[Albion] Fab OUT

[GrizzlingGammon]

I wonder if the players just don't like playing in front of the home fans. Entitled fans shouting "shoot!", booing, and leaving early.

 

[dazzer6666]

Has he explained his thought process for putting Webster up front yet ?

 

[Bold Seagull]

As per my response to Chailey

The evidence is that Tony Bloom has continually backed his managers. Hyppia resigned, Hughton was allowed to finish a season that most would have been sacked within, Potter was given time to build and eventually did, and I dare say Tony was as gutted as anyone to lose RDZ, but he had to take a stand about who is running the club at some point. All very well questioning the club on decisions, but with all the evidence of how Tony has been running things for 16 odd years, I think most of us realise who was at fault in this little saga. Sad though it was to lose RDZ, he signed his own P45.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Has he explained his thought process for putting Webster up front yet ?

I would think, given everything else hadn't worked, going a bit industrial with a big lump up front might have worked if our wingers ever got round to crossing the ball, no? I quite liked it even if it didn't work.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I wonder if the players just don't like playing in front of the home fans. Entitled fans shouting "shoot!", booing, and leaving early.

Entitled fans? Are you suggesting that we could actually do with a history lesson?!

 

[jackalbion]

The evidence is that Tony Bloom has continually backed his managers. Hyppia resigned, Hughton was allowed to finish a season that most would have been sacked within, Potter was given time to build and eventually did, and I dare say Tony was as gutted as anyone to lose RDZ, but he had to take a stand about who is running the club at some point. All very well questioning the club on decisions, but with all the evidence of how Tony has been running things for 16 odd years, I think most of us realise who was at fault in this little saga. Sad though it was to lose RDZ, he signed his own P45.

I don't think most people do believe that, I think most people realise that he had a frustration and went about it the wrong way, but the club was not entirely without fault.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I wonder if the players just don't like playing in front of the home fans. Entitled fans shouting "shoot!", booing, and leaving early.

Maybe they could just focus on their day job?

 

[Hiheidi]

I wonder if the players just don't like playing in front of the home fans. Entitled fans shouting "shoot!", booing, and leaving early.

Interesting that Hinshelwood is taking responsibility...

“We were a little bit flat in first half and could have done more to give the game a bit of energy and get the crowd on our side. It’s something we will look to do next time we play here. The crowd can make the world of difference. We probably didn’t utilise it to the best.”

 

[pocketseagull]

It's at this point that I disagree with you. TB/PB/DW get the big decisions and their timing right. That has to be the default setting for fans until there's clear and long-running evidence otherwise.

The gamble to not reinforce in January hoping our injury situation would resolve was wrong. We dashed our chances of progressing in Europa, qualifying for Europe again that season and pissed off RDZ to boot. The fact we then went and splurged 200 mill on developing players in the Summer makes it worse.

 

[chaileyjem]

Has he explained his thought process for putting Webster up front yet ?

The idea of sending your big centre half up front in the dying minutes of the match when you're chasing the game, floating balls into the box , is as old as the hills. Dunk has done it dozens of times for the Albion. Hardly that baffling.

 

[jackalbion]

The idea of sending your big centre half up front in the dying minutes of the match when you're chasing the game, floating balls into the box , is as old as the hills. Dunk has done it dozens of times for the Albion. Hardly that baffling.

Its a bit old hat though, I'd like to see something a bit more dynamic from our manager. That said fully behind him, but there have been a few amateurish decisions made.

 

[BrickTamland]

It's Dreamland to think we should be beating one of Everton Southampton Palace Ipswich Wolves at home?

Missing the point.

We’re 9th with a squad that has missed more days to injury than any other side. Not just fringe players either but majority of big signings.

Obviously we’d of all loved to win those games but the table doesn’t care who you get 3 points from, just that you win enough games overall and I’d say we are doing that given the circumstances.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Its a bit old hat though, I'd like to see something a bit more dynamic from our manager. That said fully behind him, but there have been a few amateurish decisions made.

Old hat sometimes works though. It worked for Moyes on Saturday and we're hardly a team of cloggers so I liked that he tried something different.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The gamble to not reinforce in January hoping our injury situation would resolve was wrong. We dashed our chances of progressing in Europa, qualifying for Europe again that season and pissed off RDZ to boot. The fact we then went and splurged 200 mill on developing players in the Summer makes it worse.

January market is always difficult, hardly any movement in this one either. We don't know whether there were unsuccessful efforts to strengthen. The £200m this summer makes it worse because impossible to imagine RDZ wasn't told there were reinforcements to come. Wasn't enough for him though was it.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Its a bit old hat though, I'd like to see something a bit more dynamic from our manager. That said fully behind him, but there have been a few amateurish decisions made.

So not that fully behind him then

 

[Flounce]

Has he explained his thought process for putting Webster up front yet ?

A conversation with Mark McGhee who told him what a masterstroke sticking Adam Virgo up front turned out to be?

I do wonder if we’d be having any RDZ and GP conversations if we had a clue what FH’s tactics were and more faith was being shown in him by fans than is actually happening. Everyone is saying “give him time” whilst many are concerned that he MIGHT turn out to be an upmarket Hyypia….

 

[BrickTamland]

Wish people would stop pining for the Greenwood apologist. Crass

 

[dazzer6666]

The idea of sending your big centre half up front in the dying minutes of the match when you're chasing the game, floating balls into the box , is as old as the hills. Dunk has done it dozens of times for the Albion. Hardly that baffling.

Who is baffled ? And when was the last time it worked ? Looked like the desperate move of someone who had run out of ideas which is a bit of a worry, particularly when none of our crosses had threatened all afternoon anyway.

 

[Clive Walker]

I wonder if the players just don't like playing in front of the home fans. Entitled fans shouting "shoot!", booing, and leaving early.

i must admit everytime 10,000 fans should "shoooooooooot" I always think to myself how off putting that must be!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Wish people would stop pining for the Greenwood apologist. Crass

Taking the positives, we've all got a month's respite from @Han Solo labelling RDZ The Antichrist hurrah