Time to map out a plan for Villa's future
- Says blogger Matthew Turvey
Let’s shock the Premier urges Thomas
Tuesday 20th April 2010, 10:59AM BST.
Winger Jerome Thomas has challenged Albion to shock the Premier League and pledged to help the club’s top-flight rookies rise to the task.
The wide man believes the Baggies can take the league by surprise after winning promotion back from the Championship.
And Thomas, whose eight goals have helped the club claim automatic promotion, is ready to find another gear next season with proper preparation.
He said: “Bearing in mind I didn’t do a pre-season, I’m hoping to be a lot fitter and stronger next season to come flying out of the blocks.
“Hopefully we’ll surprise a lot of teams with the young, exciting players we’ve got. I don’t think we will go into too many games negatively.
“I think we’ll go and attack and impress a lot of the fans and surprise teams.”
Thomas believes he is heading back to the Premier League with nothing to prove, after playing in the top division for both Charlton and Portsmouth.
But the 27-year-old wants to play a key role behind the scenes in passing on his experience to the players set to experience Premier League football for the first time.
He said: “I don’t really think I’ve got anything to prove. I’ve shown I can play at that level and perform. It’s more about reminding a few people.
“My role has changed here as well because now I feel like a senior player. I need to help the younger players who haven’t got experience in the Premier League and use my experience to keep us there.
“When I made my Charlton debut I played 21 or 22 games straight and we finished eighth. That season was about sheer excitement and playing against people I had been watching my whole life.
“Being up against Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal – it was exciting times.”
Thomas has relished his first season at the Hawthorns, as Albion have surged to a top-two finish.
He said: “As a whole, this has probably been my best season in terms of scoring and setting up goals. I like to win as well.
“It’s nice to win promotion because the last time I won anything was the FA Youth Cup nine years ago.”
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Carson – Failed Premiership keeper, struggled in ccc
Mattock- Not good enough in ccc
Meite- Out of depth last season
Zuiv – Out of depth
Brunt – Lack of pace
Reuben reid – peterborough not impressed
Moore- has to go
Bednar – overweight and slow
wood – must go on loan
These players need to go and we need to bring in 5-6 quality established premier league players, not watson or reid but quality premier league players.
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No.1 …. in your dreams….
why not go the whole hog and say 11…
get real…
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Who in that list is a premiership quality player week in, week out?
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unforts except for bednar and maybe carson if we are serious about staying up i think you will find boing boings comment is pretty spot on!
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1.Boing Boing
I would hardly say Carson is a failed premiership keeper, he helped Villa to one of there best premiership finishes, didn’t have an amazing season last season but did have an awful defence infront of him, and he has had a very good season this season, so get over the Croatia mistake and move on!
Well done in stating the obvious in your assessment of those 8 players. 6 of which arent even regulars anyway so i fail to see the relevance. Brunt has shown, since moving back to the left the talent he has in delivering a pass, and has steadily improved this season, Bednar I am not his biggest fan but his role in the 4-5-1 is a big factor in the midfield having so much success in the second half of the season and I think he can do a job in the premiership.
If you are seriously hoping for better ‘quality’ premiership players than watson and reid, i’m afraid you are in for a disappointing summer of transfers.
But its great to see your optimism and encouragement for a team of talented youngsters who under a new manager and a change in playing style have done well to get promoted with games to spare, nice one!
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2 Mikey, 1 is shadrag at it again,aye boing boing
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Your whole team is fizzy pop at best, maybe dorrans could do ok in the prem but the rest of them are pants, enjoy ya season in the prem yo-yo’s lol
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you already shocked the premier league by getting promoted!!!!
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5, or 6 quality players!, 1 or 2 quality players will cost anything between 15 and 20 million let alone 7 or 8, m8 just enjoy us for what we are (albion) were not man utd or liverpool, we aint got the dosh, simples,
boing boing
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8. you’re right there mate lol, I think we should report them to trading standards for advertising as a prem club when they’re fizzy pop at best and misleading all those poor steptoes lol.
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Number 1. What a fantastic supporter. Carson is still a decent keeper, Brunt is a quality passer, Bednar can do a job….
Here is a list of awful Prem teams, playing awful negative football…..
Blackburn, Bolton, Birmingham, Wolves, Stoke, Sunderland , Liverpool….
Then the 3 going down as well as Wigan and West Ham who play decent stuff but are still struggling.
We have some exciting young players and a young manager who knows what we need. Get behind them.
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you name Bednar, Our main man in an attacking
4-5-1 formation. Brunt who has a sweeter left foot as you will see anywhere. Carson, very young ENGLAND international, who is improving game by game under our new coach Dean Kiely,Wood,Mattock,
youngsters who need to be brought on.Ried and Watson, well that proves you know very little about football. So you must be a dingle.
Oh, by the way you’ve missed out Dorrans and Morrison! silly you.
~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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“pledged to help the club’s top-flight rookies rise to the task”
I dont think there will be alot of rising
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Ha ha …….. never seen so much panic in rival supporters….. pathetic !!!!
Get used to the idea cretins – we are comin and we are gonna get ya – as usual (thats if you actually do stay up).
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10. Wolves 1983.
It must be like watching Barcelona every week down the Mol. I can only guess that as you and No 1 Shadrag have been on here every day since we got promoted that your combined bums are getting a bit squeeky.
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Weem being linked with england g/k david james,dingles being linked with Sid james,aye boing boing
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1. Shadrag please try harded , you are as thick as whale omlette!
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didnt relise dingles were sure of stopping up
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Waste of time talking bout a derby cuz if they dont win saturday they will go down,and there will be another valcanic eruption in iceland before they come back up,aye boing boing
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14. hoppysteptoe, yeah we’re shaking in our boots at the thought of facing the mighty sandwell town and its fearsome hordes lol lol don’t make me laugh, you lot leg it out of Wolverhampton as fast as you can every time, losers.
15. the real steptoe, watching the Wolves down the Molineux is far better than watching some tin pot fizzy pop shower down the poorthorns.
17. Before you call someone thick at least check your own spelling and grammar as you have just made yourself look very stupid.
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The only way the `Wulfies´ could shock the Premier, would be to wire the away showers to the mains.
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Alot of very nervous Baggies. Face facts, you are a newly promoted side and will be favourites to go down with the play-off winners. Depending on who comes up via the play-offs you could be the smallest club with the poorest attendances in the premier league and with your current squad you would be lucky and extremely fortunate to get to 20 points.
You have just been promoted from the worst ever Championship where clubs are forced to play youth teamers and and cannot fill their substitute quota, a big shock is awaiting you my baggie friends.
Not worth the 50% sorry I mean 13% ticket price rise if you ask me! Not too bad for Happy Baggie as he doesnt go to games!
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20. Wolves1877, your mom is looking for you, she’s ever so worried too. Better run off home now before it gets dark, you know how it frightens you.
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20 Woeful1877-Let’s face it,who wants to stay in woofton any longer than they have to?The fact that you thinks it’s great at the custard bowl watching the opposition scoring all the goals (ok you have got 1)shows how easily pleased you are.The Baggies play ‘the beautiful game’ scoring goals for fun.But goalscoring is something you lot don’t know much about so I won’t even try to explain.
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Despite Mick’s apparently master plan to keep the Dingles in the Prem league Wolves fans tell me that the style of play makes even Stoke look good. They have one premier league quality player in Kevin Doyle and he seems to be getting itchy feet. Perhaps he might fancy a move to The Hawthorns as it might do him good to be at a bigger club and help him to understand the beautiful game.
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20,why would we want to hang around the 5th wust city in the world,we just like to take the 3 points or secure our next round in the cup then leave with smiling faces watchin yow lot crying,aye boing boing
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Premiership Gold… Poorest attendence? Wigan, Bolton, Fulham, Blues, all have lower attendences than ours in the Premier league you buffoon. As for us being “nervous” why are you on our board trying to convince us to doubt our team? Who is it you’re really trying to convince? As for “the poorest championship ever” remark – youre in a division where the bottom 5 teams have capitualted and died and you’re still only just above them; says alot really doesn’t it. Oh, and we have more points than your lot got last term.
Bring on your sorry lot next season “run out of wolvo” your lot prefer to fight your own police force en masse than go toe to toe with a real man. You’re simply a bunch of jumped up children whose only knowledge of rivalries stems from “lol” and “fizzy pop” – which, incidentally, you spend more time in than we ever do.
Boing Boing
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I’ve heard Kevin Doyle has phoned The Hawthorns to ask if he can join the Baggies next season,he’d love the honour of playing alongside Graham Dorrans.His main complaint is that at wolves his team mates are so poor,it’s got to the stage that he has to pass the ball to himself.The last straw was when Mad Mick asked him to take the corners AND head the ball in the net.At least,on the plus side,he has been man of the match 35 times this season.
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27. You lot are very nervous it shows as all your doing is saying how good you’re going to be well you have never done any good in the prem in your 4 pitiful attempts, as for your comment about where we are in the league well we are where we are because we deserve to be there not because other teams have let us be there, however the same can’t be said for you lot the year Pompey let you win to stay up so just be careful about throwing stones in glasshouses, yes you do have more points than we got but you have finished where that’s right 2ND, We were Champions.
Fighting our own police force, correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure we’re all policed by west midlands police force?
I’m also pretty sure you will find plenty of lads willing to go toe to toe with your “real men”.
wba the Midlands SHAME.
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20 Wolves 1983.
I for one would like to apologise to you. I’m very ashamed of myself for not realising your problems. It’s wrong to have a go at people in your position and I should know better. Sorry.
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Yes I havent slept since I have known that Scott Carson, Joe Mattock, Cech, Meite, Olsson, Zuiverloon, Mulumbu, Bednar, Moore, Cox and Wood will be turning out week in, week out in the Premiership next season, that is worrying, even your better players like Koren struggled last season. Id be more concerned that buying about an increase in ticket prices to watch that lot trying to beat Derbys 11 points! Dorrans has had one good season in the championship but its a huge step up, and you collected the wooden spoon last season nobody should know that more than you.
Once JP has had your capacity reduced again and given your world-class players such as Mattock a big pay rise and a couple of free transfer signings from abroad that will be all of your money eaten up and you can enjoy quite a few hammerings!
Still every cloud has a silver lining, you can perhaps start to pay off your debts? 7mil at the last count.
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29. Wolves1877, I think one of your hair clips may have fallen out when you were typing that last reply.
Take a deep breath and relax. Did your Mom find you by the way?
PS are you related to Billy Davies by any chance?
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Ok for the wolves that are happy to see wba in the prem vote now, Not meany ah well wolves will get a higher ponts tally than wba face No32 West Brom will never be as good as us. Up the Wolves!
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33. Mick, I have absolutely no idea what you’re trying to say as it makes no sense. You’re either 5 years old or you have zero brain cells…. or maybe both.
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30.realsteptoe nothing wrong with me fella, I’m normal I support Wolves only the stupid support sandwell town and unfortunatley for you, you fall into that bracket, you can however get help for these terrible afflictions that are so obviously affecting your life.
32. No I spent the night with your mum though and she wore my wolves shirt and loved it. Are you related to terry by the way as you’re both ….wits.
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Doyle has won ” Knackered Player of the Year” Trophy for Low Hill City. dingles on the dark side
are pleading with Mick-Mac to play attacking football to have a break from the humdrum they have squandered their dole money on all season.
They are also asking for some quality footballers next season as they haven’t got any. Mr.Morgan
hasn’t spent any of the 30m he promised because
that is for Liverpool when he leaves Low Hill City, it has also been addded to.
(29) You are correct it is West Mids Police.
W-ton: police the dingles from the ” Ten Quid Club”, West Brom: police ALBION supporters.
What a laugh it was watching W-ton Police fighting the dingles as we walked to our transport. It’s the same with the stewards, each club uses their own. W 1877 I’m getting fed up of trying to educate you my patience isn’t what it used to be. If you’re normal I know where there’s
a house full.
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Blimey! You know more than Roberto Di Matteo.
Premiership seasons: ALBION 5- Woolfs 2, out
boxed again. Your money will be eaten up by Liverpool. The Hawthornes has room to expand unlike the custard-bowl that has reached its limits.
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W 1877,
You are in need of urgent psycholugical therapy.
See your GP as soon as you can, you have worrying
emotions. I mean urgent. JtH.
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