[Mosestheballwinner]

I get really bored watching Swansea and the likes playing tippy tappy. Its as bad as total hoofball on the eyes. You have to have a mix of styles and know when to apply them. Good teams do that. Even Real hit it long when the time is right. Gerrard is a hoofballer, so was Hoddle but the make raking 40 yard passes and are revered by their respective clubs.

If TP can educate the team to find the right balance as he was doing with Palace we'll be ok. Our biggest problem since we first came to the Prem with Megson is we just haven't had enough players with serious pace. Therefore we became one dimensional and convinced ourselves that possession football was the way to win games. That's why they revolted against Pepe. They hated pressing when they lost possession. Thankfully I don't imagine we'll see anyone telling TP and his motley crew that their tactics are wrong. TP teams don't play counter attacking football. It's about percentages. Get the ball in the box often enough and you'll score. Don't concede and the odds of winning increase. I think it'll be exciting ultimately. If we're creating chances and seeing players busting a gut TP will win a few people over.

Like Megson TP is tailor made for us. We like no nonsense talking and a strong work ethic. It's how we're made in the Black Country.