[Albion] Season Expectations

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Eric Youngs Contact Lens

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Dec 9, 2020

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• Aug 5, 2024

• #81

Johnny RoastBeef said:

LB? We've got Pervis, Barco and Igor.

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Igor can play there but far from an ideal fit I would have thought - within a game maybe. Barco, agreed, had actually forgotten him, but he is still very "green" and given Pervis' recent injury record that feels like a big gamble to me..

 

pigmanovich

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Mar 16, 2024

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London

• Dec 9, 2024

• #82

To put things in perspective, based on this poll, 53% should be satisfied, 30.4% over the moon, and only 16.6% disappointed in our performance so far.

 

pigmanovich

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Mar 16, 2024

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• Dec 9, 2024

• #83

pigmanovich said:

To put things in perspective, based on this poll, 53% should be satisfied, 30.4% over the moon, and only 16.6% disappointed in our performance so far.

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Who’s skewing the season expectations poll by voting in December

 

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London Irish

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• Dec 9, 2024

• #84

Europe obviously. If we fall off that given the start we've made, that will have to go down as a disappointment. The big difference from last season when we also made a good start is the squad depth we have should mean we can cope with the injury twists of fortune

 

pigmanovich

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #85

Increasingly a thread that deserves to be pinned!

 

Stato

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #86

Stato said:

Hope for a bit of sun in August, come September/October it'll start to get a bit darker and the leaves will fall from the trees. Winter will be fairly cold and miserable, but things might perk up after that.

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Well I was right on winter, it's been bloody miserable since the beginning of December.

 

chaileyjem

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #87

I said this to When Saturday Comes in July.
"When Bloom pushes the reset button, it normally pays off. His only failure was hiring a youthful inexperienced ex Bundesliga coach ten years ago. So 16th then. "

Good grief.

 

jcdenton08

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #88

chaileyjem said:

I said this to When Saturday Comes in July.
"When Bloom pushes the reset button, it normally pays off. His only failure was hiring a youthful inexperienced ex Bundesliga coach ten years ago. So 16th then. "

Good grief.

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We’re 10th. 17 points off relegation. 7 points off Europe. 4 points ahead of Palace, 5 points ahead of Manchester United, 7 points ahead of Spurs and West Ham.

Where do you believe we should be?

 

bluenitsuj

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Feb 26, 2011

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #89

It will be 11th to 14th which will be a failure as TB aim is regular top 10.

 

chaileyjem

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• Feb 4, 2025

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jcdenton08 said:

We’re 10th. 17 points off relegation. 7 points off Europe. 4 points ahead of Palace, 5 points ahead of Manchester United, 7 points ahead of Spurs and West Ham.

Where do you believe we should be?

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About where we are. And i was being ultra cautious pre season partly cos new manager , and also in denial that our good run would continue. (9th, 6th, 11th) . But yep. we're already safe.

 

banjo

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Oct 25, 2011

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Deep south

• Feb 4, 2025

• #91

Happy to have another season in the top flight. Priority is to firstly secure enough points to stay up each season. Everything else is a bonus.

 

Kalimantan Gull

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Aug 13, 2003

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Central Borneo / the Lizard

• Feb 4, 2025

• #92

There are several here who had expectations of 11th -14th or worse, and who want the manager sacked whilst we're 10th.

 

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Steve78

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Jan 21, 2025

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #93

I think we will finish 10th after a season disrupted by a lot of injuries to key players. That’s nothing to be ashamed of.

I’m hoping that once all the new players are properly settled in next season we will finish top 8.

 

dazzer6666

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #94

dazzer6666 said:

Top half and a good cup run would be a good first season for Fab. Any more than that and he’ll be off to Chelsea next summer.

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Unchanged.

 

dazzer6666

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #95

bluenitsuj said:

It will be 11th to 14th which will be a failure as TB aim is regular top 10.

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Regular doesn’t mean every season 11th wouldn't be a failure

 

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Mancgull

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Nov 28, 2011

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Astley, Manchester

• Feb 4, 2025

• #96

I said 7th -10th.
If we finish say 11th I wouldn’t be too disappointed due to our injuries.
If we are 13/14th then the trend, after our decent start, would be very concerning.

 

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Ike and Tina Burner

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Mar 22, 2019

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #97

Good to see the lickers have found this thread.
Again, our league position is not the main worry at the minute. It's the complete lack of tactical identity, ability to manage games, lack of personality, lack of leadership, inability to develop our youngsters who've instead been loaned out and the apparent squad disharmony.
Dismissing all of that on the basis of a very fortunate league position is stupid. I think most people would tolerate midtable  if there was some obvious process that Hurzeler was attempting. Some clear learning on the job. He has not shown that at all.

 

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Hiheidi

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Dec 27, 2022

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #98

Mancgull said:

I said 7th -10th.
If we finish say 11th I wouldn’t be too disappointed due to our injuries.
If we are 13/14th then the trend, after our decent start, would be very concerning.

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We're 10th, but would it really be that surprising if Palace, Brentford, West Ham (even Everton) catch us up / overtake us? 13, 14, 15 wouldn't be that surprising. (And that's hoping Tottenham and Man U don't start picking up results).

 

Frankworthington

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #99

£200 million of Tony Blooms money spunked away
End it now!

 

Silverhatch

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Preston Park

• Feb 4, 2025

• #100

Had the usual (Leicester) mad win the league bet. Had a more measured top 4 punt. A 7-0 pumping has dampened any enthusiasm. Our response needs to be seriously impressive