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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Meanwood Villa on December 14, 2016, 10:21:48 PM
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West Brom 7th in Prem.
Us 13th in Champ.
Maybe he knows what he's doing. The football couldn't be worse than last three games.
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Allardyce last season would've been better. He could have kept us up, we'd then have fucked him off to England and then been cruising to the title under Howard Wilkinson.
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It would have been a good appointment 2-3 years ago, as far as stabilising. But then whatever happens he'd leave and it would be hard for anyone to take the side on and progress. Granted Hughes did at Stoke and to an extent Pardew at Palace (though they've slipped back again) but the way we were set up under Lerner, any step forward would be met with two steps back. I think we had to go down. It seemed the only way we were going to get Lerner out and restart and we needed that kick in the bollocks.
This season? It wouldn't have been a popular choice but we'd closer to the top 2 under him. He'd have made sensible signings. Ugly signings, but he would know exactly what is required and go about doing it. But I think the same of Bruce and in retrospect, he should have been approached in the summer instead of RDM. Had Bruce had the summer we'd be 10 points better off already. Maybe more. Guys likes Pulis, Bruce and Allardyce aren't the most attractive propositions and the football can be utterly tortuous, but they've got the habit of pulling off results when needs be. Bruce is brilliant at going up from this division. The other two seemingly impervious to going down from the top flight, and I'd wager would piss this league, despite having been away from it for a few years (especially in Tiny Penis's case).
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Assuming you're talking about him being hired a few weeks before we stupidly hired Sherwood, he'd probably have been sacked by now.
And we'd be going down this season rather than last season.
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If we'd survived last season in the PL then I doubt if we'd have been relegated this season with Xia's financial backing.
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I'd rather be as shit as we currently are than ever have that baseball cap wearing twat nozzle anywhere near B6 other than the odd occasion he's lucky enough to be in the away dugout.
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If we'd survived last season in the PL then I doubt if we'd have been relegated this season with Xia's financial backing.
That being said, had we survived, would Randy have sold the club? I think the only reason we finally got a sale is because Randy dropped his price accordingly when we went down.
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If we'd survived last season in the PL then I doubt if we'd have been relegated this season with Xia's financial backing.
If we'd survived last season, we wouldn't have been sold for a massively reduced price and we'd never even have heard of Tony Xia.
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If we'd survived last season in the PL then I doubt if we'd have been relegated this season with Xia's financial backing.
If we'd survived last season, we wouldn't have been sold for a massively reduced price and we'd never even have heard of Tony Xia.
Damn, I never thought about that.
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I'd rather be as shit as we currently are than ever have that baseball cap wearing twat nozzle anywhere near B6 other than the odd occasion he's lucky enough to be in the away dugout.
Yes. High five.
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Pulis renders the sport pointless. His teams play a 'style' that looks like he's trying to end all interest people might have in watching football. Every time I watch one of his teams it reminds me that I'm going to die. I can handle being shit, but not that.
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I am sure he would have fckued Randy over like he did Palace.
Let's face it, Lerner was not the sharpest tool in the box when it came to Managerial compensation.
The cap wearing twat would have had a field day and got away with it.
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Could we make this a serious of what if appointments ... also to do this with... Mark Hughes 400 premier league matches. Davy Moyes and Bob Bradley.
I think We could add guardiola just to see the suggestion of Hutton playing as a number 10 , Westy as centre back . Grealish would flourish that's for sure !
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What if we appointed Claudio ranieri instead of remi garde...
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Pulis is fucking horrible.
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Pulis = shit football and never in danger of being relegated
us = shit football for 5 seasons circling the relegation plughole and now watching shit football whilst mid table in the championship
Well at least we have our principles and a boxing day game against burton to look forward to ::)
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Albion are having there best season in years, fighting for European football and there fans can't be arsed to turn up.
I think that says it all really.
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What if Lionel Messi had been born in Erdington ?
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Pulis = shit football and never in danger of being relegated
us = shit football for 5 seasons circling the relegation plughole and now watching shit football whilst mid table in the championship
Well at least we have our principles and a boxing day game against burton to look forward to ::)
Ain't that the truth.
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Pulis = shit football and never in danger of being relegated
us = shit football for 5 seasons circling the relegation plughole and now watching shit football whilst mid table in the championship
Well at least we have our principles and a boxing day game against burton to look forward to ::)
Ain't that the truth.
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What if Lionel Messi had been born in Erdington ?
He'd have been let go by our academy.
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What if we appointed LVG?
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The way people on here talk of MON and the way he walked out, and subsequently seeing Pulis sued for walking out the night before the season started at Palace, I'm amazed this line of conversation ever occurs on this site.
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I must confess I was a bit pissed last night when I started this thread and was annoyed with Albion winning again. Why won't the bastards flush?
In general I get all the criticisms of Pulis's football methods and he certainly doesn't appear appealing as a human being but he does seem good at what he does. Personally I'd never say never with anyone getting a job at our place and he doesn't mark some sort of red line for me that shouldn't be crossed. I agree if he had come to us at any point in the last couple of years though he'd probably have left the job in one way or another by now.
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I'd rather be as shit as we currently are than ever have that baseball cap wearing twat nozzle anywhere near B6 other than the odd occasion he's lucky enough to be in the away dugout.
Yes. High five.
Group hug! Nothing is worth appointing Pulis.
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What if we'd appointed Steve Bruce two years ago?
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My oppo at work who has had a Tesco bags season ticket for the last 30 years happily declares he will drive him personally to any club in the country that wants him. Considering all the years he has watched his team (including third tier footy), and that they are now doing fairly well in the Premier League and he still states this, I would say that speaks volumes.
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I'd have taken Pulis over Lambert and Garde any day of the week. Now, I'd rather have Bruce.
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Pulis is doing well over there but I wouldn't want him.
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No thanks.
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Like it. Sort of like a Quantum Leap for nihilists.
Ziggy says there's an 80 per cent chance that Tiny Penis is in fact the devil.
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I'd have taken myself down the garden and gone out "Old Yeller" style. Jesus it's bad enough having a Ferenghi in charge, Pulis looks like a lone testicle that is really missing it's mate.
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He's a man for a job if you are foundering, similar to warnock and not a million miles away from the likes of Bruce. He plays anti football which is terrible to stomach week in week out
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I doubt I would've gone to many games, if any at all. Football should be about entertainment, not staying up at all costs (eg. 9/10 defenders).
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Pulls is the "anti football" manager
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Bugger me like we are entertaining to watch or have been at any point over the last 6 seasons
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We'd have been relegated under Pulis.
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We'd have been relegated under Pulis.
Having seen what he did for Palace 3 years ago I doubt it. They were shit, down in the ground where the dead me go in Autumn. He came along before Xmas - the bastards beat us here on Boxing Day, outplaying us in the process - and they were beating all and sundry by spring. They stayed up with ease.
He would have been a good appointment when we brought in Garde.
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No goals, no midfield, porous defence. We were awful, one of the worst ever. Christ could have come down from the cross and we'd still have been no good.
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I find him to be a joyless manager who seems to suck the fun out of every club he is associated with even when winning. So no thanks. West Brom fans can and should be loving their current position but Pulis isn't for me.
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In fairness he has spent wisely this season and its paying off. Philips and Chadli are decent and he gets the best out of a fairly ordinary team. Scoring a few goals now as well.
Given the money Sherwood and co pissed up the wall summer 2015 then yes he would have kept us up.
Early days but Bruce's style is no different or better so far.
Pulis wouldnt be playing Gabby thats for sure
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When you log on to h+v see a new thread and instantly think "oh fuck off". This is it.
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My mates don't believe me when I say I'd genuinely rather be where we are now than have Pulis as manager.
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My mates don't believe me when I say I'd genuinely rather be where we are now than have Pulis as manager.
My son-in law is a Tesco Bag and he really does not like Pulis even though he enjoys the success on the field. I would never have gone for Bruce-but have been positively surprised so far, I would have dreaded the future with Pulis. It is as much to do with his demeanour as his football-I hate rose-tinted bullshitters but am sick to death of dour people. Bruce is a least somewhere in the middle and seemingly a good club man.
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Under Pulis we would be comfortable in mid table premier league.
I think we were only about 4 points adrift when we fired sherwood. Pulis, Allardyce, Moyes or Bruce I think any of those would have saved us. I think even Sherwood would have done better than Garde. What we needed at the time was a strong personality to crack heads together and organise the team. Instead we got an introvert with no managerial experience in England.
I've always had a lot of respect for Pulis I remember him turning up at half time at Stoke on the day his father died, a moment which was a total game changer.
Obviously he's damaged his reputation by his actions at Crystal Palace, but no one can deny what he did with the team.
You have to earn the right to play football. Until you have earned this right it's get stuck inm get it wide and get it in the mixer.
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I'd rather be as shit as we currently are than ever have that baseball cap wearing twat nozzle anywhere near B6 other than the odd occasion he's lucky enough to be in the away dugout.
His football isn't really that much difference to Steve Bruce's or indeed to be slightly controversial Martin O'Neill.
In the "glory" days of 2007-10 we got the ball forward quickly and through the channels and Carew and Laursen scored a huge amount from free kicks and corners.
We were also playing centre halves at full back.
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Why would we be mid-table?
What would any manager have done with that squad?
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Tiny Penis, as Chris Smith memorably coined the name, is a dick of the biggest/smallest order for trying to pull a fast one on Palace. And we've watched boring dross for too long, he wouldn't change that.
Even when he gets the Boggies into the Champions League next May, I'd still say he's a (tiny) bell-end.
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All the Albion fans I know wanted him gone last season. They might be having a purple patch but it's because he's found a way to get results to save his hide, not because they're a good side. Villa can only get better, the Tescos have reached their ceiling.
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Newport County can only get better. Chelsea have reached their ceiling.
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He's well suited to them horrible stripey shits. We are villa and have some class
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We would have stayed up. Mid table now.
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My season ticket would be for the Memorial Ground Ambelcote for a couple of seasons...