12-12-2020, 22:04
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2020, 22:12 by Slick_Footwork.)
I don't have a lot of hope in the hierarchy's ability to recruit either, unfortunately.
But I'm not willing to submit to relegation yet, before mid December, despite the fact it looks inevitable. I think persisting with Bilic would be that submission.
If we were to keep him come what may and we were relegated, I wouldn't be confident he could recreate our success of last season anyway. This is based on the fact that post lockdown, we could barely win in the Championship. Push come shove, the reality is that we bottled it in the must win games against Huddersfield and QPR and only went up because Brentford suffered the same mental breakdown in their last 2 games.
I also think there is evidence of him losing the dressing room. His harsh public criticism isn't the way to manage a modern day footballer. Especially our soft lot.
For me, the sooner he goes, the better. Franky, I'd take anyone over him right now. I think the lads need a fresh start and it couldn't get any worse.
My choice would be Allardyce. Okay, he falls into the dinosaur category, but we're in a desperate situation and he knows how to keep a team in this league. He's done it time and time again, could hit the ground running with his experience of the Premier League and is available immediately. This team is so soft in the centre, I think we need someone with that nasty edge to convert this lot into grinders. Wouldn't want him long term, just until the end of the season.
What would be a disaster would be a move for a Pepe Mel type, someone who doesn't know the league, can't speak the language and is expected to get the team to play their way out of this position. I think we have seen that these lot aren't good enough to outplay teams at this level. We need a Plan B, something different to what Bilic has served up.
And for anyone worrying about ruining the style of play, I wouldn't be too concerned given the fact we are about as entertaining as watching paint dry under the current regime. I think the argument about keeping Slav because the football is good is becoming defunct given we have scored the same amount of goals in 12 games as what we scored under Pulis in 17/18. There's a strong argument for this being the worst West Brom team in Premier League history, given that in previous years we could at least attack or defend. This team can't do either. Even the Gary Megson teams of the early 2000's that were built on a shoestring at least had the guts to compete and some pattern of play.
But I'm not willing to submit to relegation yet, before mid December, despite the fact it looks inevitable. I think persisting with Bilic would be that submission.
If we were to keep him come what may and we were relegated, I wouldn't be confident he could recreate our success of last season anyway. This is based on the fact that post lockdown, we could barely win in the Championship. Push come shove, the reality is that we bottled it in the must win games against Huddersfield and QPR and only went up because Brentford suffered the same mental breakdown in their last 2 games.
I also think there is evidence of him losing the dressing room. His harsh public criticism isn't the way to manage a modern day footballer. Especially our soft lot.
For me, the sooner he goes, the better. Franky, I'd take anyone over him right now. I think the lads need a fresh start and it couldn't get any worse.
My choice would be Allardyce. Okay, he falls into the dinosaur category, but we're in a desperate situation and he knows how to keep a team in this league. He's done it time and time again, could hit the ground running with his experience of the Premier League and is available immediately. This team is so soft in the centre, I think we need someone with that nasty edge to convert this lot into grinders. Wouldn't want him long term, just until the end of the season.
What would be a disaster would be a move for a Pepe Mel type, someone who doesn't know the league, can't speak the language and is expected to get the team to play their way out of this position. I think we have seen that these lot aren't good enough to outplay teams at this level. We need a Plan B, something different to what Bilic has served up.
And for anyone worrying about ruining the style of play, I wouldn't be too concerned given the fact we are about as entertaining as watching paint dry under the current regime. I think the argument about keeping Slav because the football is good is becoming defunct given we have scored the same amount of goals in 12 games as what we scored under Pulis in 17/18. There's a strong argument for this being the worst West Brom team in Premier League history, given that in previous years we could at least attack or defend. This team can't do either. Even the Gary Megson teams of the early 2000's that were built on a shoestring at least had the guts to compete and some pattern of play.