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People don't like learning in this country. Particularly football fans. They want SUCCESS NOW.

But who will pay for it? Where will the money come from for it? Etc etc. The survey was final- the majority of people who wouldn't ever use it in a stand they'd never go in said they weren't bothered about it, so the people that would use it in the stand that they regularly go in were...

This is what I find annoying about his moaning recently. Saying "I need to talk to Tony and understand the project". I'm sure I read a while back that Bloom and Potter had a call every Monday to discuss the game at the weekend and the plan for the week etc, so presumably that is the same for...

I would argue that you the fact that you would of, is probably partly why you and the lads aren't self-made billionaires like Bloom. I don't think Bloom will look back and think that he should have backed RDZ more this year, I think everything he does is part of a long-term strategy, which is...

It’s genuinely astonishing that you can’t see that the team being slightly weaker one year but the club being in the most incredibly good position of pretty much any club in the country is an absolutely amazing thing for the Albion. Your outlook compared to Bloom’s outlook is basically the...

Took Doncaster 5 seasons to get back up, and then they won the League 2 title the first year back. They were in a worse state than we were when they went down.

HKFC does. I didn't suggest you were lying. I understand that was the Conference's stance at the time. That doesn't mean it couldn't have been worked out, I'm sure it could have been had we been relegated. A bit like the "It is absolutely impossible for the Albion to ever have a stadium...

I had forgotten that. But I also don't believe it. We'd have been the biggest club in it by a mile, they would have wanted us there. Hereford got back into League One. Only a few years later did they slide back out and go bust. That was nothing to do with our game with them. We were a totally...

Where do you think the Albion would be now? I think this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I think we would be in pretty much the same position we are currently in. After we were relegated we were playing in front of 1-2000 people at Priestfield- would that have really been any lower...

It is massively different though, isn't it?

We started the following season superbly as well. We were in 4th when he left after we took Leicester apart in that 5-2. I think things had finally clicked for him, and we were going to have a great season under him. Perhaps not quite as good as we did under RDZ, but I'm sure he would have...

Ha. Well I'm not saying Potter is a top manager. But I am saying Murray wasn't a top footballer- I think the two are comparable in their ability / achievements. But if I'm completely honest, I can't actually remember why, or how this conversation came about.

Because Graham Potter did a decent enough job managing a mid-sized Premier league club from 16th - 9th over 3 seasons. He then failed at a club that Pocchetino is currently failing at, and which Tuchel was sacked from after winning the Champions League. The guy who took over from Potter also had...

Well I would like to think that our club knows a few. I can just imagine Bloom meeting with his teams of analysts with the Starlizard data and asking for the shortlist to replace RDZ and them saying "Shall we just get Graham back?" Do you have any idea how our club is run?

Sorry but that is ridiculous. Glen Murray was a lower Premier League footballer. At best. Are you seriously suggesting Potter wasn't at that level?

Are Albion fans more obsessive about getting old players / coaches back than any other club in the country? I have no idea, but it seems like we might be. There are hundreds of talented young Coaches out there, why would we look backwards rather than forwards?

I’m not sure I realised CE’s worked on a fixed term contract like players do. Always assumed it was just standard PAYE, I had no idea there was a length of time specified. Seems bizarre to me.

Kind of makes their ‘But how is this going to be paid for?’ stance on safe standing in the North Stand look a bit silly, doesn’t it?

Surely we are going to give this kid a chance next season.

As a 1901 member myself, I can tell you that the word ‘vociferously’ is completely incompatible with that tier. Pedro’s last minute winner against Marseille was vociferously applauded from our seats, but that’s the closest I’ve seen.