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The club is well run, with everyone acting in concert. Other than, I would imagine, a diminishing number of supporters with no time for Paul Barber. The Albion never hit the headlines for bitching or discontent behind the scenes, or sackings of late.

Very true.

I personally didn't mind his caution. Last August I envisage us getting zero points against mega expensive squads such as Everton, Stoke, Stains, Bmuff and Palace, but in our first season with a quasi-Championship squad, we gained critical points in those games that look likely to keep us up...

True. As is Chelsea, ManU and ManC would not have had a huge advantage in gathering silverware; Bmuff, Leicester, Newcastle, QPR, etc would have struggled in the Championship too. TB gave Winstanley/CH the money within FFP rules, which they used astutely and then CH coached/managed brilliantly.

At least Burke got to spend the festivities with his family.

Cates was correct. After the previous failed play off attempts, the club reined in finances and lost most of the outstanding players for various reasons. CH picked up the mess left by Burke, and transformed us from very nearly a League One club to mid table PL. That was just a brief...