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Lay off keeper warns Mowbray
Wednesday 19th March 2008, 11:29AM GMT.
Albion boss Tony Mowbray today threw his support behind Dean Kiely and backed the veteran keeper to blank out the Hawthorns boo-boys.
Kiely was the target for criticism from a section of Baggies fans during Saturday’s 4-1 defeat to Leicester as the Baggies lost further ground in the Championship promotion race. But Mowbray believes the 37-year-old will laugh off any questions over his performances – questions the manager insists he has not heard.
“I haven’t detected it,” said Mowbray, who stuck with Kiely during criticism earlier in the season.
“Dean is long enough in the tooth to accept whatever comes his way. A few weeks ago, around the time of the Barnsley game (at Oakwell) there was a little bit of heat that I was aware of towards Dean. But I haven’t heard it in the last game or two.
“He responded after Barnsley with four clean sheets in five games and I have got no fears about Dean’s temperament or personality.”
Kiely is likely to come under increased scrutiny from fans as Czech keeper Michal Danek, who starred for the reserves on Monday, continues to settle into life in England.
But Mowbray has shown few signs that he is about to blood Danek in the crucial final weeks of the season and Kiely’s place seems secure barring injuries or a major loss of form.
The criticism directed towards Kiely at The Hawthorns has opened up a debate about whether Albion will be better off in their six away games than the three home fixtures.
But Mowbray has played down suggestions that the nerves in the crowd could affect his side badly on home turf. “All I know is that there are no easy games for anybody at any stage and I don’t feel or sense the pressure of playing at home,” said Mowbray.
“I would rather play every game at home but obviously you can’t. I understand that teams can go away and frustrate people but whether that is in our nature is probably another question.”
“I’m not sure about the away records of other teams this year but without being spectacular we have won a few games on the road this year and going away from home should hold no fears for us either.”
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And you steptoes call us fickle, lay off Kiely as long as he keeps letting them in he’s doing ok.
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Kiely was the target for criticism from a section of Baggies fans during Saturday’s 4-1 defeat.
Funny thing is I’ve checked through all my newspapers & can’t find details of his sending off.
After Albion went behind,Kiely by all accounts,was woefully exposed as Albion pushed for an equaliser.He didn’t give away the Penalty & the 4th goal….well even Godden,Osbourne,Latchford & Hoult would’ve struggled to save it.
He doesn’t have many bad games for you as the league table & a FA Cup semi-final can bear testement.
I wish Wolves were playing the stylish,silky footie that West Brom are,with similar results.
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unrest at the hawthorns?
i thought albion never booed their own team?!
one mickey gray
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oh deary deary me. how the seeds of doubt have well and truly set in at the poorthorns! watching over your shoulders for us now are we? the game at molineux could see us go above you and what was your fans saying about winning the league by xmas? YOUR JUST A BUS STOP IN ASTON!
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I understand the fans not being confident about Keily but can we really afford to blood an unknown keeper to english football at such a crucial stage of the season? I would suggest not, Keily knows the game and the league so i think we should just get behind him and roar the Albion onto the promised land
BOING BOING
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“as the Baggies lost further ground in the Championship promotion race”.
Err… that will be us 5 points off top with 2 games inhand… hardly being left behind are we ??
We know we need to start winning again, and we have the players and manager to do just that – what we don’t need is a local paper undermining our efforts to put another local team in the premier league with this type of sensational writing.
Come on you baggies boys – lets lift our chins and look forward to the next match – we all know we are the best team in this league – we just need that confidence back.
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look at the dingles jumping in here! great isn’t it…..they constantly rant about their players and their manager
and the 1 time you see something about the albion and1 of their players aren’t they quick to laugh…..this from a team not in the play-offs……not going to wembley….and not getting promoted anywhere in the near future!
i’ll tell u what lads…..crawl back to ur own page…….moan about Magic Mick and how you think you should be winning ever game and every competition you are in as you are all completely deluded!
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7. We’ve got every right to say what we want about you steptoes, sandwell town and any of your players, we’ll shortly be in the playoff’s, with a chance of going up this season, your season is on the verge of falling apart, so enjoy your day at wembley, don’t cry too much on the home though, and then watch as you blow it in style in the league, so how about you crawl back to your cardboard box and give your big mouth a rest
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I kept tabs on sky sports coverage of the games last night and all i heard for the first half was boo boo boo from the wolves fans when they were losing 1-0 so it makes me laugh to read dogheads coming on albion pages and all is rosy all of a sudden down at the custard bowl, KEEP MAD MICK OR SACK MAD MICK OHH ERRR WHAT TO DO??? BETTER GO WITH ALL THE OTHER LEMMINGS AND WAIT FOR THE END RESULT BEFORE I DECIDE .. GROW UP WOLVES FANS.
come on albion keep the faith.
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@ #8 wolves1877
yes you can say what you want, but no-one really gives a toss about some anonymous halfwit on an internet page do they?
enjoy the fact that your “team” has strung together a few wins and just managed to break even with goals for/against….i bet you’re really proud huh?
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Albion story 5 forgien post out of 8 have they no page of there own?
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8 I have given up trying to educate you in the art of adult conversation without your offensive
Vocabulary.
May I take this opportunity in thanking you in wishing us to enjoy our day at Wembley , because win or lose we shall certainly enjoy it. I dont understand cying on the way home do adults cry over football I
certainly may be dissapointed but would never cry over a game involving kicking a bag of wind around.
I think you take this football hatred far too seriously
Regards
Stuart
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8 AFC Woverhampton.
How witty, how eloquent, how erudite. Well up to your usual standards.
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Wolves1877
whatever your on mate i think we could ALL do with some….ouyr season on the verge of falling apart eh?! yeh im sure you’d hate to be in our position where IF we win our 2 games in hand we go top of the league….what a horrible position to be in……oh and with an FA Cup semi-final too…i nearly forgot that!
rather be in that position than in your’s….not going to make the play-offs how ever hard you wish…..not going to wembley AGAIN….and going nowhere but backwards!
mate i could keep going but i expect ur already crying into ur kleenex as it is so i think i’ll stop!
oh and if we do cry at wembley…just remember you cant cry, cuz ur not there, and never will be again!
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no 8 you seem to forget that you lot were crying at the hawthorns not too long back! hehehe
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Baggie Boy:
Please allow me to apologise for my “foreign Post” as you call it.
Secondly,to their credit, most Albion & Wolves Fans don’t sink to the depths of others.
Some of the childish name calling I.E.Dingles/Steptoes coupled with Custard Bowl/Poorthorns & the “weem betta than yo” sort of attitude is laughable.And don’t get me started of the histories of both clubs.
Most of it is acceptable banter,but the rest…
Well the posters of that particular drivel should stay away from Electrical equipment like computers & concentrate thier childlike behaviour on things you do with papier mache,plastecine & crayons.
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Kent Wolf .. I actually posted forgien (fingers move quicker than brain works but that not hard lol)must use a spell checker!!
I could not agree more about banter but what I take a disliking to is the utter hatred in some of the postings by certain posters. As I have said before your post are always objective.
I cannot see the point in bickering name calling etc etc etc…
I say this very quietly the doug was a hero of mine when I was very young (obviously I would deny this in a court of law lol)
Why posters cant have a decent adult conversation with out the nonsense is beyond me
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10 stsfud **** you’re right you are a halfwit and no one cares what you say.
12. Total hypocrite
13. Total muppet
14. illiterate
15. we’ll see who’s crying soon
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Number 9
You call us dogheads and then you have the audacity to ask Wolves fans to grow up.
I suggest you take a look at yourself first..
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10.
its all about where you are at the end of the season not where you are now and even how much your gd is.
learn about football and you will understand.
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13.Afc sandwell I pride myself on being very erudite, my knowledge is eruditus to a very high level.
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14.
so you only have to win two games before the end of the season to finish top no you have to win the others as well. even the ones against the mighty Leicester.
you was top and now you are in freefall in other words you season is falling apart at the moment.
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18 AFC Wolverhampton.
You can be so cutting. I don’t know about stfsud, Baggie boy, Kez and TM but your eloquent reparte is as hurtful as your cutting comments on our team. Please stop it and we could all be friends. Okay Gonzo from your mate Kermit.
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I have read all these posts with interest. I make one comment as used by corporal Jones. “They don’t like it up ‘em” do they these Baggies fans.
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1877,you realise we are all laughing at you dont you,going to wembley laughin boing boing
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2 wins and the Wolves are going up as champions. Super Mick we love you.!!!!
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Hi Baggie Boy. Now that you have “come out” I will join you. I actually liked the Bomber.
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27…. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
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18. Kermit ha ha you and boggie boy are statler and mr waldorf, kez is miss piggy and twb is rizzo the rat, ans stsfud is beaker.
25. Rizzo everyone laughs at you and you know it.
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Malvern Wolf/Baggie Boy:
Cards on the table, my two faves were Laurie Cunningham & Willie Johnstone,though I can remember a young Cyrille Regis making his debut.
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21 AFC Wolverhampton.
I see what you’ve done there, You’ve turned the tables on me, I call you AFC Wolverhampton due to your financial problems in 1986. Very clever, even though we’ve never gone bankrupt, you’re calling me AFC Sandwell. You’re so sharp and inventive. Note to myself, don’t lock horns with this boy again, he’s a razor.
PS. Your extensive knowledge of Muppet show characters is most impressive, what a life you must lead, Saturday afternoon at the Mol and then home to watch a Muppet DVD before Bedtime.
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Kent, Malvern, Baggieboy.
I’m out of the closet too. I thought it was a real shame when Peter Knowles retired early. What a tremendous player he would have become.
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The Real Bully:
If memory serves me correctly,Peter Knowles became a Jehovah’s Witness & took to cleaning windows instead of playing football to make ends meet.
I have just been digging into my memory bank & have come up with a pre-80′s Black Country team that would be ANY team since then,what do you think?
Gary Pierce
Geoff Palmer
Derek Statham
Tony Brown
Frank Munroe
Kenny Burns
Trevor Francis
Brian Little
Gary Shaw
Laurie Cunningham
Willie Johnstone
Subs
Bob Latchford
Cyrille Regis
John McAlle
Asa Hartford
Ally Robinson
John Osbourne
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D’oh!
Just realised how silly I look by saying pre-80′s!
It should’ve read 70′s.
So there it is MY 70′s ALL-STAR Team.
Can YOU do better?
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33 Kent.
What about Phil Parkes ex Walsall in goal. Not sure of your exact criteria as the immediate omissions I notice are Astle and Dougan, also Wile and Wagstaffe. I’m not surprised that you’ve made unexpected exclusions as the more I think about it, the more it’s doing my head in. I would be interested to see what Cyril and other fellow fogies old enough to take part can come up with. All you youngsters be patient, it’s all we have left apart from our raffia weaving.
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Kent.
Your correction came up just as I’d replied, I’ll have a rethink.
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31. I can’t think of anything better than saturday afternoon at the Molineux, my knowledge of muppets comes from afc sandwell and all you steptoes, your humour or at least attempt at humour leaves you looking very obtuse, Bardus est bardus does.
Wolves fc Praeter a stipes. Ex obscurum lux lucis
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33 Kent.. Just reading your list of players and a strange warmth came over me, the memories came flooding back
Willie Johnstone, Laurie Cunningham, what albion would give for them in the team now I was at a recent function at the Albion a few months ago willie was there well most of the 1976 team where to be honest apart from len cantello the people wanting to talk to willie and jonny giles was amazing lets just say Willie never had to buy a drink all night!!!!
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Kent, Get a life.
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39.Sandwell missive.
He’s got one you amoeba.
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40.39.Sandwell missive.
He’s got one you amoeba ??????????????
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41. AFC Wolverhampton 83/86.
You are dimmer than I thought but are you sitting comfortably then I’ll begin.
39 means I’m replying to him. He was trying to be insulting to Kent Wolf by suggesting that he hadn’t got a life. I like Kent Wolf and therefore launched an unprovoked attack on Sandwell by calling him an amoeba. I’m now following our spiritual leader Happy Baggie’s call to regard you along with Gloucs as a none person, due to your rather mindless line in attempted wind ups. I’ve tried humour but it tends to go over your head. Goodbye, I’d like to say it’s been a pleasure but it hasn’t. And one last thing watch that blood pressure I don’t dislike you enough to wish you ill.
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whats all this negative talk coming from us ,
the dingles are loving it ! lets just take
a look at the situation, we know we should
be walking away with this league but we aint but we are still in the hunt for automatic promotion and in the semi’s ! dream on wolvertrampton !!
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Kiely should come of his line more often especially from corners, then the fan will get of his back
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42. Let’s get one thing straight I always thought you lot were thick, but you have without any shadow of doubt confirmed it, your post number 40 makes no sense at all a bit like you really and your rambling’s, I can’t be bothered with you anymore you are far less intelligent than myself.
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Would you believe it? Just checked on how many Wolves fans taking time to comment on this site. 24 out of 48 prefer using this site rather than their own. Of the Wolves site. only 1 out of 42 Albion fans have commented on the Wolves site. Does not surprise you does it.
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got to agree with everything 8)WOLVES 1877 had to say about the tesco steptoes spot on mate. they know we’re on their tails and the teams bottling it. even their own players can’t stand the industrial dumpin site that is west brom .wot a cheek to say we’re always invading their precious little message board. didn’t even know they had one they’re usually too busy lookin on ours SADDOS!
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TERRYWEMBLEYBOGGIE we’re all gonna be laughing at you bunch of tesco steptoes when you get hammered at wembley you sad case. 3-0 pompey.then we get our chance to stick it up you aswell that really would be too hard to bear wouldn’t it beat by us dogheads aswell with automatic promotion gone and wembley a distant nightmare.i’ll try not to laugh too hard.”UP THE WOLVES”
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SWINDON BOGGY you should be a mathematician instead of a sad little tesco steptoe wot a weirdo you are
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