[Mosestheballwinner]

A billion people asking, are you sure this is the same Wrst Bromwich Albion that came to China when Grandpa was a boy?

[Beefy 1965]

Great match thread Skad as usual

Pity nothing happened on the pitch to make anyone comment on it.

This is getting close to pure Bordem now.

Im not into Booing players but Saido has had that coming for ages.

Hope we sell he is a waste of a squad member

[valpayne]

knit one stitch one drop one knit one stitch one drop.... oh yes must check the score Ahhh a goaless bore draw Cant wait to watch the recording of that later
Now then back to this Pulis christmas jumper knit one ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

oh god your knitting him a christmas jumper
can`t see him lasting that long
but carry on knitting

yes but my spelling is a bit sixes and sevens instead of ho ho ho It says go go go

[Salopbaggie]

So far I have complained about tactic's, substitutions and transfers, sometimes quite vehemently. However as yet, as far as I can remember, I have not yet used the phrase "Pullis Out".

Well he has had a full season and several transfer windows and I am still being forced to watch drab, boring football where the only hope for the upcoming season is not to get relegated.

That worry should be for the newly promoted clubs, not clubs supposedly established in the league, where relegation should come as a surprise, not something they have to fear year on year. Now I appreciate that when you look at the league, we look OK at the moment, but that is more by luck than judgement.

Yes we are short of players but you have to ask yourself honestly, after you have just spent the last 10-20 years getting to get where you are in the game, would you really want to come to the Albion and play the embarrassing Pullis game? The only players who would be happy to do that are the journeymen who are just looking for the pay packet and players from overseas who have not seen us play. If we don't want to watch it, why would any professional want to play it?

I think another telltale sign is the amount of teenagers on the field and bench, who in the main are good. Unless Pullis has suddenly had an epiphany about young players since the last month of last season (which I very much doubt - leopards and spots come to mind) then you have to assume that they are only there because he is to stubborn to put the more established squad players on the bench in case he has to play them and possible be proved wrong about their abilities.

If we look at today critically, 42% possession and 2 shots on target against a newly promoted team (who somehow have attracted 10 new signings). First McClean who was probably our most productive player gets substituted, followed by Field who was the other player in the mix for our most productive, playing the defensive game from around 10 minutes in, sound familiar? On a positive side we played really well for the first 8 minutes.

This just feels too reminisce of last season and all the BS that came with it, so before we get to a position where the situation is unrecoverable, hate to say it but Pullis you are turning the club many of us love with a passion into an embarrassment, so hear it is................"PULLIS OUT NOW".

I'd rather watch good attractive football, lose and be relegated than watch this dire, drab rubbish and be grateful for the odd win and a shed full of draws, hoping we get enough draws to survive.

[BBB]

Salopbaggie says: This just feels too reminisce of last season and all the BS that came with it, so before we get to a position where the situation is unrecoverable, hate to say it but Pullis you are turning the club many of us love with a passion into an embarrassment.

I'd rather watch good attractive football, lose and be relegated than watch this dire, drab rubbish and be grateful for the odd win and a shed full of draws, hoping we get enough draws to survive.

This is exactly as I have been saying for months - though will it happen
1. Being relegated
2. Pullis out

Answers:
1. I don't think so but will be close
2. Not before X'mas

[baggietrousers]

Just checked the score/ threads from the pool at my hotel in Vegas. Spent the money I saved by not renewing my season ticket on a holiday. Boy did I make the right decision.

[Salopbaggie]

Worrying statement by TP after the game "We've seen glimpses of Leko.... John's got to keep his feet on the ground. He's my worry".

Keep him away from SB, bit late now though as they came through together.

[Beefy 1965]

We have a reason to moan
But get this .....................

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cq7_MVqW8AAFn1R.jpg

[4evaabaggie]

Loving the ever faithful supporting villa fans getting behind their club ..... giving their new manager plenty of backing as he settles in and builds a team ......... not.

I said before no matter how bad we are we still have villa to laugh at and make us feel better. SotV

[Slick_Footwork]

I personally would worry in Pulis got the sack, given the squad we have now...

Now, I don't like his style of play and his signings have been hit and miss.

But the question is, realistically, would other managers do better with this dross squad?

He's pretty much overachieved in the last 2 years keeping us up comfortably with a pretty poor squad of players. Remember that we were flirting with relegation under the previous 3 managers...

Personally I think he needs to be backed with at least 4 good signings and then if the football remains dross, he can go and someone can come in and work with a decent squad. I think sacking him now and getting someone in to work with this rubbish we have now could be suicidal.

As far as the match goes, it was basically a Championship affair. 2 low quality teams playing boring, low grade football. The big difference is that Middlesborough got all of their business done early, where as we have lost several key players and in turn, have had to play with kids.

On the plus side, Sam Field looked tidy in possession and passed well; but he's hardly going to be the spark we need in midfield.