Albion boss Tony Mowbray hopes derby match-winners Zoltan Gera and Kevin Phillips will stay at The Hawthorns because of the thrilling football that beat Wolves.
Albion’s out-of-contract duo applied the killer touch to clinch Black Country derby glory for Mowbray last night and send the Baggies to the top of the Championship.
And Mowbray believes the brand of football that proved too good for Wolves could also persuade goalscorer Gera and provider Phillips to sign up in the summer.
“We’re in the era of Bosman and if players want to let their contracts run out and go elsewhere then I’ve got no problems with that,” said Mowbray.
“I hope both Kevin and Zoltan recognise that this team plays a brand of football that accentuates their talents.
“If they want to stay then great, if they don’t then there’ll be no falling out with anyone. We’ll move on, bring other players in and hopefully progress their careers.
“I’m pretty hopeful and confident that will get things sorted out with Kevin. It is dragging on, but these things take time sometimes.”
Phillips’ contract talks have stalled, but fresh negotiations are planned in the next few weeks between the player’s advisors and Albion chairman Jeremy Peace.
Gera’s future is believed to hinge on the outcome of the promotion challenge with Albion hopeful Premier League status would persuade the Hungarian captain to stay.
Phillips last night laid on the only goal of the Molineux derby for Gera, earning the praise of Mowbray.
“Kevin gets lots of plaudits for the goals he’s scores,” said Mowbray. “But I see every day in training the quality he possesses.
“He took a 40-yard pass out of the air, skipped past his man and had the presence of mind to square for Zoltan for a tap-in.”
Games left: Sat, Apr 19: Norwich(A); Mon, Apr 28: Southampton (H); Sun, May 4: QPR (A).
51 Comments
HELLO BOYS…I’M BACK.
SO YOU MANAGED TO FLUKE A WIN, BIG DEAL!!. SO NOW YOU’LL BE GOING UP AUTOMATICALLY AS RUNNERS UP TO HULL..
WHICH MEANS YOU’LL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SITTING BACK, AND WATCHING MIGHTY WOLVES JOIN YOU IN THE PREMIER AS PLAY OFF WINNERS AT THE NEW WEMBLEY.
JOIN THE MILLIONS GLUED TO TV’S ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE, AND WITNESS THE AWAKENING OF THE SLEEPING GIANT THAT IS WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS.
AND AS FOR THE ABOVE ARTICLE..WHO CARES !!
MARCHING ON TO WEMBLEY GLORY THE MCARTHY WAY..IN STYLE OF COURSE..OH YES.
P.S..DID ANYONE ELSE LOOSE THEIR VIRGIN MEDIA BROADBAND COMPLETELY FOR THE WHOLE OF YESTERDAY.
sbba, you really ought to be on stage…preferrably in stocks so we can throw tomatoes and other over ripe fruit/veg at you…you really ARE that funny!!!
the reason you lost (and it’s lose not loose) virgin broadband was due to the fact that so many people had logged into VM’s sport section to see that wonderful megs of hennesey by ZG.
2# YOU FLUKED A WIN BECAUSE DODGEY OFFICALS MISSED ONE OF THE MOST BLATENT OFFSIDES YOU WILL EVER SEE..ANYBODY CAN TAP THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET..WHEN EVERYONE ELSE HAS STOPPED PLAYING AND WONDERING WHY THE FLAG HADN’T GONE UP.
SUPER MICK WAS RIGHT..THE BEST TEAM LOST..BUT WE’LL HAVE OUR BIG DAY AT WEMBLEY..WE ALWAYS WIN THERE AS YOU KNOW!!!
WALKING OUT AT WEMBLEY..THE WANDERERS WAY..IN STYLE OF COURSE..OH YES!!!!!
SBBA.
BET YOU WISH YOU WERE HALF AS CONFIDANT AS YOU SOUND.
Sad to say that if West Brom do go up then Phillips and Gera are unlikely to star for them in the Premiership.
Gera will be snapped up by one of the bigger clubs in the Premiership…i.e. Wigan, Middlesborough, Sunderland etc.
Phillips won’t have the legs to hack it back in the Premiership - fact
WHAT A PLANK YOU ARE SBBA.THE MCARTHY WAY?WHAT EXACTLY IS “THE MCARTHY WAY”?YOU CAN SEE THE DIFERENCE IN “THE MCARTHY WAY” ELEVEN HEADLESS CHICKENS “PUTTING A SHIFT IN” AS THE SUPERMICK SAYS.THEN YOU COME UP AGAINST A SIDE WHO PASS YOU TO DEATH WITH TOP CLASS PLAYERS.YOUR JUST NOT VERY GOOD.
P.S I DON’T THINK YOU’LL MAKE THE PLAY OFFS AND IF YOU DO PALACE WILL WIN IT.
OH WESTON WOLF WHAT A BITTER PERSON YOU ARE,LOOKS LIKE SYLVAN ELIKES CAKE IS OF TO MAGHTY MASSIVE ……..WAIT FOR IT QPR.HA,HA,HA,THATS IF THEY CAN GET HIM OUT OF NEIL CLEMENTS BACK POCKET OF COURSE.YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH LUCK DO YOU WESTONWOLF BEING A DINGLE AND LIVING IN WESTON?
5,westen, lets wait n see shall we, boing boing going up the MOWBURY WAY
1,SOUFBANK,that stuff youm on do they sell it over the counter,boing boing dreamim the soufbank way
SBBA, I truely hope Wolves come up with us as I couldnt be without your comments to help me through my day at work, they really do make me laugh.
Oh, by the way, not paying your bill might have had an affect on your Virgin Media!!
1,soufbank, are you on about your winning goal at charlton,cuz youv summed it up perfect,boing boing missing out on the play offs
South Bank..We are top of the league and were having a laff,Did you get that or shall repeat myself.Boing Boing
5 westen,lets face it,if they want to play similar style football they can only go to arsenal as there not brazilian boing boing going uo in STYLE
police are concerned for the whereabouts of dingle striker sylvain ebanks blake.
the striker who went missing at 19.45 hours on tuesday night has been caught on cctv and was last seen in the pocket of west bromwich albions leon barnett.anyone with any information or sees him needs to tell him hes rubbish.
1,BAGGIE, i saw him at the hot dog stand when i came out, boing boing dingles will never KETCHUP
See the Albion fans are infesting the Wolves pages rather than payin attention to their own team…..speaks volumes for their ambitions.
No 7
Bit rich about complaining about me living in Weston…..ever looked around the splendour of
Aldridge ??
See you in the Playoffs…loser
Woverines….this is an Albion story!!! Clever boy.
16,wilvernis, what more can we say about us,boing boing going up the MOWBURY WAY
If we were top of the league and playing the sort of football the baggies have been playing all season we would not have to sell tickets at a reduced price to fill the ground.
Says it all really !!
BONESWBA..SIGNING ON ONCE A FORTNIGHT AIN’T WORKING PAL..BESIDES JOB CENTRE COMPUTERS ARE FOR LOOKING AT JOB VACANCIES..NOT FOR POSTING ON HERE.
EARNING MONEY THE PROPPER WAY..BY WORKING OF COURSE..OH YES.
TERRYTOTALPR@BAGGY..SEE THE SPELLING AIN’T IMPROVED DUDE..I WOULD REPLY TO SOME OF YOUR POSTS..IF I HAD A CLUE AS TO WHAT THE HELL YOUR ON ABOUT.
REALBULLY..OK WE HAD A BAD DAY..CONFIDENCE IS STILL SKY HIGH..AS WE’LL PROVE ON SATURDAY AGAINST IPSWICH.
CRUISING INTO THE PLAY OFFS THE MCARTHY WAY..IN STYLE OF COURSE..OH YES.
The truth from the other night was that Albion were marginally better, in that they passed it around in midfield well and too many of our players had an off day ie Elokobi, Collins, Gibson, Keogh.
The harsh reality for Albion fans is that they have only got as many players capable of playing at a good level as Wolves. We have Murray/Hennessey, Kightley, Ebanks-Blake, Olifinjana and Jarvis and others might adapt. As for Albion, they have Gera, Greening, Morrison and Phillips as a bit part player and possibly Miller.
If you go up, get signing or you will be straight back down!
Right southbank barmy army there’s a little button on the left hand side of the keyboard called caps lock, can you please turn it off, although if its too hard for you get your mother out of your bed and ask her to help you with it.
ANd as for the bitter, jealous Dingles who don’t agree that they were totally outplayed lets look at the stats:
Wolves: Shots on target - 5
Shots off target - 3
Total - 8
West Brom: Shots on target - 9
Shots off target - 6
Total - 15
So we had nearly twice as many shots as you not to mention having more possession.
You just have to be realistic and plan for trips to Swansea next year while we go to Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd. Now before you say we will lose all of them i’m not bothered because we have a squad capable of survivng in that league.
Lets hope we draw you in the cup because we won’t play you again in the league for a long time.
BAGGIEBOY NICK..THAT WASN’T FUNNY WHEN WE FIRST HEARD IT..AND IT’S EVEN LESS FUNNY THE WAY YOU TOLD IT..IF I WERE YOU MATEY I’D LEAVE THE JOKES TO THE PROFESSIONALS LIKE PHILLIPS AND MOWBRAY..
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS..PLAY OFF FINAL WINNERS 2008..IN STYLE OF COURSE..OH YES.
Steve Bruce, Roy Keane, Steve Coppell and Co must be licking their lips looking at some of the dross that could be playing in the Premiership next season.
Stoke, Hull, Bristol City and Watford would be racing certainties to return immediately to the Championship.
West Brom could conceivably stay up one season, but probably only if they were lucky again and played someone like Portsmouth (last time they were up) who rolled over and died as a last match escape route.
Wolves can spend big-time but even £30 million is unlikely to guarantee survival.
Crystal Palace or Cardiff would give Derby’s dire season points total a run for their money.
If anyone could survive it would likely be Charlton (who won’t make it though) as they are still receiving Parachute payments.
Sadly the Premiership has moved on substantitally since Wolves and WBa were last in it
16. isn’t this an Albion article?!! now run along you silly little man
southbank barmy army
that could be your guys problem, has McCarthy never told them to play to the whistle, even if it was offside the ref, the linesmen, the 4th official, the FA, Old Mick or the media havent picked up on it, you must have great vision and reactions, are you part of the Matrix or just a sorry wolves fan scratching for an excuse for a loss.
Weston WBA
what?? why would dedicated pro’s leave when they have just won promotion? would you walk away from a job you have just earnt for an entire year? NO
Weston Wolf sorry,
Its on the brain!!
23. Marginally better? Did we nearly knock your posts down?? I was in majorca so didn’t go but that’s what i saw out there on sky!! Think you had a chance from edge of box and that was about that!! Anyway wolves 0-1 albion, we’re top your 8th!! go away now you sad dingles to mid table!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Weston Wolf
If Stoke, Hull, Bristol City and Watford are dross and you are further down the league table than them I think you should look at your own team you fool.
if we go up realistically we do need a few players but not wholesale changes look the Dingles would need, we have a great chance of staying up when you look at teams already there and the other 2 teams that will come up this season, we have a superb young manager and chairman who both know what they are doing unlike our neighbours down the road, whatever happened to that £30mil investment?
Anyone else think the dingles would love to have jealous “you’ll be straight back down” comments about their club, indicating they have a cats chance in hell of making it there in the 1st place? If only you could exchange sad comments for league points the table wouldn’t reflect who the REAL losers are this season. Neither dingles or Baggies gonna be in playoffs this year…..for very different reasons, Lovin it!
Lets all laugh at Wanderers
Lets all laugh at Wanderers
LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.
We ended the dingles season….. THE MOWBRAY WAY… IN STYLE OF COURSE!!!!!
Wolves fans don’t sink to the pathetic level some boggies do by saying their gonna do this and that. Just play it down and hopefully less pressure will help the lads.
UP THE WOLVES!
Wolverines said: Apr 17th, 2008 at 9:52 am See the Albion fans are infesting the Wolves pages rather than payin attention to their own team…..speaks volumes for their ambitions.
Look above mate, I then realise how much of a plonker you actually look now, why don’t you know go and pay attention to your own team instead of infesting our Albion pages
26 Westonwolf……
I understand that your club’s only association with the Premier was extremely fleeting, but you really should know how these things work.
If a team is re-promoted, the parachute payments cease - hence your comments about Charlton are as clueless as your manager.
30 Super - you didn’t go to the game and I can tell you now the highlights on sky did not do it justice! Your not even “one of them” fans who listen on the radio and then phone in, just leave it mate, your making yourself look silly(er).
14 baggie boy - that “joke” has been regurgitated so many times it is just not funny! Similar to the flood warnings in wolverhampton when you lost at wembley, boring now!
As a wolves fan Im more interested in the story about the apple thrown from a car window… Than reading the drivel writeen by you bogy fans….. Read this carefully Boggy fans its not over yet because its all going to go PEAR shaped!!! Im here all week
31 Ryan
We have had a bad season by our standards, but you I think have had only had a marginally better one !
In a very poor Championship you have struggled to climb to the top and it’s by no by no certain that you will come away from Carrow Road with promotion in the bag ?
My point was that all the teams chasing promotion are likely to struggle next season and face an immediate return to the Championship without heavy investment. Wolves do have an owner with barrel loads of money in the Bank and the desire to get to the Premiership. You sadly will be soon called
West Bromwich Albion yoyo FC
Phillips doesnt want to sign.
Gera saying if albion arent in the premier hes basicallly leaving - no loyalty.
Robinson WANTED to leave but failed a medical.
30) We were the better side at your place - the sunday school/church! Get a life. Singing the Lord’s my shepherd and boinging. An embarassment to the West Midlands!
21)SBBA….
”EARNING MONEY THE PROPPER WAY..BY WORKING OF COURSE..OH YES.”
I think theres been a mistake, your not supposed to get paid on community service mate.
I think theres been a mistake, your not supposed to get paid on community service mate.
BONESWBA..NICE ONE MATEY.. LIKE IT!!!! HAHAHA
ANYWAY HOW DID YOU KNOW I’M ON COMMUNITY SERVICE?
37 Nathan,
Flood warnings in Wolverhamtopn was because of you lot crying yopur eyes out on Tuesday. No wonder the pitch was nearly waterlogged. Missing the playoffs the McCarthy way but putting a shift in of course.
43)sbba…..lucky guess.
I may aswell class this as volentary work for the pay check I get at the end of the week mate, barely covers my beer money!!
44 Wakey - you wit holds no bounds mate!
Winning at wembley the wolves way, obviously not albions!
I never believed SBBA missed the game due to work, as its impossible to pick litter at night. I bet he was gathered round the radio with Michael and LCW.
Too many head hurting posts to respond to individually - although LCW claiming wolves fans never “say their gonna do this and that” needs special mention - a more inaccurate and ridiculous statement would be hard to find - just try reading the posts on this very page you mug.
Anyway, automatic promotion is now something to be laughed at cos its much better to be eigth in the league and lose to your bitterest rivals - at home.
Deluding yourself the dingles way - OH YES !!
BITTER JEALOUS DINGLES
EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY
Dear Mr Peace
GIVE THEM NEW DEALS!!!! if they do stay i feel that we won’t be Derby in disguise! and stay up
Nathan wolves. When i’m in the country i go home and away! That’s all i have to say you muppet.
41. I was at the game at our “churh” yawn yawn and whilst you played ok you were not the better team. As for songs we all know you lot have only one.. “fight fight whereva we may be..” brilliant that mate.. boing boing.
41. Now read my name…Now thats an embarrassment to the Black Country