Jimzk5 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) In the past 8 months he has been done for drink driving and filmed using legal highs I really don't see many big clubs being bothered with him if he carries on being a bellend Edited February 4, 2015 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Berahino being 'worth' £25m makes me sad at how out of control football has got 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Good player, who I think will fall by the wayside once he earns that big contract. Like many before him Will probably end up on the City bench or an understudy for Sturridge at Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Good player, who I think will fall by the wayside once he earns that big contract. Like many before him Will probably end up on the City bench or an understudy for Sturridge at Liverpool or the graveyard of promising footballers - Spudzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 West Brom fans I know are putting a brave face on it, but it must surely be a killer blow for them...that their one decent player can't wait to leave. Its an agonising one. On paper I'd honestly say our squad is head and shoulders above theirs. I just wish they'd show even 10% of their ability and we could accelerate away from them. Despite how we're doing right now, which of their players would you take off their usual starting XI for our first team? Foster - Definately Not Wisdom - Absolutely Not Lescott - Definitely on the rapid decline and paid 80k/week apparently. I'd say Vlaar/Clark/Okore are better McAuley - Not a premiership player Pocognoli - He's been unceremoniously dumped by Pulis. Pretty crap. Brunt - Plodder Yacob - Plodder, I think he's their Mr Dirty, but lacks most things except the rough tackle. Fletcher - Definitely had his best days, all his comments are akin to a retired player. He'll be coasting now. i'd be worried about why his W.Ham deal fell through. Sessignon - Already have a player who turns up to 1 game in 7 in N'Zogbia thanks Anichebe - Poor mans Emile Heskey Berahino - Their best player by a mile. Cocky bugger who'd drive us mad too. As others have said, he'd fit in well on Spurs/Liverpool's bench next season. I think I've chosen a representative XI for them. Others include Dorrans/Morrison/Dawson/Gardner/Baird who are the definition of Championship plodders and Mulumbu/Olsson who have had their day and by all accounts are now pretty rubbish. They've been through so many managers of late, I'd argue each one has overachieved to keep a squad like that in the league. Some of those players (Berahino aside), on their day, are okay, none of them would get into a top 10 team even on top form. If we go down and they stay up.... my God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Personally think Pullis will keep them up but it will be close. QPR, Leicester and Burnley for me, maybe Hull. Our squad should be good enough but we've seen it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Its a pretty old team in terms of being together for a while,since 2009 relegation they still have Olsson, Brunt, Morrison, Dorrans and Mulumbu add in LEscott, Baird, Yacob, Fletcher and id say probably the oldest team in the league in terms of age and staleness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Their midfield remains pretty much what got them up in 2009, Brunt, Morrison and Mulumbu are all good players on their day but could seriously do with some injection of pace in that area. Not sure Pulis will do that though as he likes central midfields that hold it's position and never get forward hence why Yacob has returned to the starting 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Can't believe they messed up not signing a new striker in the window, I know it was only Carlton Cole but still. Beharino playing up or even gets injured, who scores their goals. Anchiebe is a crock, Brown Ideye?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Need a draw today really, although I guess a Burnley win is better than a West Brom win with the fixtures Burnley have got coming up. Either way the boggies are definitely in this fight too now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Can't believe they messed up not signing a new striker in the window, I know it was only Carlton Cole but still. Beharino playing up or even gets injured, who scores their goals. Anchiebe is a crock, Brown Ideye?! Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Can't believe they messed up not signing a new striker in the window, I know it was only Carlton Cole but still. Beharino playing up or even gets injured, who scores their goals. Anchiebe is a crock, Brown Ideye?! They still scored more today that we have in about 3 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Wouldn't it be brilliant is Tony "Automatic survival" Pulis ended up taking them down? Not just because they are our rivals but the media jizzfest over him recently, when they hired him people were saying "thats West Brom safe" and it pisses me off like he's Pep Guardiola or something. Even if he does keep them up he has a very low ceiling with them anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 for me he is one of the 3 amigos of management mediocrity that the media build up as some sort of football god when he has spent a lot of cash and did **** all, the other 2 are Harry and MON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The football his teams play are boring. Really Burnley should have been 4 up before West Brom scored. I slightly disagree about Harry and MON, both had success at various clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Pulis doing a textbook session on how to keep a team up. Already they've beaten Hull and Swansea at home in his reign so 2/3 home wins and nicked points at Everton and Burnley even if they were terrible. Probably need 10 more points, can't see them going down on 36 so they need home wins v QPR and Leicester, a draw from one other home game, let's say Southampton and then away draws against us, Sunderland and Palace. I fully expect them to achieve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yea they'll survive you would have thought. They spotted a problem early and dealt with it giving them enough time to try and sort it out and survive. I hope we've left enough time to do the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 If Pulis took over tomorrow he'd identify the QPR, Burnley, Swansea and Stoke home games games to win, West Brom, West Ham and Everton would all be potential draws although if you defend well you can nick one of those games 1 nil. So 10-12 points from the home games and then play for draws at Newcastle, Sunderland and Southampton. I'm not saying I want Pulis btw but that's why teams never go down under his watch even in reasonable short spaces of time as he identifies games where his teams can claim points/wins and drills them accordingly in the week before the game. Will he improve West Brom signficantly in the long term, I'd say no but then how far can West Brom realistically go up the league in the modern day premier league. But as a short term fix, few are better to appoint to guarentee staying up. Let's hope our new guy is made of the same stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good to see they've come dressed as seats today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good to see they've come dressed as seats today Lets not take the piss too much - how many will bother going to Villa Park tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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