Lets do it for the boss urges Jonno
Friday 27th March 2009, 11:18AM GMT.
Captain Jonathan Greening has told Albion’s players they owe it to manager Tony Mowbray to keep the Baggies in the Premier League.
Greening insists the team must repay Mowbray’s faith by winning their increasingly difficult battle to stay in the top flight.
The skipper wants to help Mowbray justify his free-flowing football principles by pulling off an unlikely second ‘Great Escape’.
He said: “All the players and the staff love the gaffer. Everyone thinks he’s a top guy and a great coach.
“He got us here in the Premier League, in the first place, in his first full season at the club. Since he’s been here, the club has come on leaps and bounds and the way we play gets a lot of plaudits from everyone who is a football fan.
“Everyone stops me and tells me what good football we play and it’s quite a nice feeling.
“It would be great if we can stay up for the gaffer because he’s a great guy.”
Mowbray is Greening’s third Baggies boss, after Gary Megson and Bryan Robson, and the Albion skipper admitted the current manager’s style is the best yet.
He said: “We all believe in the way he likes to play and personally I think it is definitely the right way to play.”
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I don’t care who you do it for just do it!!!!!!!!!!
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roflmao
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No.1
I would remove your hook before typing
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Albion have been a joy to watch this season,Ocker.I have really enjoyed it and am looking forward to next season with eager anticipation.Why you Baggies come on here moaning is beyond me.You should be pleased the Black Country will have a team in the prem capable of mounting a challenge.UP THE BLACK COUNTRY.
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I like the sentiment and as a season ticket holder hope that it all comes true! However, words are cheap and these words don’t seem to be backed up by performances such as Fulham (away) and Newcastle (home) where it appeared that the players weren’t actually bothered about “doing it” for anyone.
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Sorry tesco fc
but they never made “the great escape 2″
and there will never be one
ha ha ha
I mean who do you really think you’ll attract this year ?
i mean who wants to join a YO YO club like yours ?
Do you really think you’ll manage to “boing” back again next year ?
NAH !! you’ll do a charlton more likely.
Oh well tesco fc, looks like Moanburys “free flowing football is flowing freely striaght down the toilet !!!!!!!!!!!
UP GO’S THE WOLVES
Down go’s Sandwell
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less of the talk,do it on the pitch,aye boing boing valero
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its not rocket science you aint gonna do it for anyone , cos you aint good enough ……get it!
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The Baggies as the Boing Boing theme says will always bounce back. Tony has put the pride back into the Team, and for a bit more luck with taking their chances instead of missing them They would be in mid-table Now. He lost his Striker Miller, he needs hitsmen like The King Jeff Astle and Tony Bomber Brown types. Where are they.?
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“Everyone stops me and tells me what good football we play”
Well i don’t think you play good football. it’s rubbish tbh.
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tony koski…yes and if my auntie would have had a pair of ******** she’d have been my uncle.
its all if’s , buts , whys and whens , its simple maths not good earlier in the season , not good enough now = down
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Costa Del Wolf…lets see how you do next season, thats if you get in the Premiership. Aint there yet!! You blew an 11 point lead when we overtook you. Maybe that slipped your mind.
Doubt you will be getting many plaudits if you do get there, apart from how nice your ground is maybe. LOL
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7 hope your getting a good exchange rate out their one euro = one pound ha ha
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7. costa del wolf. TBH you are a prat. Lets see how your team fare when you go up. We are a lot more patient than you dingles. When your bottom after 6 games you will be calling for Mick head.
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Nearly too late isn’t it Greening?
You should have been ‘doing it for the boss’ all season shouldn’t you then you would not be down at the bottom of the Premiership!
Still, there’s just about enough time to get yourselves out of trouble but another 2 or so defets and it will be Championship football for Albion next season!
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just how many chances do we need at this league, we’re reffered to quite frequently as a yo-yo team, sooner or later we wil just be known as a pathetic joke, oh well championship next season looks a dead cert and league one there after, at least walsall will get 6 points out of it.
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dear mr fa, as a useless outfit can we please ask for a extended season as we do not think we have had enough games to grant us another great escape, we are willing to play through the summer but a cash bribe will not be possible as we are only a small club and are very poor. yours sincerely sandwell fc sorry i mean w.b.a
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DO THESE PLAYERS LIKE TO MAKE THEMSELVES AND THE TEAM LOOK STUPID , EVERY WEEK ITS THE SAME OLD PAPER TALK WE ARE GONNA DO THIS AND THAT THEN CAME SATURDAY EVERY BODY IS LAUGHING AT US WE HAVE BECOME THE BIGGEST JOKE OF THE SEASON I THINK WE SHOULD GET RID OF ALL THE FOREIGN PLAYERS NEXT SEASON AN DO WHAT WOLVES HAVE DONE AND GOT IN YOUNG HUNGRY BRITISH PLAYERS AND ONE DAY MIGHT HAVE THE SAME SUCCESS AS THEM
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That’s it girls, all pull together! Our boss has tried to play real football all the time he’s been here. When we win he’s a genius, when we lose the moaners all know better. That’s why they’ll all qualified top coaches queueing up to lead England to glory. And as for the silly, cocky, childish comments from the presently Winning Wulfies, how about just three weeks ago when you all wanted to strangle MicMac? You are about to have a rude awakening next season. For the sake of your decent supporters I hope you stay up, but don’t think for one moment it will be easy. Let’s see how well you stick together then.
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costa del wolf… you would not like to put a wager on albion doing a charlton would you.
If so I would take you up on it I know you cant post tel numbers and addresses on here but I am sure we could sort something out.
of course bask in your achievement of promotion its only natural and gloat in our relagation if you wish your entitled to your opinion.
but dont forget the roles could be reversed this time next year who knows in football
But I assure you that we will not do a Charlton the way the Chairman runs the club will assure that wont happen
but about the wager my offer is there should you wish.
I have done well in the past with bets on albion won very good money the year you threw it away to us and very good money the great escape year 20-1 i think it was
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19,yeah good idea,lets have the same success as wolves like when they won the ermmmm ermmmmm ermmmmm hang on im trying to think ermmmm ermmmmm ermmmmmmm no nuffin springs to mind aye boing boing get on ya own page fickle dingle
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What does “costa del wolf” stand for? Do you mean: “costa” as in bitter taste and “del” being short for ‘dingles eternally laughable’.
And when you talk about Prem challenge do you mean outdo Derby?
I don’t care who the players do it for; I just want to stay up and help relegate the Stafford Bulls
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21- why don’t you stop gambling on the outcome then we can all have a whip round and buy a decent team, i hear there’s some unrest at charlton, boing boing.
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on second thoughts maybe not charlton there’s a few lads on our pub team now they’re not what you could call athletic but they would’nt want much in the way of wages should suit our under spending club down to the ground
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My Baggie mates one and all, perhaps I’m being silly but as far as the players are concerned, shouldn’t they be doing it for themselves ? (I know, I know ..cue for a song !!) There’s no one else can do it for them though. It’s no good saying let’s do it for Tom, Dick or Harry, they have to want to do it for themselves.
By the way (and sorry for the dig) but I have it on good authority that Tom, Dick and Harry are available for transfer to you !!
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P.S. Sorry, forgot to add… had to look twice at the picture with this post cos it looks for all the world as if JG has got the Old Gold and Black on…….now there’s a thought ?!!!!!!!!!!
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Optimistic Wolf – Your name says it All!
Costa del Wolf – I’ll take you up on the same bet as Baggie Boy please!
I agree with all other sensible posts on here, I don’t care who they do it for but please just give a good go.
Maybe too late but if we’re going down lets go down with a bang. Nothing to lose. 3-5-2 for the rest of the season, especially at home. At best, please no more 4-5-1
Up the Baggies!!
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BRISBANE BAGGIE SAID
WELL SAID 17 I COULD NOT AGREE MORE
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how come theres no championship games today,proper internationals only play in the prem aye boing boing have a nice w/e
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27 filton, i bet you wish you had JG in your team,when was the last time you had that sort of quality,the last few seasons youv not bin able to get the ball off him aye boing boing be jesus
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31. Terry me old mate. Your dead right I wouldn’t mind him in the Wolves team !!
Have a good weekend my friend !!
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COS THATS WHAT YOU ARE GETTING PAID FOR GREENING, AND BY THE WAY THEIR GOAL IS THAT AWAY
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very funny dingle
lost city peron i presume
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