13-08-2015, 19:29
(This post was last modified: 13-08-2015, 19:30 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)
I'm also largely in the no-to-Amalfitano camp. He scored two of the best goals I've seen from an Albion player this century, and we might well have gone down without him that season - I'm not blind to either of those points, and I do appreciate what he contributed to our campaign when he felt like it - but I haven't forgotten the months of him loafing around and sulking between flashes of inspiration; or the photo in a local paper of a training session when Pepe Mel was literally grabbing him by the arm to make him participate, and Morgan was wearing an expression which can only be described as "petulant toddler"; or the flare-up with Brunt in February. His gradual fall from grace at West Ham just illustrates the problem further. He has a ton of attitude for every ounce of talent, and unless you can be damn sure you've got a way to handle that, you're only bringing problems into the dressing room.
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley