Albion blog: Miller time

Bit of a lengthy blog today due to all the transfer news, Tuesday night's game, and the fact we have had a player chosen in the England squad, writes Albion blogger Jarrod Hill.

Tuesday night's loss to Preston was disappointing, the performance going forward was good and we created our standard boat load of chances, but for once we failed to convert enough of them.

We desperately missed Super Kev, and not for the first time this season I find myself saying, if he had been on the pitch we would have won.

Again set pieces cost us, Mowbray does not seem to be able to cure us of this Achilles heel, whether it is personnel or organisation I am not sure.

Many fans point at the fact Deano does not come of his line and command his box, particularly the first goal on Tuesday, the ball has come a long way deep into the six yard box yet Deano has stayed on his line.

Results were kind to us; however we have again missed an opportunity to open a gap between our selves and our competitors for automatic promotion, I am hoping that we are now over our blip and we can now push on.

I must admit, I am not a fan of playing one up front with either Tex or Gera playing just behind, Mowbray may have had his choices restricted with Phillips injured, but does that then highlight the need for another striker???

Well the transfer window closed yesterday and it was a busy day, Kim, Danek, Dorrans, and more surprisingly Miller have all signed up.

The reported fee surprised me even more £900,000, although Miller has a lot to learn, at that price and his age it represents a fantastic bit of business.

Dorrans has signed but will remain with Livingston until the summer, and both Kim and Danek have signed loan deals.

So, the question is do we now have the squad to gain promotion?

Personally I would have liked to seen us sign another striker, but I am nit picking.

Did any of you bloggers expect us to have a player in the England squad (wonder what odds you would have got)?

I am disappointed the press have not stated he is a WBA player, and keep harping on about Villa having five players in the squad, until they hand over that cheque for £8.5 million I am sticking to my guns that we have a player in the England squad (as much as I despise him).

I would like to update everyone regarding the Honour Bomber campaign.

I have received a letter from Jeremy Peace parts of which were printed in last night's Express and Star, it basically ruled out either a statue or renaming a stand to honour our greatest ever club servant.

It cited a number of reasons, including, we already have Bombers bar in the Halfords, and choosing to honour a player is difficult because fans will have a differing opinion on who should be chosen.

Also rather confusingly he goes on to state how he receives a number of letters asking the same question (does this not add more weight to the argument??).

I respect our Chairman's comments, but I certainly do not agree with them.

I have received support from Tom Ross at BRMB/Capital Gold, the Express and Star, but more importantly I am yet to speak to, or hear of a single fan (Albion, Wolves, Villa, Walsall, or Blues), who thinks that it is not a good idea.

I had no response from Paul Franks at WM, (whether he received my correspondence I cannot confirm), but all other parties have now responded, and all apart from Jeremy Peace have been positive.

So it looks like we will have to organise something to force the issue further. I will keep you updated.

So it has been a disappointing week, but a win against Burnley tomorrow and I will be smiling again.

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