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Friday 24th February 2012, 7:45AM GMT.
What a strange two weeks it has been since our last game. I haven’t looked over my neighbour’s fence with as much interest since Pamela Anderson moved in next door and regularly used her trampoline, writes Albion blogger Jarrod Hill.
I have never been tempted to use this blog to talk about the Wolves before, but I must admit I have found the goings on down at the Molineux this week fascinating.
I am a little upset I haven’t been offered the job, but as I have Psalm 23 tattooed across my chest I understand the fans may not be that receptive to me. Anyway the answer would be no Moxey, I suggest you try the man from Del Monte.
Sunderland tomorrow and another opportunity to kick this home hoodoo into touch once and for all. The 5-1 demolition of Wolves last time out and the two week break must mean the boys are raring to go. Paul Scharner’s struggling to be fit but other than him I would name an unchanged line up. Shane Long is back available but everyone that played at the Molineux deserves to keep their place. Keith Andrews or Graham Dorrans are the prime contenders to replace our Austrian international, but more importantly I hope we stick with 4-5-1.
The formation allows our midfield to push on when we are in possession and if Marc Antoine Fortune continues to hold the ball up as well as he has recently I see 4-5-1 as our most potent shape.
Sunderland arrive in good form having recently changed their manager from Steve Bruce to Martin O Neill. A new broom often sweeps clean but Sunderland will be facing an Albion team full of confidence and hopefully backed by a bouncing Hawthorns crowd. Our home form has been awful this season and fans have often failed to be inspired by the football on show. But for nothing else we should let the boys know that we appreciated what they served up a fortnight ago when completely dismantling the boys in Gold and Black.
The club have offered bring a friend for £15 and I am hoping with a good attendance, a buoyant crowd, and an early goal we can sweep Sunderland aside and let the good times roll on. I implore every single Baggie fan to sing your heart out on Saturday and get behind the boys and Roy Hodgson might just put another hoodoo to bed.
It’s amazing how one result can change your outlook on a season. The derby win has lifted everyone and it’s important we use that positivity to push on, ooh I sound like a life counsellor.
The good feeling at the club continued this week when news that Chris Brunt and Zoltan Gera are ahead of schedule in their rehabilitation from injury. The injury list has certainly cleared up in recent weeks and with genuine competition for places I expect the boys to be fully focused on keeping their shirts.
You can often judge the strength of a team when you look at their bench. Last time out at Wolves players who missed out on the starting eleven included Graham Dorrans, Shane Long, Nicky Shorey and Somen Tchoyi. Some of my favourite players, and players who can certainly have an impact when called upon.
Anyway that’s it from me, I apologise for the shortness of the blog this week but my phone has been ringing for the last twenty minutes and I’m going to have to go and see who has been so desperate to speak to me.
I just hope it’s not Moxey, I hate kicking a man when he’s down.
Come on you Baggies.
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Bomber
We all share your pleasure in our change of fortune with injuries and Roy must be feeling like a kid in a sweet shop, I just hope that the doubters begin to realise and admit that it has been a factor over the last couple of months.
Like yourself I hope and pray that the reception and support during that crucial first half an hour knocks the socks off the players.
As for the Dingle Pantomime I’m beginning to feel sorry for the proper Dingle fans like All Alone and fair play to him he keeps turning up on our pages when he must feel like crawling up his own rissole.
Adéu
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I almost read a hint of humour in this blog.
getting better jarod, still pointless and my 8 year old daughter could to better.
Must try harder.
D-
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Bomber
Spot on with the formation, we don’t need to change something that doesn’t need to be fixed. I’d rather there not been a 2 week break following the ‘Dingle Demolition’ but I still think the lads will be raring to go and hopefully full of confidence, which has often not been the case at the Hawthorns this season due to whatever reasons. I just hope we can put that right tomorrow.
I also got offered the job down the road but it turns out there was an oversight from Moxey and I was actually over-qualified due to my previous experience and success on championship manager.
Also on a separate note, I have managed to get you a copy of the 01/02 season review DVD for you, what would be the best way to get it to you?
BOING BOING!!
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Maybe he wants you to manage them as you have a superior footballing brain.
I’m sure tomorrow will be a good atmosphere AS Sunderland always bring a good crowd to us so it’s upto us to us to give em what we did the wolves last week.
Agreed on the formation with the exception of Andrews to start as I want to see more of him, and to see him try for Sharners position. Could he link up with Mulumbo? I think so. The main man will be Jimmy Morrison who is in fine form, he dictated the game last week with pure dynamism and dARE.
Albion til I die!
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i cor believe it.
wim the loffing stock of football, everyones aving a goo. no one wants to manage us, they ave all said no. the managerial cupboard is bare, who next bully, ince, back to brucey, i cor believe no one wants to manage a really big club like us.
ethels gone, the wolves am looking doomed, and without the two biggest luvs in my life i am at an all time low.
the mugs are piling up in the sink and im nearly out of fish fingers and pot noodles.
i ate you boggies, youve ruined my perfect life wiv ethel. wiv your lucky five deflections an mumbu boo boo clearing one off the line yow managed to sneak out the molineux with a win and since then its all gone to pot.
ive even bin banned off mature dating uk, just cuz i emailed a few of em suggesting if they wanted to meet the right man they shud consider tidying up their bedrooms a bit.
i also sent in my photo of me in my wolves kit, some of the replies were daft. i told em, burrda is a genuine sports brand i ay just med it up me self i said and wolves are a big club, i typed it over and over again wim a …….well you know by now what i mean.
so im all alone,until tomorra anyway. then ill be off to catch the coach up to newcastle to watch us stuff them geordies. 7-1 im predicting to the wolves. ok maybe over doing it, maybe 5-1 ahhhh that made me shudder…..i mean 6-1 to the wolves.
if we dow win i suggest sackin the new manager before we appoint him. put out a message saying Mr so and so has accpeted the job but as we lost to newcastle we ave had to sack him as its a results business. ive got me banner for tomorrow and im teking a needle an thread so i can fill in who we want out as its still blank. ethel used to do me banners for me… oh ethel please come back…im losing weight im wasting away…i looked down this morning and cud nearly see my wolfy slippers.
anyway im off to the asda to get sum essentials, nice shop right next to the best place in the world……wim a big club we am.
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I totally agree with you about formation it works a treat for us. Reading in the week roy would have no problems playing 3 strikers is a positive. It doesn’t mean he will straight away, but it shows he has faith in all 3 which is a massive plus. I think andrews in for injured scharner will be only change. Last 2 weeks has been great working in wolverhampton. And the 1 man protest outside ground last week with a sign saying “honk if you want moxey out” added to my brilliant mood.
proud to be a baggie, enjoy game tomorrow all and see you there
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Baggie91
You are a legend, we can meet up before the Chelsea game if its ok with you, and bring your drinking arm you need a reward!!!!
baggieson
So sorry mate i will try harder, wrote the blog late last night. Maybe i have been drained of humour from whats been going on over at the Wolves?
As for your eight year old daughter being funnier your probably right. My own eight year old daughter comes out with the funniest things, couple of months ago she asked me with no hint of sarcasm if “all Wo1ve5 fans were fat”?
Got to go now will be back after lunch.
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Jarrod,
The F.A. should bring in a rule to use five sub’s out of the seven for any match. Osaze and Long could play forty five minutes each at full belt, without jeopardizing injury situations. this would of course speed up play for all our enjoyment. Only downside being, the referees would have no chance of keeping up with play as we can see from their poor performances this season. Therefore full blown robotic camera officiating would be the order of the day.
B☺ING~~~~B☺ING~~~~J♦H.
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SUPER KEV/ROCKET
Will you be in The Vine from 12 tomorrow , if so i will see you there. If different i would be obliged if you let me know.
Cheers
Max.
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It will be good to get back to thinking and worrying about the Albion. I have spent more time amusing myself on the Wolves site than on here!
Hopefully we play with confidence and without restrictions tomorrow. Sunderland are a good team though and we will need to be on our game to win.
Looking forward to seeing what Thorne and Allan can do at Pompey. Hopefully they can give their fans something to cheer about for once.
Did anyone see Berahino’s goals against Carlisle?? They are on the BBC website still I think. Two absolute beauties!
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Mornin’ Jarrod.
You must be pig sick, you write a very funny blog and along comes Wima and trumps it.
Both brilliant and obviously yours got up No 2′s nose, still at least he got the right number.
Listening to Talksport as I write this and the inevitable just happend.
Wolves fan. “Wim a big club we am,’ I kid you not.
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Worro Bomber
Agree with you on the formation mate, although I think it’s just as much about pushing higher up the pitch and getting the ball forward quicker.
I know we’ve been done on the counter-attack a fair bit recently, but we almost seem to tentatively dip our toe when attacking at home, it’s been slow, predictable and easy to defend against.
To an extent when you’re going out to win the game you’re always susceptible to a counter-attack, let’s at least be effective the other way and allow the likes of PO, JT etc the chance to flourish.
Anyway looking forward to it, if only because the atmosphere will hopefully be a little more positive.
Baggieson
I’ve got an idea mate, why don’t you write next week’s blog and we’ll all let you know how you get on!!
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10- B90baggie – totally agree with you about Berahino, that boy is going to be great for us. His second goal is stunning!
Great blog Bomber. Time to go 4-5-1 at home with MAF up top and Andrews in for PS
Just seen that wo1ve5 have appointed Terry Connor as manager! LOL. Could not make it up
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Wimabigclubweam – That was absolutely brilliant; sorry Jarrod but you were trumped this time. Only issue I have though is the score prediction of 7-1; I know the end of the world is imminent but a Wolves win of that magnitude would surely be the prelude to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and flying-pig armada. I don’t think even they are as deluded to predict such an impossibility… actually… yes, they are. Consider my criticism retracted.
On to the game (I forgot all about it this week; laughing-fits at our neighbours’ expense kept me distracted somewhat) I think Roy has to start with a virtually unchanged lineup for two reasons. Firstly, there was not one bad performance and our lowest ‘rating’ would have been around a 7 hence the boys have earned their starting roles. Secondly we looked potent all game; MAF, Morrison, Peter and Thomas threatened throughout and it is certainly refreshing to have Cox, Long and Tchoyi truly fighting for their places also. The only change I envisage is the forced-one of Paul being replaced by Keith ‘Keys to the City of Wolverhampton’ Andrews who played well in his relatively short stint on that fateful day, bagged a goal, and has shown a genuine desire to play.
We bay a big club like them lot; we’m a massive’un.
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Hi Jarrod,
I mentioned a few days ago that the Sunderland game will be a tough one,the prospect of an in-form,well organised O’Neill side is probably more daunting than facing Chelsea at present,having watched the London club recently.
Two things come to mind-
1) luck!- there’s no doubt that we bossed the game at Molineux,and clearly deserved to win,but some of our goals were down to deflections and goalkeeper errors.
On the other hand,in recent home games against the likes of Norwich and Swansea,we actually had plenty of shots at goal,but some were cleared off the line,a couple came off the ‘keeper and hit the woodwork,and when the goalkeeper made other errors,the ball rolled the wrong side of the post or was cleared.
Eventually,it will start goin’ in our favour !!
And 2) The atmosphere-
Both the Manager and Captain Brunty have said recently that the players can feel any anxiety coming from the fans,therefore they must feel the positive vibes as well,and be uplifted by a good reaction from the faithful.
A few days ago,some of us were discussing memorable games from the past,and one of our regulars,Cyril,mentioned the play off semi-final against Swansea at The Hawthorns,when he said-
‘I recall the incredible noise level-the Swansea players must have been scared to death by it’.
So in a nutshell-
Be patient,but get completely behind the lads and let ‘em know you’re cheering ‘em on!!!
COME ON YOU BAGGIES !!!
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Max
Yes we’ll be there at 12, bring ya wallet.
Adéu
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Wolverhampton City Council bosses have announced extra refuse collection days for next week, after all four million disgruntled Wolves season ticket holders angrily proclaimed ”oim stickin mar tickit in the bin oi am”….
anyone seen Fergie’s comment, about Mick should have managed a bigger club? who’s he on abaaaahhht? ay?
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I see the Wolves have gone with TC until the end of the season. The timing is as strange as Mick’s sacking. If they get hammered tomorrow I think the E&S will have to cancel all leave to cope with the message boards. If they lose at Fulhan then the atmosphere for the next home game would be toxic.
I should imagine all of the contracts for the ground improvements and new housing are signed sealed and delivered. I wonder if the Chairman wouldn’t be too sorry to be hounded out of the club at this point.
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7 wbabomber
The Chelsea game might be a problem but if you name a place I can let you know otherwise I could easily send it the old fashioned way in the post to you and collect my reward at a later date? Only joking about the reward by the way in case you think I’m being a cheeky so and so!
Just when you think it couldn’t get any better down the road………..
BOING BOING!!
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9 Mornin’ Max,
It looks like we’ll be in The Vine at one minute past twelve tomorrow-
We’ve arranged it that way to give you time to get a round in.
So It’s two pints of Bathams,please.
But you’ll have to ask Kev what he wants………
(p.s.- and don’t forget the pork scratchings,I’ll have mine with a bowl of vindaloo sauce to dunk ‘em in).
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It looks like we are out voting the wo1ve5 fans.
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Bomber he could leave dvd with Nicole if it makes things easier…
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From now on I’m going to call Albion knockers – “Andersons”
It’s also very unfortunate that “Connor” rhymes with “gonna”, but only time will tell …
Agree with your point of view Bomber, why change a winning formula. I watched Sunderland beat Arsenal by using two blocks of four and pushing high up the pitch, not too unlike Swansea’s style. I’m hoping we’ve learnt our lesson and with that in mind I would select Andrews over Dorrans.
PS I also note Carson is England’s No 3 ….
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Just heard, Terry Connor has reconsidered and said he doesn’t want the job because any club that appoints him lacks sufficient ambition.
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TRBH
I’ve heard Clipboard’s looking to appoint Mick McCarthy as his new assistant.
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Hi everyone
I fully agree with all the above comments regarding getting behind the players from the off and making the atmosphere as positive as we can.
A reminder to everyone who hasn’t been on the clubs’ website that 12 year old Emily Badger will be singing just before the player’s emerge from the tunnel for kick off.
She and the crowd will together perform our anthem “THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD” to hopefully roar the boys to victory.
The club have also requested that if its possible to all bring blue & white scarves to wave with pride while all in full voice.
Let’s have those mackems quaking in their boots!! COYB!!
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Mornin yo stripy lot.
Iv ad sleepliss nite thinkin abaat ower maniger situashum, an i no wat the problum is.
The candydates um intimidated by ar hugeness.
Also om gooin to lobby parlamint, an get um to change the rules of footy so them like hoss jumpin, fower points for a refusal, wid be in the top 5
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SUPER KEV/ROCKET
See ya there lads.
BAGGIEBOB
Carson is Englands No3 ??? says more about the poor state of English Football than words ever could.
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Max
Carson’s the best keeper this country has ever produced…..
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I’ve just heard the news from wolves,and I have to say I’m very impressed.
Bearing in mind that the ‘new’ Molineux will include a nightclub and it’s own TV studios,the appointment of Des O’Connor as the new manager is a stroke of genius.
Well done to Eric Morgan and Ernie Moxey……….
(if you don’t remember the 70′s,completely ignore this post).
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Nice, simple blog, cheered me up. I’m not ‘down’ either, just cautious. How to put this? Just imagine we beat Sunderland 2-1 and Wolves lose again 5-1 at Newcastle. Our cup runneth over and The Lord Will Be Our Shepherd. How will you feel if we lose 2-1 and Wolves scrape a draw or a win? I HAVE TO REMIND YOU, this is football we are talking here. My sphericals are wrapped in armour ready for whatever tomorrow may bring. I am NOT a pessimist, I am resilient, brought on by 68 years of watching Albion.
Let’s try to emulate the noise level of the Swansea semi-final match. I’ll even be tempted to roar them out of the tunnel instead of clapping.
However, in exchange, I want to see us attack Sunderland like it’s the last game we will ever play. THAT is what we did against Swansea all those years ago in 1993. You could have lit the town that night on the electricity generated.
M.o’N. will have his lot ready to defuse us, but if we explode early, we can stuff ‘em.
PS: I hope the ref sorts Caterwaul out with his first ‘I’m a tough guy’ foul. Then we’ll see who’s a big girl’s blouse.
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I see Karen Murphy as won her high court case to use a greek decoder in her pub that sure will put the cat amongst the pigeons im just glad our club is run by JP.
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WARREN
Thats right mate and Terry ‘clipboard’ Connor will keep the Wulfies up as well.
I think Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton may question your statement mate.
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Re: 28 – Wall Heath Baggie – I’m a Scot, so I’ll no comment on the English situation. Just thought I’d remind people of our ex-keeper’s position in the England squad.
I’ll also confess that in all my years as a Baggie – all the ups and downs – the one thing that I’ve NEVER understood or come to terms with is …. why Psalm 23?
Okay, Everton’s ‘Z-cars theme’ and the Potties ‘Deiliah’ puts it into some kind of perspective, but it still baffles the hell out of me!
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Rocket.
Not now Arthur.
The funniest thing about “Manager Idol” must be that after Jez saying on the Monday they sacked Mick that they would have the new man in charge for the Newcastle game. It’s taken them ten days to appoint a bloke that was already there.
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Cyril
Is that a chink in your armour mate? “I’ll even be tempted to roar them out of the tunnel”.
Yowl be telling the ladies there’s no need to curtsy next.
Adéu
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34 BAGGIEBOB
I thought i had it bad supporting England but having to support Scotland Nil !!! my deepest sympathies.
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Warren
See you in the Vine at 12.
Adéu
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34 found this hope it helps
The Lord’s My Shepherd. Albion fanatic Mark Fallon explains: “It was first sung by Albion fans at Everton during an FA Cup match in 1973 which was played on a Sunday – this was one of the first competitive matches ever played on a Sunday and playing the match on this day caused quite a bit of attention at the time. A group of Albion fans, who were regulars at The Thimblemill pub in Smethwick, travelled up to Everton for the game and started singing TLMS for a joke, singing the hymn as the match was, unusually, being played on a Sunday. Quite a few other Albion fans at the game started joining in and the singing of a religious hymn on a football terrace caused quite a few laughs. The match ended in a draw and the replay was at West Brom a few days later and following on from the game at Everton it was sung again by those who had been at the first match, and gradually caught on – and the rest is history.” (“Abide With Me” is usually sung before the FA Cup Final)
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Baggie91
I am sure we can sort something out before the end of the season. But again many many thanks.
Kev, Max, and Rocket, how long are you staying in the Vine for before game? Kev mentioned moving on at 1.15pm.
Re the Wolves, i nearly crashed the car when i found out they had appointed TC. Then it was explained that it wasnt Top Cat it was actually Terry Connor, and i did crash my car!!
The situation kind of reminds me of a time Laura went shopping for a new dress. We went round what felt like a million shops. She tried on a about a dozen, wasnt happy with any of them, she then found one she liked, bought it, got home and realised she already had it.
Good luck Tezza.
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Max
I was only joking mate. I’ll happily eat some humble pie and say I was wrong when I said we’d struggle to find anybody better- Ben Foster is a big improvement and a top keeper. Let’s hope Blues run out of steam before May.
Kev
I’ll try mate and it’d be good to catch up with you all but I’m not travelling down until tomorrow so might be dashing about a bit.
TRBH
It’s absolutely comical, the Moxey quotes- “This job isn’t for a novice”, “We need somebody with PL experience”, “We want a new direction”, it’s endless. My only concern is the raucous mockery from all quarters has already given Clipboard his first team-talk and potentially 12 after that. I wouldn’t be surprised if they turned Newcastle over, who in my eyes are punching well above their weightn and rely heavily on Djemba Ba.
The other thing that bothers me is that Clipboard, like Super Mick, seems quite a likeable and genuine man. In many ways a pantomime villain would’ve been a preferable choice.
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Stinky
Cheers for that, I’d always wandered about that too. It probably makes more sense than Boing Boing anyway…!!
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i cor believe it
clipboard gets the job. has moxey not sin the job mourinho is doing at real madrid? cor he ask him to come to a big club?
mind you my new banner has been easy to sew, ive just put TC Out on it, i couldnt get clipboard on it. on the other side i put magic tezza but the t looks more like an L and im afraid of what response it might get. then again i probably wow get to use that side anyway. wim a big club we am and the only person to say yes was the bloke who couldnt say no cus he was already there.
ive just got back from asda, first time ive ever had to shop on me own. please come back ethel.
i was all confused, 3for2, bogofs, super saver vouchers, loyalty cards, me eds spinning. i tried asking people for help but nobody spoke english, it must av bin a load of foreign students or something. anyway i managed to get the essentials,
8 pot noodles
3 packs of fish fingers
2 packs of party poppers (tekin em to newcastle)
142 cans of special brew (for when i get back)
i came out and i smiled up at our new stand, yow boggies must be really jealous of us being a big club.
and we will fill it, easy, cus wim a big club we am, and to proper cheer me up there was nice wolves fan outside who sold me a cheap ticket to sit in tht new stand in july to wacth the whitney houston concert, ha, whose loffin now eh boggies?
wim a big club we am.
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Tomorrow is a big game for us. Can we return to the Hawthorns and replicate the same ruthlessness we showed at Wolves?
Doubtless Sunderland are a much more organised team, and will pose us a challenge with Sessignion and Campbell’s pace up front. Be interesting to see how Gardener does too.
What I think we’d all like to see is the crowd firmly behind the team and the manager from the off – and all through the various twists and turns the game will have.
I hope we can play with a real verve and look like a home team, happy to have possession, careful with it too, but pushing forward and taking the game to them. If we perform to our potential, then I’m confident that we can take the points.
On the longer term we have a challenge ahead of us to keep Roy. It will be a great loss if we can not hold onto him. He’s changed the mindset of the players and club since he arrived. His achievements will have been noted and he will certainly have attracted attentions from other clubs. I hope JP has a really good offer for him come the summer – or the will to listen and understand Roy’s point of view and be prepared to match his ambition and vision.
There is still work to do to retain our status but I’m confident we can do that. The future is bright – it’s blue and white!
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The main problem with our home form this season has been confidence, and so lets hope the demolition of wolves has done the team the power of good – particularly P.O who just needs some self belief and we all know what he can do.
Regards wo1ve5 appointing Connor (titter..) – don’t think they had any choice cos there literally was no one else – suprising for such a big club.
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Well lads, I’m a new poster on here, tho’ a regular reader….you all bring a smile to my face all the time.
Last night I read the latest Wolves reactions, and they had nearly 400 comments. Then I read the Baggies replies, and remember so well all the brilliant games and memories….I don’t go back quite as far as Cyril, but was a regular from the late 50s.
The Swansea play-off was the best Hawthorns atmosphere I remember….but putting 6 past United 2 days after the Blues semi-final was unbelievable too.
One little correction for you….Ronnie Allen scored an EQUALIZER against Villa in 1959 with 3 mins left, it finished 1-1 and that relegated them.
Great memories, guys, lets have more of ‘em….and the last game at The Mol, tho’ I only watched it on TV, will live long in the memory too. I remember beating them 5-1 at home in what I think was ‘The King’s’ first home game….he scored a couple, a sign of things to come.
Keep up the good work.
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40 BOMBER
I will probably stay to about 2:30pm , i will be happy to buy you a pint mate if you can make it .
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35, Bully, Im tempted to quote a line or two from ‘Love thy neighbour’, but once again i could put me career on the line if i did.
Good luck to the bloke i say ! He may just surprise us all. SUPER, SUPER TEL….
As we both love a bit of comedy, and the 70s was the golden age in my opinion.
Your favorite ?
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Bomber
Till Max runs out of money,if he gets dessip
he stops snappin’ like a rabid dog.
I’m moving on but Cantello and Max will be stopping,dow know what time till.
Just packed me sombrero, probably see ya before or after the Chelsea game.
Adéu
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whb
I am going to try and make the vine but not sure whether i will just yet. Got to drop some tickets off to some mates in Wednesbury before hand then hopefully make it to the vine.
Hopefully see you tomorrow.
Alan, welcome to the blog.
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40 wbabomber
No problem, as you say I’m sure we will arrange something before the end of the season, after all its 10 years old itself so there’s no rush!
If it helps though I’m hoping to be going Wigan away in a couple of weeks time and on the day there will be more chance bumping into an Albion fan than a Wigan one with their support, so if your going we could meet up then.
BOING BOING!!
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44, Bob low, That made me Laugh a lot.
Not just now, but when i had it txtd yesterday.
But its still bloomin funny!
But hilarious non the less when you consider it was sent to me by a north bank season ticket holder.
Laugh at us all you will,,, as me indian spirt guide(SOTA) tells me constantly….
“If one stands at the bank of the river long enough, the bodys of your enemies will one day come floating past; Um.
Enjoy it while you can low bob.
(SOTA anyone ? )
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51 Bomber,
I’ve just left the dentist,so because my mouth is numb,I can’t type very well…..
So I’m just saying ‘yes’ to everything.
Except buying a round.
Or the one with the glasses on the mature dating site…….
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Odd Fellow, tell Sota it is BODIES. There’s a good lad. Also ask him if it is anybodies or just Dingles.
B☺ING~~~~B☺ING~~~~J♠H.
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54, Bloody Rocket, dont be givin me the holier than thou routine now, your the cat thats HAD the cream…… you promised me the known world you did.
You made me promise ide never say owt about your Gold n Black undies, and i never will, but dont discard me like a 2013 Odemwingie shirt. I am woman !
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lone wolf
some of your posts have threatened the very existence of my ribcage these last few days mate. especially the ones with the funny user names. funny that, i tried to post a funny ‘un earlier, under another name, but they wouldn’t have none of it. it seems that windin’ folk up with humorous little disguises is a luxury afforded ony to a chosen few on here. or am i just being paranoid?
anyroad mate, keep these little comic gems coming, i’m here for the next hour. that one at 53 had me feeling glad to have me corset on. the way you turn the chap’s name round to say ‘low bob’ instead of ‘bob low’…absolute comedy genius! oh, and the one where you quote directly from a book and still manage to humorously insert a deliberate spelling error. oh god hahahaHAAAAAA
NURSE!
p.s. sorry Lone, just feeling bitter because they wouldn’t post mine, and i honestly believe it was far superior to any of yours.
fascist dick taters!
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56 Beccy,
I just get out the dentist,and you pour your scorn on me-
(with apologies to only fools and horses)
It feels just like ‘Fatal Extraction’ all over again.
Has anybody seen me Rabbit?
What’s for tea?
Is that a stew……………..?
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Aint life great 3 hours fishing on river itchen cracking grayling fishing 2 decent brown trout 1 sea trout 3 4lb magic all returned.Where do we start if we WBA dont lose tomorrow then itl be a decent result a win will as good ensure pl safety.Wolves they have sacked the second most hated man at the club and replaced him with the most hated man at the club this logic i fullly understand As ispend my spare time wearing a sowester bobble hat with a stuffed sword fish under me arm see you in the sportsman kev if you don’t recognise me i’ll let off a flair just in case as i know the women of the area dress similerly whhheeeee
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Stinky – so Psalm 23 started off as a bit of a joke almost 40 years ago and now it’s part of the institution, right?
The Dingles meanwhile have only taken 13 years to appreciate the importance of a clipboard in running their club ….
Fair play, Connor has been a loyal number two ….
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Bob Lowe.
I posted yesterday the people who’ve had me howling over the last few days, please add your name to the list.
47 Alan 8151.
Welcome.
One thing, you say “and the last game at the Mol,” do you know something we don’t?
49 Lonely.
I was having a go at the way the appointment was done not at TC himself as like Mick he seems a very genuine bloke. As Warren says he may even get the best out of your ‘squad.’ And we do love our neighbours like you, Filton, Malvern and other notables, we even say daily prayers for Shadrag as despite the millions of posts on the dark side there has been nothing from him.
Favourite 70′s comedy. Dad’s Army was still around but I’d really call it a 60′s series. Fawlty Towers probably the best but I’ve always had a soft spot for Rising Damp.
PS. The fact that I like Fawlty Towers, Rising Damp and One Foot In The Grave might have something to do with why I get on so well with Max.
Anybody that’s met him would you say he’s closest to Basil, Victor or Rigsby?
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57, lock, If you ever let your guard down long enough, perhaps we could start again, me an you ?
Its not a competition, just an alternative view and a loff along the way, thats all.
Im not welcome over here, i know. Never have been. But i just try to amuse my self and a few others if they want to jump on for the ride. If so then that fantastic.
Nothing nasty, its just that i cant stand you.
Joking !!! Or am i ? See what i mean ?
I wish you would have shook. Ive only ever refused two, and i regret not shaking one of em.(real life)
We both have no morals on here, and if we lock horns too regular then we could both be put into room 101. (i know how it works)
Till next time. BOING BOING.(thats for Mon )
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6 tumpa
Your post was spot on and I to have enjoyed the last 2 weeks especially today when I heard Terry’clipboard’Connor as our dingle neighbours call him was appointed the new manager of the mighty dingles(LMFAO). How bad does Steve Bruce feel today about mick’s muppet getting job instead of him.Anyway let’s show that the dingle game was not a one off and put in a solid performance tomorrow that make us baggies fans proud.So can we please make the hawthorns boing boing the mighty baggies to victory.Also Tumpa Chinese was very good
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Gentlemen….thanks for the welcome. As for my ‘last game at The Mol’ reference (TRBH), I was of course referring to the 5-1 orgasm of recent times, though maybe my sub-conscious mind was doing a little wishful thinking !
Back to the previous list of ‘great memories’, which was the best read I’ve had in ages….the ones who referred to the Valencia games did The Baggies a bit of a dis-service. Not only did Mario Kempes play in those games, they also had Rainer Bonhof….also a world-cup winner, and regarded as one of the world’s best at the time. I’ll always reckon we were the best in England that season, and it was mainly playing 3 games a week in 4 competetions that beat us. Beating both Arsenal and Man U away in the space of 4 days over Xmas would look pretty good in any era.
Will not be at the shrine tomorrow, partly as I’m recovering from a small operation….give ‘em a shout for me.
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39 Stinky,
I remember that Everton game,it was very strange playing on a Sunday,and in the direction we walked to the ground,all the pubs were shut.
If I remember right,it was still a massive attraction,I think there were 50,000 of us there,but I also think it was a disappointing 0-0 draw.
Unfortunately I couldn’t sing ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’-
I could only get a ticket in the ‘atheist’s end’ of the ground……….
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61 Bully,
When I saw you were talking about ‘Fawlty Towers,Rising Damp,and One Foot in the Grave’,I thought you were describing the state of Molineux and the Wolves…….
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Can we all concentrate on the game tomorrow.
Who are we playing again.
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Hi lads good luck for today,can’t be there sadly,could shape up to be a decent season good luc
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67.Bangkok. We all know where men’s brains are located. Your activities are causing memory loss.
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67 Bancock.
Wish it was Wolves.
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67 Bangkok wolf-
This week,for a change,the Baggies are playin’ a propa prem. club with a propa manager.
What was that little ditty you put on the wolves site-
SACK THE BOARD!!
SACK THE BOARD!!
SACK THE BOARD!!
Wasn’t it?
So what music do you use with those lyrics?
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64 hi Alan,
As you say,the team that beat Valencia were capable of beating anyone that season,but unbelievably,in the final month of that season,we played TWELVE league games alone,it just turned out to be a step too far.
Anyway,good to have you here,and and hopefully a speedy recovery from the op.
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A nice 3 points today will more or less see us safe and take the pressure off the remaining games and i can start growing my nails again.
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Bangkok,
Newcastle.
B☺ING~~~~B☺ING~~~~J♦H.
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Bomber,
Doesn’t having a Baggies related tattoo almost guarentee your place in Wolves folklore. I’m sure I heard boyhood Baggies fan Steve Bull had ‘WBA’ tattooed on his arm!
Wim and Bob Lowe have brought a tear to my eye. Very funny boys, so for more laughs I went onto the dark side. At first I enjoyed it and had a few good laughs when some Wulfies still insisted that Hughton, Benitez or Big Sam would’ve signed if a bit more money had been thrown at them, priceless. But after about post 300, I started to feel a little bit sorry for them. But I suppose we are a much smaller club so our problems will never be as big as Wolves’.
Morgan and Moxley are obviously incompetent and only interested in building projects that don’t require football players.
Boing Boing
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Wimabigclub….
Just heard on Sky Sports that AVB (Chelsea) and Arsen could be available soon, so as you are a big club, maybe they would be interested in reviving their careers with you.
Hope you do well against Newcastle (fingers crossed behind back).
Bomber, as promised a few weeks ago, I am not wearing any of my Baggies shirts today, even though I desparantly wanted to, I have not kicked or walked across a black cat, I haven’t walked under a ladder and I have definately not walked on the cracks of any monkey bricks that I have come across.
Good luck today guys. Have a drink for me in the Vine.
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No.67 Bangcock
You’ve got Newcastle away. Perfect game to rebuild from the embers.
Boing Boing
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