Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
Provoked by a comment by an ignorant oik on the Guardian website the other day (and a few comments on here), I'm wondering if enough people are seeing the big picture at the Albion.
Tony Bloom has embarked on an immense project with the Albion. It isn't just a small club thinking it's bigger than it is. He's doing something MASSIVE at our club.
You can't understand what he's doing unless you look at the big picture.
You have to factor in all these things:
1) The fantastic stadium
2) Getting the team into the Premier League
3) The top quality training facilities
4) The first class Academy
5) Albion in the Community
6) Stealing England's technical director
7) The housing/IKEA development
8) Having a top flight women's team managed by the former England manager
9) Having an under 23 squad that finished 3rd in Premier League 2
10) All the things that I've forgotten or missed by being an exile . . .
Overall this really is a massive undertaking and an overwhelming declaration of intent that I think too many of our fans don't even appreciate. Tony is taking us higher and higher, no doubt about it. He's not in it just to survive in the Premier League for as long as we can, he wants more. And knowing him, he'll get it, even if we hit a few bumps along the way.
The Albion have always been the most 'interesting' team to follow as we rarely have boring seasons - but it is going to get even more interesting in the years to come.
Tony Bloom has embarked on an immense project with the Albion. It isn't just a small club thinking it's bigger than it is. He's doing something MASSIVE at our club.
You can't understand what he's doing unless you look at the big picture.
You have to factor in all these things:
1) The fantastic stadium
2) Getting the team into the Premier League
3) The top quality training facilities
4) The first class Academy
5) Albion in the Community
6) Stealing England's technical director
7) The housing/IKEA development
8) Having a top flight women's team managed by the former England manager
9) Having an under 23 squad that finished 3rd in Premier League 2
10) All the things that I've forgotten or missed by being an exile . . .
Overall this really is a massive undertaking and an overwhelming declaration of intent that I think too many of our fans don't even appreciate. Tony is taking us higher and higher, no doubt about it. He's not in it just to survive in the Premier League for as long as we can, he wants more. And knowing him, he'll get it, even if we hit a few bumps along the way.
The Albion have always been the most 'interesting' team to follow as we rarely have boring seasons - but it is going to get even more interesting in the years to come.
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