[Albion] Gut feeling - RDZ staying or going after this season?

Guinness Boy said:

Oh mate!

6th in the EPL in his first season, last 16 of the Europa League, beating Marseille, Ajax twice and Roma, still top ten and all with a much worse squad. Transformed how football is played in the EPL. Highly respected by Pep. And you say EVERTON?

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

I may have been being a tad factious.

(and somewhat bemused by the tea-leaf reading of his pressers - 'he's going'; 'he's gonna singe a new contract!'; 'he's gone, innit'.)

Football is all about opinions. Nothing else. Just opinions. Fact.

(or......perhaps not ).

Hope all's well

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Bry Nylon said:

Plus he lives in a flat.

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Hugo Rune said:

Staying.

It’s not about squad size though (see Man Citeh squad).

It’s about replacing players who can only manage about an hour a week match time and others who are injury prone.

Goodbye to the likes of Milner and Lallana who might retire. No more signings like Fati who have a history of big injuries.

Hopefully, our one hour per week players will just be Lamptey and Welbz (who are both absolutely class when on the pitch). I’m not sure Webster should make the cut.

We then only need 1/2 dozen players at most to bring in and solidify the squad including a CB, CM, RW & RB. I suspect that won’t mean increasing the overall squad size. I think we can use the Sima/Undav/Dahoud cash to cover most of that.

He will get his desired squad.

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Bold Seagull said:

against us and Spurs they sit and break - what a revelation, however they struggle when someone does the same to them hence they went out the cup home to Newcastle, have an inferior GD us and sit 4 points below with a game more played.

One of our problems continues to be quality of finishing, and it’s why forwards are the highest paid and highest costing players on the pitch. And when you have that problem AND you lose your best finishers to injury - yeah you have a bad spell, not because everyone has figured you out.

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jessiejames said:

Noticed since Christmas we dont have enough players in the box when we attack. Begining of season when we were scoring for fun with March and Mitoma we had 4 or 5 players in the box waiting for the cross.

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jessiejames said:

Noticed since Christmas we dont have enough players in the box when we attack. Begining of season when we were scoring for fun with March and Mitoma we had 4 or 5 players in the box waiting for the cross.

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Baldseagull said:

They don't quote the question he was asked, the context would probably ruin the story. I suspect he was just pushing away a question about whether he would be here next season, with a "I am thinking about this season, not where I might be next season." type answer.

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Wow. Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona?

You really rate RDZ!

I'd say it has West Ham and Everton written all over it.

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worthingseagull said:

I know you said no need - but I want to comment anyway

I think only if the teams coming in for him are elite level (Barca, Man Utd, Liverpool etc) then he might go, as it would be very difficult for him to turn down and no-one would begrudge him doing so as that is a huge achievement to have on your life story.

Unfortunately, it does appear that these are the teams that are 'interested' :-(

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Hiheidi said:

I've watched the post match press conference (with Italian to English sub-titles) to try to get to the bottom of it!

He was asked about what lessons he'd learnt from this season. His answer was along the lines that we are doing better than last year when you take into account the high number of injuries we've faced and extra games we've had to play.

The final line, that was quoted by the Italian press, does appear to have been taken out of context - if the auto translate is to be believed...
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jessiejames said:

Noticed since Christmas we dont have enough players in the box when we attack. Begining of season when we were scoring for fun with March and Mitoma we had 4 or 5 players in the box waiting for the cross.

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Bry Nylon said:

Plus he lives in a flat.

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

Would be grand if after the ManU match as many as possible could stay behind and show their appreciation not only to the players, but also to RDZ. It might be the last time we get to see him. We never got a proper chance to say goodbye to Chris Hughton

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Lever said:

With respect, I think such speculation merely replicates the hundreds of so called pundits and football bloggers who generate evidence free rumours to capture public attention.

I would be sorry to see RDZ go this Summer but I have no control over that decision and for me predicting the outcome provides no pleasure or purpose. I hope I don't seem too much of a killjoy or just grumpy.

I am focused on now, and I feel really privileged and happy to be enjoying the best football in the Club's 123 year history.

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Flounce said:

I guess this needs to be resolved before the summer window? Will TB go on the spending spree predicted in the summer window without RDZ signing a new contract or leaving. Or do we sign players regardless of who the manager will be when the season starts?

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