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No such thing as too many players in the Championship. Due to it being a marathon, it's a good thing (budget permitting).

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Styles looking poor under Mowbray so far.

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The offside was for the runner in front of Wildsmith (IMO) not the initial shooter/goalscorer.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Joe Wildsmith
« on: February 07, 2025, 05:38:33 PM »
Why is it so bad if this guy starts? We don’t know much about him other than he had an excellent season last time around. Whoever starts is a downgrade on Palmer in my view so let’s wait and see.

It's because last time we did this we ended up with Button (who had similar game time numbers when he became our number 1). Not only this but he looked quite poor against Bournemouth in the cup. I understand it wasn't his fault for many of the goals but he still looked fundamentally bad with some of his saves and positioning.

Of course, I hope I am wrong and doubt he will be as bad as Button. However, we only lost out to the playoffs by 3 points that season and I have no doubt we'd have made it if Button was dropped earlier.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: 2025 winter transfer window review
« on: February 06, 2025, 09:36:27 PM »
Realistically we are going to be looking at somewhere between £12-15m pure profit on Fellows when he moves on in the summer (assuming we don’t go up) which will further help with PSR.

So refreshing to hear Nestor speak it’s clear there’s a long term vision for the club & that they are already working on the summer transfer window & will be prepared for all eventualities.

Not just him but the obvious departures of Swift et al will all help financially too. Things are looking up.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Joe Wildsmith
« on: February 05, 2025, 10:29:11 PM »
I would be very surprised if Wildsmith doesn't start, as not doing so would probably have him think about his future with us, if not damaging his confidence.

Heaven forbid anything should happen to JG if he goes onto displace Wildsmith, but if something does happen we need a motivated and confident Wildsmith
 as cover.

I think the opposite. Many keepers are signed knowing full well they'll be a backup number 2 and nothing more. Myhill was the same, as was Alan Miller when he was sold. Griffiths is here to start and it has been widely reported. There's a lot of confidence in him. Wildsmith will know the score and at his age I doubt his confidence will be affected by this. It wouldn't surprise me if he was told this was a possibility when he signed in the summer.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: How many other deals were close?
« on: February 04, 2025, 02:29:15 PM »
I think Grant and Frabotta wanted out. Diangana was probably agent talk.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Tammer Bany Joins Albion
« on: February 04, 2025, 01:10:14 PM »
This guy is so under the radar he doesn't even have a Wikipedia. It says on Birmingham Mail that he has 30 goal contributions in 110 games or so which is very good given his age.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Josh Griffiths
« on: February 04, 2025, 12:01:38 PM »
The Bristol Rovers fans loved him and thought he was excellent. He's had 3 seasons in League One now so hopefully he can make the step up.

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD
« on: February 03, 2025, 09:51:20 PM »
I have no idea how we're still in the playoffs this season, after the top 4 it's anyones game.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Alex Palmer Joins Ipswich Town 3/2/25
« on: February 03, 2025, 09:25:11 PM »
I have faith Patel got good money after how he held out for the full compensation with Corberan. I think the Lai days of giving away our best players for peanuts are over.

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL PREMIER LEAGUE THREAD
« on: February 03, 2025, 03:18:45 PM »
Evan Ferguson joined West Ham on loan and James Ward-Prowse has gone back to West Ham from Forest

They should have never loaned out Ward Prowse in the first place. He scored 7 goals last season with 11 assist. Those are crazy numbers by anyones standards.

The only reason he didn't play much at Forest is because they're currently 3rd in the league. It was a terrible call by West Ham at the time.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Devante Cole Joins Baggies
« on: February 03, 2025, 03:08:41 PM »
Remember the best manager the prem ever saw…Mr Ferguson signed Taibi,Djemba Djemba,Anderson …no one gets them all right .

I'm not disputing that. However, I just never got the logic of the Cole signing. I understand the philosophy behind the others I mentioned and some signings just don't work out. However, Cole was never a good signing and even without hindsight it shouldn't have happened.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Devante Cole Joins Baggies
« on: February 03, 2025, 11:45:19 AM »
From the position we were in it was Excellent
Heggem and Tyles have been outstanding
Are we not happy that Johnstone signed,the consequence to that being the already signed Dobbin .
Holgate on loan with prem experience
Not to add the signings like Diakite who clearly can…but haven’t had enough minutes .
At the point Cole signed he was supposed to be the 4th striker of which we usually played one ,from Dike/Maja/Grant .so as someone for a safety net in the event of a certain set of circumstances….payingvand signing someone higher up the chain did not make sense ?

I agree with a lot of your points but whatever way you look at it, the signing of Cole has been a huge failure. Not only this but Dobbin, Racic and Frabotta have all disappointed.

So overall it's been quite a mixed bag. I understand what the owners are trying to do and overall I think we're moving in the right direction. However, I do feel things could have been done better as well.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Alex Palmer
« on: February 03, 2025, 11:41:50 AM »
Really bad news with no sign of anyone decent incoming.

Griffiths?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Grady Diangana
« on: February 01, 2025, 10:26:26 PM »
My only surprise is that people are surprised
Couple of good matches followed by many bad matches and ineffective inconsistency, the repeat.

Yep, this has literally been him for a long time now.

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General Football & Sports / Re: La Liga
« on: February 01, 2025, 10:01:59 AM »
When Barca had Ronaldinho ,Messi,Xavi and iniesta,that was the best footballing side ever in my opinion.

He was the best player for me ever. A true artist.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Transfer Window Watch (Non Albion)
« on: February 01, 2025, 09:55:47 AM »
I don't think their deals are particularly impressive to be honest. I imagine Fletcher, McClean etc are on similar deals which is fine at that level and it works to an extent. At least Birmingham's spending is more long-term thinking with younger players (to an extent).

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Will Lankshear signs on loan
« on: January 31, 2025, 09:37:28 PM »
Wikipedia said he scored 38 in 48 for the U21's Sheffield Utd side. That being said, I'm sure Brewster did similar at Liverpool.

Nonetheless, we've been desperate for a new striker so this is great news. It's just a shame he can't play tomorrow. Now let's hope he doesn't end up like Marshall!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Uros Racic joins on loan
« on: January 31, 2025, 09:34:50 PM »
I wonder if we’ll replace him?

Price?

I don't think the loss of Racic is too significant given the context. But hopefully this means Price gets more game time.

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Last Match Forum - 01/02 Plymouth Argyle (A) / Re: Pre Match Chat
« on: January 31, 2025, 12:37:09 PM »
If we harbour promotion aspirations then we need to be going there and winning it comfortably. A similar game to last season there would be very welcome.

I seem to remember we also won 3-0 there a few years back with Di Matteo. I think Cox got a couple?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Grady Diangana
« on: January 29, 2025, 02:45:53 PM »
Personally I can't see it happening. This guy has been linked everywhere during his time with us...

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL PREMIER LEAGUE THREAD
« on: January 26, 2025, 10:45:34 AM »
Southampton on course to do a derby.

Wonderful viewing. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. Just a shame they sacked that smug tosser.

Haha, he genuinely is a smug tosser. That's the perfect way to describe him.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Mikey Johnston joins on permanent deal
« on: January 26, 2025, 10:31:49 AM »
Immense yesterday, his dribbling caused them so many problems and the way he made the two pompey players collide into each other for the second goal was like a Harlem Globetrotters routine. Deserved a goal yesterday but think he will flourish under Mowbray.

Agree. For what it's worth he was already starting to improve before Corberan left. So hopefully he can help get us in the playoffs!

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Last Match Forum - 25/01 Portsmouth (H) / Re: In Game Chat
« on: January 25, 2025, 03:39:48 PM »
Diangana  :o

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