This Season

Arcane Astral Aeons · 29-07-2018, 19:46

a few new signings
but has already been said, not much to get excited about
but what do we expect?
aint going to attract big names for a championship side
Big D is going to work with what we have
i for one am very positive

but i`m always positive

so how do you lot see our upcoming season panning out?

over to you

BaggieSteve · 29-07-2018, 19:56

(29-07-2018, 19:46)The Quantum Enigma Wrote: a few new signings
but has already been said, not much to get excited about
but what do we expect?
aint going to attract big names for a championship side
Big D is going to work with what we have
i for one am very positive

but i`m always positive

so how do you lot see our upcoming season panning out?

over to you

Quantum, I think it'll be a season of ups and downs. I'm excited by the signing of Barnes and I can see him being influential but I also think we'll lose games unexpectedly. I'm not sure we've got the balance just right and I'd be happier if we'd invested in s striker(s) but I also recognise the need to sell before we do this. I don't think we'' "do a Sunderland" and I'd expect us to be challenging for promotion, possibly through the play offs. Right now, I don't see automatic promotion but maybe I'm just a pessimist (or have supported the Baggies for 56 years). However, I'm looking forward to what's coming...it should be an interesting ride!!

WBA-Josh · 29-07-2018, 20:11

4th or 5th place finish.

Fast start, good autumn, poor Christmas, solid new year and early spring and very good end. Momentum rolls into the play-offs.

4evaabaggie · 29-07-2018, 20:16

Baggiesteve, I quite agree .... won't be a picnic, I see us at the right end of the table, automatic depends very much on stoke and Swansea, other teams are good but from what I've seen not worthy of fear ..... quite a few fade away towards the business end. We are still likely to loose several. players before the window closes and we will need to replace them ... our main deficiency is a reliable goal score .... with a more attacking set up Da do Ron Ron and Jay Rod should score plenty ..... but will they still be pulling on a baggie shirt ..... your guess is as good as mine.

Didn't go at all last season ..... Hope is up and will probably get to at least one but maybe more games this season ....

Slick_Footwork · 29-07-2018, 21:57

It's difficult to predict at this point, because there can be many more ins and outs.

Then you've got the Darren Moore factor. Despite his 6 games at the end of last season, which went well, I feel we learnt very little about him tactically. The players performed for him, but was this genuinely for him or just the big FU to Pardew?

That said, as it stands now, if the window ended tomorrow, I think we'd have the best squad in the league. I think we had the best squad of the relegated sides and were mismanaged more than anything.

However, the window isn't going to end tomorrow. I expect Chadli, Rondon and Dawson to all go, at least. They will not be replaced with like for like quality and then our squad will look much different. I'd love for us to keep them but with clauses and the other putting in a request, it's highly unlikely.

Based on the above, I couldn't even guess...

talkSAFT · 30-07-2018, 14:24

I only get to 3-4 games a season, but I watched all other matches on Vipbox or Firstrow last season. I THINK they only show Prem games(???)
Does anyone know what Sites show Championship games???

Salopbaggie · (This post was last modified: 31-07-2018, 15:45 by Salopbaggie.)

(30-07-2018, 14:24)talkSAFT Wrote: I only get to 3-4 games a season, but I watched all other matches on Vipbox or Firstrow last season. I THINK they only show Prem games(???)
Does anyone know what Sites show Championship games???

They have it pretty much tied down on Championship games, through a company called iFollow, you can subscribe but it will cost you £45.00 for the subscription which will give you pretty much what we had last season for free, Albion Radio and highlights. They are also showing live games which; are not Saturday 3 o'clock kick offs and not being shown by any of the other live sports channels. This is basically about 8 games a year, however they are charging £10.00 per game to stream live (on top of your subscription). I dare say you will find a stream for the games being shown live on SS and BT Sports. but I doubt little else.

talkSAFT · 31-07-2018, 17:51

Thanks, Salop Thumb up