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Completely agree.

A very good point. When you take a step back and look at where we are, it is a lot higher than we have been in almost our entire history. And we are watching that in a state of the art, wonderful stadium.

I think with Bloom it is probably somewhere in the middle. Running things with his heart (i.e. the money he has put in, the fact he is involved with the Albion at all), but with his head making sure he is doing it the right way (i.e. spending on infrastructure, working towards FFP). It is a...

I agree. If he was running it with his head, he wouldn't be stumping up £8million a year to cover losses on top of the £130million plus he has basically given the club already.

I think whenever you change manager there will come a time when some players who were popular and close to the former manager will perhaps realise they are less important to the new boss. I guess this was perhaps the case with Ashley Barnes and Adam El Abd - although El Abd lost his place after...

No problem. I was just saying that without all the facts it is perhaps a little difficult for people to label Grabban a money-grabber and argue with certainty that we were played by his agent and that we are better off without him. I would have quite liked to see us sign Grabban. Good goal...

I wasn't saying the Albion hadn't been correct in all three decisions. I think they have been.

Wouldn't mind a season in the sun and if we managed it properly it would set us up financially to be a very competitive club at the top end of the Championship even if we were relegated straight away. Not sure I could afford more than one mind. It is a difficult one. I don't want to see...

Andy Naylor is accurate in his assessment that this is something of a crossroads for the Albion. The investment, or lack of it, over the coming weeks will show how serious the club are about getting promotion this season. I think there is a difference in that and what some supporters seem to...

Of course, but you only need to look at the Grabban fall-out to see the number of people suddenly saying he wasn't that good anyway... It isn't the initial excitement and talking up of the player's abilities I am criticising, it is the way they suddenly become dismissed by some as useless when...

I think someone said on a thread elsewhere that Sky Sports are reporting the same interest. I think this team currently needs an influx of pace. Don't think Jutkiewicz offers that.

It is great. The worry - as with all football clubs at our level I imagine - is how many of the new young fans will be in a position to continue going to games once their parents stop paying for their tickets. If you look at football crowds in general, there seem a lot less groups of people in...

Statistically, teams will almost always finish in roughly the same place as their wage bill falls in the division. Thankfully, the play off system keeps it interesting and promotion achievable for those further down the pecking order. Personally, I would rather any funds generated by selling...

Why is the polar bear retired?

I love that as soon as the Albion are linked to a player they immediately (nine times out of ten) become brilliant in the eyes of our supporters. Then, when we don't sign them, they revert back to being useless.

Wasn't it last January (or thereabouts) we signed Matthew Upson and Leo Ulloa? Both were hugely influential in our superb second half of the season. Can't imagine us adding two players of that calibre to the squad this window.

Not sure I would be particularly happy if the Albion sold Bridcutt and basically used all the money to buy Mason. Seems overpriced.

Exactly. As I said earlier in the thread, the Albion are hardly going to dampen expectations just before trying to get everyone to renew their season tickets. Unrealistic of people to think they would.

The thing is, none of us know the ins and outs of this. It could be that Bournemouth offered him a modest increase in return for removing the release clause from his existing contract to prevent any other clubs potentially turning his head. Would make sense given rumoured interest from QPR and...

Imagine the accusations of lack of ambition if Tony Bloom or Paul Barber came out and told fans we were not going to promotion this season at a time when the club sit seventh in the table... And the club HAS invested significantly in the squad. Matthew Upson, Keith Andrews, Stephen Ward, Kemy...