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[Albion] Who would have taken this at the start of the season
- Thread starter shingle
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Probably, yes, definitely yes. It doesn’t quite paper over the obvious cracks though does it?
We are a very negative team playing poorly.
I know we have survived but we have been extremely fortunate that the teams below have been unusually poor. Even more so than usual for this division.
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We are a very negative team playing poorly.
I know we have survived but we have been extremely fortunate that the teams below have been unusually poor. Even more so than usual for this division.
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Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
If they ONLY said this, then maybe....
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
- 13,462
Definitely maybe
Pretty much everyone, surely. It’s just the way we’ve done it thats a bit disappointing. Got to improve next season, but it’s always about incremental build with TB. Onwards and upwards.
Publius Ovidius
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I think so, however if it would have mean playing dreadfully after the palace away game, then no!
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Agree with all that, second half of season has been dire.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
No. We collapsed towards the end of the season, and will be lucky to survive next year without considerable improvement. Far too many points dropped against teams even worse than us (all three of them).
D minus. Not good enough. Must try harder.
D minus. Not good enough. Must try harder.
Jolly Red Giant
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- Jul 11, 2015
- 2,615
Murray scored 8 goals up to the game against Palace in December - he has scored 3 since - that is the problem.
Hughton needs two strikers who can score 25 goals between them. The problem is that it is very hard to find a striker who will score at that rate in the PL.
Hughton needs two strikers who can score 25 goals between them. The problem is that it is very hard to find a striker who will score at that rate in the PL.
At the beginning of the season definitely. Fulham, Huddersfield and Carfiff have shown how difficult it is for newly promoted clubs to survive for two seasons. So overall job done.
However, after we beat Everton and drew with Arsenal at Xmas clearly the second half of the season has been very disappointing. Perhaps the players, like us fans, looked at the run of home fixtures and thought job done. If so that good for next season as we will know we need to be so much better in the home games against teams around us.
Major overhaul needed in the summer but for me Hughton gets to start the season but TB shouldn’t hesitate if the form from this year continues into the first ten games.
However, after we beat Everton and drew with Arsenal at Xmas clearly the second half of the season has been very disappointing. Perhaps the players, like us fans, looked at the run of home fixtures and thought job done. If so that good for next season as we will know we need to be so much better in the home games against teams around us.
Major overhaul needed in the summer but for me Hughton gets to start the season but TB shouldn’t hesitate if the form from this year continues into the first ten games.
Yes no question we have done well this season better than last season when you take into account players Injuries which have disrupted team selection continuity with that said its a great season staying up with two games to go chance to try something different for last two games
For next season we need a proven Prem standard forward, one additional winger, one number 10 playmaker and a right back
For next season we need a proven Prem standard forward, one additional winger, one number 10 playmaker and a right back
durrington gull
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Yeah deffo
London Irish
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No, we’ve gone backwards since last season, we should never accept that
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 5,641
In the end - YES, but at the turn of the year I thought we could aim for mid table and only require the odd tweak this summer. Having witnessed our capitulation since January it now looks like major surgery will be needed to avoid us being the Huddersfield of next season.
GT49er
Well-known member
So that's a yes for 'at the start of the season' then.
Hoped for a bit more, of course, but bearing in mind second season syndrome, our relatively low budget, our lack of PL history and all that I'd have bitten your hand off for 17th, Cup semi-final and the double over Palarse; anyone who wouldn't have would have to be an idiot! This summer though, we have to buy quality, not quantity - I'd rather we only got two or three players in than a job-lot like we got in last summer.
Grunching but we can still finish 15th...
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
It has been grim since the loss to Southampton.
Time after time, missing a chance to get that last win.
So no, I definately wouldn't have taken this torturous end to the season if asked.
And I wouldn't now take similar for next season.
Time after time, missing a chance to get that last win.
So no, I definately wouldn't have taken this torturous end to the season if asked.
And I wouldn't now take similar for next season.