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Spoiler:

Albion's Chairman is not going to spend money.

We only have 7/8 first team players, and a threadbare squad.

We need 4/5 first team signings, plus another 4/5 depth signings.

Players are handing in transfer requests like never before.

We've appointed Alan 'Fudging' Irvine as 'manager'.

Our coaching staff is pathetic.

More than 1,000 season ticket holders have asked for a refund.

On top of all of that, our last five fixtures - when we're likely to need points - are as follows:

A vs Liverpool
A vs United
A vs Newcastle
H vs Chelsea
A vs Arsenal

Screwed much?

Look at the bright side, Azzy.

At least you don't live in the midlands like most West Brom fans.

3/1 to get relegated on Paddy.

8th November, biggest game of the year.

My stepdad put £20 on at 6/1 the day before we appointed Irvine. He's a life-long STH and also one of the very few non-Jeremy Peace shareholders. When he's so convinced the club is doomed that he's putting money on it, you know we are indeed doomed.

Still, at least we have the New Brendan Rogers / Arsene Wenger (yes, that's what the club have called him)

He did learn at the knee of the master of mid-table in Moyesy though

I guess he wouldn't want to be called the New Moyes all the same, not right now.

Albion were too cheap to hire McClaren then?

Morning

Stupid Russia couldn't beat South Korea so I lost my bet, I put 15 pounds on Spain, Italy, France and Netherlands to win returns 75 pounds.

You might want to be careful Viva. Yesterday you'd never placed a bet on football before and now you're £20 deep. I don't want you sleeping on the street with shoes for pillows.

Fernando wrote:Spain vs Chile, Russia vs Korea & England because we always do.  
 

   I am Odnan the Oracle   

#PoorViva

Especially since the streets aren't gold and steam cleaned hourly outside of London

I can see why tramps come to London, there are a lot of subways for them to shelter in.

I walk through one most days, and the smell of urine hits you immediately. Pungent. Once or twice, someone has left a steamer down there too. Lord knows who cleans that up.

Have Akinfeev and Casillas recently started crack?

If we're rounding to the nearest 100k, can my lawyer offer be that rather than 50k then?

TheSecondComing wrote:Albion's Chairman is not going to spend money.

We only have 7/8 first team players, and a threadbare squad.

We need 4/5 first team signings, plus another 4/5 depth signings.

Players are handing in transfer requests like never before.

We've appointed Alan 'Fudging' Irvine as 'manager'.

Our coaching staff is pathetic.

More than 1,000 season ticket holders have asked for a refund.

On top of all of that, our last five fixtures - when we're likely to need points - are as follows:

A vs Liverpool
A vs United
A vs Newcastle
H vs Chelsea
A vs Arsenal

Screwed much?

That's called a Norwich. I'm sure Olly sympathises (or not, he'll be cackling maniacally whispering "Join us....").

It's the damn world cup hype, if I win or lose I won't be betting anymore after this.

The Special Juan wrote:

TheSecondComing wrote:Albion's Chairman is not going to spend money.

We only have 7/8 first team players, and a threadbare squad.

We need 4/5 first team signings, plus another 4/5 depth signings.

Players are handing in transfer requests like never before.

We've appointed Alan 'Fudging' Irvine as 'manager'.

Our coaching staff is pathetic.

More than 1,000 season ticket holders have asked for a refund.

On top of all of that, our last five fixtures - when we're likely to need points - are as follows:

A vs Liverpool
A vs United
A vs Newcastle
H vs Chelsea
A vs Arsenal

Screwed much?

That's called a Norwich.  I'm sure Olly sympathises (or not, he'll be cackling maniacally whispering "Join us....").

Yeah I did have a little chuckle at that

Wolves away first up for us, lovely stuff, right into the nitty gritty. Both Leeds games are night ones, love it!!

Wonder what the odds are for Norwich to go down again?

Might stick a sneaky quid on it. Your youth team manager combined with threadbare playing squad might get a nasty kick in the goolies in the Championship.

"Threadbare playing squad" is a tad harsh considering we've lost nobody of note this summer yet!!

I think we'll get playoffs personally, can't see us getting automatic. Don't think we'll struggle, our players are all more than good enough for the division and we've got some decent youngsters to compliment them too

Maybe I'm jumping the gun - "soon to be threadbare"

But all the same it can go one of two ways usually for a team dropping down, either contending all season or struggling mightily.

With an experienced manager I'd have you nearer top than bottom, but I can't see past the guy you appointed. It's a proper West Brom move.

Easier for lawyers because they tend to be round numbers since TM is German, it only affected Trebs, Azzy, Sodhat and Olly.

"Soon to be threadbare" - who is gonna sign our shower of sh1t!!

Eh I think Adams will do alright, and considering the other option was Neil Lennon I'd rather we took a punt on him

Malky Mackay seems to want a Prem job, even tho there's none left

So I rounded both my 880k TPs up to 900k (costing me 40k   )

Sodhat are you part of this league?

Yeah hes Palermo

Ace, gained £50k from that rule change. Nice one GSC

Don't spend it all at once

Olly wrote:"Soon to be threadbare" - who is gonna sign our shower of sh1t!!

Eh I think Adams will do alright, and considering the other option was Neil Lennon I'd rather we took a punt on him

Malky Mackay seems to want a Prem job, even tho there's none left

We were in for Snoddy apparently, but we'll see how that shakes out. Hooper should stay. Wolfswinkel will probably want to go won't he? Ruddy to a PL club?

You got some real beef with Neil Lennon don't you!? He's been alright at Celtic, even if we only use European performance as the benchmark.

Celtic fans tried to kill him tho

sodhat wrote:

Olly wrote:"Soon to be threadbare" - who is gonna sign our shower of sh1t!!

Eh I think Adams will do alright, and considering the other option was Neil Lennon I'd rather we took a punt on him

Malky Mackay seems to want a Prem job, even tho there's none left

We were in for Snoddy apparently, but we'll see how that shakes out. Hooper should stay. Wolfswinkel will probably want to go won't he? Ruddy to a PL club?

You got some real beef with Neil Lennon don't you!? He's been alright at Celtic, even if we only use European performance as the benchmark.

Nah he was pretty poor. You have to judge Celtic on their domestic cup success and I think they've won a maximum of 2 since he's been there. Pathetic for a team miles better than all the others. What was funny was him tearing into Iffy Ambrose the other night when Nigeria were playing.

He hasn't made a TP, I thought he was here for the main page banter.

Oh you're doing a cracking job GSC    

GSC wrote:Celtic fans tried to kill him tho

Like 90% of the population of the world has tried to kill Neil Lennon. It's not necessarily an indicator of performance.

VivaPaulScholes wrote:He hasn't made a TP, I thought he was here for the main page banter.

Oh you're doing a cracking job GSC    

I've made a TP, Viva, my man. I signed Lazar Markovic for 8.8m.

West Ham sign midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate from Anderlecht for an undisclosed fee.

Haha, wait until tactics don't get in >_>

I just tweeted Joleon Lescott to try and convince him to sign elsewhere. If he doesn't sign for us, I am so taking credit.

Fernando wrote:West Ham sign midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate from Anderlecht for an undisclosed fee.

Interesting one.

Think we're relatively set at CB with Reid/Tompkins/Collins so I imagine he's envisioned as our midfield enforcer to sit along with Mark Noble.

Such an Allardyce signing though. Massive, athletic, black midfielder to kick people.

Why don't you want Lescott?

Could see Varate being the signing of the summer

Azzy Mahmood ‏@AzzyMahmood 9m
@JoleonLescott I'm a WBA fan & respect you greatly - please dont sign for us. You deserve a much better club. One that cares about its fans.

lol

GSC wrote:Why don't you want Lescott?

So many reasons:

1. He used to play for Wolves
2. His wages would be far greater than any Albion player on the books
3. Last season we paid Anelka £50k a week and Lugano £65k a week. We need to learn how to spend money more wisely, especially with a Chairman who doesn't like spending at all
4. He's not the player he was. There's a reason City barely played him last season when Kompany and half the defence was missing.
5. He's ugly. Seriously, seriously ugly.
6. He'd have to be a starter, so who drops out? Jonas Olsson or Gareth McAuley? Both are better CBs. Although as Olsson supposedly wants to leave now that Irvine is manager, this means we'd be swapping our best defender and loyal stalwart for a Dingle reject.
7. It hold back the development of Craig Dawson. He's grown so much and could be a future England CB.
8. CB is the last place we need to improve. Olsson, McAuley and Dawson are out three, no need for a big salaried woofter.

Just 8 reasons now, more to come later.

GSC wrote:Azzy Mahmood ‏@AzzyMahmood  9m
@JoleonLescott I'm a WBA fan & respect you greatly - please dont sign for us. You deserve a much better club. One that cares about its fans.

lol

That's my nice way of saying it. Our Chairman hates our fans - I don't wish our club and management structure on any player.

I thought City wanted CBs that could play from the back. Lescott would be a pretty good capture for a club like West Brom

A club like West Brom?

We finished 8th the season before last. Lescott commands a weekly salary in excess of £50k a week, and has barely played for over a year. We already have three quality CBs, but have zero full backs at all and no strikers either. It's a pathetic attempt to cover up the fiasco that our club has become.

Ben Foster wants out.

Youssuf Mulumbu wants out.

Said Berahino wants out.

We let Billy Jones and Steven Reid leave - our only two RBs.

We let Liam Ridgewell and Goran Popov leave - our only two LBs.

We let Zoltan Gera and Morgan Amalfitano leave.

We sold Shane Long.

We let Lugano and Anelka leave.

We let Thievy Bifouma return to Spain. Scott Sinclair return to Citeh. Matej Vydra return to Italy.

We signed Craig Gardner, a midfielder - who we didn't need. How is he meant to get into a team with Mulumbu, Yacob, Morrison, Dorrans and Brunt all ahead of him?

Our club is a total shambles, and our two big cost signings so far are both in positions we're well set in. Madness.

Cheer up Azzy, Gardner can play a bit of full back too. So that's something.

And you've still got Anichebeast up top. He might even make it to double figures this year. In appearances.

West Brom don't have the resources to maintain that 8th in all likelihood.  Mid to lower table is a more realistic aim.

With Irvine as manager, I expect 38 starts, 2 goals, 17 yellow cards, 20th place.

sodhat wrote:

Olly wrote:"Soon to be threadbare" - who is gonna sign our shower of sh1t!!

Eh I think Adams will do alright, and considering the other option was Neil Lennon I'd rather we took a punt on him

Malky Mackay seems to want a Prem job, even tho there's none left

We were in for Snoddy apparently, but we'll see how that shakes out. Hooper should stay. Wolfswinkel will probably want to go won't he? Ruddy to a PL club?

You got some real beef with Neil Lennon don't you!? He's been alright at Celtic, even if we only use European performance as the benchmark.

Snodgrass is the only one I expect to leave, I think Wolfswinkel will go but I wouldn't be shocked to see him stay like I would with Snodgrass. Fer will probably go too. Bassong also but he's not a loss cos he was dogpoo last year. Ruddy will stay, Howson and Hooper too, Olsson as well. We're in a position where we don't need to sell people we want to stay. Plus we got Lewis Grabban (LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL CHERRIES)

Lennon is not only an absolute c*nt of a man, he's also a crap manager, thus I don't think he'd have been my choice!!!

Lewis grabban , he only scores pens, he only scores pens, he only scores pens lewis grabban, what a waste of 3 mil