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I’m mixed on it if Big Dave gets the job.

I love the man and his whole demeanour is a breathe of fresh air compared to the previous guys we have had. He is also Albion through and through and actually cares deeply about the club.

However, I can’t help but feel that the club is making a mistake giving him the job permanently. Whilst his 6 match spell was good, it was only the Swansea game that had some resemblance to an attractive team because we played it on the floor, keeping possession and controlling the tempo. After that it was more old school defend deep, soak up pressure and look to counter quickly. That way of playing won’t work next season in the Championship when teams will put 11 men behind the ball against us. If he gets the job then I hope he can bring in a more polished version of the Swansea style of play.

I’m still hoping that this early news is a false dawn and that someone else is actually coming in at the 11th hour. If not then congratulations and good luck Big Dave.

I agree to some extent.....but if you look at the teams we were up against in those games, Josh, setting up to defend deep was the best option - and it paid off too!
AP tried to get us to play a tad more adventurously - and look what happened!
I think the players were too Pulisified to change short term so IMHO this was the right course to take ; hopefully Big Dave will be able to regenerate the existing players and any new ones will be recruited with a more attacking mindset so we are left with an Albion mentality that we recognise.

If he gets the job, of course!