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 ".......West Ham fans are a bit like Baggies, always going on about the "style" of football that you play when the reality is you only really had that swashbuckling style for a few seasons, and that was a long time ago!!"

I usually like your posts, Charlie, but can you please define which "few seasons" you are on about.
West Ham have nowhere near the pedigree that Albion have of "swashbucking" football - it's just that the media keep going on about "the West Ham way", whilst Albion's reputation is confined to the West Midlands only. We accept that we are pretty anonymous so far as the cockney press are concerned.
It's been some years now, but I grew up watching Albion's 50s/60s/70s/80s "swashbucling style, which the rest of the West Midlands admired.
I feel you were trying to be provocative - well, you've got me going!