, 2024, 04:42:18 PM »

This second half has been embarrassing.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: After Match Debate

« on: November 26, 2024, 09:55:23 PM »

Andy Johnson on commentary described this result like a win to him, i don't agree at all. We didn't even try to win in my opinion, we were playing Sunderland not Arsenal.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: November 26, 2024, 09:35:55 PM »

They've had 15 shots to our 1 

Is it bad i can't even remember our shot?

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: November 26, 2024, 09:32:01 PM »

We are so boring to watch at times.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Pre Match Chat

« on: November 26, 2024, 07:02:59 PM »

If Bartley isn't fit to play i would go something like;

                      Palmer

          Diakate Holgate Heggem

Fellows                                    Styles

                 Molumby Mowatt


       Johnston                   Grant

                     Maja

If Bartley is fit enough to play i'd go similar to what we did at Norwich just with Holgate at right back and Bartley in the middle, with the rest of the team remaining the same. I've heard a lot of positive things about Nelson, i'm just not sure throwing him in at a packed SOL is the best idea but i could be wrong.

Does this mean i am ITK? Maybe I should add this in my twitter bio