[Albion] Comments from Chris in todays Argus

Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Well said. If we do what I have already predicted, tomorrow, (win the second half 1-0 in a plucky display with Andone on fire, after sitting back in the first half, pumping long balls to Muzza, and conceding two well worked goals) I will likely as not have one of my rare but explosive outbursts.

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Not Andy Naylor said:

All this stuff about a certain number of years in the Premier League teaching you things is balderdash and poppycock. West Brom, Stoke and Swansea had plenty of time to learn and went down last season. Southampton would have gone down if Swansea hadn't been even worse. They'd all been up for several seasons. Unless they had learned stuff but forgotten it..

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Easy 10 said:

Tend to agree with this. We can't play the wide-eyed 'just-pleased-to-be-here' naevity card all season. Wolves hadn't been in the Premier League for 7 years, and they seem to be doing alright. Are their players quick learners, or just better quality ? I think we know the answer to that.

Nb: I am certainly NOT in the 'Hughton out' camp, far from it. But his rather pallid pre and post-match comments are borderline Maybot in their general bland, meaningless, repetitive fluff.

When he eventually begins a sentence with "I've always been very clear..." then his path to the Dark Side will be complete.

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Weststander said:

The Wolves players, especially in midfield, are simply better than ours. Acquired through their ‘special relationship’ with a super agent. Moutinho for example is a great CM with 114 caps.

On CH’s comments, I think he simply makes the understated comments to keep fans expectations low, and to never criticise his employers eg on budget. We met him at a fans Q&A session last month, where he explained just that, but he made it clear that he has entirely different conversation with the players in the week before a match. Where he’s positive about their qualities and the plan to win the forthcoming match.

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Easy 10 said:

He may well be keeping fans expectations low, but if he's doing that with the players as well then we'll always struggle.

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Easy 10 said:

I'd certainly hope that to be the case. But publically, his HIGHLY respectful, conservative, talking-up-the-opposition persona can come across as borderline defeatist at times, and unfortunately it seems to very much translate into some of our more passive, back-foot performances. The Southampton game being a classic case in point, where we basically handed over all initiative from the start, and played like the away team.

He may well be keeping fans expectations low, but if he's doing that with the players as well then we'll always struggle.

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*Gullsworth* said:

The alternative being a "Colin" type manager who spits fire and blames everyone for his teams shortcomings except his players. I know I would prefer to have as manager.






On second thoughts I will let you know after 10pm Tuesday night!

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Easy 10 said:

But his rather pallid pre and post-match comments are borderline Maybot in their general bland, meaningless, repetitive fluff.

When he eventually begins a sentence with "I've always been very clear..." then his path to the Dark Side will be complete.

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Greg Bobkin said:

How many occasions (or weeks) has the team been in the relegation zone in those 69 games?

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

This.

The JCL under-50s grind my ****ing gears.

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brianwade said:

Below are comments from Chris on today's Argus . Frankly a bit weird from a manager that has managed in the Premier League for several years with Norwich, Brighton and Newcastle . Also been assistant manager at Tottenham in the Prem.

So what exactly does he need to learn ? I'd love to be enlightened . After five shots on goal in the last three games perhaps he's learnt that the less you attack the fewer goals you score ? ( yes that's right one shot on target per hour ) .Or maybe he's learnt that if you focus on defending then the other team will be able to focus on attacking ? Or perhaps he's learnt that if you don't give the youngsters a try out then you won't know how good they are as well ? Perhaps he's learnt that Ali has a first touch a bit like Dumbo ? etc etc etc . Anyway I hope he's learnt something as we need a few more points and tomorrow they attack - which means they will score eventually - but will we ?

"We're still learning about the division, the highs and lows, up and downs, the performance gaps as such.


"We're still learning a lot about this division and that's why we are so desperate to make sure we stay in it."

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Dolph Ins said:

I know the poster and he is definitely over 50 and is not a JCL

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Pavilionaire said:

Because losing to Man City and Leicester in our first two Prem ever matches meant we were 16th or below for 4 of those first 5 matches. I'd say many lessons were quickly learned in those 5 matches, and thereafter we can begin to be judged on whether we've grasped the ups and downs of the Prem.

Only dropping below 15th on briefly on 3 separate occasions - and one of those was on opening day this season vs Watford - shows we've consistently been in that third quartile.

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