mikeyp102 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Exactly. Biggest mistake that club has made was the day they dumped Bilic out the door. Was it though? Look at his record over the 12 months prior to his sacking, they struggled to get over the line promotion wise. They had lost a lot of games in the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Allardyce has done better points wise this season than Bilic did, also have to bear in mind that it was Bilic's team and they'd just won promotion so should have had at least some confidence coming into the season, whereas Allardyce took over a team that would have been devoid of confidence. He's not done a good job so far, but it's understandable why they got rid of Bilic, their bad form under him extends into last season as well, if it wasn't for the fact that Brentford somehow failed to beat either Stoke or Barnsley towards the end of the season they probably wouldn't even be in the premier league now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Exactly. Biggest mistake that club has made was the day they dumped Bilic out the door. Their biggest mistake was thinking they could come up and only spend £25m (or whatever measly amount it was). Even if they have debts to pay, it surely would have made more sense to pay off some debt, but still spent £50-60m+ to give themselves a fighting chance of survival. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Was it though? Look at his record over the 12 months prior to his sacking, they struggled to get over the line promotion wise. They had lost a lot of games in the championship. It was imo, We can't look at his record over 12 months as it expands over two very different leagues, combined with the fact that he was shafted on many occasion by his board. They did fall away a little bit in their promotion chase but in the end he got the job done on a shoe string and equally it should have shown the board that more investment was needed. What happened... They invested very little after they got promoted, sold key players from under the managers nose and then dump him and spend money on 1) Compensation paying him off, 2) Money on an Allardyce golden handshake, 3) The money used in all of this they could have been given to Slav and more to strengthen in January and attempt a decent go of survival. Okay survival might have equally been a long shot, but they would have went down with a manager who would have been far better equipped with the squad he built to bring them back up, rather than a manager who's just been brought in and signed a load of players that will serve no purpose in their Championship campaign next season and himself probably won't even be at the club himself come May. A disaster they caused themselves and have only themselves to blame for imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I mean come on they were debating renewing ancient Barry's contract and he's in his 40's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 43 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: I mean come on they were debating renewing ancient Barry's contract and he's in his 40's! still more useful than Livermore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 They underspent this season, but you could hardly say they were promoted on a shoe string, they were one of the biggest spenders in the championship, and had one of the best squads in that division, on top of the money spent they were also able to loan in players like Pereira, Diangana, and Callum Robinson. Fact of the matter is that results under Bilic had been waning since the beginning of last year, and had got worse since football resumed after lockdown, and that form continued into this season, points wise Bilic did even worse than Allardyce has done this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 22 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: I mean come on they were debating renewing ancient Barry's contract and he's in his 40's! Well it worked for the Bucs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Fat Sam today saying that relegation won’t hurt his credibility. Sorry Sam, but you don’t get to decide that, your reputation exists only in the eyes of others. If his reputation is for being a relegation saviour, then of course failing to save West Brom will affect it. He’ll be rated a few points lower on the shit dinosaur scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, It's Your Round said: He’ll be rated a few points lower on the shit dinosaur scale. He will still live on the shit dinosaur scale though. He might not get a Southampton next, but he might just get a Fulham or a Norwich or some team like that. Big Sam will be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Mic09 said: He will still live on the shit dinosaur scale though. He might not get a Southampton next, but he might just get a Fulham or a Norwich or some team like that. Big Sam will be just fine. I'm not so sure myself, most clubs now seem to want to follow a head coach role rather than appoint an out and out manager , the Allardyce/bruce/pulis/hughes roundabout is seemingly grinding to a halt. If he had any future in football it would mean staying at west brom imo, rebuilding them and bringing them back up bit cant see him doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted February 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2021 What a farce, no goal, goal, no goal, whistle, 2nd whistle, bonkers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 So they have 17 points after 26 games and probably need at least another 17 from their last 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Follyfoot said: What a farce, no goal, goal, no goal, whistle, 2nd whistle, bonkers And the 2 pens they messed up too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, mykeyb said: So they have 17 points after 26 games and probably need at least another 17 from their last 12. The great escape is on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 How on earth Brighton lost today was weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 27, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, mykeyb said: How on earth Brighton lost today was weird The same way they've been losing games all season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 28 minutes ago, mykeyb said: How on earth Brighton lost today was weird They have the shittest centre forward in the league, some people on here cried that we didnt sign him last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Brighton have only lost won more game than us, there are nine teams in the league that have lost more games than them, including Arsenal and Leeds in midtable; their main problem is that they don't win enough games, only the bottom three have won less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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