Bit harsh there, Lou…?

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Macari your an idiot!!

He played for me at Celtic he was a warrior!!
thats because you where the manager and thats how you told him to play fairly obvious seeing as you are attacking him for trying to play football
Now he is a manager he want to play how he beleives football should be played

Its Simple you like the hoof it up the pitch
Tm prefers pass it up the pitch

“Put me in the trenches with either the Stoke or the Albion lads and I know where my preference would be.”

more fool you If I where in the trenches I would sooner have the good old British army at my side than some namby pamby footballers!!!

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I have followed Albion all my life, we had a great oportunity again to catch up on all the wasted years & blew it again, it is so saddening to witness the likes of Villa now prospering when they were nothing at one time a 3rd division team, they hung around in the top tier while we languished. And Lou is dead right.

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i have supported albion for 30 years and lou macari is exactly right even if we don’t want to admit it tony doesnt have the players to play the style he wants to play thats the facts he is poor tactically where as stoke and hull are far better we cannot defend thats down to tony they are his players a lot of albion fans seem to think it will just be a case of getting straight back up next season if we go down well that’s a dangerous game to play just ask leeds and charlton and others we might well regret the chances we have had to build while we have been in the premier league .

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Lou Macari.
Managed Swindon to a couple of lower tier promotions.
Did nothing at West Ham United.
Did nothing at Birmingham City.
Got a lower tier promotion and the mickey mouse cup under his belt at Stoke.
Did nothing at Celtic (which is against the odds isnt it)
Lost a playoff final in his second stint at Stoke
Finally he managed Huddersfield where he is only ‘achievement’ was to get them relegated.

Compare to Tony Mowbray.
At Hibernian
Won the manager of the year
Finished in the top 4 for 2 consecutive seasons for the first time since the 70s
Progressed to the later stages of all domestic cup competitions they entered
At Albion
Wembley in successive seasons for the first time in 40 years
Title for the first time in 88 years
Top scorers for two successive seasons
Beat the same local rivals 4 times in the same season.
LMA Manager of the Year

Looks like you are so well qualified to spout this rubbish eh Lou?

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Regardless of Lou Macari’s lack of sucess as a Manager,I am sorry to say that his comments are correct.
The truth sometimes hurts !
Tony Mobray will become a good Manager in time, but he has made mistakes this season and most of what Lou said is true.
Albion play good football,but lack strength in Midfield and defence.
I hope this problem will be sorted out at the end of the Season , with some new signings.

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LM is taling from where the sun does not shine!!. Jonathan (10) your spot on there is no comparison. Personally I also hate the approach that stoke take on a football pitch. It may be ok to keep them up but I don’t think their football would keep me awake for 90 minutes. I also hate the reference that LM said he feared for us at the start. This suggests he thought about it. Its such a shame that such a tallented player has such little tallent off the pitch. Every every dog has his day then LM should have been put down when at St Andrews!!. This is just a looser trying to remind people that his there and trying to get a job. Does he not know there is a recession on he’s got no chance !!

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Lou is entitled to his view, and let’s accept it, as well as keep it in context.

From my recollection, he never played the “Beautiful Game”, nor did he ever manage a team playing the BG.

So why should we be the least surprised when he is unable to appreciate a team trying to play the BG, when he stands and chucks in from the sidelines?

We all know that TM is on a learning curve, and that he will improve.

Apart from a little incentive to the Baggies, there is little else that Lou really has added to the mixing pot here from my perspective.

It is not what Lou thinks that interests me, but that he Thinks …

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And what is Macari doing these days?writing newspaper articles says it all.Why is he not managing he should ask himself that.

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Jonathan

Lou Macari
BACK TO BACK promotions with Swindon Town
Difficulty with Chairman in brief stints with West Ham and Birmingham
Takes Stoke to a Wembley win, and playoffs in FIRST season
Wins promotion as champions with a club record 93 points in second season
Lands dream job managing one of the biggest clubs in Scotland, finishing in the top 2 ;)
Return to Stoke, where he fires a struggling team into the playoffs
Spell at Huddersfield which ultimately see’s him relegated

Tony Mowbray
Two seasons at with a Hibs in a mickey mouse league brings small success, but no trophys.
Fails to get a BIG championship club promoted at first try
Regularly fails to beat local rivals Stoke City
Wins promotion in second season
(?)Guides WBA to relegation by easter…(?)

Now I wouldn’t say either of us have been fair in our comparisons, I’m merely illustrating a point.

To suggest Macari has made an “astonishing blast” at WBA in the article is quite clearly sensationalism. He is a newspaper pundit and was merely pointing to the merits of a certain style of play. I have absolutely nothing against WBA (difficult to hate a team who have been so generous to us in recent years) but Mowbrays stubborn determination to stick to his “footballing principles” will see you relegated this season.

Stoke might not be attractive but you cannot hope to come into the premiership and “out-football” the established premiership teams. That can be the long term goal, but the first two seasons also require grit and determination.

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I hope Stoke do stay up….then we don’t have to bother with them.

Stoke City are a detestable club, with detestable fans, a detestable manager (and former managers as well), a detestable style of play and all based in one of the most detestable areas of the UK.

(I’m not a fan)

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TubesSCFC – “Lands dream job managing one of the biggest clubs in Scotland, finishing in the top 2″

What an idiotic argument to use when trying to “big up” a very small (in more ways than one) man. I could manage Celtic to 2nd place in the Scottish League.

We’ll see what happens on Saturday, but even if the Albion go down I’d still rather watch football under Mowbray than the dross on offer at The Brittania Stadium. Supporting a Club with the Footballing traditions as the Albion is an honour and a privelage – something Stoke fans certainly cannot say.

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his point may be valid….but only if Stoke manage to beat the drop (I’m assuming that Albion will go down this year…sorry). If they fail to avoid relegation then I don’t see the benefit of playing “lump it” football. At least Albion fans have seen some decent football – probably not enough to stay in the division. I can’t see that Stoke fans have seen any good football – glorious failure is still failure. If you look at the money needed to stay in that division then both teams should probably have expected to be relegated this year so then you look towards the style of play that will help you build best for the future which, to me, looks like Albion’s way.

whoever gets up this year will have the same struggles and the same decisions to make.

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How do you spell his name? Lou or Loo, I’m never quite sure.

Who in their right mind goes to a football to watch their team play football. Bring back Bobby Gould then you’d really have the boggies – yes, with an “o” – matching Stoke pound for pound.

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Toilet Marcari!

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Can I just say that I respect Mr Macari’s views on football just as much as would those of anybody who currently runs a chip shop for a living.

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Let’s remember this was him writing in a STOKE newspaper. The E&S is stirring it up.

Sadly Macari’s analysis is right though. Mowbray has turned this club into the biggest joke in the Premier League. Rock bottom and without a sponsor. No wonder we get ridiculed.

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L.M is only saying what a large % of fans think.

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Luckily we are not in the trenches – we are on the terraces…. and I know who I would rather watch from the terraces – and it aint Stoke.

LM was a nasty little player who was happy to kick a player and run away – his comments say everything about him as a pundit !!

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no 11 what an idiot you are you cannot even put forward a reasonable debate everyone else has.

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Macari Who???

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macari should shut up until he’s ever achieved anything in football past his playing days. i agree that TM should be given the chance to really go places, his remit of playing FOOTBALL in the way albion do should be applauded. i’m one of the wolves fans that wish the baggies luck and hope you do it so (god willing), we can have some cracking derbies next season!

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get back to your chippie lou

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it is right though because i would prefer to be in the trenches with rhinos than mice which is mostly mowbrays team- won’t put a tackle-most small no ball winners or crunchers just stimbly little bits. im afraid mowbray spent 30m on a load of rubbish he dont know a good player when he sees when ie ben watson, lee cattermole, thomas gravesen and the defence well martis and olsson have been alright but that poor lad cech sat on the bench all season and he is the best full back we’ve got he is quality but instead he is playing his favourite robinson who has given so many goals because of lack of height and pace and mainly lack of quality.

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i can see where he’s coming from. we aren’t stupid we know why this season has been a failure. can’t defend set pieces, nothing up front. confidence gone as a result. There are other sides that have problems with injuries, etc but we have failed to make the most of that. The lads have not got the stomach for a fight, we look awfully vunerable under attack. Relegation is now a certainty. Roll on next season when we can regroup, strengthen and bounce back. As that is what it needs.

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Back in the days of Ossie Ardiles, 1992/3 I think, we played some great football and were leading Stoke at their old ground by 3 goals to 2. Then it was ‘flatten ‘em time’ and we had a series of tackles that reduced us to a pulp. They went on to win 4-3. Guess who was their manager?

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Cant believe this idiot! I really hope we thrash stoke now. Its been a long time coming! And they would bloody deserve it after this (untypable) has come out with this! Yes stoke may have got it slightly more right but so what! They play the most boaring, drivvel in the entire country & they will be scrapping every season in this league. And they will go down so LM dont think they got it sussed. It may not be this season, or possibly even the next but they WILL go down! Plus stoke have had a ridiculous amount of luck this year as oppose 2 us who have had none at all! Mowbray is right we are just couple of years away from doin great things (the right way) LM get off our backs u looser!

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47 – I just wish that weren’t true!! ha ha!

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57. Terry.
Give him some credit. At least he didn’t bite on the spelling hook as well, aye bing bong.

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Hope the Baggies stuff them clay heads and make him eat his words.

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