tildeslym: Also, I dont keep singing Mowbrays praises,­ read previous posts. I think he has made lots of errors­ this season and last season. For instance, poor team­ selection, poor formations (4-5-1 so many times at­ home), poor purchases (Valero, Moore, Meite, Beattie,­ Hoefkens, Barnett, Zuiverloon, Kim costing nearly £20m)­ and his interviews have been comical and repetative­ "I would suggest". Comments like "Its­ all about the performance" and "We are a good­ team from box to box" are just plain stupid. We­ havent defended well for 2 years and still have­ defensive issues and he was a defender and a good one­ in fact, in his day. Having said all that I actually­ think he has been poor. BUT he got us promoted, he took­ us to Wembley in the FA Cup Semi Final. Short memories­ and I bet you were singing his praises last year and­ enjoying Boinging when we won promotion v Southampton.­ So with this in mind he deserves another crack and­ hopefully he has learnt from his mistakes. Only time­ will tell. Give him until November of the new season­ and if we are not challenging then its bye bye. Put it­ like this we could still have Robson in charge!

Tildesleym: Another thing, I dont agree with the up and­ down philosophy. I hate it, but we are still better off­ than we were a few years ago. Short memory bank and I­ dont just jump on the bandwagon when we 'do­ well' and jump off when I feel like it. You support­ your team during good and bad. We did spend well in the­ summer, in fact more than any other manager, in excess­ of £20m, so he was backed financially. He wasnt in­ January, which i feel is down to the fact some of his­ signings have been poor and Peace has said your not­ wasting anymore, this is your squad, you bought them­ now get them playing. The 'good' players we­ were after and bidded for in August (Frazier Campbell­ £4m and Kevin Thomson £4m) didnt want to come to us. If­ players dont want to sign then they wont, but that­ money disappeared in January. I actually live just­ outside Tipton and I'm not pompous! I'm­ realistic.

tildesleym: The Kevin Phillips scenerio has been played­ over and over again. Truthfully could he hack in the­ premier, I dont think so and neither did he. He WAS­ offered a two year contract, with the second year being­ triggered by playing 19 games, either starting or sub.­ He obviously didnt have faith in his ability at 35 to­ be a consistent performer and command a regular pace­ and so therefore took the easy option and went for­ money (nice signing on fee there). How many games has­ he played for blues this season? 24 starts to be­ precise in the league and 12 sub appearances. He could­ have had that 2nd year contract at teh Baggies!

Hey Mark W nobody wants to support the dingles just­ because i dont agree with your up and F#cking down­ philosophy, we dont have to spend like crazy i agree,­ but we should have at least spent to try and stay up we­ only needed a couple of players, how many goals do you­ think Phillips would have scored that Fortune , Moore,­ Simpson, Bednar,missed i seem to recall he just put­ Birmingham up,he could have kept us up and we could­ have got stronger next year, i bet Peace wish he had­ given him that extra year now, but he does not care he­ gets parachute money going down and promotion money­ going back up, you keep singing Mowbrays praises so i­ know you don't come from Tipton because talking­ like that you would be knocked out in most Tipton Pubs,­ because all the baggies fans i know around town hate­ what has happened so maybe you are right and we are­ all wrong you Pompous P#ICK, "UP THE BAGGIES"

what the guy below has said is very true, and while im­ not a baggies fan, i would like to have all the­ midlands clubs in the prem, makes it more fun and lots­ of local derbies...fed up of all the london and mancs­ teams takin over the top flite...so its about time us­ midland clubs cemented themselves in the prem and­ atarted winning trophies like we used to in the early­ days of football....midland teams used to win evrything­ then, no sign of the so called top four then....the top­ four was villa,wba, wolves,not brum tho...lol .....and­ what u need in the prem is a shrewd manager who knows­ when to buy and how to buy the right player, its a hard­ job, but it can be done..but if u gonna employ someone­ who had one good season in scottish second class­ football, then it aint neva gonna happen.....u need the­ the sam allerdyce's of the world to establish­ yourselves in the prem....

We didnt 'miss out' on Roy Keane, we didnt want­ him cos we have a manager! He did well at Sunderland­ didnt he? spending over £50m and look where that got­ them! and you say Mowbray is the clown? As for Hyppia,­ well you can't just buy anybody! The player has to­ want to come as well. Lets get something straight­ quality players go to quality clubs because the agents­ tout them to the top clubs. Quality players demand high­ transfer fees, signing on fees and wages. We are just­ not in that market. Lets all be realistic about things,­ we have not got the financial support to go out and­ compete with the premiership teams. We have got to hope­ to establish ourselves for a season, as Bolton and­ Wigan have done recently, then hopefully be able to­ attract better players and pay better wages.

Southampton, Charlton, Leeds, Notts Forest, Bradford,­ Swindon, Barnsley, Sheff Weds, Norwich, Leicester,­ Wimbledon have all been in the Premier, spent stupid­ amounts and where are they now! I think their fans­ would swap places with us at the moment. Why the­ negativity, when we have had 2 trips to Wembley, 3­ stints in the premier and are still in the black. you­ can always go and support the dingles if your not­ happy!

see we even get comments from people who are not­ Baggies fans see comment#5 even they know we are crappy­ at spending and i am sorry to say he is right we will­ always be a championship side till we spend more money­ on players and then we will get the Albion Muppets, who­ say look at Leeds FC, well there is a difference­ between spending to stay competetive and spending like­ drunken sailors like Leeds did so lets not confuse the­ two "UP THE BAGGIES"

He's bought championship players and funny enough,­ thats where they will be playing their trade next­ season. We will have a strong squad in the­ championship, but lets hope we learnt our lesson by­ spending on wages, not transfer fees.

albion are and always have been and always will be a­ championship side cus they dont spend money when they­ come up...so wud u believe, they go back down­ agen....oh yeah and its cus they got a @#$% manager who­ buys @#$% players = @#$% team...lol

Here we go again not bad enough we miss out on Roy­ Keane the other week now we miss out on Sammy Hypia who­ is doing our scouting and recruiting Ray Charles and­ Stevie Wonder when will this F#cking nightmare end­ "UP THE BAGGIES"

Right on Kenneth K, lets all keep going to the games­ paying our money being loyal supporters and Peace and­ Mowbray will still keep taking the P#ss i believe the­ fans are more brainwashed than Peace is with Mowbray,­ well you F#cking muppets can keep wasting your money­ but these thieves will get no more of mine until i see­ changes that West Brom deserve, and as for the­ supporter that said well what will i do with my­ saturdays if i dont go to the match, spend it with­ their Family and if you dont have a girlfriend or a­ wife well you are obviously spending to much time at­ the Hawthorns would be my guess, so go and get laid you­ obviously like sex Peace and Mowbray have been F#cking­ you all year, "UP THE BAGGIES"

I think we should change his name to "Tony I­ don't listen because i know best Mowbray" more­ dribble from out of his mouth. I for one wouldn't­ want to keep half the @#$% he's put on show this­ season,Meite aka sicknote, Barnett,Valero,Moore i think­ we'll take a big hit if we sell those as we­ should.I just found out Hyppia has gone to Leverkusen­ that's a shame because I'd still pay £5m for­ him, better than Meite and Barnett put together. Lets­ see if you have learnt anything from this season Tony­ and please stop buying @#$%.

Tone oh Tone tell me who is "our best­ players" i have yet to see, your saving grace has­ been the emergence of Graham Dorrans i have said many­ many times this kid will go on and play for Scotland he­ is the battling mid fielder we have been looking for­ sorry lad to put such a burden on you.....you will be­ at Man Utd or Liverpool within 3yrs cos we wont be able­ to keep you.....as for the rest you say no need to sell­ Tone i dont see a queue forming to buy any one of them­ mind you i challenge you to get 3 million for Moore and­ get our 5 million back for the crazy buy of the season­ Valero ( who ).....