BensGrandad
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I will be a happy man if I never see BHA relegated again during my lifetime, anything else is a bonus
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[Albion] Are you OK with TB’s long term ambitions for the Albion?
- Thread starter Goldstone1976
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stewart_weir
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- Mar 19, 2017
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Nothing is forever. Mid table obscurity will get boring after a while. I do think that unless a extra funds are pumped into the club the idea of rubbing shoulders top 6 every season is a fantasy. The only way we are going to compete without those additional millions of £s is to get the academy producing world class players.
Grizz
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,248
As long as they play decent football, bring through the youngsters, give it their everything each week then I'm happy with staying in the Premier League each season. A cup flirtation would be nice, but you have to be realistic, we're never going to have the resources to compete in the top 6 even with Bloom's money. Just enjoy each game as it comes, the lower leagues are littered with clubs who tried to take it all on without the correct preparation and bringing in money that didn't really have the core club values at heart. I'd rather be relegated than go down the road of staying in the division at all costs.
Saying that in Tony I trust, just phenomenal what he's achieved over the last 5 years or so, so who knows what he has up his sleeve for the future. Sure to be a fun ride.
Saying that in Tony I trust, just phenomenal what he's achieved over the last 5 years or so, so who knows what he has up his sleeve for the future. Sure to be a fun ride.
DumLum
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Happy to finish bottom half and stay up every season if we beat a couple of big 6 sides every year and see the installation of safe standing in the north.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,151
Very few teams to fear in the PL. 2/3rds are pure cannon fodder. Among the 'Big Six', Arsenal and Liverpool have seriously ropey defences, Chelsea blow hot and cold, ditto Tottenham. ManU more so. IMHO only Man City have genuine unplayable quality. Well until they lose Aguero and De Bruyne that is. When Leicester can win the PL and Burnley can qualify for Europe then there's absolutely nowt to fear in this division for the foreseeable. PL currently contains at least two seasons worth of relegation candidates WAY ahead of us in the queue.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
CH had most teams worked out, blunder against Chelsea although we could of gone in 2-2 at half time if John Moss wasn't on the Chelsea pay roll. A few better players in certain areas and we all might be surprised.
It's not his ambition, it's the first priority
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Fulham pressed more although they began to annoy me, short corners didn't work thought they would of realised that after the 8th one. Also looked delicate at the back and Derby should of scored another at least.
I think you'll find it's just one continuous groove on each side 
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Nobody is going to win the Premier league outside of Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool, or Arsenal unless they get immensely lucky and absolutely everything works for them all season (Leicester), or somebody throws vast sums of money at them for at least five years (or Arsenal plummitt after Wenger).
Therefore the best anyone can look for is to finish seventh, or scape a Europa league place like Burnley.
The one thing to avoid is complacency and staying just above the relegation zone because sooner or later everyone who has done that eventually falls - Sunderland, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Stoke, Swansea, West Brom etc.
Aim to finish above Everton.
Therefore the best anyone can look for is to finish seventh, or scape a Europa league place like Burnley.
The one thing to avoid is complacency and staying just above the relegation zone because sooner or later everyone who has done that eventually falls - Sunderland, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Stoke, Swansea, West Brom etc.
Aim to finish above Everton.
I agree with this except the Liverpool banner bit. Personally I think it would be a decent thing to do and don’t see any issue with it being tin-pot which I think you’re alluding to.
Stoke, Swansea and Southampton had a very good reason why they were at the bottom......they sold key players and didn't replace them. WBA had a poor season and only improved at the end. If we sell Dunk and Stephens then I can see something similar happening to us.
This. Especially selling quality game changers / scorers for Swansea and Stoke. Fatal mistake every time.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Yes, avoiding relegation including year on year progression coupled with a cup win within five years would be amazing and a realistic target. A cup win would also be our biggest opportunity in gaining European football.
Now that’s a target we can achieve.
Absolutely delighted by what he said. It was honest and realistic. We need to go in to next season with the same attitude as this, get behind the players the same, if we get on their backs or think we have the right to beat anyone in this division the we will go down. The togetherness that got this far will give us the best chance of staying up.
Westdene Wonder
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So returning to the Championship would not be a bad thing, we would be playing entertaining football and be in a league we are comfortable with
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
I said no such thing. I said finish above Everton.
Westdene Wonder
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We could improve but if we try to play attacking attractive football in our present league we will be destroyed so the choice is a very defensive rather boring very defensive system or a flowing attractive style in the Championship