West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa - Pre Match Thread

[tomd2103]

Just beat the c***s and ruin their day.

Ruin their day?  More like ruin their season or in some cases their entire lives.

[Lastfootstamper]

Us to win 2-1. We start brightly. They go one up through some calamitous defending after 35 minutes. Two minutes into the second half, Ayew cuts in off the left and unleashes a curler. Fifteen to go, and a little cut-back from Gil finds Gana, who takes one touch before neatly side-footing home from twenty yards. We see out the game remarkably calmly, apart from a header over the bar from a corner needlessly conceded in the 88th minute.
And me to be thankful that because we never employed Pulis, I still care. Each to their own, and I know we've had to watch some stuff these last four or so years that has left one wishing to unsee things, but I never expected it. Even under McLeish, I didn't expect, to its extent, what got dished up. I've never stopped hoping that something will "click". Stoke, Palace, them lot, I really couldn't give a monkey's what he did/does there. All I know is Pulis' appointment could well have pushed me away at a time when I suddenly had a lot more distractions other than matters B6. I may not have returned.

[darren woolley]

1-1 Draw.

[villabear]

I want to be hearing lots of "it aye fair" and "we am the bigger club" come Saturday night.

Unbeaten run to five. A win please boys.

[LeeB]

Irrelevant.  It's the here and now that matters.  Pulis has got Albion organised and very hard to beat, not weak and easy to play against like us.  Haven't they got something like 50 points in the 12 months he's been there? We haven't got close to that for 5 years.  It was folly to ignore him and West Broms gain is very much our loss sadly.  I would take Pulis over Garde any time.  Same with Pulis and Sherwood.  He's simply a far superior manager.

Luckily for you, you haven't got to go too far to enjoy his work in the flesh.

[JD]

I believe we will win 2-1.

[sid1964]

Don't forget the classic line "Pride of the Midlands"

I hope we beat them, the thought of losing to that lot is horrible!

[Chico Hamilton III]

I'll never understand this feeling that 'stabilising' football or 'survival' football has to be eye-hurtingly shit football. ........ There's no connection.

There's no connection between Tony Pulis being a club's manager and that club staying in the top flight? I'd swap places with Palace and Stoke right now, who are both post-Pulis and competing well in the Premier League, without resorting to horror-football.

[LeeB]

I'll never understand this feeling that 'stabilising' football or 'survival' football has to be eye-hurtingly shit football. ........ There's no connection.

There's no connection between Tony Pulis being a club's manager and that club staying in the top flight? I'd swap places with Palace and Stoke right now, who are both post-Pulis and competing well in the Premier League, without resorting to horror-football.

I'll give him that, evidence suggests he leaves his clubs in rude health.

Unlike some bespectacled arseholes I could think of.

[Clampy]

I remember coming away from Stoke after the game where we beat them 2-1 thanks to that Lowton goal and we had their local radio on in the coach. Their fans were absolutely slaughtering Pulis and his football. This is also the man who played Cameron Jerome on his own up front at home.

[LeeB]

I remember coming away from Stoke after the game where we beat them 2-1 thanks to that Lowton goal and we had their local radio on in the coach. Their fans were absolutely slaughtering him and his football. This is also the man who played Cameron Jerome up front at home.

3-1? But yes, he was getting pelters at the time and they were sliding towards relegation. I think they got a result a QPR on the penultimate weekend but it looked like they were in free fall.

[Clampy]

I remember coming away from Stoke after the game where we beat them 2-1 thanks to that Lowton goal and we had their local radio on in the coach. Their fans were absolutely slaughtering him and his football. This is also the man who played Cameron Jerome up front at home.

3-1? But yes, he was getting pelters at the time and they were sliding towards relegation. I think they got a result a QPR on the penultimate weekend but it looked like they were in free fall.

Oh yes, I'd forgot about that 3rd goal, where 4 of our players all broke on the counter attack. Good day was that.

[richard moore]

 I fear a 1-0 to them but I'd just love it if we beat them

[Lobsterboy]

Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.

I can 'picture' it now... :0)

[Chico Hamilton III]

Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.

I can 'picture' it now... :0)

Don't be so negative