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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Kyle Bartley
« on: Today at 02:52:47 PM »
Absolutely fantastic today. Gets a lot of stick and rightly so at times but I think he’ll be a mainstay in the side from now.
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You can't blame Alladyce for basic **** mistakes.
Could definitely see Appleton in post next season.
I think we had to have three or four players in now to have any chance.
I think realistically it is a case of getting in a few loans to try and make us more competitive and respectable for the rest of the season to avoid total humiliation.
I expect Allardyce to be replaced by someone else before the end of the season who will then prepare for the Championship campaign with a view to promotion and then keeping us in the Premier League, much as the club originally planned under Bilic. This time though they need to appoint a man that will set us up in a way that will enable to us to survive in the PL. We were never going to do that under Bilic, a newly promoted club cant try and play tippy, tappy football and out technique other teams with greater resources.
I dont think anyone has said Bilic wasnt successful for getting automatic promotion. Quite the opposite infact
But the problems that existed last season still exist this season and he had 3 transfer windows to address it. He didnt.
OK, so I am looking at the present squad.
What's its strengths boinging?
I fear Big Sam could be our Alan Pardew for this season.
Based on the few line ups we've seen, it's extremely bad news for Diangana.
Having watched him come on in the last few games, it looks like his legs have gone. Sadly, you need to be topfit to play in the Prem League. I expect SA has got that message now.
Bilic started the season with 1 point from 4 games, let's judge Allardyce properly when he's had a chance to get some players in that can play his way.
Yes he probably does need 4/5 players to try and balance the side and get them fighting to stay in this league.
I don't know if the club were stringing Bilic along more that they were giving him enough rope to hang himself which he duly did.
We were able to buy Diangana in part because his path to first team football was blocked by among others Snodgrass 6 months latter we import Snodgrass who will not replace Phillips in the starting XI but will replace Diangana and or Pereira.
Surely a striker has to come in ASAP now
But who would have played in defence? Who do you replace Gallagher with? A number of the usual suspects aren't currently able to play at this level but they keep being selected because they're better than the alternatives. And yes, you're right, one or two of the names you mention would be the first names on my team sheet.
To be fair to him the squad's thinner than a teenage Kate Moss. I can't imagine the "other half" of the squad having done any better that the regular first team.