Another poor result against a team we should be beating easily.

This is the worst football to watch in all the years I’ve been going down the Baggies.

Jeremy – you showed you were brave enough to act last year when it wasn’t going as badly as this.Do it again…..please!

Taxi for Hodgson!

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Cold realisation that this team are not Premiership quality.

A team previously playing with flair are now playing with negative caution.

The big players are not doing it but have their nice contracts and obvious get out clauses if the pending doom becomes fact.

Too much bigging this side up this season.

There has not been a hint of a decent run in the league.

Nothing potent about our strike force.

The last two weeks of January are critical for Roy Hodgson. He often refers to the quality of the squad; lets see some evidence in the performances.

Its your home form that keeps you up; ours is abysmal.

Survival is seriously a major challenge now.

New faces may appear but you are very fortunate to get instant results from mis-season purchases.

We are just way too predictable in all areas at the moment and Roy seems to be struggling to arrest the slide.

I wish him well as he is a decent bloke but not convinced after this latest low that he has the players that can turn this around.

Please prove me wrong Roy!

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cue the hodgson out brigade. dreadful yes, but he put a capable team out. once those ‘professionals’ have past that white line there ain’t much more he can do is there?

well done the norwich fans for outsinging the home crowd. not that that’s much of an accolade really.

*awaits venomous retorts from those who think the team don’t deserve support until the goals are flying in*

hope that was odemwingie’s last game for us, he’s had it. looks to me like long and fortune are our best front two. cox was anonymous as he usually is against top-flight opposition

brunt’s absence really starting to show now, as many of us predicted

rough ride ahead

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Bangkok Baggie, stop being an idiot calling for Hodgson to go. Yes our home form is shocking but that has more to do with the players having no pride in the shirt. Thomas and Odemwingie plus Cox just arn’t good enough and or just can’t be bothered. As a season ticket holder it disgraceful that we have to watch lackluster performances wk in and wk out. We need a target man to play up front with Long and a decent winger. When jones is fit Shorey won’t start, I know we have key players injured but the ones going out are good enough Bar a few players and should be able to put on a good performance to teams around the bottom.

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Has hodgson lost it, will we hear another bog standard interview from him how we didn’t play to badly and were unlucky it’s a joke, were has all the alleged sky money gone and money generated from transfers!!! And why have we gone from a dominant 4-5-1 team to a pathetic 4-4-2 team which clearly doesn’t work yet we stick at it although it’s never worked from day one!

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I’m not a great Roy Hodgson fan, but come on, the guy can only work with what he’s got! It wasn’t Roy who let Norwich break on two counter-attacks and paid the ultimate price.

The problem lies not with the manager but with the nature of the club itself. The Board keeps the club ticking over, however, the question is whether or not this provides a firm enough base for season upon season progress and currently I would say it doesn’t.

Yes, the quality of our players has improved, but not to the extent of other mid-table clubs. Have we enough quality to keep Albion in the Premier League – 20 goals in 21 games would suggest we haven’t.

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1Bangkok. That’s a bit fierce mate. It was an entertaining game overall, we had enough chances to win it easily but, as this report says, we were suckered twice. We scored a penalty but I don’t think we would have got an open play goal if we were out there now! The shooting was a mixture of good but saveable and downright awful. It does not take a psychic to realise that Odemwingie is looking for an out and may be gone sooner rather than later. Thomas had a good game but needed subbing after some hard tackles. Mulumbu was excellent as usual. The rest all played well enough but toothless. This home form needs putting right and NOW or we shall be in deep sludge. PLEASE don’t blame the crowd, they gave it all they could at times, but the groans won in the end.

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Same old faces same old results. Rubbish comes to mind

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WHAT A TOTAL LOAD OF CRAP,HODGSON KEEPS PLAYING JEROME THOMAS-CANNONT BEAT PEOPLE,ODEWINGIE GOT TO GO,WHEN LONG -DORRANS CAME ON THEY CHANGED THE GAME,OUR TEAM LACKS PACE,IF WE KEEP DEFFENDING LIKE THAT CHAMPANCHIP ON THE WAY.SHIFNAL BAGGIE

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a couple of weeks ago we were all crowing how well we done when we lost to spurs and the dingles show us how its done even they did not lose at home to norwich shamefull

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Looks like our master tactician as been out tactid again he says on wba site we where mugged Roy its we the fans who are being mugged paying to watch this dross every week the 2 goals we conceeded where nothing short of a joke action neede JP before its to late.

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bit harsh bangkok,

Would have been a completely different result with a fully fit squad. I’m still behind RH and the team.

Would be nice to get a decent signing in though to lift the team !

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Why was Shorey (five feet nothing)the nearest man to Morrison (six foot plenty) for their second goal….we were ball watching and not man marking…..whose tactics are they??? and I question our training and fitness levels… we looked knackered running back to defend that last goal…they flew passed us.

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Tipton-WBA
Glad someone is talking sense so early in the comments.

Warren
Have a word with no2 will ya.
Adéu

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MESSAGE TO MR PEACE sack hodgson NOW before its to late! He is to ritualistic its so easy to read his script as martinez moyes and lambert have done bring in the man you know will wear his heart on his sleeve and is HUNGRY ( as is not the case in hodgson) THE SCOTTISH WARRIOR McINNESS. AND REMEMBER YOU SACKED DE MATTEO ON THE SAME AMOUNT OF POINTS LAST SEASON AND ALSO A MESSAGE TO SOME OF YOU DREAMERS ABOVE INCLUDING JACK THE 12POINT HAT STOP MAKING EXCUSES THE MANAGER IS TACTLESS AND UNLESS PEACE ACTS NOW WE ARE GOING DOWN SO GET REAL AND STOP WEARING ROSE COLOURED SPECTALES

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John from Oldbury. Well said mate, I agree 100% with your comment. I can’t believe the posts above who are defending RH and blaming the players. Of course they are ultimately responsible, but Hodgson coaches them, picks them and dictates tactics and sadly it appears he cannot motivate them. You can bury your head in the sand as much as you like, but the reality is he must be SACKED now and Derek McInnes brought in, as JFO says. RH is an ageing multi- millionaire who has lost his hunger and desire .

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I asked Warren the other day why he was still banging his head on that wall and two of the first five posts tell me exactly why he does it.

On the way home I heard Lee (the Baggies fanatic who doesn’t actually go to games) berating “Peace” (as he calls him) for not splashing the cash (perhaps if you went Lee there would be a bit more cash to splash) Lee attacked “Ashworth” for our scouting policy. As an example Lee we were in for Chehk Tiote before Newcastle offered him more money because they have a multi millionaire Chairman and 50,000 plus home gates (perhaps if a few more Lee’s put there money where their big mouths are we might hit the 25,000 mark a bit more often.)
PS Lee. If you don’t rate our buying policy ask most Wulfies if they’d swap.

So where does the money come from?
JP sells the club. I heard an interesting call from a Blackburn fan on the way to the match yesterday and it was one of the saddest things I’ve heard in football. On his way to the game he said “I don’t think I’ll be making this journey next year. Not because we’re so bad we’ve been much worse in the forty years I’ve supported Rovers but it just doesn’t seem as if it’s my club any more.” A lesson there for a lot of fans if you’re in doubt ask Blues or Pompey fans.

Get rid of Roy Hodgson.
Great idea let’s get Fergie or Guus Huydinck in shall we. Oh we can’t because they wouldn’t come to us and we couldn’t afford them. So who do you fancy then? One of the journeymen that’s available, Chris Coleman, Alan Curbishley? Ask yourself why they’re available. I know let’s go and get Derek Macinnes. Great idea, throw a very inexperienced manager into a possible PL relegation dog fight that could end up with the club relegated and his promising managerial career in tatters. Changing the Manager is easy if you’re playing Fantasy Football, I still remember the dark comments about JP on here last season when he changed managers but it worked so it was never mentioned again, especially by his critics.

Poor performance yesterday, we were outrun by a very fit and enthusiastic side that caught us on the break twice. We must learn from this. We lack pace in defence and midfield and can’t afford to committ to attack as if we have Beckenbauer and Schnellinger (one for the youngsters there) to rescue us.

Kevin Davis was mentioned in the week and I think if he’d played yesterday I don’t think we would have lost. Without Olsson we don’t have a natural leader on the pitch to rally the troops, also without Olsson we were bullied by a physical Norwich side (not a criticism of them as it’s a man’s game and they weren’t dirty) Davis would have done the same to their CH’s as Morison and Hoult did to ours.

Mozza had a nightmare and looked as if the player that’s been there for the last few games had sent his twin brother along and without Brunt as well we lacked creativity. PO got the usual predictable comments but I didn’t see anything missing that a goal wouldn’t put right. Long was immense when he came on and I always like to see Dorrans because he has a bit of edge to his game that some others lack when things are going wrong, I’d have them both in the side next week.

PS Warren, Kev, Rocket, Tipton, Rowley etc. How about changing our club name from the GHFC to Headbangers Anonymous.

PPS. Well done to the Norwich fans, proper supporters that have stayed with their team through the bad years but more so because I noticed many of them joined in the applause for the tribute to the King at half time. A credit to your club.

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Not the result we wanted yesterday,we need to address this problem urgently i know injuries have not helped but we are missing the key players ie Olson,Blunt,and we need for long to be fully fit.We have to go into the market in the next few days clear out players that are not performing and bring in at least two/three new team players otherwise we are going to be in big trouble even if we exhaust the loan market. striker to score goals, need points to climb table Wolves behind us we are getting to close to relegation as we couldsoon be sucked into the bottom three if we are not carefull.Come on Jermery discuss the problem with Roy, and back him otherwise we shall be going down and looking for another Manager(not good for the club)as we seem to be going backwards instead of forwards.

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Come on scrooge peace back him or sack him before we go down

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Let’s face it the top of Championship is no different from the bottom half of the Prem as Norwich proved today. And in all honesty we struggled against a Cardiff 2nd team in the FAC. We must learn to manage our expectations, WE ARE NOT A TOP FLIGHT TEAM and we will always have good days and bads days just like the other clubs outside of the top 7. We must get over it and try to channel our positive energies in supporting the boys and not on negative discussionthreads like these.

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13 even with a full squad the results at home have been the same Scharner is becoming a joke and if he had connected with that player on the halfway line he would have seen a straight red im at the point now where i dont care if we go down its same every time we in the prem same excuses no money we hold man city at home to a 0-0 draw and celebrate like we have won the league that says it all really …

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Warren
No25 was no2 when I posted.
Adéu

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a slight overreaction by some, ok our home form is not good, but it will improve, a couple of players short of quality and injuries to, if hodgson is sacked who will come in, what effect on the dressing room,????? im sure he will turn it round, we got some winnable games coming up and we will avoid the relegation battle , so come on you baggies, this is not a crisis just a blip

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Can’t believe all the negative comment,fans must
come to terms with who we are, until we get wealthy
owners were never going on an unbeaten run.
Ok under previous two we scored for fun but were
constantly conceding. Under RH our defence has
tightened up and I’m sure when we get usual defence
back we’ll be ok in answer to the inane comment
“DINGLES tamed mighty spurs we had a makeshift
team. Spurs were due a stumble ten since last loss.
Calls for RH to be dumped are stupid it’s true we
were mugged we were far the better team, we had no
rt back and Jonas out is anyone really suprised
that Morrison and Holt would pose a threat.

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Some of the criticism about the defence is missing the point. The defence is now far more organised than it ever was under previous managers. For the 2 goals conceded, they were both very much counter attacks. You could tell the midfielders to stay back and keep everyone marked, but then our strikers would have an even harder job.

The problem is creativity leading to goal chances. We have only scored 8 goals in 11 home games. Either we haven’t got the formation right in the build up from midfield, or the players are not up to it.
I’ve a feeling that we’ve been sussed by a number of managers. I think we wait for teams to re-group in defence before we get the ball into a dangerous area. Yesterday, we had to get through 9 Norwich players, by the time the ball was into a dangerous area.

I hope we strengthen further in this transfer window. I’d like to see another attacking player in midfield, preferably one who can add width, who can get the ball forward quickly, but without just lobbing it forward.

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Baggie Dave
You’re only a young lad then!

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Perhaps we should follow QPR’s example of 8 managers in 13 months, if they don’t win every week, sack em! Really, I can’t believe some of the comments on here. It will improve, keep the faith!

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Got to agree with Bangkok Baggie, we are going down.

We don’t look good at all, what is PO all about, man, I would get shot of him now. Long is the future. Really wish Roy could see this, he will never understand us Albion fans.

Hodgson may be is a capable manager, we just aint got the clientele, we have not got the class or fight that a team at needs to stay up.

If we were more vocal today rather than let Norwich outsing us all game, maybe we could of made a fist of it.

I fear the worst.

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For a minute,I thought I’d accidently logged on to the wolves site.

And judging by some of the comments,I thought we must be stranded well adrift of everyone at the bottom of the table.

We seem to have a mixture of magic roundabout ‘Zebedees’ on here,bouncing around the site with loud criticsm whenever we fail to beat an ‘inferior second rate team’ like Norwich (wait a minute-weren’t they in the TOP half of the prem. even BEFORE yesterday’s game?),combined with a bunch of pathetically ‘diguised dingles’.

There’s a business saying that-

‘you’re either part of the problem,or part of the solution’-

so if the ‘hot-air’ brigade on here can GUARANTEE that they know for certain how Roy could have won us the game yesterday (in the same circumstances,with the same players at his disposal),then they’re part of the solution.

If not,they must be part of the problem,because I assume they were amongst the guys around me yesterday who were constructively ‘booing’ the team at half-time and the final whistle,which will solve everything,won’t it?

Basically,Roy introduced attack-minded players to change the game (despite Shane Long not being fully fit),and that’s what actually happened-

we equalised,then put Norwich under sustained pressure as we went for a win (which these guys DEMAND we do),but what then happened?

Our ‘player of the season’,Mulumbu,lost possession,then they broke with pace and skill down our right side,with our first choice right-backs,Reid and Jones,both missing through injury.So-

Blame Roy for Mulumbu’s mistake?

Blame Roy for our main full backs being injured?

Blame Roy for a well-worked goal on the break scored by Norwich?

As someone here mentioned,even the Norwich fans on the radio said they were fortunate to win the game.

So the away fans say we were unlucky and didn’t deserve to lose.

While the ‘Zebedee’ Albion ‘fans’ here say we were rubbish and it was all RH’s fault that we lost.

So it turns out that,of the two sets of fans,it seems to be some of US that’s actually talkin’ turkey…………..

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All, I actually think yesterday was an improvement on recent home games. The result was poor but overall yesterday we had enough chances to have won the game and perhaps if Long was fit and on from the off we would have taken the chances. Yesterday Norwich scored 2 fantastic counter attacking goals, yes they were from our errors but had we played and won like that eveyone would have said what a professional performance. I may not be popular with this suggestion but if he plays 2 up front at Stoke next week I would play Long and MAF, you cannot fault either of them for effort and work rate.
The home form is shocking, 8 goals at home is appalling as is 2 home wins and 7 losses. This has to turn around soon if we are going to give ourselves a good chance to stay clear of the botton three. Why the change in form from the end of last season from a team that scored regularly and played to attach, I do no think that the cnahge in formation is the only reason.
I think that we have to say that we are not going to have nerve free end of season that we all hoped because we are struggling big time.
I did wonder when the have a go at JP would start. What do you all want? We have a limited budget and only a few weeks ago the majority of posters were saying that we didn’t need to spend too much and there was no need to panic buy. We need to get players fully fit and playing to their full potential and with confidence.
As for the sacking Roy? And get who exactly? I hear Morinho and alike are waiting for the call. Get real. Roy looked absolutely gutted yesterday. He did not lose the ball, Cox did, and Mulumbu air kicked the ball and we were severely punished – they were genuine mistakes. Obviously, none of our posters make mistakes. Sometimes you make me sick. Roy needs us to have confidence in him. I feel pretty down about things too but despite all of the doom and gloom posters, thankfully all is not lost.

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39….If they’ve been some of our best players then God help us. If PO is going to get another 15 goals or more that he stated he would do he’d better hurry up!! How many strikers do we have on the books, 21 Games & 20 goals & again we look at Championship strikers. With RH’s connections I thought we may be looking at Johnson or Zamora or both.

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Before I thought this was just a blip and we would put together a few decent eslts and ride the storm but looking at it closer I’m a little uneasy. Bolton, Blackburn and Wigan are looking like they are clawing thier way up the points defecit not to mention th wolves with a well deserved draw at White Hart Lane and we haven’t been able to put a game to bed recently. The last time that happened we changed manager. The time before hat we were relegated.

Our home form must improve. I don’t want Roy to go, who do we replace him with? There are no stand out decent managers knocking about at the moment so it seems we may need to get someone in on loan to mix it up. We need our injury list to shorten ASAP but most of all, the players need to practice finishing and put our chances to bed at home. If we keep dropping points at home we will be relegated because we can’t expect to get results from the majority of our remaining away fixtures. We need an Arsenal right now, morale is bound to be pretty low, so lets all sing our bolocks off at home from now on in and Roy, sort it out.

Boing Boing

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Couldn’t make the game so can’t really comment on the performance, but what I will say is that our home form is now real cause for concern. We are in a relegation battle now no two ways about it.

At the start of the season when we looked at this run of fixtures, I’m sure we all said these games are ones we should pick up points from. Looking at the same games now however, I’m not so sure. We have Stoke next and then Fulham – 2 places where we never get anything, we then have Swansea and Sunderland who are both in form teams.

There are several problems that I can see, Odemwingie for one isn’t the player he was last season, that’s pretty obvious. Whether he wants to be somewhere else I’m not sure but if it carries on something has to give.

There is no need to panic despite the negative vibe I’m giving here, just some areas that need addressing urgently. Remember, a couple of good results would change the picture completely, however the longer the bad run goes on, the more difficult it will be to get out of it.

Come on Roy and Albion, get it sorted!

Boing Boing!!

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somthing tells me if your capable of taking liverpool into the bottom 3 theres somthing wrong with your style of managment theres a good chance that come our next home game we will be in the bottom 3 …

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Ah, again Bangkok Baggie…. tell you what.. Bobby Gould could come back.

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Over on the dark side everything is all sweetness and the light.
“Super Mick.”
“Well done the lads.”
“Good old Steve Morgan.”
A bit like on here after the Newcastle game.
If they lose next week the usual suspects will be back.
“Sack the Muppet.”
“We need to sign a new team.”
“Where’s the money gone Morgan.”
Perhaps we’re not so different to our dog headed cousins.

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I’ve had a lovely day over Wales today, get back and what do I find?, a thick layer of Dingle dung soiling our site. Always happens when they take a lucky point off a team that’s had a tough game midweek. Never mind it’s their turn to have an “Easy” midweek game this week. Right Bangkok and Co.?.

Thought we played O.K. But we always get despondent when we know our football warrants better returns. No doubt we will soon be back on course when our injured players return to full fitness. No need to feel disheartened we will not see the Championship while we have a brilliant tactician guiding us. more than I can say about the aforesaid. Right Bangkok and Co.?.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.

P.S. Only the Dingles shout for the managers head, ask MICK. Bangkok and Co.

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the real bully hoo, re: your post at 34. brilliant post.

after reading all the comments on here and reading the comments after qpr came and showed us how to play the game, there are striking simalirties between wwfc and wba, despite what 99% of the fans think.

good luck for the rest of the season, apart from the game at the molinuex.

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If we are to start climbing the table roy needs new players in quickly stats dont lie conceding 1.5 goals a game scoring 1.The defence is no better than last year and we are scoring less.lets start at stoke break the hoodoo and kick on to safety
No new players i fear the worst

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That Hodgson has lost the plot since last season is for me beyond any doubt.
Peace however will NOT sack him and therefore needs to be pro active in the transfer market and sign two or three attack minded players to give the whole place a lift.

9 and 35 Matt

Sorry son, but you write complete and utter rubbish and you would be better taking up knitting.

Boing Boing said Zebedee , time for bed said Florence.

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78. I promise you I’m not a Dingle. There are posters on here who know who I am. I write what I write because I’m passionate and because I care. I won’t bury my head in the sand and I still think RH should make way. He did a brilliant job in keeping us up last season, but he now seems unable to reproduce that. The home results are quite frankly appalling and no matter how you try and dress it up, there is no denying that. Wake up and smell the coffee.

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I don’t think that I’ve ever been so sad,dismayed and frustrated as I am this morning.I’m not perfect,I’m not the most intelligent bloke in the world,I don’t think I’m always right and I try to consider other peoples point of view but one thing that will never waver is my support for West Bromwich Albion Football Club.
There have been times when that has been tested enough for me to vent my frustration,one was after a particular dismal performance under Ron Wylie I stormed into the offices demanding they sack him,I’m not saying it was me,as my mates jokingly said at the time but they sacked him the following week.
Another was when we signed Graham Roberts and I returned my season ticket cause I refused to watch animals and during my exile we lost to Woking in the cup,I got in my car and stormed up the ground and into the offices to angrily protest,the escorted me out with 2 police dogs.
Now they were times to test your patience but now in this changed “modern” game of football we have steadily clawed our way back to the top flight and after last season fans hopes were high,perhaps a little too high.
We had a tough start to the season and after only a few months at the club with Roy trying to find his best team we climbed to 9th in the Prem, we’ve had a terrible time with injuries,two important players out long term and what happens?PANIC.
I think by now you all know my views on how important the crowd is and the only thing we can and should do to help us stop in the prem is support and not berate the team and I can’t really comment on Saturdays game as I was swapping between a bad feed on the net and commentary on Albion Player where Chris Brunt was a guest but when asked how important the crowd is to the team Brunt’y said that when they are playing well and the crowd is behind the team it really lifts the players but when they are not performing at the best, and that happens to us all at times, and the crowd is quiet they can hear all the “moans and groans” and that affects the players too.
I know I’m banging on again and I want to say more,don’t bother some will say but I’ve got to stop there just had a message, my friggin’ donkeys have escaped again,be back later.
Adéu

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I heard Alan Pardew this morning talking about Newcastle’s 1-0 win over QPR. He said “we knew they’d be fired up with a new manager and would come at us hard so we set up not to give anything away.”

I’m sure that like our fans with Norwich, Newcastle fans would have expected to beat QPR comfortably. In the PL there are no easy games and I think we can learn a lot from Pardew’s wise words. We start with a point at Stoke, if we can stop them scoring we’ll come away with at least a point.

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Dear oh dear, they score a goal from a corner that never was, Adebayor scores a perfectly legit goal which the linesman and ref conspire to disallow, there four points behind us, if they hadn’t got their initial fixtures would have been behind all season, they have already lost to us once, yet they get one jammy deflection and get a draw mind, not a win, and they think they can come on here stirring it up! think on, you have more than enough problems yourself, and this season you cant aspire to their normal peak of relying on three worst teams, because they aren’t there!
Question to all the Wulfies in disguise on here, if you are Albion supporters (which obviously your not) but lets play your game, if you were, what would you swap with Wolves?
Position, points, manager, chairman, players?
See, when it comes down to it we could be a lot worse off, we could be Wolves!

Keep the faith.

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86 no easy games in the prem? it seams teams find it pretty easy against us …

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i see kev in mallorca as the only opinion that counts

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CANTELLO

Intead of keep banging on about the past, surely we should be looking at the here and now. At the moment it a’int very good to say the least.

92 HANDSOME JOHN

Thats right Kev is always right and anyone who dares to disagree is not an Albion Supporter , simple really .

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First, ignore the obvious Wulfies’ posts. They are high, quite rightly, because they took a point at Spurs and good luck to them.
The sensible ones enjoy, the Deluded Dingles come on here to gloat like spiteful brats.
Second, let’s stop pretending all is well. The injuries have been frightening, but overall, the replacements have played well.
However, losing SEVEN at home out of eleven is relegation form, pure and simple.
Third, we all know the players like it better when the crowd roar them on and they don’t like it when we are quiet. The difference?
a) we are playing well, WITH SPIRIT and FIRE.
b) we are playing badly and showing nothing will change.
I happen to think we played well on Saturday and got suckered with two break-away goals. That doesn’t mean I was happy because our shooting was POOR. We made their goalie look top class when we hit the target and Row Z needing insurance when we didn’t. My final view is we don’t play it up front quickly enough. Thus we are looking at 8 or 9 defenders when we get there. A lost ball then (or two in the Norwich game) and we are wide open at the back.
The subs made on Saturday were done at the right time too, gave them a chance to adjust.
I hear Tchoyi is saying he’s off soon. I’d do the same if I were him.

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93) No, I wouldn’t, and I will tell for why, if you look through Fletcher’s goals, how many have been stunner’s? or you have thought well that was class? He has been very, very fortunate, tap ins, deflections and alike, and that’s good luck to him, he is a lucky poacher, but luck always changes, compare that with P.O.s goals (when he scores admittedly) but I say again luck will change, last month we had three different players up for goal of the month, this month we are struggling to get three goals, but the class is there, that’s the difference, and the wheel will turn again, because ours are based on class, not luck. Odem has the class to score one, two, even three goals when he is on his game, who knows, could be the next game, might not be for another ten, can you see Fletcher scoring a hat-trick at any point?
Has for Mick declaring him “one of the best strikers” because he is currently 7th in the top scorers, remind where Odem finished last season? and do you think Fletcher will achieve that, I don’t.
For me there is only decent player at Wolves, and that’s Hennesey, lets see how good Wolves are if they get to lose that one player for a few games.

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Gosh with these threads I think I need a lie down and get the Prozac out?

The game should have been won in the first half but lady luck was not with us. Norwich were a poor side that capitalised on two mistakes. Yes we do have a problem with scoring goals at home and it needs to be addressed.

I do think we spend to much time around the penalty box trying to cut in and out rather than getting your shot in. Having said that we played ok.

Not sure of what is going on behind the scenes, who is in or out of favour but maybe the players we have got dont suit Roys style of play? Where is Inside Man?

However to get rid of him now would only make things worse. Our support over the last few home games has been poor. We need to get behind the boys and be the 12th man.

A positive point is we got a penalty with Mike Dean. After all this time of felt we was robbed of many one finally turns up. Maybe the penalty turned the game in the favour on Norwich bacause after that Thomas was injured and went off. He did terrorise there defence. By the way we miss Brunty.

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98 WONOH

20 tap ins are the same as 20 stunners mate , they count just the same. Gerd Muller and Gary Lineker made careers out of tap ins and a good six yard merchant is worth his weight in gold , Darren Bent at Villa for example.

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Nothing from Odd Fellow, strange that Tan seems so like him!.
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Wall Heath,
Osaze has much more to his game, as you well know. What we really need is our players to keep up with him so when he crosses the ball, we have players in the box. Also how many times did corner kicks sail right over the penalty area clear of everybody. Watched Barcelona last night, They move forward as a unit as soon as their back four reach halfway, they peel away and any opposition forwards who stay up-field are tightly marked to lessen the danger of them breaking away. Where was our right back when Norwich broke for their second present?, our defenders are not tight enough allowing opponents to settle on the ball. Remember Graham Williams? their first touch was usually their last as he was so tight. Any side severely weakened by nine top players injured would feel the pinch, so stop listening to stupid Dingles on here.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.

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Rob Friend, Canada international, Age 30yrs. Height 6’5″. Would put a bit of height in our box. Crouch could have someone to talk to on his own level.

BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.

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Friggin’ donkeys!
Completely lost my previous thread but all I’m saying is WBA need our total support of the team on match days and going with a negative mind set does no good to anybody.
Dow believe it, the bloke who keeps his donkey on my land has just let the donkeys escape through the gate,friggin’ Germans! I’ll be back
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Handsome John
Call me thick but how was your comment meant?

Max “I’ll apologise in advance” Wallheath.
Why have a swipe at me? have you got a problem?
You used to think I talked a lot of sense till I stopped treating you with kid gloves after you tired of the medication jokes and took the hump.
I’m sure you gave the team your total support on Saturday, keep it up, your just the sort of fan we need at the moment.
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Handsome John
Call me thick but how did you mean your comments?
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KEV IN MALLORCA

Yes i do have a problem and its this , everytime i make a statement on here you question my loyalty to the Club , well i have been a season ticket holder since 1971, only missing one season under Gould and i have been to most grounds in the country to watch the team be it in the Prem, Championship or third division.On Saturday i shouted myself to a whisper and had a ferocious arguement with the bloke behind who thinks James Morrison was the reason WW2 started.
As for kid gloves well i have told you before i can look after myself so have all the swipes you like but beware i will have my swipes back, be they serious or humourous, i sincerly hope i will not be needing Police Dogs !!!!.

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111 TRBH

You are a difficult opponent my friend , now you have gone all reasonable on me. I had a go at Matt, he bless him had a go back , no one hurt or killed. If i had directed that at you and you had not liked it then i would have apologised but it wasn’t was it ??.
I have strong opinions on the Albion and give them be they good or bad, you appear to me to sit on the fence when things are not going well, you are not the only one but it does my head in at times.
I wish i had not said do not address me again, i was angry at the time , hindsight is a wonderful thing is it not ?.
On a positive note, i got an I pod at xmas and like you i do not know how i ever did without it.

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87 WHB, Thanks for your support and may I offer my support for what you post on here in return. You talk sense mate. It seems a few feathers of the mutual appreciation society have been ruffled today and not for the first time.

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A MESSAGE TO THE REAL BULLY WHO.RITULISTIC means to continually do the same cannot change(example losing at home subs the same ike no change to formation)TACTLESS as above always the same easy to read saturday on right loads of space thomas did not go there once must have been told to stay on the left midfield overcrowded trying to one two through the defence no width HEART ON THE SLEEVE(the badgethe club the fans the will to win this is very much installed by the manager and his team(appys gone)ROSE COLOURED SPECTACLES only seeing what you want to see hiding behind the reality hope you understand now dont be sarcastic

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We are winning games away because the other teams attack us and leave space at the back. Being ‘away’ we move the ball quicker upfield,
one reason being to ease the pressure for defenders, a bit of respite. Now if we are all good little Baggies, we shall go to bed tonight, kneel down, hands clasped tightly, eyes closed and say, “Please God, let us beat Stoke on Saturday and I promise to go to Church on Sunday. Amen”. There now, that was nice wasn’t it? Watcher mean, His Phone’s always off the hook when we play The Potters?
Come now, it’s only like asking you to cheer and shout good stuff when we are playing badly. It’ll be all your fault then if we don’t win at Stoke.

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104, Uncle Jack, Dont even go there. Tan is his own man ! Nothing to do with me !Ive explained this before more than once ! If i do go incognito im easy to spot.
Besides Tan speaks alot of sense. When have you ever known me to ?
When you lose (which is quite often of late) i very rearly comment straight after cus i know how much it hurts (unless im drunk).
It aint me pal. Alright.
But i do like Tan. My kind of Baggie.

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Cyril
I agree that it’s not the crowds fault but after all your years watching football don’t you think when the crowd is vocal and supportive from the start instead of quiet and apprehensive it helps the team settle early on in the game?
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Have been a trtue Baggie since 1966 and watched from overseas since 1996 – I just dont understand some of the negative uninformed poorly thought through drivel on here. Either Wulfies causing childish trouble or low IQ Baggies with no idea of the game.
This is the best Albion sde for many decades in the best financial and squad position possible for a club with our resources and support.
RH is the best possible coach we could have hoped for and the alternatives if the fools were to get thier way is what?
I am positive we will reach mid table safety this year and another year in the Premier will strngthen the credibility of the club to belong there.
Lets wait till the end of the season before using Swansea and Norwich as expamples – remember Hull, Burnley etc who have all started well and fallen away when the injuries mount.
We are a small club who have to punch above our weight to stay up – no one ever said it would be easy.
Birmingham had the money – did they manage to stay up? Leeda? Bradford? Pompey? etc etc.
Get Real guys and get behind one of the few family clubs left in the top flight.

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Well there are certainly some divisions on here, there are also some cracking posts from genuine football fans that care deeply about their club CR78, TRBH, HAPPY BAGGIE and there are also a couple of utter fools jth and wonoh who talk utter drivel 100% of the time. As for the match well no one has mentioned the disgraceful leg breaker challenge that won you your penalty, how did the ref not send him off for that? I am still fuming about lampards yellow and not being sent off. Times are tough for both of us and we’re both in a dog fight but I still think that there are 3 worse teams than us and you so we will both be ok.

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Jack
Too true! Jurgan the German not only let the donkeys out he forgot too close the stop cock on the water deposit, lost half me water, haven’t had this much stress since I met Max!
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125 AND 131 LONE THROSTLE

So good you posted it twice. Mostly correct apart from Kev being right all the time, you might think so and he certainly does but the rest of us like to think for ourselves.

115 KEV IN MALLORCA

I quite like ‘ Max Superfly Mcfly ‘for my new name but someone beat me to it , you called him a ‘Dingle’ if memory serves me correct. Anyway must dash being Knighted at the Palace today by Liz Windsor , oh sorry must not name drop.

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it seems the best Albion fans on here are the ones that live abroad or the ones that never go,128 what right have you got to call fans fools just because they critise i know who i would sooner listen to.

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Smethwick Baggie
Why is it that just because anybody who is thought of as being a member of the so called
“MAS” posts his positive views it is seen as “having his feathers ruffled”?
From my personal point of view I’m replying to to fans who seem to revel in the fact that we loose,they seem to come alive, Boinng! it’s Zebedee!
My feathers aren’t ruffled I just don’t get it,I always look for the positive in everything not just football,I’ll admit the donkeys and Jurgan the German tested me yesterday but look what chasing ‘em and fixing the fence did for my health and weight,so every cloud eh?
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Max
On a lighter side,you have to see the humour in Lone Throstle 125.
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130 wolves1877,

I’ll leave JtH and WONOH to have their own opinions of what you say,but reading your posts on here over a period of time,you always seem to be friendly,fair-minded and intelligent,so thanks for acknowledging what some of us have said.

I only normally ‘have a go’ at the bunch of wolves fans who come here to ‘stir it up’,I have nothing against ‘proper’ fans from other clubs,and often chat to them before a game in The Vine pub.

What I’m ashamed of is the ‘witch-hunt’ that some of these Albion ‘fans’ have on here against Roy Hodgson,similar to the abuse that Mick gets on your side.

I’m not a personal friend of Roy’s,and I’m not a big fan of his style of football,but he’s getting unfair stick from people with a ‘scapegoat’ mentality.

Let’s look at it in a nutshell-

Roy was appointed to ‘save us’ from almost certain relegation last season,and he succeeded in spectacular style.

A couple of weeks ago,we were halfway through this season,and at the time we were lying just inside the top half of the premiership.

And these guys say he’s a useless failure.

But they never say a word when we play well and win games,they just sit and wait until we lose,then rant on here,breathing fire.

Which reminds me of years ago when mobs would roam the countryside with burning torches to hunt someone down.

Sad,sad,sad.

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123 brown ‘fake’ TAN (the wolves man)-

as usual,you talk the biggest load of ‘pony’ ever on here,your comments aren’t even worthy of discussing.

And hiding behind many false names,locked in your bedroom,is a very cowardly way to do things.

But it’s also the type of thing we expect from you.

Pathetic.

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I don’t comment on these football pages very often as everyone seems to be a psychic or in some cases a psycho. I firmly believe that people like Jack the Hat, We only need one half, Kev in Mallorca, et al, really should be millionaires (or are they?) Their powers of identification and forecasting etc are phenomenal. Can you please therefore on Friday forecast the lottery numbers, I would be extremely grateful.

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Max
I already have and asked him if he knows where I can get some like the others he’s found,you know
like McAuly,Dawson,Foster, Gera, Allan, Reid, Jone, Long, Mulumbu,Jara, Odemwingie, Scharner and Tchoyi.
I’ve never questioned your loyalty but some might when your calling all the above donkeys,are you sure you ain’t Clacka?
Adéu

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124 Lone i like you to your my kind of wolves fan xx

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I usually attempt to put a joke or two in these stories in an effort to ‘lighten’ the mood,but it’s a bit pointless here,because steppin’ back,I can see a rather weirdly amusing scenario.

Basically,the image I get from this ‘running battle’ thread is a wedding reception with about 100 guests,including Laurel and Hardy,Charlie Chaplin,and Buster Keaton (the clowns,or disguised dingles),and everyone’s throwing custard pies at each other-

while Mallorca Kev is outside,running past the window,chasing a German and a Donkey down the street.

I think it’s time to take the medication and lie down……..

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We are all doomed time to move support to a decent team.

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148/149 KEV

What Cantello see’s in his dreams is probably to horrible to contemplate. I am not Clacka but perhaps Jurgen the German is, you could discuss this over the trenches and barbed wire.

Auf Wiedersehen

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wall heath….thanks a lot. my bewilderment has now subsided into a deep, dark suicidal gloom

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152 Rocket.
I don’t usually criticise your posts but the problem with this one is that it finished too soon.

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Cantello
In this image do you think I’m loosing any weight?
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thanks for the apology TRBH but that does not disguise from the fact that we are in big trouble and the majority of you lot on here keep making excuses nobody likes to see managers come and go as qpr will testify but RH has lost the plot and that transends on to the pitch cant see any points from next 2 matches will discuss others at a later date i wonder who he will put up front on sat to lean on huth and shawcross i await that with interest.AGAIN MESSAGE TO JP LET HIM GO NOW RATHER THAN AT SEASON END WHEN ITS TO LATE

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162 Kev,

well put it this way-

all the custard pies that accidently get thrown out the window manage to hit you,so if you are loosing weight,it still ain’t enough……

(only joking,you’re just big boned…….;)

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