Big game for the Baggies tonight if they are to mount a late play-off push.

Pieters once again in central defence for them.

Hoping for a WBA win. I don't like Hull and it'll take them closer to Rovers.

HiThere wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:50 pm

Hoping for a WBA win. I don't like Hull and it'll take them closer to Rovers.

Yes anything which damages Rovers will suit me.

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:52 pm

Yes anything which damages Rovers will suit me.

A home win for Hull tonight ? Wouldn't expect anything else from a Tiger

Crap following from WBA

Two poor teams very little quality in either team and
I don't think WBA will get a top six spot

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:05 pm

Crap following from WBA

Crap following from Hull. We’ll sound like the home team week after next, I’m sure!

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:14 pm

Two poor teams very little quality in either team and
I don't think WBA will get a top six spot

to think we went in for Wallace and he went to WBA for his 40K a week - we ended up with Zaroury and Benson instead !!

Chris Wilder is a shocking commentater/pundit....

1-0 Tigers
Well taken.

wow, beyond smash and grab ! 1-0 Hull

That 45 mins sums up the Championship....mediocre.

Are we the only side in the division without a long throw?

agreenwood wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:04 pm

Are we the only side in the division without a long throw?

We have one, we just don't use it this season

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:06 pm

We have one, we just don't use it this season

thankfully, I don't recall a single goal resulting from any last season

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:49 pm

That 45 mins sums up the Championship....mediocre.

I wasn’t so sure it was that good

Two for Tigers.
Baggies poor.

Going to be a long summer for West Brom if they don’t go up. Their finances are a mess.

Didn't realise WBA are going to struggle to get in the play-offs having just seen the table.

I had WBA down for the play offs when Corberan got the job. Some decent results I think but doesn't look like they'll have enough.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:49 pm

That 45 mins sums up the Championship....mediocre.

It’s a shame Burnley will go down as having won the most mediocre Championship in probably the living memory. Takes the shine off it really.

chekhov wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:28 pm

It’s a shame Burnley will go down as having won the most mediocre Championship in probably the living memory. Takes the shine off it really.

You can only beat what they put in front so they say,how bad it is will be forgotten over time

chekhov wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:28 pm

It’s a shame Burnley will go down as having won the most mediocre Championship in probably the living memory. Takes the shine off it really.

Just wondering how you’ve been able to judge this… How was it any better when we went 23 unbeaten, for example? Last season I recall all Champ fans saying how average Bournemouth were all season under Parker yet they finished 2nd?

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:21 pm

to think we went in for Wallace and he went to WBA for his 40K a week - we ended up with Zaroury and Benson instead !!

We dodged a bullet there if his performance tonight is anything to go by

chekhov wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:28 pm

It’s a shame Burnley will go down as having won the most mediocre Championship in probably the living memory. Takes the shine off it really.

Know what you mean.
Wont remotely take any shine off our winning the title, if we do go on and win it. For me, anyway.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:34 pm

You can only beat what they put in front so they say,how bad it is will be forgotten over time

The ease and margin by which we are going to win it far outweighs the negative of the quality of the league. Had we scraped it by a point or two it would be case of being the best of a bad lot but we are clearly a class apart.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:37 pm

We dodged a bullet there if his performance tonight is anything to go by

he's a decent player, the rest around him aren't at his level imho - he chose the wrong club to join

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:42 pm

The ease and margin by which we are going to win it far outweighs the negative of the quality of the league. Had we scraped it by a point or two it would be case of being the best of a bad lot but we are clearly a class apart.

The league isn't crap, it's incredibly competitive which makes it hard for teams to stand out - we are just taking the **** because we are on a different level under VK imho (at this level)

chekhov wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:28 pm

It’s a shame Burnley will go down as having won the most mediocre Championship in probably the living memory. Takes the shine off it really.

I don't think the Championship is that bad. We have been watching PL football for quite a few seasons so get accustomed to a certain standard.
We are ( now) head and shoulders better than all the other teams, but that is purely down to VK. Any other manager & we would be battling.

4 minutes stoppage time
7 second half substitutions and 1 second half goal as well as a few stoppages for players going down injured

It’s a bit of a cheap get out to say it’s such a mediocre league this year - the sheer quality of our play has made it look that way. Ask any other team, and they’ll tell you this league is a real slog. There are some good, experienced managers with very good squads who are struggling to keep a playoff place this season.

West Brom have struggled for goals all season, and their only 2 strikers are out. They are shafted.

One of our toughest matches was against West Brom, and they were the better team and would have won if they had a forward.

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:09 pm

One of our toughest matches was against West Brom, and they were the better team and would have won if they had a forward.

This is true but that day we were without Beyer, Benson and Zaroury in the starting line up. When we lost to Watford we again had no Beyer yet, no Zaroury, Costelloe started as well as Bastien. When we lost to Sheff Utd we had no Jay and no Brownhill with Bastien again starting.

So really all three of those defeats and / or bad performances we had a severely weakened side. It is probably hard to judge any of those three sides due to that.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:37 pm

Just wondering how you’ve been able to judge this… How was it any better when we went 23 unbeaten, for example? Last season I recall all Champ fans saying how average Bournemouth were all season under Parker yet they finished 2nd?

My post was a dig at all those on here who go on about how crap all the other teams are. (My fault I should’ve used this: ).
I actually agree with you it’s very difficult to objectively assess how good or bad the league is relative to other seasons.
I’d rather think it’s us that are the best of a good bunch rather than only winning the league because everyone else is a heap of crap.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:34 pm

You can only beat what they put in front so they say,how bad it is will be forgotten over time

See my post above, but for me we’ll win the league because we’re a fantastic team in a very tough competition, not that the other teams are rubbish.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:45 pm

he's a decent player, the rest around him aren't at his level imho - he chose the wrong club to join

And ironically the team he left to join West Brom in the summer have a better chance of promotion.

chekhov wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:49 pm

See my post above, but for me we’ll win the league because we’re a fantastic team in a very tough competition, not that the other teams are rubbish.

I think it's both. Weak quality but a lot of teams around the same level and so it's also competitive. It's competitively weak.

chekhov wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:28 pm

It’s a shame Burnley will go down as having won the most mediocre Championship in probably the living memory. Takes the shine off it really.

About that I really do not care.

The only thing that would take any gloss off us winning the league is if Sheff United or Rovers won the FA Cup, especially if either got promoted as well.

I'd be totally gutted if that happened.

Without the rebuild in the summer, hypothetically holding on to the mainstay of who was on our books, we would also have been in the scramble possibly labelled as mediocre too.

I don't think it's a poor quality league. It's more that we are on another level.

Spijed wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:27 am

The only thing that would take any gloss off us winning the league is if Sheff United or Rovers won the FA Cup, especially if either got promoted as well.

I'd be totally gutted if that happened.

Not me Spijed. I'm not bothered what happens in the FA Cup. One of the Manchester clubs will probably take it anyway.

Spijed wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:27 am

The only thing that would take any gloss off us winning the league is if Sheff United or Rovers won the FA Cup, especially if either got promoted as well.

I'd be totally gutted if that happened.

Wouldn't be fussed about that at all, if anything I'd take my hat off to them because that would be some achievement.