Gutted we have to wait until Monday night for Pepe's first game in charge. But excited none the less at the thought of some exciting football finally.
Not expecting radical changes in style or team selections as he's only had a week with the players and it takes time to implement a style. A few players have come out and said how impressed they are with Pepe's first week, which is a good sign. I also noticed them say how tough it is and Saido alluded to them having double sessions all week. It's what's needed if Pepe's high pressing game is to be used! Fitness very important!
Everton are a very good team. We all know about Lukaku, but they're so much more than that. Barry, Mirallas and Barkley have really impressed me whenever I've watched them....as does Baines, every season. Think Barkley may be missing for them, but they have many options. Not sure if McGeady is fit but their new signing is another good footballer.
As good as they are though, it's deffo a winnable game. We already took a point from Goodison earlier in the season.
What's everyone's predictions and team line ups?
WBA v Everton
posted on 18/1/14
Wish I had seen your comment Alas
Guess I would prefer not to face him as he is a quality player. But should sponsors dictate player selection.....or are they using the publicity around this to get more exposure?
posted on 18/1/14
Our sponsors can go F themselves. Who are they to dictate who plays for our club and why are they only announcing it now. Why have they suddenly become offended by something that happened a month ago?
posted on 18/1/14
Precisely my feelings also JH.
If the club bow to that sort of pressure I would be amazed. If I were JP, I would tell them to fùck off and give half-a-seasons sponsorship free to Zoopla's biggest competition such as Rightmove etc.
How dare a second rate bunch of estate agents think they can dictate to a club of the stature of WBA. !
Grrrrrrr
posted on 18/1/14
It's a good way to bail on a sponsorship deal.
posted on 18/1/14
Zoopla have played a blinder,they've got a lot of free publicity out of this whilst at the same time condemning fascist behaviour.As a brand and a company they had to make some sort of stance against Anelka's actions.
posted on 20/1/14
@smadeley_star: Pepe Mel promises fans an immediate glimpse of his new-look Albion tonight. #wba http://t.co/C3EreKEl1L
posted on 20/1/14
Pepe Mel has already made an impression on his new West Brom troops - so much so that he received a standing ovation after his first team meeting.
The Spaniard outlined his plans for the future at the start of the week and even communicated some of his thoughts to the Albion squad in English.
Ben Foster said: “He was brilliant.
“The lads got up and he almost got a round of applause, it was brilliant.
“From what we’d heard his English was going to be super limited but he was fantastic.”
Mel has been training his stars hard ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Everton.
“It’s the way it goes when you get a new manager, you expect you’ll be doing long days and he’s got to get his point across and that’s fair enough,” added Foster.
“He needs to let us know exactly what he wants us to do.
“We were told his English wasn’t great but the first day he sat in the room in front of all the lads and gave a whole meeting on telling us what he wants to do.”
Foster wasn’t aware of Mel before his arrival as he rarely watches Spanish football.
But he’s been pleasantly surprised with what he’s seen so far.
“You can only go on first impressions and he seems a good guy.
“You want to see how he interacts with the players, you can get a grasp of if he’s a bit of shouter or a screamer or bawler but he doesn’t seem any of that, he seems very calm and the lads appreciate that a lot more than the other.”
BirminghamMail.com
posted on 20/1/14
So Zoopla are now insisting that Anelka plays without their logo on his shirt. Can we the fans insist on having Zoopla removed from OUR shirts?
posted on 21/1/14
Coxy we've had some brilliant shirts the last few seasons going back to 2007-08 spoiled by having the sponsors' names on them.
posted on 21/1/14
Olè olè, olè Pepe