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Albion needed older heads – Mowbray
Wednesday 17th December 2008, 11:52AM GMT.
Albion boss Tony Mowbray has admitted he should have recruited more Premier League experience this summer.
The Baggies boss spoke of his regret at not landing more ‘old heads’ during his £20million-plus spending spree ahead of the season.
He admits he should have relaxed his principles to ensure more nous in his struggling side, who are without a win in 10 matches and rooted to the foot of the table.
Mowbray said: “This team lacks Premier League experience. It’s not just age, but nous. It’s about experienced defenders putting themselves in the right position.
“They may not be as young, as fast, as good with the ball but they stand there when the ball comes in and know their job.
“Premier League experience is something, which looking back on, we’ve probably missed. It goes against my philosophies and beliefs about to go and buy 33 or 34-year-olds, who have played 400 games in the League.
“Yet, when I look at things now, it’s probably crucial for promoted teams.”
Mowbray spent more than £20million strengthening his team in the summer, including a club record fee of £4.7million for Borja Valero and three more £3million-plus transfers.
But only Luke Moore, Scott Carson and Abdoulaye Meite boasted previous Premier League experience when they arrived in the close season.
Mowbray now admits the relative success of fellow Premier League new-boys Hull and Stoke has shown the value of experience.
He conceded: “The evidence is there. Hull have done it and Stoke have done it but they haven’t really paid transfer fees for those players.
“They have paid Premier League salaries for ageing players instead and their nous and experience had helped them.
“My own beliefs tell me if we stay up then we are only a few players from being a good team in this league.
“If we don’t then I don’t know what the aftermath would be. But we’d want to keep them together, come back stronger and know where we need to strengthen next time.”
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As you are a manager who must have watched and studied previous teams who have gone into the premiership or any higher league for that matter wouldnt it be blindingly obvious that you need some players who know what their doing.
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SO TONY WHAT IS IT YOURE SAYING !!!!! YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG IS THAT RIGHT
SORRY MATE ITS ALLMOST TO LATE.
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if only youd have listened too jarrod aye boing boing donk
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mowbray needs older heads well he should have brought them in he had his chance he spends nearly 5 million on valero when we needed a top quality striker i can’t see the logic in his thinking sometimes .
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does this mean that we will sign some premier league journeymen on loan in january? it is good to hear TM thinking again about his ideas. hope its not too late. either way he is big enough to admit he may have got it wrong. stick with mowbray
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Bit late saying this now!!!!
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Are these the first signs that Mowbray is admitting he is naive and got it completely wrong?
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we need an experianced manager in now before its too late like blackburn did yesterday if we lose sunday it could be too late with chelsea coming up peace has to act or its back to the championship we go again .
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andy townsend still owns a pair of boots
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The truth is TM we are 11 players short of being a good team in this league. Because you’ve messed up so badly, everyone’s confidence is shot.
Mowbray out!
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got to hand it to him,he’s big enough to admit he was wrong i never expected that from him
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does he mean we need someone like kevin phillips,give blues a call maybe he will come on loan.
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come on lads lets get off TM back,a win sunday could change everything lets get behind him and the team,you was slagging the dingle fans off last season for doing the very same thing your doing,none of us like too see us bottom but we are so sunday lets show him our full support,next two home matches are crucial so come on lets stick together,after all it is christmas,aye boing boing donk
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mowbray out
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we need to show ambition thats the truth how are we supposed to back the team when the manager has just admitted he doesn’t know what he’s doing .
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Hey 2 You cant be Baggie Boy thats me
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How refreshingly honest for a manager to admit his judgement was wrong. If we had beaten Blackburn, Wigan and Newcastle like we should have done,maybe he wouldnt be questioning his own judgement so harshly.
I still believe he is the right man for the job, not only for this season but hopefully for many years too come. He has brought a style that we havent seen for years. All he needs is a bit of experience, and a dose of good fortune.
IN MOWBRAY WE TRUST!!!!
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Im sick of hearing folk on here moaning sack the manager ,what about sacking your mouth ay useless factless remarks from a section of SO-called fans.
I for one do not really care where we are next season but if we do go down then my faith will still be in TM …..wind ur necks in cretins we don`t need the likes of you lot
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If you would have asked any Baggies fan they would have told you that i think we had a better team the 1st time we went up they all had a go. I would give TM the rest of the season then look again, is he the right for this run a shoe string club.
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At LAST an admition we should have brought in PREM experience/quality players a view that some of us have had from the begining of the season,and have been derided for by some o.t.t.fans!I feel its to late now but willing to give T.M.the benefit of the doubt.
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A few of our supporters will have egg on there faces ,just like some of the wolves fans last season,have faith WE WILL STOP UP.
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Dave (10) put some underpants on, you’re deafening me!
TM admits he under estimated the value of experience; but this doesn’t answer the issue of who ‘should’ or better still ‘would’ have come in during the summer.
Many here seem to have joined La La and various Dingles in fantasy land. I question what response TM would’ve got if he had tried to get some of the players now at Hull or Stoke? Hindsight is a wonderful thing, eh?
BTW, Meite has PL experience. I believe this is the only type of PL experience available to a team like WBA. So, get real!
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Do any of these moaners do DIY and half way through, the wife willsay it doesnt look right,judge when the job is done not half way.GET BEHIND THE BAGGIES ON SUNDAY
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kp was a older head plus zolts
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Well Tony as fans w love nothing more than getting relegated then going up again then getting relegated then going up again. Each we claim to be in a stronger position than the time before.
FED UP OF IT!
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TM is doing the right thing. Megson & Robson tried to sign ‘Premier League’ quality players and both made an arse of it and we got relegated – with rubbish football. This guy will come good. Keep the Faith Baggies.
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1, 9, 14 – It’s quite flattering that you’ve had my name again. Happy Christmas xx
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24… Do you really think TM would have let them go if he had a choice. The chairman sorts contracts out!!!!!!!!!!.
Those players have gone and DID NOT want to play for West Brom. They where offered silly money at other clubs
How can anyone call for TM to be sacked are you for real!!
He is doing a decent job (in my opinion) within the restrictions that the club puts on him I.E Pay scales and lengths of contracts etc…
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Terry
Spot on comment mate.
On the various threads there are comments attributed to Nedball that are contradictory,
i think i know the ones from the REAL Nedball.
Has anyone else noticed that the TM out brigade
are in the main, recent contributors to these pages ?
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I’d NEVER suggest getting rid of TM, so if anyone ever reads any posts saying that we should under my name, please know it’s not my point of view, but the view of a Dingle who wants to be me!!
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I’m sure Mr Mowbray knew this a long time ago but would it be good management to tell the players that he thought they were lacking? He failed to make some of the signings he wanted, probably due to our wage structure. Let’s all blame Peace then. Before you do this how many of you would be happy if ticket prices went up sharply. On a previous thread I’ve just saw Steve say ‘let’s all stay away and force Peace to sell up.’ Sell up to who? There’s no one out there.
19 Paul Rose.
Not exactly sure what you mean but I can’t remember the message boards being full of support for Gary Megson, it was mainly people saying that he couldn’t handle flair players but I’m sure you weren’t one of those.
‘I love the smell of hindsight in the morning.’
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I find it unbelievable that any Albion fan would want Mowbray out. FFS we won a title last year for the first time in ages!!!! I honestly believe he will get it right and make us into a club in which we can be proud of. Yes he has made mistakes, but at least he admits to them, learns from them and moves on….I go to every game and can honestly say that, apart from the big 4 (and Sunderland!!!) we could have got something out of all the other games. This shows to me that we are not that far off. I still believe we will stay up this season, but if we don’t, I am so sure Mowbray will get us back up and get it right next time.
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If ever the Baggies needed our support its now,stick with them through this difficult period,there is a light at the end of the tunnel.Raise the roof on Sunday,make it wall to wall noise sing Man City off the park.Have faith in T.M.lets ALL stand together as one. Boing Boing
Happy Xmas to All true Baggies.
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24 Tony.
They’re gone because they didn’t want to stay. You must learn to live with it.
22 & 23.
Thank God there’s some sanity out there.
PS. Happy. No jokes about not believing in Sanity Clause. Thank you.
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there’s only 1 tony mowbray,1 tony mowbray….
i’d love to see tm prove the doubters wrong,
if not yeah,gutted,but still he’d be the man to get us back,give him time he will do a great job.
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Fair play Mowbray, its takes guts and courage to admit your wrong and I hope you get the time to turn things around. How refreshing it is to see a manager saying he could have done things better. I hope this honesty is rewarded however I can only see two outcomes from this statement – Mowbray will either quit or be sacked.
Keep the Faith
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There are some arrogant so called WBA fans out there. These people clearly think they never make mistakes! It takes guts to admit when you’re wrong!
Its refreshing to hear a manager come out and say it. Tony has made mistakes and Albion have probems right now. But he’s an intelligent man and will learn from his first taste of Premiership football. We’d be crazy to sack him even if we’re easily relegated. He’s proven he can win promotion and instead of knee jerk reactions take a look at the long haul. This guy has shown ability and has more promise than most. I think we could deeply regret kicking him out a few years down the line.
I want us to stay up but taking desperate measures hoping a new manager can pull off a great escape is a bad move. We’ve been there before and after the honeymoon it ended in tears.
I would appeal to Jeremy Peace to back his manager and start providing the finance necessary to sustain premiership football.
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29 – I think they may all just be a load of Wulfies who are logging in under other guiles. I’m yet to meet, or speak to any real Albion fans who think it’s a good idea for TM to go, as we can all see that he’s an excellent manager who WILL take OUR club forwards!!
Talking about the actual post, it is looking like he’s seen the error of his ways and is now trying to build up a squad strong enough to stay up this season. There’s still plenty of football to be played and time to put things right.
We need a real Spartan in the middle who can rally men around him to over achieve, and put everything on the line to stop up. That and a goalscorer are the real priorities, as well as some extra quality support!
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I for one fully support the manager. Looking back over his various pronunciations over his time with us it is clear that he is trying to develop the club from the roots up. His views on recruiting players for the future were unheard of in the past. Yes we will probably go back down but I prefer to take the long term view and put my trust in TM’s vision for the club. So to the idiots who call for his head go back to the Dark Side..
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Get behind Tony, we need the support now!
IF we go down, then I hope that JP sticks with Mowbray, we need stability.
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TM to stay, yes we lack nous and experience in defence and attack, Who are the player’s out of the 1st team at other club’s premier/Championship/foreign who could help get Albion out of this mess? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BAGGIES GO DOWN FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL including my socks to stay up.but not as lambs to the slaughter.
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TM to stay and build.
JP to show some PASSION for the club.
Want to win on Sunday but Man.City need/are due a win and have some Talented players.
We will have to play out of skins or we could ship a few goals.
Character, fight and passion are needed from our players.
See you on Sunday!!
No booing.
Total support.
Merry Christmas
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Mowbray is the right man for the job even if we are relegated,he is a young manager who needs to learn from his mistakes.I apploud the way he trys to play the game and believe he will become a great manager with experiance.So all you morons calling for his head do the decent thing go follow the dingles,we dont need you.
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In life you only get what you pay for, or as the saying goes “if you pay peanuts for wages then you will surely get monkeys”.
It’s now time for Peace to start paying realistic wages to attract good premership players, and also in many cases to retain them, after all its not rocket science, and the fans deserve nothing less.
We must also be one of the few teams, that seem to come out of the transfer windows, weaker that when going in.
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Mowbray out, Peace out.
Bring back Megson and Batson. If Peace hadn’t got rid of these two we would have been have been in the Prem. for a good while.
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After all this tme ToMo has now come clean and admitted he was wrong in not signing experienced prem players in the summer.Or maybe he,s to keep onside with the fans?,after all we,ve been saying this all season.
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13 TERRY
Don’t be daft mate – our only chnace of not passign the Dingles as they go up the end of the season is to get rid of TM now – a month from now will be too late as we need to sort this mess out during January!!
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I log on most lunchtimes to read all your banter, and for the first time in years I am compelled to post a comment.
Firstly, I trust no one is fooled by the recent “TM out” calls from wolfies in blue & white clothing who are trying to stir unrest. As per 37; I have not heard any proper albion fan call for TM to be sacked…including my old dad who’s pint is always half empty and never half full.
I personally believe in TM’s vision for the Albion even if we have to go down and come back up again to get it right, because re-building the clubs reputation for playing the game the way most players want to play is the only way Albion can realistically expect to attract the quality of players required for us to become a proper established Premier league club. Likewise, I hope JP continues to believe in TM’s vision, and will resist the alternative same old “experienced” names riding the same old managerial merry-go-round singing the same old songs to protect their job for the next season.
TM is different…i’m sure he is like us; he is Albion.
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J.P runs a very tight reign within the club,so i don,t think it,s entirely ToMo,s fault we didn,t get the experienced players in,in the summer,although,having said that,I also think ToMo was at fault spending what he did have to spend,on mostly defenders, and players who were already on loan at the club,players who were signed mainly for our bid to get out of the Champs.league.I hope that makes sense?.
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Changing the manager now isn’t going to help as the club has no money for a new manager to get any players in. we all thought TM was god like for what he did last season. I for one believe in him and his football. Let him continue his Baggie building he did it in the championship and he will do it in the Premiership.
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47.
Wasn’t Quisling from Oslo too. I think you forgot to put your false name up. Dummy.
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47 – Ooops – forgot to change ya name that time pal – just another dingle who thinks he is clever, but just proves he is yet another thickie !!
TM had a game plan – a game plan that made us agreat team in the CCC. We played great football, scored goals, won games and got promoted on his policy of finding young players he could work with.
That plan has been exposed as too fragile for the prem and TM has acknowleged that – but we had to get to this point to find out – there are too many playstation managers on here with the gift of hindsight.
I’m pretty sure TM has known for weeks what we need, but there is nothing he can do till January.
IMO we need not only a goal scorer (or 3) but also an organiser – not a kicker or a stopper, but someone who can marshall these young players on the pitch. Robbo should have been the man for this but its not worked.
Lets also remember than not only did we buy 3 players with prem experience, we also have robbo, Greening and Morrison – thats 6 players with prem experience – that SHOULD have been enough.
I still back TM to get things right -I just hope its this season.
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49.
We’re well out of the ‘Champs league’ so yes it does make sense.
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Whoops – looks like you missed out on Allardyce – too slow to sack TM – going to have to be Souness now! lol!
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47
You call for the sacking of TM in your pretence of being an Albion fan, and you call yourself
………..err Oslowolf.
Not a very convicing disguise is it ?
In fact, to quote Blackadder,
it`s the worst disguise since a giraffe wearing dark glasses tried to get into a polar bears only golf club.
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I like a previous supporter have viewed this page for quite some time but now feel the need to air my views. I first saw the Albion when Jimmy Hagen was in charge so I’ve witnessed a few managers teams & people Like Giles, Ardiles, Atkinson & Mowbray have produced ‘footballing’ teams proud to watch & not the ‘Ale House’ sides like some managers I could mention. Buying players well into their thirties is not the way forward so let’s give Mr Mowbray all the support we can & lets have stability in the club. If he was to go who would you bring in…be careful what you wish for!!
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57. Why would Wolves fans pose as steptoe’s, just face facts that these comment’s are made by steptoe’s, us wolfies don’t stoop as low as you lot who made up the Mick out brigade last season, I think tm is doing a fantastic job so leave him alone. Going up in style WOLVES FC
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Happy:
Good post mate, would mostly agree with you on the comment about experience, as i’ve been saying all season on here – it is vital in the prem.
However, theres experience and theres EXPERIENCE, if you see what i mean. you mention morrison whose only had a handful of games for boro, likewise Greening who has also had (along with Robbo)a season battling relegation with us and Carson & Moore have limited experience only & are too young to have “been there done it”. Only Clement (currently long term injured)& Meitie have any prem knowledge worth shouting about and there my friend is where our problem is.
We need to get in 2 prem old heads in the window whatever the cost, stop-gap or permanent, it doesn’t matter, we need their knowhow and it will be worth it if we stay up. The other players (talented but looking a little lost at times)would respond to the new faces.
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55 Forever.
Was that really Blackadder or have you made it up? Either way, brilliant.
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Surely the players have got to take some of the blame, look at Stoke when they went 2 nil down against Newcastle you just cant see any of our players showing that same degree of character
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wolfmanjack just go back to dingle land cos u”ll all want stupid mick out when u loose to doncaster sat cos you are so fickell
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Yes old heads are a good idea but so is grit and someone willing to die for the cause we have not got anyone like that. Oscar will be a waste of time he has’nt scored this season yet.
We need a captain who will lead.
ITMIB
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YOU LOT SOON CHANGED YOUR TUNE ON TM DA YA TERRY DONK…LOL
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I could have told you that at the start you muppet. Does alan shearer look happy on match of the day to you hey i dont think he does lets sign him up. And while we are at it lets dig up teddy sheringham. Tony stupid mistakes cost people there jobs asyou will find out.
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whats happening to us ? we get to sound more like the dingles ! come on baggie fans dont be so fickle, we will always have this problem of not being quite good enough to crack the prem, we can never really spend the money we need to spend on fees or wages that is a fact ! i dont think mowbray is above questioning but surely we have to keep with him and his vision for the club.
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TO ALL ALBION FANS jp& mogga have been the best pairing that our club has had for years just have faith remember the bad times a few years back…
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Completely agree with 32. We should stick with, and get behind, TM. Managers get sacked at a whim nowadays. Supporters should show loyalty to the team and TM, he is the right man for job. We will regret it if we get rid of him.
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There are still something like 23 games still to go. Wait until the fat lady sings you gloom and doom merchants and Fifth Column Wulfies in disguise. The Wulfies are as good as up (maybe), so their own MicMac haters turn on Mowbray. You can bet their toy dolls all have pins sticking in them and the eyes gouged out!
We may or may not be a sinking ship, but the rats are all boarding the lifeboats. Rats, just do us a favour and keep away from The Hawthorns or at least shut up during games. We don’t need your disruption. When we are in trouble we stick together not turn on each other. Grrrr !!!!
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heh, i’m pretty sure all of the “Mowbray out” mob are really dingles.
TM is the best manager we have had in many years. FFS get off the blokes back and support your team.
if all you want to do is moan, go and join the wolves forum.
a lot of people have short memories. remember JP saying that he *expects* albion to be a yo-yo club for a while?
stick with TM, he’ll turn things around.
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Guys, dont fool yourselves. Although there may be one or two Wolves idiots(oslowolf) posting as Albion, the majority of you have now done a full u turn on just 4 months ago when TM was the best thing since sliced bread.
ALL football fans are fickle and Wolves more than most as we expect more from a club our size but most of you are the same.
And being honest most Wolfies are now enjoying our own season so much its actually leading to more sympathetic comments towards Albion. The majority of us want you to stay up and bring the black country derby to the premier league.
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47,oslodingle, its CHANCE not CHNACE aye boing boing donk
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Sutton/Bully
I would love to stake claim, alas it was the comic genius of Ben Elton`s scriptwriting and the comic genius of Rowan Atkinson`s acting to deliver it in an episode of Blackadder goes forth.
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Come on lads, let’s get behind our team and back the club all the way.
Let’s not start to sound like the fickle fans from that bigger club in the Black Country.
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LOL
Hercules (57) is back.
Hercules
I understand it may be difficult for the educationaly subnormal to comprehend, but when someone posts purporting to be an Albion fan, but calls him/herself Oslo…..wolf
it`s a little bit of a giveaway……..ask someone to explain it to you.
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Oh No!!
We are all in trouble when Terrycantspellbaggie is correcting other postings
What is the world coming to?
aye going going down donk(ey)
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63,no i da,aye boing boing donk playing football the MOWBURY WAY IN STYLE OH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Villa fan myself but I do have a soft spot for the Baggies. I’ve always been pleased everytime you’ve come up cause I want to have your lot as the continuous derby game of the west midlands (forget the blue noses), our derby has history, our clubs have true histories to be proud of, we are the biggest teams in the midlands.
Anyway, at least Mowbray has recognised he needed experience, that he should have been thinking more about the here and now rather than the future, and generally the player you miss the most is Phillips (sorry to state obvious again guys).
He scored the goals of course, but what he also had was the intelligence and know how to be in the right place at the right time, to help your other strikers think in that way aswell. His experience and ability to link play up was crucial for Miller & Bednar last season (although I think Bednar is good enough myself anyway), and it has become apparent that you needed that to function as an attacking force.
So, I have a suggestion, you might think me crazy, but there is possibly one man who could almost restore all of those qualities to your side, and that player is Henrik Larsson.
He has experience, he’s a finisher, he has the know how, he has everything that Phillips had. Granted he’s a couple years older, but for the here and now, he would do a job till the end of the season. He would score goals for you i’m sure, since I believe it was your style of play which gave Phillips the rejuvenation of his career, and with those qualities he had back on the field of play in Larsson, you could begin to play the attacking way you can, particularly if you then combine this with having Teixeira back, you could do it, or at the very least, you do down fighting.
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68,cyril have yow heard my mrs sing,aye boing boing donk
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boy from the REAL bl 58 – yes i agree that we don’t have the right experience- but we only know that now.
The point i made was that TM started the season with 6 players who had all shown themselves able to play at this level – and |i’m sure he feels let down by these players – althought he would never say that (quite rightly), so its not true to say we started with a team of young unknowns.
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One other point on the experience – we all knew it was going to be a scrap to stay up – so on paper i would rather have players that are used to that than prima donnas who are used to poncing about…. I thought Robbo and greening ect would have been ideal to fight to keep us up – but it aint worked out that way.
Stoke and hull have fighters who are performing – we have fighters who aint performing, and thats the difference.
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77 – good post mate – you are obviously a true football fan. I think Larson would be a great loan for the rest of the season – although i think several teams better placed than us are looking at him too.
Another players i would welcome on loan is gary neville – I don’t think he’s getting many league games and his experience would be a huge bonus.
Oh and for all those posters who want to see an experienced striker brought in no matter what, i have two words…. John Hartson – who proves that experience aint always everything. (I was gonna put kevin campbell but Big John proves my point just as well).
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Terry Van Der Velde.. “Shall we sing a song for you” ? “Shall we sing a song for you”? Wanderers wonderland would be very festive!!!
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AJM,77 constructive and excellent post from a Villan. THAT’S what the West Midlands should be about not snipin’, gripin’, up yer pipin’ saftness! Terry me old cocker, I ert eerd yower ode wench sing mate. Why did you ask sunshine? If you want me to do a duet from say The Merry Widow, Oklahoma! or some such operetta, just say. Of course, I do get to kiss the lady in both arias. (I said arias, not areas you bad man).
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Seriously, Keep dreaming. You need more than a couple more players…
Down already I bet you.
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TM’s doing a great job, leave him alone!!
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From an ardent Wolves fan…..ive just been reading your posts (a rarity) and have my own thoughts on your predicament. After the stick the boys in gold n black got last season from the “majority” of baggies it would be so easy to come on here and take the p**s.
I wont..and through gritted teeth i wish you all the best in the prem in the new year.
For what its worth…id stick with your manager, relegation is probable but by no means a dead cert. This coming transfer window, i think, will seal your fate this season. TM has admitted hes got it wrong and now needs to somehow wheel and deal and bring in 2-3 proven strikers and atleast a midfield general/ leader type on a shoestring.
A tall order given the lack of finances, but not impossible.
I applaud TM for his footballing philosophy, but now is not the time for so called ineffective pretty football, he HAS to ditch his ideals and face upto a relegation scrap from now till the end of the season and get in some players that are up for the battle. Players for here and NOW and not for the future.
Now is not the time to turn on your boss and push him towards resigning or the sack. When the going gets tough as they say…
Now is the time to stick together, roll up the sleeves, dig in and scrap.
If your still rock bottom going into february then id certainly be worried, and it may be better THEN to plan for the future and life back in the championship.
Keep the faith in TM and see what happens in january.
The fat lady isnt singing just yet!
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82 tamy,sing it in may mate,aye boing boing donk
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Adi 86 – to be fair mate, the stck wolves got last season was 95% from wolves fans – although we did give you some, but we were in the same division then so it was fair enough.
Anyway, thanks for the decent post – and IF we do stay up it looks highly likely that the black country derby will be played at the highest level – is the rest of the world ready for that ??
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Happy….yes ive got to agree on that, wolves fans are their own biggest critics for sure.
I wasnt one of Micks critics to be honest and i could see what was being built at molineux. It takes both time and patience and finishing 7th last season was progress and a reasonable position i thought.
Im just glad that the board stuck together, believed and showed faith in the manager.
The wolves are now reaping the rewards.
Id like nothing more than the black country derby gracing the premier league,though its still early days yet.
We could, god forbid, be both playing in the championship next season, i hope not!!
All the best and keep the faith.
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Dingles…..lol
The fizzy pop league this year is even worse than last season. I hope you do come up because if you think we can’t hack the prem then i can’t wait to see you lot have a go. Mick M must thank god each day for Derby so that he doesn’t hold the record for managing the wrost team in prem history anymore.
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So here it is Merry Christmas, the baggies aint havin fun, Look to the future now, oh you are that’s why you are glum, So here it is Merry Christmas the Wolves ARE havin fun, Look to the future now,the Wolves are goin up! Its Christmaaaasssssssss! Happy Christmas you Baggies!
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Pope not being funny but Stoke and Hull are having a good go at the premiership.. West Brom just Arent Interested in it!!!
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71. Well thats a first in anyones book. Terry having the brass neck to give someone a spelling lesson.
90. Derby the worst team in the premiership. Have you not been watching your BOGGIES.
Finally. Happy grow, up your not the brightest star in the constellation your self mate.
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pope
81 points will be enough to win it then,i dont think so
we will be able to lose 13 matches then,i dont think so
MM,s championship record murders Melton Moanbrays
we like you will have to wait until the last match to murder the CCC,dont think so
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90 Pope.
Well spotted that Jewell pinched Mick’s record. What’s the betting on him getting it back next season?
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WEST BROMWICH WHO! – 93
Typical thick dingle. We already have a point more than Derby got now and we ain’t half way through the season.
Willenhall Wanderer – 94
You ain’t won it yet. You ain’t promoted yet. Have heard it all before from you lot. last time you went on about winning the league you finished 3rd and lost in the play offs. I think we finished 2nd. As for Mowbray vs Mad Mick. well the head to head has TM finnishing 4th and 1st while Mick was 5th and 7th so i reckon his championship record stands up very well.
When will the Dings accept that we are better than Wolves and have been for nearly a decade???
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Oh and Ding
How can a league be stronger if two teams are running away with it? Surely that means the league is weaker. Simple really isn’t it. A bit like you :D
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77. I agree 100% about KP. Can someone explain why he wasnt given an extra year when his goals took us up? Peace? Never quick, he was an experienced finisher simple as that. I knew at the time it was a blunder to let our top scorer go and not replace him while going UP a division. How come management didnt?
I am fully behind Mowbray and our style of football – but fear we are going back down rapidly.
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Going down going down going dowwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Pope. What does wrost mean? Is it a religious term or what?
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Terry. I will ask again is Maymate the stuuf you spread on your toast?
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95 Pope.
The last time they were going on about winning the League was last season and the one before that and the one before that etc, etc. I know nobody is still reading this but I wanted to be 100.
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