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Bednar: I’ll repay Baggies
Thursday 6th September 2007, 11:44AM BST.
Roman Bednar has pledged to repay Albion for rescuing him from his Hearts nightmare.
Bednar clinched a season-long loan deal minutes before the transfer window closed on Friday to become the Baggies’ 13th summer signing.
And the giant Czech striker insists it’s exactly the fresh challenge he needs after becoming frustrated by a succession of niggling injuries and the behind-the-scenes politics at Tynecastle.
There are more than 60 players on the Jambos’ books and Bednar said he was unhappy with the direction the club had taken on and off the field under the direction of owner Vladimir Romanov.
“It’s been my dream from the beginning to play in England,” said Bednar, who has joined Albion with a view to a permanent move next summer.
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Roman Bednar has pledged to repay Albion for rescuing him from his Hearts nightmare.
Bednar clinched a season-long loan deal minutes before the transfer window closed on Friday to become the Baggies’ 13th summer signing.
And the giant Czech striker insists it’s exactly the fresh challenge he needs after becoming frustrated by a succession of niggling injuries and the behind-the-scenes politics at Tynecastle.
There are more than 60 players on the Jambos’ books and Bednar said he was unhappy with the direction the club had taken on and off the field under the direction of owner Vladimir Romanov.
“It’s been my dream from the beginning to play in England,” said Bednar, who has joined Albion with a view to a permanent move next summer.
“I thought I might stay at Hearts for one more year but I didn’t want to stay there any more. There were bad things happening there so I was happy to move.
“There are a lot of players there but it wasn’t about that because I felt that if I was fit I would play there.
“But the question was how they played there – I was unhappy with everything. I needed a fresh challenge because I just didn’t like what’s going on at Hearts now.”
Bednar is well known to Albion’s sporting and technical director Simon Hunt, who was chief scout to George Burley during his brief spell in charge at Hearts.
The former Mlada Boleslav targetman started that season with three goals in eight games as Hearts went top of the SPL before Burley was bizarrely sacked, and he’s eager to recapture that form.
“I want to try to recapture the sort of form I showed when I first moved to Hearts,” said Bednar, who has an outside chance of playing for the reserves at Walsall next week.
“But the problem was my fitness and I spent a lot of time there injured. I had lots of different injuries.
“I need a couple more days working on my fitness and then I hope I can be back playing in two weeks.
“The gaffer’s told me not to rush back because that was one of the reasons why I had no many injuries.”
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Sooo much strength up front now, the combinations ToMo can opt for are endless.
The same goes for the middle of the park too……
Bring on the rest of the season I am ready to roll.
On a realistic, and tiny little concerned note is back up for Deano; but here’s to the oppo not getting that far.
Boing Boing!!
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thats what i like to hear,look out prem here we come boing boing
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terrywalsallbaggie
You must have sat there for hours thinking of that.
I really dont know how you think them up..
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Roman Bednar is a good signing, he will give us more options up front, I think we will score 103 goals this season. Boing Boing up we go!
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I’m eagerly awaiting this season, with the amount of creative players we now have in our squad mixed with the power houses we can’t fail to be up there competing with Blades, Wolves, Norwich and Cov etc. Maybe we can also get ourselves a leading scorer in the Championship!
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czech mate
Get this lad fit i think he good become a gel. 1 thing that makes this season exciting to be a baggies fan is all these players coming who are unknown really but come here with good references and cv, i.e. bednar and bart czech and polish internationals respectively. texiera played for psg, cesar slovak international signed from marseille champ league experience. And the british buys i.e. barnett, brunt, miller and morrison are all great buys who really could get into most prem teams. If we could just improve away and become more physical like morro said we can easily be a force in this league. Boing Boing bring on the tractor buys week sat.
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YEA LIKE LAST SEASON HE’LL BE WANTING A TRANSFER IN JAN LIKE THE REST OF YOUR TEAM DID LAST SEASON,YOU’LL BE LUCKY IF YOU GET 10TH SPOT BYE BYE BOGGIES DOWN YA STAY AGIAN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN HA HA .
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BoingBoing666
Mate the season already started.
Your not doing to bad.
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Wow his goal scoring record looks good! 11 goals in 38 games for club! Maybe he’ll be as good as the Pole with no goal!
Watch out MM!
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‘Wolves the champions said: Sep 6th, 2007 at 12:15 pm terrywalsallbaggie
You must have sat there for hours thinking of that.
I really dont know how you think them up.. ‘
It was hardly rocket science what he said dingle. He is just happy that we’ve got a commited player.Live with it son.
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Besty
all of your posts end with
“bye bye boggies down ya stay”
and it` as amusing now as it was the first time,
which is not at all.
Actually,
your comedic content equals that of your football knowledge.
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If Albion fans are honest we know nothing about half the players we have signed this summer, Bednar included. We all hope they will work out and only time will tell.
I think we lack two things, a ball winning midfielder (in the mould of McInnes) and experienced goalkeeper cover.
Boingboing666, hit the nail on the head when he says we are eagerly waiting to see what happens, partly because we have no idea as to the players abilities.
The knock on effect is that opposing teams will struggle to know what to expect from us as a team and as individuals.
Two players i cant wait to see after a run of games is, Brunt and Miller.
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I think when we are away we should play a 3 5 2…. make it hard for the other team to play.
Kiely
Hoefkens Barnett Cesar
Very strong def very physical
Gera Greening Koren Pele Brunt
Miller Philips
This is how we should play away, making it hard for the other team to play….
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dan west said: Sep 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm czech mate
“Get this lad fit i think he good become a gel”
Do you not think he would make a better hairspray?? Lol
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Why is it that the really stupid people (7) always use caps lock ?? Its the written equivalent of a burberry baseball cap !! Are they shouting or do they think it makes them look big and tough ??
Somebody really should tell them that it makes them look moronic – although having unfortunately read his latest “offering” i think its a waste of time.
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Got to say that we need to get to business when away from home. We need to make it very difficult for the other team. I think that ToMO needs to go with a 3-5-2 formation.
Kiely
Hoefkens Barnett Cesar
( Very Strong and Physical for the away games)
Gera Greening Pele Koren Brunt
Miller Philips
SUBS
Steele
Bednar
Teixeria
Chaplow
Morrison
At the end of the day, your main aim away from home is to a least get a point.. If you then win most of your home and draw more then you lose. You will be up there at the endo of the season…
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Dingles on here again.. making you sound like the poor neighbours you are which is why you come on here. Exciting times at the albion unlike over at the custard bowl. Do us a favour and list your forwards.. I could do with a laugh.
P.S There is a striker playing for zaglebie in poland who hasn’t scored for a year.. maybe he could be your next super frank? ha ha.
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Wolves fan here.On a serious note-is this bloke any good?I genuinely hadn’t heard of him.I thought the SPL was full of Brits who can’t get a game in our Prem.Oh, and think yourselves lucky it ain’t Miller!
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Besty.. You really do need to grow up. P.S I think you will find the Caps Lock button is on the left hand side 3rd button from the bottom. Is there any point to any of your postings!
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you wolves fans are all the same get a grip and look after your own team and comment on them instead of taking great interest in our squad, i think deep down all you wolves fans who comment on wba are really baggies fans…….
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The championship is running scared. Not
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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12,
Good call wba4prem. I’ve been saying that since the Burnley game & against Sheff Utd it was obvious we need to stiffen up the midfield with extra bodies. This formation can be very attacking as well & I don’t know why we don’t use it. I know under Megson we did & it was seen as negative by some but we had less quality then & were not as attack minded. With this lot it’s definitely worth a go!
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Well done Mr Slowbury,
yet another signing for the boggies that nobody has ever heard of. We are quaking in our boots over at the golden palace. Not!!!!
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Sorry meant 16 at the beginning however I agree with wbabomber 100%
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LOL LOL LOL
Wolves are clueless. There a joke. And so are WBA. Its all about Rushden and Dimomnds!!
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Can you imagine Bednar, Miller and Bart our 6’3″ pole with a goal bearing down on some poor defenders… scare the life outta them. Plus phillips and Beattie running then ragged,LOVIN IT !
I love the blend of youth, experience, muscle, pace and skill that ToMo has brought in – every confidence for a great season now.
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Stephen Pearson – I know someone called Stephen Pearson and he ain’t a moron so there has to be more than one !!
So you ain’t heard of him – oooooh !! maybe we should asked you first ?
Take your jealous little comments back to the dingles pages and cry about what MM is (not) doing – leave the good stuff to us.
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Please stop calling us ‘Dingles’ it hurts our feelings. It hasn’t got old or anything like that. Even though it makes no sense whatsoever, when we all know the pikey farmers live in West Bummich.
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BoingBoing666
Calm down it was a joke.
Your so easy to wind up.
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what a strikeforce we got know
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Saggy Baggy 27,
I have touched on a raw nerve big nose as you spend more time on our page as you do on your own.Just because I have exactly the same name as the Derby fella who stopped you getting promoted in May please do not take out your frustration on me. Yes I will carry on crying with laughter after finishing last season on level points with your premiership side. PS I d,ont think I ever read any good stuff on this page
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Please could someone tell all the dingles where they can find a forum for there sad lot.
Thanks fellow baggie boys.
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another player none of you dummy brummie’s have a clue about keep up the good work tina mowbray….
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Wolves are vermin arn’t they?
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Tony Mowbray is the ideal man to waste the money the club have pulled in selling their decent players. The club can settle down to being in this division for a long time now cause with all the money spent and parachute money ending, 2008 is going to be a hard year to be a baggie fan.
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35 – what a completely ridiculous thing to say –
How have we wasted money ? You are obviously a sad and jealous dingle peering over the fence at your rich neighbours. Just cos we have got players in and old MM wants to play Breen and Co every week, don’t take it out on us. I know we laugh at you and your club, but till you do something worthwhile you just have to take it.
Get used to it dingle boy !
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The depths the dingles will go to is SO funny – read 33… “Tina” Mowbray …. what a clever little chap you are !! Honestly, its like a playground in here.
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Yes happy baggie..
I think “big bad wolf” is a comedy genius.. i mean changing tony to tina..it’s just brilliant.. get your-self up to blackpool pier kid your talent is being wasted(probably washes up at the local indian restaurant!)
what an absoloute plank.
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Theres always one moron (31) said “I never read any good stuff on this page”… well you certainly aint helping are you ? So why not disappear back to the yellow pages and read about more injuries and no one coming in. It aint like you will be missed… fat head.
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I came on here to comment on Bednar, You know, er,that footballer! But reading all the drivel I’ve forgot what my comment was, lets get back to the football shall we guys, and leave all the sniping to our soldiers.
C’MON ENGLAND!!!!!!
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I cant believe that Chris Brunt did
not get a start against Latvia,from
what I’ve seen,this kid could be better than Jason Koumas.
NIGEL WORTHINGTON IS A FOOL.
WHAT WAS HE THINKING.
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