WBA vs Everton - Match Thread

DanTheSmethwickMan · 13-09-2014, 18:13

Embarrassing. Poco best player by far - weird saying our Lb is actually good at football.

Booing is wrong? Always thought so but after today - nah no passion nothing whatsoever so they deserved to be booed. The time these 30-40 k a week players pay for us to watch them then booing ain't wrong

**St Charles Owl** · 13-09-2014, 18:14

The comments I am reading on here are direct replicas of ours when he was our manager. I think he is a great coach, particularly with youngsters, but he seems to have no man management skills and his tactics and subs are at times baffling!!! He is a great guy, always comes across well but I can't help thinking he is out of his depth.

As someone said earlier, on the face of it you had a good summer in the transfer market, but the man trying to mould them into a team may be the one true weak link you have. Plenty of time left, but some big decisions for JP in the coming weeks.

Dingle-Dingle · 13-09-2014, 18:16

Is it too early to consider the Great Escape?? DD Sad

Thequietwatersby · 13-09-2014, 18:23

(13-09-2014, 18:14)St Charles Owl Wrote: The comments I am reading on here are direct replicas of ours when he was our manager. I think he is a great coach, particularly with youngsters, but he seems to have no man management skills and his tactics and subs are at times baffling!!! He is a great guy, always comes across well but I can't help thinking he is out of his depth.

As someone said earlier, on the face of it you had a good summer in the transfer market, but the man trying to mould them into a team may be the one true weak link you have. Plenty of time left, but some big decisions for JP in the coming weeks.

Given the poor form we've had going back to pre season, I really hope he's on thin ice already with JP. You don't have time to learn your trade in the Premier League, you either adapt quickly or you're left behind.

The lacklustre performance at home against Oxford and also today tell you all you need to know about his management skills at this level.

Beefy 1965 · 13-09-2014, 18:25

(13-09-2014, 18:14)St Charles Owl Wrote: The comments I am reading on here are direct replicas of ours when he was our manager. I think he is a great coach, particularly with youngsters, but he seems to have no man management skills and his tactics and subs are at times baffling!!! He is a great guy, always comes across well but I can't help thinking he is out of his depth.

As someone said earlier, on the face of it you had a good summer in the transfer market, but the man trying to mould them into a team may be the one true weak link you have. Plenty of time left, but some big decisions for JP in the coming weeks.

100% agree mate,.....

Great post,...........

JP has done well with getting the players in.

Pity his one mistake was the man he picked to lead them Doh

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · 13-09-2014, 18:31

Difficult to see any positives in that at all. No idea how badly injuries and/or notorious "fitness problems" tied Irvine's hands with the initial team selection, but the decision not to make any subs early in the second half when we were getting overrun was disastrous.

Unfortunately, even if Jeremy gets the itchy trigger finger, I'm not sure anyone better would want to come here right now. We've got the whiff of a club still in crisis even after the summer's changes. Worrying times.

BBB · 13-09-2014, 18:37

Oh dear, here we go, again.

Un-like most of you, I don't think we are hopeless, we need more weeks to gell the 11 players into a team, and regardless if Irvine has not had premier team manager-ship, he still has a pedigree as a No2, so give up to the 10 matches, and then JP will make a move, unless you all want the mess we were in last year with getting rid of managers.

Give them 10 matches. Angel

BBB

Beefy 1965 · (This post was last modified: 13-09-2014, 18:41 by Beefy 1965.)

It was like watching last seasons team ,

A midfield of Gardner, Morrison Dorrans, & Brunt was a disaster waiting to happen.

I still say Wisdom should be CB, then AL puts him on the left when our best player is taken off !!

Blanco should not have been shoved out Wide, Ideye should not have come off. Poco should not have come off,

Does this guy understand the word were 2 down and the react by taking your best player off ?

He has to go nice guy blah blah blah, nice guys win fook all, oh and it would help if he could pick a team and use subs wisely,

I wonder if he put that on his CV

JP had been mugged Rolleyes

Villa 1 up at Liverpool Doh

wba_1996 · 13-09-2014, 18:40

I honestly would give Pulis until the end of the season if he is up for it. Hate his style of football but if he could organise that defence, with the almost world-class Lescott and solid GMac in the centre, Poco and Gamboa as fullbacks, Mulumbu and Yacob holding and allowing the likes of Sess/Bera/Ideye/Varela/Blanco/Samaras on rotation to counter attack we could get some points on the board.

Thequietwatersby · 13-09-2014, 18:42

(13-09-2014, 18:37)BBB Wrote: Oh dear, here we go, again.

Un-like most of you, I don't think we are hopeless, we need more weeks to gell the 11 players into a team, and regardless if Irvine has not had premier team manager-ship, he still has a pedigree as a No2, so give up to the 10 matches, and then JP will make a move, unless you all want the mess we were in last year with getting rid of managers.

Give them 10 matches.

BBB

I don't think it's more of a gamble to get rid early to be honest. Let's say give him those 10 matches, and on current form we're destined to be rooted to the foot of the table.

Who would want the vacant head coach role then?