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Hard nuts. Great to see that the Albion still carry an intimidating presence.

I see the Albion’s ascent as gradual, and I would imagine that TB does too. Currently trying to chisel out results against often better teams, on a match by match basis. Our squad lacks a complete midfield able to control games, whereas clubs like Wolves, Bmuff, Leicester, Everton and Watford...

The Europe talk and how we’re vying with ManU for final PL position, is always cringeworthy. In the same way where some new owners of clubs talk bollocks about Europe and CL, where they’re light years behind that level.

Howe has better midfielders who control games. Possibly a result of having so many more PL transfer windows than us?

Barber said “Staying up is everything”. I think we will btw. Championship cash inflows, even with the brief help of parachute monies, are insufficient to run the Albion and keep our squad together. Hence Barber’s honest assessment.

Because we absolutely must stay up. Relegation would be a huge disaster for the TB/PB strategic plan. CH gave us that amazing points tally mainly from dogged defence and nicking points. We can leave Champagne football until the day we have a quality squad able to control complete matches.

Gamble with our PL status?

I do agree. We must stay up next May to make that happen.

I think they have some superior forwards and creative midfielders. Bought with Maxim’s money over more PL transfer windows than us. They’re able to control the midfield in many PL games, something we haven’t been able to do YET in out initial 16 months in the PL.

Do you think that they have some superior players too?

For me a busy family life (some of them have zero interest in football), can’t be arsed with England’s horrendous traffic jams or inept rail routes (Bournemouth), and a long day wiped out to see yet another Albion away defeat. Only bother with some of the northern trips, where we can make a...

The slagged-off previous tactics gave us key wins at Newcastle and Hudd. Unbelievably some posters laid into CH straight after those wins. Results over tactics snobbery any day, especially away from home.

Do you go to matches like Bournemouth away these days? I don’t bother.

Praying that Hudd, Fulham and Cardiff out-shit us.

They’re amazing going, especially to stadia where the Albion are always outclassed and lose. Can only think that the craic of downing pints with mates makes it all worthwhile?

Predictable ... with all the yellows clocking up, bad loser syndrome meant a red was inevitable. Players are never able to see the big picture of losing but without reds, for the coming vital games.

Same here, freezing cold and wet, the pitch was huge puddles with the balling stopping dead. We played the conditons brilliantly. Despite the winter weather and it being the ‘wilderness years’ for the Albion, our away support for still huge. Loyalty.

In torrential rain I saw the Albion win at Bournemouth in the mid 90’s, with Minton and McDougald in a great performance. Have the Albion won there again in the last 20 odd years?