Topic: Next Manager

[Londonbaggymike]

Mods are getting a bit post removal happy.

Fair enough you had already posted CL's tweets. But there was more to my message than the tweet. Never mind.

Let's get behind Clarke is how the removed one finished. Please leave this one as I'd like the sentiment posted.

[rubyruby]

Steve Madeley ?@stevemadeley

Rangnick's agent has told German media he turned Albion down. Albion say he was never offered the job. Anyhow, it will be Clarke. #wba

Well he would say that wouldnt he irrespective of the truth. His client is paying him!

[crazedwbafan18]

Steve Madeley ?@stevemadeley

Rangnick's agent has told German media he turned Albion down. Albion say he was never offered the job. Anyhow, it will be Clarke. #wba

someone is telling porkies, and i kinda wanna know who!

[dangerman]

RR turned us down, the club are now playing dum and Clarke will be our number one choice from the begining.

Shame as I was hoping RR would say yes.

Better get used to Clarke 

[Bigrob80]

RR may have said no, but I'm happy to give my support to Clarke!
I just hope he does well at his step up!

[boinging_along]

This sort of idea really is ridiculous. Players aren't going to stay or leave because we go Rangnick. As it happens Clarke has a good reputation and i'm sure the players will ask friends about him and get a good response. But in general people aren't going to stay or leave based on how high profile the manager is - unless he has a horrific reputation that is, which isn't the case.

I'm not sure if they will leave because of Clarke, but to say player's don't leave based on who a manager is is wrong - it's all about the future plans of the club.  If a player's ambitions don't match the club, they'll be off.  We've sent out the "doing it on the cheap" signals, hardly going to make players like Olsson and Pete say "hey, we want to be part of this, we could achieve something".

[geoff]

I would also like to say a big thank you to Schalke04FC & the other German lads for there input, its been refreshing to read what your thoughts & insight on the PROFFESSER were.

[AlbionBest]

Meanwhile...

Christian Machowski
?@ChristianMcr
Ralf Rangnick's agent has told @SPORTBILD this afternoon, that Rangnick has turned down West Brom's offer. #wba

Swiftly followed by:

Chris Lepkowski
@chrislepkowski
Well there you go. No surprise. Someone is telling porkies... #youdecide #wba

Here we go the usual.................we will never get anything near the truth from Peace as his spin machine will go into overdrive now after six weeks of nothing and not even reassuring the fans. We'll not get a decent response as to why Clarke, a number two, has been chosen after so long and at such a vital time for the Club.

I could quite understand if we were appointing at Championship level but we are not and this stinks of a Peace 'Yes Man'.

[VVVAlbion]

At the end of the day, we have always under JP (and should continue to do so in my opinion) done our business in private. All the stuff in the press at the minute is agent talk and speculation. Did we offer RR the post? Only the board and RR truely know (but it is in the best interest of RR for his agent to suggest that it we did).

If Clarke is appointed, there is no point bitching about it, nobody on here can influence it/change it, nor do they know the full circumstances behind any of the negotiations be it with Blues over Hughton, RR , or Sir Alex at Man U.     

[dangerman]

I am still expecting a twist in this. This has gone on too long for us to settle with Clarke.

Or am I clutching at straws?

[wdbroun]

It's exciting to see a long-time respected No. 2 get a chance at the driver's seat in the Premier League. Yes, we'll be into firmly into the world of terra incognita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_incognita. That's a country I don't mind visiting, myself.

A Clarke appointment could be hugely interesting, and it could be a disaster. It's a little hard to imagine Steve Clarke merely husbanding the team back to 10th place. We're either going to up our game, or hello nPower. At least that's how my confused tea leaves read to me. But I will say this: this is all going to be a lot of fun to watch. He very well knows that from the beginning, he's going to have a lot to prove, both to players and fans. He'll be trying to survive. How can we not give the bloke a fighting chance? Are we really so above the need to believe in the impossible?

My big hope is that Clarke helps bring a drive to win and a stout fighting heart to Albion.

Look, folks. We're not the most fashionable team in the world. We were never going to land an AVB or some fancy trenchcoat-wearing rock star manager. But more than any other Premier team at the moment, as I see it, we carry the hopes and dreams of underdogs everywhere in England. So, it's time to raise your hopes and to dream big and to fight for the impossible.

[VVVAlbion]

Here we go the usual.................we will never get anything near the truth from Peace as his spin machine will go into overdrive now after six weeks of nothing and not even reassuring the fans. We'll not get a decent response as to why Clarke, a number two, has been chosen after so long and at such a vital time for the Club.

I could quite understand if we were appointing at Championship level but we are not and this stinks of a Peace 'Yes Man'.

He we go the usual slander of JP based on zero facts.

[Mat15(MH)]

I am still expecting a twist in this. This has gone on too long for us to settle with Clarke.

Or am I clutching at straws?

Clutching I think mate! 

Everyone kept saying they expected it to be someone out of left-field, well that's we got!

[VVVAlbion]

I'm not sure if they will leave because of Clarke, but to say player's don't leave based on who a manager is is wrong - it's all about the future plans of the club.  If a player's ambitions don't match the club, they'll be off.  We've sent out the "doing it on the cheap" signals, hardly going to make players like Olsson and Pete say "hey, we want to be part of this, we could achieve something".

And the signals were massively different when they joined the club?

[Jack Russell]

Didn't someone say we normally have Thursday press conferences, obviously the bank holiday put paid to that.
So whos going to start page 200 then

[Political Cake]

Look, folks. We're not the most fashionable team in the world.

Obviously not the most fashionable area in the world either.

[Schalke04FC]

Don't feel bad. You and the other German posters have been a breath of fresh air to the site and I think everybody would agree that you're more than welcome to remain on the site and follow us as a club and comment on our matchday discussions. If we're all being honest, we all thought Ralf was the only man possible for the job and we all got slightly carried away. You and the other German posters remained intelligent with your posts on the site and your English has als been very good. I would love nothing more than to see you, and the other posters following the club throughout next season and beyond. Your good conduct on here has probably earned Schalke a couple more fans.

Danke!

Thank you very much for your kind words. Sportbild just released the report. It just says "after careful consideration Ralf has decided not to take the offer from Westbromwich". No reasons mentioned in the report. I don't know what he's waiting for or who's right in this game. Maybe he'll talk about it later. I must say that Westbromwich Albion more and more grew on me. And as a Schalke supporter I am already use to suffer (we're famous for our first class bottling when it comes to titles), so that won't be a problem to me. Plus we have the same background (coal and steel). I'll stick around, keep reading on here and I will start watching "Brommie" matches.

[AlbionBest]

Let's hope there is talk of a TRansfer Warchest to back the new Head Coach when it's eventually announced (yawn !) but I doubt it - I bet it's all about getting the best from the squad and bringing through players. All well and good but when we have forked out for quality we can see the difference to when we have 'made-do' in previous Premiership stints. We needed to keep the spine of the team (plus Foster) and bring in more quality to supplement them but now I fear the new guy will be encouraged to use mostly what we have whilst the Chairman rubs his hands  with glee.

[dangerman]

Clutching I think mate! 

Everyone kept saying they expected it to be someone out of left-field, well that's we got!

You're probably right. I just don't believe it's taken six weeks to land Clarke. No matter what the club might tell us!

[Jack Russell]

Thank you very much for your kind words. Sportbild just released the report. It just says "after careful consideration Ralf has decided not to take the offer from Westbromwich". No reasons mentioned in the report. I don't know what he's waiting for or who's right in this game. Maybe he'll talk about it later. I must say that Westbromwich Albion more and more grew on me. And as a Schalke supporter I am already use to suffer (we're famous for our first class bottling when it comes to titles), so that won't be a problem to me. Plus we have the same background (coal and steel). I'll stick around, keep reading on here and I will start watching "Brommie" matches.

come back during the course of the new season, we might need all the support we can get

[ian]

Are we sure that we have not got a lot of dingles posting on here i have never heard such negative nonsense written by some people in  all my life

[Jack Russell]

You're probably right. I just don't believe it's taken six weeks to land Clarke. No matter what the club might tell us!

Don't believe a word what they say, its all lies

[BB74]

Seeing as Jose loves Steve so much maybe we can have some Real players on loan please? 

[Jack Russell]

Are we sure that we have not got a lot of dingles posting on here i have never heard such negative nonsense written by some people in  all my life

Have you read other boards, this is quite mild in relation

[BB74]

Have you read other boards, this is quite mild in relation

Yes, this is one of the more sensible boards.