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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: January 28, 2024, 01:48:39 PM »

Wouldn't surprise me if they called it off and chucked both clubs out

I think most likely is awarding them the win, but I would laugh if they got booted out.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: TV Games

« on: January 11, 2024, 11:28:09 PM »

A terrible ko time.

They were on about an am ko time of the wm phone in and if you could recall, and I think I remember going to an 11.30am, but can't be certain.

Pretty sure it was against Blues? An odd one to have such an early kick off for.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: FA Cup Round 4 - Brentford/ Wolves (H)

« on: January 08, 2024, 09:06:57 PM »

Possibly but Baggies v Wolves is the biggest game I the West Midlands for most football fans.

If you're not from the northwest or London, the mainstream media don't care.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: FA Cup Round 4 - Brentford / Wolves (H)

« on: January 08, 2024, 09:04:43 PM »

Check out the BBC draw "highlights"...

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: FA Cup Round 4 - Brentford/ Wolves (H)

« on: January 08, 2024, 08:28:21 PM »

Sunderland v Newcastle was picked in the third round so maybe that a precedent.

That was always a guaranteed tie, us v Wolves isn't.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: FA Cup Round 4 - Brentford/ Wolves (H)

« on: January 08, 2024, 08:09:04 PM »

Bizarre ITV didn't comment on the draw; they really do know sweet fa about football.

This is why I'm not convinced we'll be on TV if we play Wolves. Priority will be given to all PL ties, any ties involving the big sides, and a token game or two for the lower leagues.

Plus it's dependent on the replay. The TV picks will have happened before then.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: FA Cup Round 4 - Brentford/ Wolves (H)

« on: January 08, 2024, 08:00:45 PM »

I fear the long winless streak for the Dingles at the Hawthorns will be coming to an end.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: August 20, 2023, 03:09:08 PM »

The media build up in the last few days has been arrogant to the max. You'd think our name was already on the trophy before the final. Guessing the bank holiday and damehoods are off now?

I also never want to hear "you don't get the same cheating and rolling around that you do in the men's game" again. The Spanish women are as bad as any men's team I've seen.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: August 17, 2023, 09:03:26 AM »

I think if a manager is able to achieve incredible results at every step of the ladder, and 4 major tournament finals in a row, that probably does need to be looked at and respected. I'm not 100% sure how to judge managing in the womens game. I understand players would struggle in the mens game to biological reasons, but managing at the top level of the Women's game and at non league level strike me as having differences in proffesionality, pressure and in scope.


As I say, at some point, a record like that is going to get too hard to ignore for a club like Brentford, Ajax, or even maybe the Netherlands mens national team.

I think some are getting way too carried away here. The depth in quality in the men's game is far greater than in the women's. The gap between the best ranked and worst ranked side in the Women's World Cup is enormous compared to the men's. The Lionesses are only able to beat what's in front of them, but the men face far tougher opposition earlier in the tournament.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Dingle watch - Anything Wolves

« on: August 09, 2023, 10:11:02 AM »

This is not the Wolves I had known since I began supporting the team from season 1953/54. which is 70 seasons ago now, only the Bhatti years were worse than the current administration. Are they working to destroy our love to this club?

They were kissing backsides not long ago 

Didn't they get to a European quarter final just a few years ago?!

Have to be one of the favourites to go down now.

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL EUROPEAN FOOTBALL THREAD

« on: July 25, 2023, 09:47:12 AM »

Seeing the likes of Gary Neville criticising the Saudi clubs makes me laugh. He didn't care when top PL clubs (including his beloved United) did exactly the same for the last 30 years.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: May 08, 2023, 04:26:35 PM »

And there's the fat lady.

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat

« on: May 08, 2023, 04:24:40 PM »

Just need to score another 5, easy 

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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: Ticket Info & Requests

« on: March 01, 2023, 01:21:59 PM »

Getting slightly worried as my ticket for this still hasn't arrived. They only went on general sale on Saturday and the only delivery option was post. Looking forward to this as it'll be my first away game since Covid!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: FA Cup 4th Round Draw

« on: January 14, 2023, 09:50:56 AM »

League Two Bradford got to a cup final and managed to get promoted. This whole "I would rather focus on the league" is rubbish.

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: December 09, 2022, 05:57:46 PM »

Fantastic. Good riddance.

Beat France and well...

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: December 06, 2022, 02:02:20 PM »

And if the Frenchies do the same when they beat us then I'm sure it will be accepted gracefully 😬

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: December 06, 2022, 11:35:21 AM »

I disagree. I know a lot of Brazilians and they are very expressive/vocal people. Dare I say it, they're also happier than us Englishmen. I think it's just a cultural difference where they're like that and are less reserved. As for some of the south American countries displays after losing (including Brazil) - I would say that was disrespectful.

Do a dance, celebrate, fine. But to drag out for 2 mins and involving the subs, the coaches etc while your opponents wait to get the game restarted? It's unnecessary and cringeworthy.

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: December 06, 2022, 10:23:35 AM »

Embarrassing display of disrespect with their celebrations though.

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: November 28, 2022, 05:45:15 PM »

Lee Dixon is a dreadful commentator. "The deflection made no difference" - Other than the fact it was initially going straight to the keeper!

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: November 28, 2022, 05:31:25 PM »

Watching Brazil vs Switzerland and although they’ve just gone 1-0 down, I and can’t help think that this Swiss side has more chance of beating them than we would.

We would allow them the ball, allow them to play front of us and be unadventurous and inevitably get picked off. The Swiss side is showing they could be beat though if you take the game to them and have a bit of luck. They’ve got in plenty of good positions by being brave

It's still 0-0, it was disallowed.

Was bizarre. They took about 5 minutes to even show us the replay. So not only do fans inside the stadium not have a clue what's happening, but now people watching at home don't either. F*** VAR.

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: November 28, 2022, 05:10:52 PM »

Well, you were winging about the lack of entertainment. It's arrived in spades today!

Two games that not many would have been interested in! Watched the second half of the Ghana win, great stuff.

Now back to the borefest with Switzerland v Brazil.

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: November 27, 2022, 11:16:48 AM »

I can’t imagine it will get any better in 2026 when there is 48 teams in the tournament.

Although it wouldnt benefit England as things are, but the first group decider should be head to head as well.

The format for 2026 is bizarre too. 16 groups of 3!

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: November 27, 2022, 10:02:00 AM »

We should remember that group stages of major tournaments are very often a bit of a bore - it's nothing new. Teams playing safe, some players wary of picking up yellow cards etc.

I'm not sure I agree. Euro 2020 had plenty of entertaining matches in the group stage. WC 2018 only had one 0-0 throughout. We've already had 5 and we've not even finished the second round of games yet!

It's almost as if having it in the middle of the season doesn't help with the quality. Who knew?

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General Football & Sports / Re: World Cup 2022 Thread

« on: November 26, 2022, 09:17:47 PM »

There will be compilation videos of most of the games this tournament to cure insomnia. So many borefests.