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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: 5/8 Deportivo La Coruna v Albion
« on: July 17, 2017, 08:01:36 PM »
few hundred going on this one ,should be a cracking day
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Theres about 50 of us booked up flying to munich on the 7th then train to saltzburg,Meiniger hotel one night then next night to snideling to watch game stop over night there then back to either saltzburg or munich some stopping some heading right back
i hate twitter with a passion, just trying to get some guidence on the Austria trip.Nobody on here seems to be going, Like i say loads of James wrens on twitter when i typed in that name but which one i wo bother
I refuse to answer that on the grounds it confirms me as a codger.you forgot statham always in the four in hand ,saw willie in there many a time always on the pool table (playing) i loved jeff astle he was a big game player also chippy clarke ,so for me best forward Astle best Winger chippy best Player Robson,he had everything hence why is career was so much more prestigious than all the others ,Laurie could have had the same but for injuries and personal problems Big Cyrille never really lived up to his full potential ,what i think we forget is he was very inconsistent if he fancied it there was no stopping him ,if he didnt you never saw him again hence why big things never really happened for him ,but its all about opinions
But seriously Robbo was magnificent in the Navy and white !
His engine was incredible,
he didn't shirk a tackle (to his great cost, 2 broken legs??)
his range of passing was excellent and he
contributed on the goals front too.
IMO pretty much the complete player.
And the baggies drinking team at the time was legendary, (Robbo, Asa, Ally Rob, Len Cantello strangely never saw Willie out with the "team") Four in hand, Joker, Globe, Farriers, Bell, Flash Harry, White house, they seemed to be everywhere.
Right, I'm seriously, seriously tempted to try and get to Brazil next summer and thought I would start a thread about all things Brazil and the world cup.went there for the friendly a few months back ,Do not be taken in by all the Garbage its a great place to visit ,Just don't go in the Ghettos (as if any ones daft enough to do this) ,Before we went we were told don't wonder off the front etc etc its just the same as any where else in the World if your not a local don't go to areas you don't feel safe in simple really we stayed about 5 blocks back from the copacabana beach area ,so the so called safe areas stretch a few miles back and across ,we also caught a plane £100 to the falls on the Border of Argentina/Paraguay/Brazil ,they are a site to behold we came out of the Brazil side got a Taxi to Paraguay 10 mins had a beer just over the Border (Thats a dodgy place ) he waited for us he then took us to Argentina where we had a fantastic steak and a few hours there ,the people were really friendly ,one Tip (thats if your in Rio) do not book any tourist trips here book them when you get there see a Taxi Firm (your hotel will recommend) and they do much better trips waiting for you as you go to Christ the redeemer and sugarloaf Mountain,etc ,DON'T listen to the press etc and have a great trip oh and try opedo web site for travel etc
Any news, views and tips about getting there on a budget would be top of my list of things I'd like to hear.
Followed by what to do and see while there and how the locals might react.
Never travelled in South America so local customs and practices and the like would be usefull to know.
Oh and how to convice the wife it's a good idea too would be helpfull!!!
Anelka slowed up the play, was wasteful in possession and often refused the simple pass.agree Anelka is a Class act but the system we normally play ie counter attacking football does not suite is style of play when we broke yesterday it went up to Anelka and just stopped ,a great Footballer in the wrong system ,But iam sure it will work out as he can adapt to any style
Very poor today and doesn't suit our system. I don't like WM, but on this I agree. Anelka should be dropped.
Agreed, he took over a very poor team in decline, and with largely the same players produced a determined, passionate, hard team that won games playing passing football. One of my main memories was that for the first time since beginning to follow Albion in late '66 we started passing the ball out from the back and really using the midfield better than anytime since Bobby Hope left us.agree 100% what a player he brought in what was thought of as has beens and second raters but he moulded a team ,went to every game and it was by far the best time of my football following life on a foot note Giles was also a dirty little so and so on the pitch blokes twice his size avoided him
Giles gave us our pride back and in my time one of the greatest single days out ever. Oldham away.
Blooding Statham and Godden, bringing in Mick Martin, Paddy Mulligan and Ray Treacy (we'll over look Geoff Hurst), buying Laurie, wining away 0-2 at Stoke (Decca's debut), thrashing Manchester United, thumping Tottenham...Giles laid the foundations for our mid/late seventies success. Had the board had the courage to back him who knows, we may well have been looking back at thirty plus years of winning trophies now.
Funny old game.
The man should be a legend in West Bromwich, don't let anyone ever kid you he was a footnote.