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Di Matteo backing chairman’s stance
Monday 23rd November 2009, 10:59AM GMT.
Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo is happy to back chairman Jeremy Peace’s risk-free planning for Albion as the club senses its fourth Premier League promotion of the decade.
The Baggies swept past Bristol City – previously beaten only twice in the Championship – with such conviction on Saturday that a return to the top flight is in danger of being taken for granted by Albion fans.
Di Matteo’s team can be knocked off the top if Newcastle win at Preston tonight, but their form and goal-scoring power has the Hawthorns buzzing with promotion talk.
The manager wants to improve his squad and has targets in mind for the January transfer window.
But Peace is a chairman reluctant to chase business in January, when he believes buying clubs get poor value for money, and refuses to risk Albion’s long-term financial welfare by over-extending the club in the transfer market.
His head coach insists he is happy to work under those constraints.
Di Matteo even joked: “I have been to see the chairman and they are hiding from me as I am asking for some money. We have targets. I am not a manager who panics and rushes into decisions.
“My duty is to improve the team and add value to the club, rather than put them into financial problems. It’s a shared responsibility.
“The supporters can be assured with the chairman that the club will not disappear”
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Looks like its another yo yo season then!
the club will never be a premiership club unless
peace go’s or he gives more money its a fact!
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If Albion get promoted then I dont really see us
needing to spend millions on players,most of the
players in our squad have already proved
themselves at Premier League Level,all Roberto
Di Mattteo needs to finish the jigsaw would be
a half decent striker to play alongside Ishamel
Miller.
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We stand a much better chance of staying up this time now that our defensive frailty has taken a job at Celtic.
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Risk-free this is why we went for a cheap option Manager. Hopefully it will come good but as we head into a long, hard winter and injuries kick in etc will he have the experience and the man management skills to get us through it? I hope hope JP’s risk-free strategy works. It put Dave Jones and Alan Irvine off but if he succeeds with it I will be the first to say I was wrong.
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1 – Your obviously a dingle. Peace does brilliantly for the albion. As for yo yo club I dont think the wolves will get past 20 points this season.
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I don’t think our fans will take anything for granted. We’ve been down this route too many times in recent years and know that this division can kick you in the teeth.
Having said that, we’re in a much stronger position than on any of the previous years.
Under TM we had a haphazard defence and no tacklers in midfield. Under Sir Gary we were solid but had little flair to break teams down. Under RDM we have a good blend.
The defence looks more solid every week, we now have not one but two midfield tacklers, both of whom are very good footballers as well. We have skill and variation out wide in Brunt and Thomas, with Morrison to add. Up front possibly our weakest area, Roman now has to fight his way back in and hopefully sooner rather than later Ish to come back, I think he’ll be much more effective now that we move the ball forward more quickly.
Add to this that we have a squad of quality players, look at some of the teams behind us and once you get past their first XI’s they lack any depth (I’d include Newcastle in that.)
One final plus point, our financial position means that we can add players if we need to and have yet to use the loan market.
Half term report, very satisfactory but as I’ve said, we’re Baggies, we take nothing for granted.
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2. I completely disagree. You need to be a realist. RDM is doing a quality job with what he has got but the only players we have capable of playing ih the prem are Olsson, Dorrans, Morrison.Brunt scored a few at the end of the season but he looked out of his depth. We would need massive investment.
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the chairman should get his hand in is pocket, a new goalie 3 new defenders,two midfielders a winger and a goal scorer is what is needed,i dont think the manager is upto the job either,anyway enuff about wolves,i cant see we really need anybody else we got internationals who are going to the world cup on the bench,aye boing boing GOING UP IN STYLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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have a look at the headlines on dingle site,its a classic aye boing boing
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Would I get better odds for the BAGGIES GOAL MACHINE hitting 10 in a match or our dingles up the road,conceeding 10? Think ill go for a double.
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I have to say I’d back the new improved Zuiverloon to do a job in the Prem, Mattock’s been getting better and better – pity he’s out now but we’ve got Cech to come in which should please him. Even Meite’s looking like he could cope in the Prem. Thomas, Mulumbu and Jara will all do fine and Miller up front. So just a right-winger and a striker and cover for every position then…
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We have the same squad as last season minus Robbo and Jonno with the additions of Jara (prem player), Mattock (championship at best), Thomas (unsure. We would 4-5 players of real quality and Premiership experience.
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11. I agree Marek will come in, however, he shouldn’t “have to come in”…he should start somwehere in that side every week.
Did anyone see him give the ball away once Saturday…the guy was stunning when he came on.
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12,looks like shadrags at it agen,aye boing boing
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Robertothegreat
I still think Zuiverloon could handle the Prem, remember he`s only a young kid who`s
still learning the trade,he started the season really well and probably went off the boil knowing
we were going down.
Marek Cech,Yousouff Mulumbu,Roman Bednar,
Ishmael Miller,Gianni Zuiverloon,Gonzalo Jara,
Robert Koren,Felipe Teixiera,Jerome Thomas,
James Morrison,Abdoulaye Meite could also handle
the Prem.
there`s only a couple of players in our squad
who couldnt handle it and we all know who they
are with one of them being farmed out to
Coventry City.
This Roberto Di Matteo knows what he`s doing
and will take Albion to next level and this
time keep us there.
Iam still convinced that all Albion need to
survive in the Prem is a Georgious Samras type
striker to play alongside Ishmael Miller.
This Albion 11 would be ace:
CARSON,ZUIVERLOON,MEITE,OLSSON,CECH,
BRUNT,JARA,DORRANS,MORRISON,SAMARAS,MILLER.
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Oh dear – i see Shadrag is up to his shennanigans again in post 12….. more muppetry from our resident clown.
The paper really should consider banning this moron.
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Meggo dragged this club back from the brink with bite but lacked flair, Mowbray had flair but lacked bite. I can see signs of both men’s assets with our third ‘M’ and we are now a strong running, hard tackling side with goal scorers all over the pitch. That is NOT an accident, nor is it cavalier, devil-may-care stuff. Professionalism is what I see, in a very young side. That’s what gives me hope that this time we may get up and stay up. For the Wulfies: Did you actually expect to get anything from Arsenal and Chelsea? There was a bloke on BRMB on Saturday saying MicMac got you up by accident and fluke. RUBBISH! Lick your wounds and get on with it. It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings next May.
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14 you will never stop the sad looser.
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Happy
Even accurately copying someone’s user name has proved beyond him, he still managed to get the capitalisation wrong!!
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15. Samaras? seriously can i have some of what you are taking?!
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16 Happy.
And 1,4 and 7. I read post 12 and thought why would Happy have a brain transplant and use Shadrag as a donor?
8 Sir Terry.
I thought you were another Shadrag victim until I got halfway through. Sheer brilliance. Don’t ever change. We love you just the way you are, as Barry White would have put it.
As for the left back position. Joe Mattock is steadily improving
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16. Happy.
And 1,4 and 7. I read post 12 and thought why would Happy have a brain transplant and use Shadrag as a donor?
8. Sir Terry.
I thought you were another Shadrag victim until I got halfway through. Sheer brilliance. Don’t ever change. We love you just the way you are, as Barry White would have put it.
13. Steven.
As for the left back position. Joe Mattock is steadily improving and has played his part in what is becoming a slid back four. I hope Marek Cech can replace him. Correct he rarely gives the ball away and is a Rolls Royce going forward but on Saturday he still looked a bit cavalier in his defensive duties.
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B****y computer. Won’t do what I’m telling it again.
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No point spending over the odds for players who can’t function at a higher level. I still think we need a few additional players, but it depends upon availability.
It was great seeing Scott getting ‘stuck in’ and making some cracking saves.
I agree 16.
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A small understatement don’t you think?
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Just heard some devastating news for wolves fans – Steve Morgan’s building firm has gone bump.
Apparently he tried to “do a Wigan” and refund fans for the games where they were humiliated this season – poor fella only had 250 million….
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Sir Terry you are a star, as someone else said, genius!! Always have a chuckle reading your posts.
All in all, the club is in great shape and have a perfect balance between attacking flair and defensive solidity. The way the club is being run is first class, the whole set up top notch now – the scouting system in particular.
Jobs not done yet of course, we need a decent striker in January and possibly another defender. I’m one very happy Shropshirebaggie at the moment.
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Had to laugh at the Wolves article where Mad Mick said the Wolves could go down, bet the Wolves fans were loving that!!
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We have a much improved and more committed squad this season than we have had for a long while.
We also have at long last got a Coach/Manager that has for once sorted out our leaky defence, he has got a little bit of work to do with the strikers and then it’s Prem here we come. And this time there will be no Yo-Yoing in and out of the Prem we are going up to stay.
The one commitment that JP has got to do, is give RDM a bloody good lengthy contract to keep him and the rest of his team at the Hawthorns.
C’mon you Baggies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pop over to the Dingles pages, Hilarious !
from one of them —-
Bottom line, after 50 games managing in the top league, Mick’s record hardly inspires confidence.
4 wins, 8 draws, 38 defeats. 33 scored, 96 conceded.
4 wins in 50 games – gotta be a record
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26. Happy.
This is terrible news for Mr Morgan. On top of this, what are the chances of him getting all of his tenner back if he has to sell the club?
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TRBH – apparently he now wants all those pies and pints back from the fans. Turns out they were just “a loan” and he hopes to raise some cash by seeling them down Bilston market.
I see MM now thinks wolves may go down – and in other breaking news there are rumours that the Pope may be catholic and that bears may prefer to poo in woods….. who knew ??
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seeling ?????
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i had argument with the missus this morning she said i think more about football than our marriage,i said dont talk daft we been together over 20 seasons now,aye boing boing
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32 Happy.
Just been over for another look (there are now 145 posts on there.) Although it’s mildly addictive, best not stay on too long as you risk a hernia, Woody Allen couldn’t write anything funnier.
One suggestion on there is to take banners saying ‘you promised you wouldn’t do an Albion.’ Er, chance would be a fine thing. Why don’t we take banners? Oh that’s it, we stay behind our managers and players, even when they crap on us later. That’s what being supporters is all about.
The mighty 3 M’s from the end of last season are now the 3 stooges, ‘what a difference therteen games makes’ as Esther Phillips would have said. The much maligned and infamous Bob Wolf and JIWAL now appear to be almost with the ‘happy clappers’ in the liberal camp.
The pro Mick brigade are now counting on the easy 6 points coming from Blues and Bolton. Let’s wait and see.
PS. This isn’t anti-Wolves. I’ve nothing against Winslow, Debenham etc that post good stuff while still supporting their team. It’s for the crowd that were all over here like a rash. Telling us that they would show us how it’s done. Not as easy as you thought is it?
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I really do have faith in RDM… I think he could be the guy to finally to do the job. The man that will be mentioned on match of the day every saturday as West Brom manager for a fair few years to come
Am I dreaming too much now?? :)
Good to see he has a sense of humour because a couple of weeks ago he seemed a bit down when things wasnt going so well. Just hope the joking around lasts because we all know what happens with chairman and manager in the end….
Talking of the chairman, I have often knocked him but u cant put him down when once again we are climbing out this division with 1 foot in the premier league again. Although its early days yet.
But I still stand by that he is not the chairman to take us to the next level. I do have doubts whether we will ever establish in the top flight with him in charge and odd decisions like reducing ground capacity do nothing to help his case.
I also dont think its fair to say Albion fans take getting promoted for granted… if anything, I think JP takes getting promoted for granted. And trusts in the running of the financial club too much, in a way that means we are always strong in this league, therefore always guaranteed to bounce back.
But who i am I to argue??
We always are strong in this league, and we always do get promoted! But one day we may not and it may turn round and bite us all on the a**!
But before I get bashed by the minority, yet very opinionated and sensible Pro-Peace brigade, I will stick up for him that we will always be secure and YES I am happy at the moment to to trust Peace for a little while longer, he has that abilty to keep extending our faith in him.
And take note: (Always optimistic), I actually think if we do go up, next time we may have the experience, the team and the manager to stay up and make it work… without an ambitious chairman with deep pockets and financial clout. Good times ahead I hope
Boing Boing!!!!
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36 Danno.
Good post and I agree with much of what you say. The thing is that you still ignore the $64,000 dollar question. What do you want JP to do? He can’t bankroll us, he simply doesn’t have that sort of money. The alternative is the equivelent of putting the clubs money on lucky number 7 and spinning the wheel. One in 36 chance of winning and if we do great but if we lose are you happy doing the rounds of league two grounds including Walsall.
‘Well you see I’ve lost count myself but as this is the most powerful handgun in the world you’ve got to ask yourself one question, do you feel lucky punk?’ Sorry Danno, I wasn’t calling you a punk but you know what I mean.
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MARK MY WORDS GUYS….westbrom will be breaking another record,by being the first ever club to compeat in top flight football,without breaking the bank and having players on stupid money,we will have a team capeable of being a sucess by getting players in that no body realy knows about,the new stars of tomorrow..we will do it quietly,and gradual we will get to the prem and go to the next level and start and build again picking up talent by giving players a chance to break into the premeirship and this being the bigest stage in the world they will wanna do well.,we pick em up on what we as a club can afford then make a profit and find a replacement.,if we can find jarra then the worlds our oyster some gems out ther guys and if we continue like we are w.b.a will be the first ever club to maybe win the prem on a budget that wont bankrupt them look at man u need i say more?all that debt liverpool the same,no give me a peace anyday all clubs will be run like ours very soon,but the beauty is we will be the sucsess and the future of the prem and live with in our means not be held to ransome by players demanding over the top pay,we will be that club and be established in the prem like in the 70s boing boing
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