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I'll file the appropriate papers tomorrow

Sturridge left our academy when he was 11. I don't think we can really claim any credit for his development. He was at Man City for about 9 years, including a couple of years of first team (albeit on the fringe) football. Man City turned him into a decent player and have done with several others also. It's a real downside to a club having all this money, that young players just get pushed down, not because they're not good enough but that expectations are so high that there's no patience. Sinclair is from Chelsea. ???

I thought the AC one was bad. But the denim one is by far the worst football shirt I have ever seen.

Joke club. So, who is going to be the next next manager for them?

Horrid club from top to bottom.

If by competitive you mean consistently shit, yes.

Keep: Westwood, Sylla, Delph, Albrighton, Bannan, Herd, KEA Sell: Ireland, N'Zogbia, Makoun, Petrov, Holman Loan: Carruthers and Gardner Don't know names and wouldn't like to guess with Lamberts transfer policy, but a good winger to offer something different to the current crop and someone who can play the 'Ireland' role efficiently.

Probably just made up bollocks from Adrian Durham is it who supports them. He has been raving about some of our players for a while now.

Need the win today. Come on you Baggies!

If we lose to Sunderland i think that is us done for.

If Suarez wasn't such a word removed id say him, so I'll go for Bale instead. Has to be Benteke for young player.

Reading this thread makes me realize how much of a sheltered life i have lived.

A defeat, but one we won't be embarrassed by.

So far the choice is a relegation fight with McLeish or a relegation fight with Lambert, and that's an easy choice as well. There was never seriously a relegation fight with McLeish last year. At the equivalent point in 2012 we were 6 points clear of the bottom 3 and it was fairly implausible that we could be caught over the next 5 matches. Fair play to McLeish, he had a jolly good go at doing the implausible and got us within 2 points of the drop zone but our early season form always put us in a strong position to withstand the effects of a typical end-of-season McSlump. This season we have been in real peril of going down for most of the season, and still are . It may be more "entertaining" for fans of a certain disposition but it has also been crap, crap, crap to see our defence leaking so many stupid goals and our forwards struggling to score barely one per game. I don't really see how you would choose one over the other. Both seasons have been totally unacceptable. As I've said many times on here, the difference was that mcLeish was taking us backwards. Everything just seemed to be getting worse and worse under McLeish and you couldn't see anything that would improve. I'd bet if he was here for 5 years we'd be no better off (probably relegated at least once in that time) Lambert's taken a small step backwards, but I, at least, can see improvements in the future. i do genuinely feel like things will get better with Lambert in charge. I never felt that with mcLeish I agree with things both Briny and Steve said. This season compared to last has seen relegation as more of a feature all the way through it, whereas last year it only became a distant possibility in the final games. But Lambert despite all the pressure recently seems capable of building from the ashes of shite this year. As soon as we had a difficult spell under Mcliesh he grumbled, whether that was due to fan pressure or not we don't know but he never looked like revitalizing the team. So far the choice is a relegation fight with McLeish or a relegation fight with Lambert, and that's an easy choice as well. There was never seriously a relegation fight with McLeish last year. At the equivalent point in 2012 we were 6 points clear of the bottom 3 and it was fairly implausible that we could be caught over the next 5 matches. Fair play to McLeish, he had a jolly good go at doing the implausible and got us within 2 points of the drop zone but our early season form always put us in a strong position to withstand the effects of a typical end-of-season McSlump. This season we have been in real peril of going down for most of the season, and still are . It may be more "entertaining" for fans of a certain disposition but it has also been crap, crap, crap to see our defence leaking so many stupid goals and our forwards struggling to score barely one per game. I don't really see how you would choose one over the other. Both seasons have been totally unacceptable. As I've said many times on here, the difference was that mcLeish was taking us backwards. Everything just seemed to be getting worse and worse under McLeish and you couldn't see anything that would improve. I'd bet if he was here for 5 years we'd be no better off (probably relegated at least once in that time) Lambert's taken a small step backwards, but I, at least, can see improvements in the future. i do genuinely feel like things will get better with Lambert in charge. I never felt that with mcLeish I agree with things both Briny and Steve said. This season compared to last has seen relegation as more of a feature all the way through it, whereas last year it only became a distant possibility in the final games. But Lambert despite all the pressure recently seems capable of building from the ashes of shite this year. As soon as we had a difficult spell under Mcliesh he grumbled, whether that was due to fan pressure or not we don't know but he never looked like revitalizing the team.

I wouldn't mind the second one but the first one looks a bit disjointed.

I'd prefer 6 points from those two games also but as you say that is a big ask. Admittedly it would make for a tense final day but I think we have all knew for a while it will go down to the wire. If we manage 6 points we will be fine, if its 3 or less we are doomed.

We need a minimum of 4 points from the Norwich and Sunderland games. That would put us ahead of Wigan and Stoke on the final day by my reckoning.

I don't think Lowton is on Arsenals level yet, hell i think at a team in the top half of the table he wouldn't get a look in. But their is potential in him and give it a few years he may garner that interest. Altidore would be a decent shout still youngish and has a lot more experience under his belt since going to Hull as a 19 year old rookie fighting it out at the wrong end of the table. Gabby, Benteke, Weiman and Altidore would give us good options and strength in depth up top.

Did Perez get the seat to sweeten the deal with their next sponsor?

They didn't show enough of her soaking wet at the beginning, that is my only complaint about last nights ep.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

What a gem of a goal.

We deserved that for the absolute dross every player served up in the last 5 minutes.

I tried that challenge with Truro for 2 1/2 seasons. Finished 15th and 16th in my two full season before leaving for Stockport in BSP. Both Stockport and Truro got relegated that year and i got sacked. I am currently Boston having taken them over in 2015 while in BSN and now in BSP play-offs and FA Trophy final in 2020.

Would agree with that. I think we lost a bit of shape when we took him off.