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If we played them this year in the cup, would we beat them?
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I think they would beat us .they score first like with most teams we wouldn't have a clue. A pleasure to watch they were sadly to say
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At least history would be on our side - our cup record reads P11 W8 D2 L1. We are comfortably the better side on paper despite their summer splurge. However, anything can happen in a derby and with the way Pulis sets us up....
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Nope, they would tear us a new one... like a good chunk of championship teams would.
our recent cup history atleast shows how much we struggle when it comes to teams in lower leagues that can pass a ball and run forwards with it... which is something we are still not capable of doing too much.
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They have the one weapon which TP system cannot cope with -Pace, we would be chasing shadows after 20 mins
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They have the one weapon which TP system cannot cope with -Pace, we would be chasing shadows after 20 mins
He's one hell of a player though that Shadows is
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Hopefully we won't need to find out anytime soon. We have plenty of players with Premier League nouse which can go a long way but you are talking about a one off cup tie where anything could happen.
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Wheather we like it or not they are coming up . Have the money and contacts . Yes they would beat us .
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I think a lot of our fans need to hide all the razor blades. :P
Defeatism is an infectious disease.
Get a grip folks.
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I think a lot of our fans need to hide all the razor blades. :P
Defeatism is an infectious disease.
Get a grip folks.
Yeah..Around Divinewind's throat? :-*
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Its a long seasons chaps, let just see.......
One swallow and all that.
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Its a long seasons chaps, let just see.......
One swallow and all that.
Doesn't make a "B" job.
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Should they get promoted lets judge them after 20 games in the Premier, Sheffield Utd and clubs from Div 1 before have shown you can do well in the Championship with a decent manager and a good team ethic.
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They have a poor defence so i think we would probably get a win against them currently if Pulis spoiled the game as he does so well.
I would take a number of their players though. Jota and Neves were fantastic signings as I told you all at the time, and I would certainly take their manager over ours.
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I think people are getting a bit carried away.
Fair play Wolves looked a good side yesterday, not quite the next Brazil some of their fans were talking about yesterday but still decent.
However, this time last season Man City were smashing everyone, league winners by xmas, etc, etc, they then had teams start to suss them out a bit, got a few bad results, lost the confidence, the english winter, etc and never fully recovered.
Thats why with regards to Wolves see where they are January / February time, when they have come through the above challenges, see if they can do it on a cold night in Barnsley, when you have some championship career defender who doesnt care who you are and will be more than happy to rough you up.
The two teams who got a bit physical with them - Cardiff and Sheffield United beat them comfortable, i would imagine teams will try and play that way, they dont like the tough love.
If you let Wolves play they are a decent side, no doubting that, Villa played right into Wolves hands too yesterday, but rough them up a bit, they dont like it, cant remember who they played but they drew i think and the Wolves manager was having a bit of a cry at how the opposition played, very much like Mowbray used to in the premier league when teams sussed us out.
I would think they would beat us 1 in every 4 or 5, they are playing Burton Albion, Bolton, etc each week, when they come up against the likes of Man City, Tottenham, etc and get a few spankings see how good they think they are then, confidence goes.
If they come up at the end of the season they will of deserved it and i would much rather a team come up trying to play how they do than being dull and boring but lets see if they can handle all the other stuff than comes with it beforehand, there has many a false dawn at the Dingle Dome.
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It is easy to forget the gap between Championship and Premier League and the truth is we have shut out better teams than Wolves their pace would be largely negated by our deep sitting block and as long as we didn't have to chase the game I'd back us to nick a tight match.
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They could win the Championship and would still finish below us, as they have done every season bar two this century.
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They could win the Championship and would still finish below us, as they have done every season bar two this century.
Nice one, but I think some of our supporters would wish us to lose to those Tw*ts , if TP was in charge.
They are lording it at the moment, lets see where they are at the end of the season.
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I did watch the Wolves/Villa game and to be fair they looked decent. However I'm sure they also remember the Mowbray days we had in the Championship, when we scored goals for fun....regularly putting 4/5 past teams. I would imagine that Wolves won't get anywhere near our goal tally under him this season. BUT, when we got too big for our boots and tried to play that style against quality players....we got spanked and exposed all over the park. Good luck to them, we've been there many times in the past. In answer to the question, they may well beat us in a one-off game, but we could also say that about any team from the top 2 divisions in my opinion.
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If we played today they would beat us IMO. Momentum, good vibes and form all on their side. They also have some players who would get into our side.
Another question I would ask is - would you swap Pulis for Santo?
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If we played today they would beat us IMO. Momentum, good vibes and form all on their side. They also have some players who would get into our side.
Another question I would ask is - would you swap Pulis for Santo?
I'd swap pulis for santa nevermind santo ;D
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Another question you could ask is will they be ahead of us in 12 months time
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Another question you could ask is will they be ahead of us in 12 months time
A hell of a lot can change in 12 months, they are currently enjoying a decent run but they are a long way from promotion just yet and they have to catch up to us before they can get ahead of us.
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Bloody hell this forum is getting full of pant-wetters, feck the Dingles, we don't need to discuss them on here do we ?
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where was the wolves lovein after the cardiff,sheffield united and bristol city games?!
the only half decent teams they have played, all around them in the league and they got one (lucky) point out of 9!
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cmon get real folks,they are a decent team in an average league,we have seen it many times when similar performing promoted clubs storm the championship and struggle in the prem and have a rude awakening.chill
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Bloody hell this forum is getting full of pant-wetters, feck the Dingles, we don't need to discuss them on here do we ?
I don't know whats happening to some of our fans. I bet they take a cushion to sit on.
Let's hope there isn't another war eh?
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They are laughing at some of you on molineux mix
Well done chaps
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Yes they would beat us and I think comfortably
They play fast attacking football that we could not cope with.. To believe the gap between us and wolves is huge because we play in the premiership is nonsense I think the gab between championship and the top 5 or 6 in premiership is massive but below that not much difference. If West Brom at this moment were in the championship I think we would be mid table at best.. Every team as it's day and its been nice that we have been the top team in Midlands but I think that time will soon be over. With the money support and connections wolves have I can see them within the next 5 years or so as one of the top 4 or 5 big clubs in the premiership. I hate wolves and I'm not looking forward to watching them become what I wish west brom could of been.
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Yes they would beat us and I think comfortably
They play fast attacking football that we could not cope with.. To believe the gap between us and wolves is huge because we play in the premiership is nonsense I think the gab between championship and the top 5 or 6 in premiership is massive but below that not much difference. If West Brom at this moment were in the championship I think we would be mid table at best.. Every team as it's day and its been nice that we have been the top team in Midlands but I think that time will soon be over. With the money support and connections wolves have I can see them within the next 5 years or so as one of the top 4 or 5 big clubs in the premiership. I hate wolves and I'm not looking forward to watching them become what I wish west brom could of been.
haha hilarious :P :P :P :P
The gulf is massive, that is why each season the newly promoted clubs, after strengthening, still tend to struggle...
and frankly what Wolves have done is nothing special, compared to many other "Money" club in the championship have already done...
So name one that has "broken through" the 6th place glass ceiling?
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Yes they would beat us and I think comfortably
They play fast attacking football that we could not cope with.. To believe the gap between us and wolves is huge because we play in the premiership is nonsense I think the gab between championship and the top 5 or 6 in premiership is massive but below that not much difference. If West Brom at this moment were in the championship I think we would be mid table at best.. Every team as it's day and its been nice that we have been the top team in Midlands but I think that time will soon be over. With the money support and connections wolves have I can see them within the next 5 years or so as one of the top 4 or 5 big clubs in the premiership. I hate wolves and I'm not looking forward to watching them become what I wish west brom could of been.,
LOL don't panic yet!!!!, strange world we now live in weather warnings for a bit of rain or wind, not sure whether your a boy or a girl , wolves might become a good team, life was far more straight forward when i was young!.
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haha hilarious :P :P :P :P
The gulf is massive, that is why each season the newly promoted clubs, after strengthening, still tend to struggle...
and frankly what Wolves have done is nothing special, compared to many other "Money" club in the championship have already done...
So name one that has "broken through" the 6th place glass ceiling?
Burnley, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Brighton, not struggling at all and don't think because we are a established premiership club that they will be regulated before us... I think with Jeff shi behind them I can see wolves breaking through as one of the top 5 or 6 top teams in premiership..
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Compare the Wolves best 11 and our best 11 with everybody on form, Neves would get in and Jota as he is a goalscorer, thats about it for definites.
Helder Costa on his day probably would too, so thats 2 maybe 3 out of 11.
As stated above when Wolves do it against the top clubs in that league, find a way of winning ugly, etc and are there after a glue of games, ie - New Year then thats when to take teams serious.
Personally for putting up with a few months of delirium from them and Villa coming up (Blues are okay) i hope all three midlands clubs come up, six derby matches a season to look forward too, lets be honest league wise there isnt a great deal to look forward to at the moment, we are playing in a league we arent going to win.
At least with the derby matches there is that bit of edge, gets people going a bit, fair play to the wolves the atmosphere sounded good on saturday, i would much rather have games against Wolves, Villa and Blues than say Burnley, Swansea and Bournemouth (and i am sure those clubs would rather have other teams in the league than us!)
We have been top dogs for a few years and got close to winning absolutely nothing, its how football is now, we will get relegated at some stage and one of the others will be top dogs, football goes in cycles.
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I think with Jeff shi behind them I can see wolves breaking through as one of the top 5 or 6 top teams in premiership..
Congratulations! You have managed to put a smile on my face, and believe me that takes some doing.
I know this board thrives on pessimism, but have you ever seen a sillier claim regarding our neighbours?
Just which of these behemoths ...Man U, Man C, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, will WWFC replace?? :o
Having seen the many reports which indicate that the Chinese state is taking measures to restrict the outflow of capital for overseas investment in vanity projects, just how will Fosun bankroll their adventure?
Maybe they will get 'The Money Shop' main sponsor to match the ONE BILLION pounds plus that the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment have shoveled into Man C since 2008.
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I wouldn't fancy playing them with Pulis at the helm as it would be embarrassing letting them have 75% possession and attack us all game, we'd still beat them though. As much as I despise the way we play, only 4-5 of their squad would get in our match day 18.
One thing I will say is that they have the thickest and most deluded fan base I have ever seen. We have our fair share of imbeciles, and the Villa fans have a complex where they have to mention how big they are in every other sentence, but Wolves are on a completely different level. There are actually a number of Wolves fans who think they will break into the PL top 6 within the next couple of seasons. Genuine posts from MolMix, can't tell if they are serious or joking:
Of PL overall, only Man C would have me worried, maybe Man U at Old Trafford, Kane/Deli Ali in form for Spurs, Chelsea without Conte...what seen of rest, with current squad retained and 2 more transfer windows, looking for top 6 PL finish next season... and a cup.
The journey is only just beginning people ..... think big stars, big stadium improvements, we will once again become a force in European football!!!
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Given the post above, there is obviously some new recreational drug doing the rounds at the custard bowl......
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I think people here are seriously underrating the pedigree of some of Wolves players. Neves captained Porto in the Champions League. Jota is on loan from Atletico Madrid. Ruddy has played for England. Boly and Miranda are quality defenders.
How would we do if we played them? Best XI vs best XI, we'd probably get all sorts of football played around us and then nick the winner off a set-piece... so much like any other game we win. But they are playing good football with quality players who shouldn't be at that level, and if we keep Pulis then they have the chance to go past us next year with even more investment.
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I think people here are seriously underrating the pedigree of some of Wolves players. Neves captained Porto in the Champions League. Jota is on loan from Atletico Madrid. Ruddy has played for England. Boly and Miranda are quality defenders.
How would we do if we played them? Best XI vs best XI, we'd probably get all sorts of football played around us and then nick the winner off a set-piece... so much like any other game we win. But they are playing good football with quality players who shouldn't be at that level, and if we keep Pulis then they have the chance to go past us next year with even more investment.
Evans is a £30m defender and has won the league, Barry has won the league and played 50 times for England, Krychowiak is one of the best defensive mids in the world, Gibbs has consistently finished top 4 and played for England, Foster and Livermore have played for England, Rondon has played Champions League, Chadli starts for Belgium and has played Champions League.
Our squad is miles ahead of theirs. I agree that our manager holds us back.
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Based on current squads wes beat them 9/10 times. Only 3 players I'd take off them; costa, neves and jota. Not sure neves or costa would start but I really rate jota.
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For what its worth i would be enjoying things if i was a Wolves fan now, i am sure i saw the other day that its 10 years since Mowbray took over, i remember that time of how enjoyable it was looking forward to games, knowing we would outpass and outscore most teams, i think Wolves fans have that feeling at the moment and good luck to them.
If they come up (and its still a big if) thats when the reality sinks in because with the exception of Swansea and Bournemouth who have come up in recent years, i cant remember many teams who have come up playing 'sexy football' who have done any good. At the moment they are beating Burton Albion, Barnsley and Bolton, theres even a big difference between the worst premier league sides and the worst championship ones.
Even Bournemouth and years before Swansea had to wise up, it would be great if you could come up and just carry on as per the championship but the reality is many teams are better at it than you, and then you come against the likes of your Albions, Burnleys, etc who know how to win ugly, most teams who come up have that early season buzz but a few months in reality sinks in, think Huddersfield are finding that the last few games.
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They wouldnt get near us 9/10 and we would win no problem.
Im suprised at some of the replies on here if im honest
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They wouldnt get near us 9/10 and we would win no problem.
Im suprised at some of the replies on here if im honest
Me too! I honestly think we'd be fine, gulf is large enough between the leagues.
However, momentum does play a big part. That obviously favours them.
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Our best day v their best day. We would win home or away.
On any given day we could lose to anybody, mind you that's how we've always been.
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Some incredible replies on here that belong on Mol Mix.
I despair of some Albion fans.
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In answer to the question - yes definately!
I've not really seen much of them but I'd bet they would get relegated with their current team in the premier - seems more like a Mowbray team than anything else. I think they'd be pretty on the eye but would be soft and wouldn't know who to break down tough , savvy teams like ourselves every week!
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I implore anyone who is depressed about watching Pulis football to go on MolMix and have a read of some of their threads, I actually have tears running down my face from some of their posts. Their lack of football knowledge and confidence that they will soon be a footballing superpower is astounding. Here is a genuine post about the supposed quality of their players, when the guy says "top 6" he means PL top 6 ;D
I think as it stands, going through the team:
Ruddy: Midtable
Norris: Midtable, Potential top 6 from what I have seen
Douglas: Bottom 6
Vinagre: Midtable, Potential top 4
Doherty: Midtable
Ofosu Ateh: ?????
Boly: Top 6
Miranda: Midtable, Maybe top 6 as very composed.
Coady: Bottom 6, Maybe Midtable, Potential top 6 as very new to the role
Batth: Bottom 6
Bennett: Championship player
Hause: Bottom 6, Potential top 4
Iorfa: I still rate him and think Nuno could make him the new Rio Ferdinand. I really believe that. Depends on his attitude. Potential top 4 centre half.
Neves: Top 6, Potential top 4
Saiss: Top 6
N’Diaye: Midtable
Price: Championship player
Marshall: Bottom 6.
Ronan: Championship player from what I have seen. Potentially I don’t know.
Cav: Top 6, Potential top 4
Costa: Top 6, Potential top 4
Jota: Top 4
Bright: Bottom 6, Potential top 4
Bonatini: Midtable, Potential top 6
Zyro: Championship player
Wilson: Potential Championship player.
Yes ladies and gentleman, this is a man who thinks Conor Coady is a potential top 6 quality centre back :o
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I can't stand the dingles, hate everything about them including their fans.
But for the people that are too caught up on the fact of being in the premier league, take a look on Mol Mix at the thread they have started, "Would you swap places with Albion?"
Comes to something when even your 'rivals' can see what is happening to our beloved club yet our own fans can't even though its right under their nose.
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I can't stand the dingles, hate everything about them including their fans.
But for the people that are too caught up on the fact of being in the premier league, take a look on Mol Mix at the thread they have started, "Would you swap places with Albion?"
Comes to something when even your 'rivals' can see what is happening to our beloved club yet our own fans can't even though its right under their nose.
Yeah because their opinions are not biased at all.
And to be honest I couldn't give a S*** what they think.
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I think people are getting a bit carried away.
Fair play Wolves looked a good side yesterday, not quite the next Brazil some of their fans were talking about yesterday but still decent.
However, this time last season Man City were smashing everyone, league winners by xmas, etc, etc, they then had teams start to suss them out a bit, got a few bad results, lost the confidence, the english winter, etc and never fully recovered.
Thats why with regards to Wolves see where they are January / February time, when they have come through the above challenges, see if they can do it on a cold night in Barnsley, when you have some championship career defender who doesnt care who you are and will be more than happy to rough you up.
The two teams who got a bit physical with them - Cardiff and Sheffield United beat them comfortable, i would imagine teams will try and play that way, they dont like the tough love.
If you let Wolves play they are a decent side, no doubting that, Villa played right into Wolves hands too yesterday, but rough them up a bit, they dont like it, cant remember who they played but they drew i think and the Wolves manager was having a bit of a cry at how the opposition played, very much like Mowbray used to in the premier league when teams sussed us out.
I would think they would beat us 1 in every 4 or 5, they are playing Burton Albion, Bolton, etc each week, when they come up against the likes of Man City, Tottenham, etc and get a few spankings see how good they think they are then, confidence goes.
If they come up at the end of the season they will of deserved it and i would much rather a team come up trying to play how they do than being dull and boring but lets see if they can handle all the other stuff than comes with it beforehand, there has many a false dawn at the Dingle Dome.
Liked this, great assessment.
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Burnley, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Brighton, not struggling at all and don't think because we are a established premiership club that they will be regulated before us... I think with Jeff shi behind them I can see wolves breaking through as one of the top 5 or 6 top teams in premiership..
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Are you Villa in disguise? Comedy Gold my friend, Comedy Gold.
They looked pretty good at the weekend, but mainly because the Vile looked utter dogwipe.
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Yeah because their opinions are not biased at all.
And to be honest I couldn't give a S*** what they think.
I can't stand them, but some of their comments are true unfortunately.
Only in denial people like yourself are not mature enough to listen to an opinion that isn't the same as yours.
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I can't stand them, but some of their comments are true unfortunately.
Only in denial people like yourself are not mature enough to listen to an opinion that isn't the same as yours.
is that not what you are doing? not listening to the opinions of others who disagree with you?
I couldnt careless what Wolves fans think? Would I swap places with Wolves?? Errr No.....
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Only in denial people like yourself are not mature enough to listen to an opinion that isn't the same as yours.
;D ;D ;D ;D how you've missed the irony in what your saying i do not know
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is that not what you are doing? not listening to the opinions of others who disagree with you?
I couldnt careless what Wolves fans think? Would I swap places with Wolves?? Errr No.....
Your a moderator, If you took notice of my posts on this forum you would know that i listen to opinions ;)
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Your a moderator, If you took notice of my posts on this forum you would know that i listen to opinions ;)
Cough Saido Cough ;D
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Your a moderator, If you took notice of my posts on this forum you would know that i listen to opinions ;)
Really???
Telling someone they are in denial because they dont listen to an opinion the same as others on the forum is ironic to say the least in this case
And I am taking notice of your posts, which is why I replied to one
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Cough Saido Cough ;D
You still clinging onto that?
Abit desperate even for you jacko ;)
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I can't stand them, but some of their comments are true unfortunately.
Only in denial people like yourself are not mature enough to listen to an opinion that isn't the same as yours.
Is this what you call listening to an opinion and being mature? ;)
Do you follow the same west Bromwich Albion that the rest of us do or are you just out to wind people up?
when we are lucky enough to draw lower league clubs in the cups we still get our arses handed to us thanks to Mr. Negative setting us up not to concede..... whilst failing at it miserably I may add.
love to get myself a pair of those pulis tinted glasses you wear.
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Is this what you call mature?
What's that post got to do with anything?
You have just pulled up a comment which is pretty damn accurate to what we have all witnessed recently atleast.
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What's that post got to do with anything?
You have just pulled up a comment which is pretty damn accurate to what we have all witnessed recently atleast.
You said you were mature enough to listen to other opinions yet responded that I wear Pulis tinted glasses because I think we will have a good season.
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You said you were mature enough to listen to other opinions yet responded that I wear Pulis tinted glasses because I think we will have a good season.
If you are going to the effort to search for my posts to prove a point, please, at least do it correctly.
I was replying to your posts where you said we will have a good FA cup run, hence me stating that we struggle in cups even against lower league teams.
Bit off topic for this thread isn't it?
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Their fans are always the problem for them, started the season well and to be fair look like they will go up but instead of being realistic they have convinced themselves that they will be knocking on the door of the top 6.
So next season when they are about 15th in November or maybe worse the good old south bank will be booing them at every opportunity because that’s what they do then it will go tits up for them because of their expectations.
Can’t wait for it to happen as well
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The Dingles are getting ahead of themselves as usual, there are many games to be played before promotion places are sorted. To any Dingle reading this, just remember that a few seasons ago, you led us by ELEVEN points with 7 games to go. I sincerely hope you have still got your "YOU LET US DOWN AGAIN" banner to unfurl.
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What is wrong with our supporters? They seem to have gone completely insane!! Wolves are doing very well and I think will take some stopping regards an automatic promotion place(although things can change!), what they are doing is nothing that we haven't done time and time again. West Bromwich Albion's last 5 championship campaign have seen us automatically promoted 4 times and lost in the play off final once!! Not finishing 12th,16th,10th,22nd, etc like they have done over the last 15 years! No wonder their getting excited! Us on the other hand have bladdered em more or less every time we've played, embarrassed the life out of em time and time and time and time again and are currently in our 8th consecutive premier league season on the bounce and we want to be them?? Jesus wept!!!
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What is wrong with our supporters? They seem to have gone completely insane!! Wolves are doing very well and I think will take some stopping regards an automatic promotion place(although things can change!), what they are doing is nothing that we haven't done time and time again. West Bromwich Albion's last 5 championship campaign have seen us automatically promoted 4 times and lost in the play off final once!! Not finishing 12th,16th,10th,22nd, etc like they have done over the last 15 years! No wonder their getting excited! Us on the other hand have bladdered em more or less every time we've played, embarrassed the life out of em time and time and time and time again and are currently in our 8th consecutive premier league season on the bounce and we want to be them?? Jesus wept!!!
No one on here as said such thing have they?
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Well it certainly comes across that way, Albion fans crying their eyes out because wolves have played a very,very average villa side off the park and now because of that there is no way we could get near em in terms of Albion getting a positive result against em! Wolves may well come up and do well, they seem to have financial backing and seem to have a decent manager, but I think it's worth pointing out every single team in the premier league is better than Aston villa, every single one!
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Honved Syndrome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxoI4AjgokU
Greatest team in the world......... apparently ;) .
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Honved Syndrome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxoI4AjgokU
Greatest team in the world......... apparently ;) .
My god has the game changed or what !
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Simple answer to the question is.......yes. If we played our so called best 11 against them we would beat them 9 times out of 10.
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My god has the game changed or what !
Lucky enough to have been there and when they beat Real Madrid. May have been the Wolves but they were still great nights.
Would go back to those football days like a shot. Albion and Wolves competing to be the best team in the country. I don't suppose we will ever see that again and sorry Standaman your father was right; the Albion 53/54 side was all he told you it was.
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Lucky enough to have been there and when they beat Real Madrid. May have been the Wolves but they were still great nights.
Would go back to those football days like a shot. Albion and Wolves competing to be the best team in the country. I don't suppose we will ever see that again and sorry Standaman your father was right; the Albion 53/54 side was all he told you it was.
Slightly off topic. No need to apologise I now realise how good they were and how far ahead that Buckingham was tactically to the rest of English football at the time. Growing up it was always irritating that my Dad viewed every team against the near impossible benchmark of that 53/54 side Allen was better than Astle etc.
My Dad's somewhat idiosyncratic view of all things Albion is revealing managers he adored Ronnie Allen (predictably), Johnny Giles, Ossie Ardilies and Tony Mowbray. Those he reviled Ron Saunders, Don Howe (never did he feel more let down by a manager) Ron Atkinson (a charlatan that took over Ronnie Allen's team)Bobby Gould and Roy Hodgson who he thought was dull as ditch water.
Like I say idiosyncratic and while he has passed away some years ago I don't think there is any doubt what he would have thought of the current set up.
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we don't win many games so highly unlikely
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We may well be swapping leagues the way we are shaping up so it's possibly immaterial.
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Given that we do not try to create chances, it is highly unlikely.
However if we played our best team with a positive mindset, I would suggest so.
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Given that we do not try to create chances, it is highly unlikely.
However if we played our best team with a positive mindset, I would suggest so.
Trouble is...we have a negative man in charge.
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Love it when you win the League in October. Man United won it in August. When will people learn 6 months is a very long time in football. 8 months even more so.
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Love it when you win the League in October. Man United won it in August. When will people learn 6 months is a very long time in football. 8 months even more so.
Remember when we were going on a european tour in febuary? ;D ;D ;D
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Well it certainly comes across that way, Albion fans crying their eyes out because wolves have played a very,very average villa side off the park and now because of that there is no way we could get near em in terms of Albion getting a positive result against em! Wolves may well come up and do well, they seem to have financial backing and seem to have a decent manager, but I think it's worth pointing out every single team in the premier league is better than Aston villa, every single one!
If we were to play Villa now I would hedge my bets on it being a 0-0 bore fest.
We're no better than probably the top 10 teams in the championship and the same applies for 6 or 7 other Prem teams as well.
If we were to play a Wolves, Villa, Boro or Derby you wouldn't know which one was the higher division side.
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Straight answer - No, IMHO. When you sit back for 90 minutes how can you be proactive on a football pitch. We just ask to lose each week. Only when we go behind does he finally attempt a lame effort at scoring. We would struggle to beat any of the top 6 in the Championship right now. However, with a different philosophy, and some creativity we would beat Wolves (But it aint going to happen whilst TP is still here)
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No we wouldn't, and we wouldn't beat Walsall either! And Man Utd will still win the league.
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Straight answer - No, IMHO. When you sit back for 90 minutes how can you be proactive on a football pitch. We just ask to lose each week. Only when we go behind does he finally attempt a lame effort at scoring. We would struggle to beat any of the top 6 in the Championship right now. However, with a different philosophy, and some creativity we would beat Wolves (But it aint going to happen whilst TP is still here)
The same TP who always seemed to beat us when we had free-flowing football served up by Mowbray and others.
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We lost at home to Man City's second team.
They are holding their own at the moment, up there.
What does that say?
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Showed a bit of intent by looks of things. 6k away fans too midweek, fair play to them. That’s to any club that takes that amount midweek, not because it’s the Dingles.
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wolves could've won it in injury time :o
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We probably wouldn't even try to beat them. They've managed 4 shots on target to Man City's 3. It will be interesting to see our stats on Saturday.
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Fair play to them they do try to play football unlike us that said I hope citeh leave their shooting boots at home the weekend like tonight
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That enobakhare is as bad as rondont one on one
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They (spit) drew...Pulis (spit) lost.
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Can give them nothing but credit for tonight, they should have won the game against a City team that we lost to comfortably at our own place. The Wolves even stuck out a complete second string save for a couple whereas we had a fairly strong side out.
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Can give them nothing but credit for tonight, they should have won the game against a City team that we lost to comfortably at our own place. The Wolves even stuck out a complete second string save for a couple whereas we had a fairly strong side out.
Not to take anything away from the Wolves but Man City didn't beat us comfortably. Fake news ;)
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Not to take anything away from the Wolves but Man City didn't beat us comfortably. Fake news ;)
dont let fact get in the way of some doom and gloom though ;D ;D ;D
RE the OP question? if it went to penalties id defo fancy us ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Not to take anything away from the Wolves but Man City didn't beat us comfortably. Fake news ;)
Long time no see BCP! Been in hiding have we coinciding with our awful displays? That’s a shock.
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dont let fact get in the way of some doom and gloom though ;D ;D ;D
RE the OP question? if it went to penalties id defo fancy us ;D ;D ;D ;D
Same 8)
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They set up to contain and then attack.
Pulis sets us up to defend and nothing more.
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They set up to contain and then attack.
Pulis sets us up to defend and nothing more.
They lost end of story.
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They lost end of story.
A fairy tale ending.
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A fairy tale ending.
Beauty and the Beast.
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Beauty and the Beast.
Ooh...You are beast, but I like you. :-*
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WBA would shred Wolves
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:o No!!! they nearly beat City last night at their place :'(
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WBA would shred Wolves
I actually believe that you think west brom would shred Wolves ...On what evidence are you basing this on ? There is not one team in the premiership that Albion would shred !!! so what makes believe that Albion would shred a team that is top of the championship and nearly beat the same team we lost to at home .?
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WBA would shred Wolves
a very blinkered outlook.
Face facts, they'd make us look stupid on current form
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their second team of last night would turn us over at the minute
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I actually believe that you think west brom would shred Wolves ...On what evidence are you basing this on ? There is not one team in the premiership that Albion would shred !!! so what makes believe that Albion would shred a team that is top of the championship and nearly beat the same team we lost to at home .?
I wouldn't fancy us to beat Blues at the minute, never mind Wolves.
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I actually believe that you think west brom would shred Wolves ...On what evidence are you basing this on ? There is not one team in the premiership that Albion would shred !!! so what makes believe that Albion would shred a team that is top of the championship and nearly beat the same team we lost to at home .?
I think given a tweak of tactics we have the potential to shred a few teams in the league as we did last year.
Also even in this state i think we could give palace a drubbing, they really are terrible.....poor uncle Roy :(
We are moaning (and i see why) but at least we aint a eagles fan..... spent a lot more than us last few years, have better players.....and been absolutely dreadful.
Imagine the state of meltdown this board would be in if we were in there position
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I think given a tweak of tactics we have the potential to shred a few teams in the league as we did last year.
Also even in this state i think we could give palace a drubbing, they really are terrible.....poor uncle Roy :(
We are moaning (and i see why) but at least we aint a eagles fan..... spent a lot more than us last few years, have better players.....and been absolutely dreadful.
Imagine the state of meltdown this board would be in if we were in there position
Bloody hell. What a state of affairs that the best we can muster is "at least we're better than the worst team in the league".
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I think given a tweak of tactics we have the potential to shred a few teams in the league as we did last year.
Also even in this state i think we could give palace a drubbing, they really are terrible.....poor uncle Roy :(
We are moaning (and i see why) but at least we aint a eagles fan..... spent a lot more than us last few years, have better players.....and been absolutely dreadful.
Imagine the state of meltdown this board would be in if we were in there position
or...imagine if we were Watford fans, imagine the joy on this board if we were in their position.
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Bloody hell. What a state of affairs that the best we can muster is "at least we're better than the worst team in the league".
I always try to find the positive
least we aint the poor villa either ??? ??? ???
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we'd struggle against walsall because they have some good players and even if we worked very hard it would be difficult.
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Have heard some rubbish on here but this thread kicks it. We would beat the Dingles 9 times out of 10. We're better in every position.
Form is temporary.
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Have heard some rubbish on here but this thread kicks it. We would beat the Dingles 9 times out of 10. We're better in every position.
Form is temporary.
Blues 1-2 Albion
Albion 2-2 Bristol City
Bristol City 0-2 Albion
Albion 0-0 Port Vale
Albion 2-2 Peterborough
Peterborough 1-1 Albion
Northampton 2-2 Albion
Albion 1-2 Derby
Accrington 1-3 Albion
We've played 9 games against football league sides since Pulis took over and have won 3 of them so I'm no sure how that means we would beat a team comfortably better than any of those sides 9 times out of 10.
Saying that, we have better players and a better squad than them I personally don't think there should be any debate around that. Over the course of a season or if we played them 20 times I'd expect us to beat them in both scenario's unless we hugely under performed.
As things stand right this minute if we played them in a 1 off cup tie I can't honestly say we would win as it's very rare for us to actually attempt to win a game. They would have nothing to lose and can play with freedom. On top of that they are currently full of confidence and ours is shot.
Possibly they could beat us in a 1 off off game but no argument we have far better players overall.
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Have heard some rubbish on here but this thread kicks it. We would beat the Dingles 9 times out of 10. We're better in every position.
Form is temporary.
We're better in every position than Huddersfield, Brighton, Burnley, even Watford. Doesnt mean w'ere better or above them does it. If only Football was as simple.
Leicester were weaker than alot of teams in 2016, we know how that ended.
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I reckon we would just about scrape a 0 0 draw. 9 men behind the ball working aaard - because after all they've got some quality players, just look at their bench
We could probably beat them but with Pulis in charge, we wouldn't try.
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Wolves are currently better than the sum of their parts.
Under Pulis we are worse than the sum of our parts.
Would be close I think. Probably a draw.
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I can see this is all a bit too much for some to take on here. Firstly, we've spent the best part of the last two decades laughing at them, let them have a bit of fun and take it on the chin. If you can't cope with this then football probably isn't for you.
Secondly, with FOSUN and Mendes they've essentially won the lottery - pot luck, a combination of hitting rock bottom with the double relegation and having an owner willing to sell to anyone for peanuts. They've got billions in the bank and a huge pool of (very talented) players they can cherry pick as and when they want them. There's plenty been written about the way Mendes moves his "assets" around the top European leagues, Google it. If they're promoted Mendes will ship some bigger names in bankrolled by FOSUN to get round the FFP rules. Decent work if you can get it.
We should be used to this type of nonsense anyway, we've had to spend the last 35 years listening to stories of how our biggest rivals won the European Cup... bastards.
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All that partying from the League Title win last weekend and winning the 'took Man City reserves to pens and lost' Cup double in the week must have taken it's toll today huh?
Would we beat them? Yes all day long.
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the dingles got a draw against who we rolled over for today
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On current form we would not win.
We might draw.
Soak it up, take on the chin, accept the reality check. They are playing football and we are not.
Our squad - with the right coach - could tear them a new one,but for some reason we are content to have our heads in the sand thinking we are still cock of the Midlands.
Time overdue for the head to roll.
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the dingles got a draw against who we rolled over for today
Yet we managed to put two goals past them, despite setting up not to lose, like we always do...?
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Yet we managed to put two goals past them, despite setting up not to lose, like we always do...?
To answer the original question...YES, we would...!
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the dingles got a draw against who we rolled over for today
They lost to QPR
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I watched their game last night, couldn't believe i was watching the Wolves. After 130 years they have finally learned how to string some passes together.
They reminded me of us under Mowbray, too good for the Championship, but in the Premiership? Well that howler by the keeper would have been punished, then it would have been a different ball game.
If they played us today we would beat them.
They would still be knackered from last night.
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On current form we would not win.
We might draw.
Soak it up, take on the chin, accept the reality check. They are playing football and we are not.
Our squad - with the right coach - could tear them a new one,but for some reason we are content to have our heads in the sand thinking we are still cock of the Midlands.
Time overdue for the head to roll.
That's about spot on.
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We wouldnt beat the Dingles family from Emmerdale at the moment .
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We wouldnt beat the Dingles family from Emmerdale at the moment .
;D
Yep.
I was going to say we couldn't bust out way out of a crisp packet right now.
Regardless of division, the very worst the Albion have ever looked.
I hope you are proud of yourself baseball cap for brains.
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NOPE,not under this joke of a coach,leave the tw@t at Huddersfield
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Would we beat the Dingles?
No. Not a chance. Not in one game in ten.
That’s how far he has taken us backward.
Pulis out.
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I agree with jacko hey ay won nothing yet, but they've managed to get another 4000 fans to turn up who look forward to matches a damn site more excited than we do.
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Would we beat the Dingles?
No. Not a chance. Not in one game in ten.
That’s how far he has taken us backward.
Pulis out.
EXACTLY
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Who the hell cares about the dingles anyway? ::)
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Saw them on the box on Friday night. made me feel a little sad, they really do have some real exciting good players. However they are playing a dangerous game. it is a long season down there and when Dec and Jan come are they going to be up for it, because if they dont go up, they could be in really trouble financially and with FFP
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Saw them on the box on Friday night. made me feel a little sad, they really do have some real exciting good players. However they are playing a dangerous game. it is a long season down there and when Dec and Jan come are they going to be up for it, because if they dont go up, they could be in really trouble financially and with FFP
Careful, you are not allowed to appreciate other teams playing good football, you'll be chastised on here and asked to go and support them.