It won’t, not even close I’d suggest. It’ll be a very small second tier in the grand scheme, not some huge overhanging thing. And the rake of the stand is already very shallow compared to an old school ground like Loftus Road.
Was that the season we went on that long unbeaten run at the start? Hadn’t quite appreciated we had almost twice as many defeats in the season we actually went up!
No taking his caps away from him of course, and it’s amazing to have a current Albion player representing Brazil, but I’m not sure even Joao himself would claim he’s Brazil’s no. 9.
(Just happened to be his number in the most recent squad)
It’s way more amusing than irritating having “entitled” fans from historically large clubs coming up as we know the likelihood in 2025 is that they will struggle.
From my experience though Sunderland fans seem OK, compared to Leeds/Sheff Weds/Boro etc.
Awesome performance tonight. He definitely brings some of that “gets you off your seat” directness we crave as fans. Can’t wait to see him develop over the next year or two.
It had somehow passed me by that Wissa had notched 18 PL goals this season, that’s mad. All those seasons playing understudy to Toney and Mbeumo and he’s clearly stepped up massively in the former’s absence.
Couple more seasons (possibly seeing out his career?) with us and 50+ PL goals in an Albion shirt would surely secure legend status? I’d argue he’s most of the way there already tbh.
He seemed to score a fair few from outside the box for Celtic. Obviously won’t get the same time and space in the PL but would like to see him showcase this ability a little more.
Think there’s definitely a talented player there he just needs to get to grips with the speed of thought/action...
Wolves too. Had them in the Everton/West Ham sort of bracket in terms of the wages they typically pay. Although they don’t have as many notable ‘stars’ as they did a couple of season back, in fairness.
2 Albion winners in the last 3 months, nice.
The article above said Baleba’s shot curled beyond the reach of Areola. So much so that his reach was non-existent :lolol: