to those who said nice things about my WBA posts.
I should perhaps have made it explicit that we made aboslutely no use of those interesting players from a year ago - apart from half a season of Pocognoli before he was sent into Pulis-exile.
[Also .. Ricky Lambert - but I imagine people have a view on him already.]
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Originally Posted by MirZolzayn
Myhill, Chester, Dawson, Lescott, Brunt, Morrison, Gardner, Fletcher (c), McClean, Berahino, Lambert.
That's 3 forwards.
oh my - it's going to be a long season.
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Originally Posted by pissychips
Also since when is Brunt a left back?
since .. Pulis
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Originally Posted by pissychips
Pulis got it completely wrong and gave them the game.
2nd consecutive game that Pulis has assumed all responsibility for a 3-0 defeat against a top-3 side, interestingly.
Unfortunately I haven't seen the game so don't have a substantive view. Tho I hear my boay Saido fluffed a sitter - not a good look after how much I talked him up.
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Originally Posted by MediocrePlayer2.0
Wow this was a great writeup, thanks. I immediately thought of your post when I saw what the WBA starting XI was and it was basically all Irish/British and very workmanlike.
I don't think Pulis will tank the season and relegate you guys but it just seems so retrograde. The mid-table of this league is going and buying players like Payet, Wijnaldum, Cabaye, Shaqiri!!, Obiang, Okazaki, Clasiet, etc.
You have teams like Leicester! playing a diamond with Mahrez at the tip of it.
Then you look at WBA and it's just 442 with 4 centerbacks, sit deep in 2 banks of 4 and hope for what I don't know?
Like I said they should be fine and grind it out but man it is not inspiring. It's also not playing to your strengths since Sessegnon can provide the throughballs that Berahino thrives on.
Yep - pretty uninspiring - we typically have set up 451 with two deep banks of 4 and 5 with no space between them and a huge space to the 1, leaving no possibility of them realistically linking up/holding up under Pulis. Life was very similar under ex-managers-#3 and -#1 as well.
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Originally Posted by BAIDS
pulisgoat people, go have a look at what stoke's xi was when pulis got the heave ho in the summer of 2013 (£90m net spend over the previous 5 years), then take a look at it now under sparky (£5m net spend over two years including shaqiri fee)
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Originally Posted by ChopSueyyy
nah, pulisGOAT build the foundations and established the clubs status in tblitw.
It's a brave new world & Salamon Rondon's going to lead us to the CL