After a lengthy, painstaking and, for many Baggies fans, frustrating search, the West Bromwich Albion board have opted to appoint former West Ham United and Croatia manager, Slaven Bilić, as their new Head Coach. I opted not to comment on these pages on the numerous names that have been linked to the Hawthorns top job since the gut-wrenching defeat on…
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Much has been written in the past few days about the decision to sack Darren Moore, with many in the national media and the game as a whole decrying the decision as being somewhere between outrageous and incredibly harsh. I made my views clear in my article on Sunday but, while there were fans actively calling for Moore to go, there…
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If ever there was an illustration of the short-termism and lack of sentiment in football, it was the decision to sack Darren Moore as the Head Coach of West Bromwich Albion yesterday evening. Even from a pure footballing point of view, it seems a very harsh decision. The Baggies are in fourth place with ten games to go, well placed…
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The fallout from Wednesday’s defeat has been predictably critical from a vocal minority of the Baggies’ “twitterati” although the more sanguine commentators are a little more understanding of the issues that Darren Moore faced. It’s easy to criticise Moore’s team selection and substitutions, particularly in hindsight. Ultimately, Albion lost and, therefore, he got it wrong. However, had he played broadly…
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With the January transfer window now closed, we can all now relax and stop speculating about every rumour for a few months at least. Darren Moore managed to bring in four new faces into the first team squad and in this article, I take a look at their histories and what they could bring to the team. Mason Holgate Date…
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Transfer deadline day on Thursday saw the arrival of three new loan signings to supplement the three already at the club. Some have commented that we should be looking to buy players rather than loan them but, in my opinion, using the loan market is the right strategy given Albion’s current position. Irrespective of whether you believe the club’s owner, Guochuan…
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