Don’t midfielders need mobility too? And a technique that doesn’t involve constantly under hitting passes? Couple of blinding displays by Hinsh and Gomez yesterday but people still want them relegated for a player who has been average to poor all season
Wins a penalty and smashes a vintage Beckham technique worldie in. I think he’s a fantastic signing.
Will be an excellent battle between him and Ayari for the 8 shirt next season. We do need two good players for every position if we are to improve next season on our very nearly-ish efforts...
I think I’ve contributed enough posts to this thread. It’s been a really great one to read because there’s been a huge range of interesting opinions in it with lots of varying thoughts expressed, nearly all without that need to descend into petty personal comments. I’d recommend that going...
Indeed me too - but he could possibly emulate if he keeps his best players and gets the right additions. I think we go into next season thinking we can win a trophy, and that’s because of the foundations that have been laid this season. Let’s see 🥳
We have a real difference of perception here. Far from being placed on a pedestal, there is a big campaign ongoing to rubbish RDZ because he fell out with Bloom. There is big cohort of fans who won’t accept the achievements of any manager that falls out with the chairman, see also Gus. It’s a...
I wouldn’t after spending a quarter of a billion quid because that makes the comparisons ridiculous. Of course an injury shattered squad with no depth fighting on two huge fronts in Europe and EPL was going to get battered once we had no means of attack
The Wolves and Leicester draws weren’t tonkings but I’ve really seen such despair on Albion fan faces those days. In the away game fans were even about to kick off with each other near me they were so gone.
And squad depth this season doesn’t compare to last season so comparisons only stack up...
Strange because these words totally sum up Fab’s first season for me. We’ve had some brilliant highs and some real abysmal depths.
And I believe this is wired into Fab’s step back from the ultra possession style favoured by Potter and RDZ to a more unstructured, pressing, energy-based, more...
Would be great if we learn to praise someone at the Albion by positive arguments about what we’re their innovations, their achievements, their special qualities -- and not by diminishing the achievements of others.
It’s this type of thinking that means we can’t really discuss how Gus Poyet...
The NDP doesn’t exist. It’s propaganda for the gullible. I’m not into slagging off players pointlessly as I don’t believe professional football should be limited to choirboys and middle management trainees. But even in our EPL era you could create a pretty boss Albion team of known “dickheads”...
Mitoma really - bring on a world class player and we go from lacklustre to unstoppable. I’m crediting a really good player here more. And am wondering why the manager didn’t get more out of the players in the first half against a frankly very dire Spurs team