01/03/2026
Yesterday I was working and then out with the Mrs so I only wrote a quick status saying that's us down
Now I have a bit of free time this morning I will explain why in a little further detail.
I said after our game against Coventry that we needed at LEAST 4 points from our next 2 games ( Charlton and Oxford ) and we ended up recieving 1 .
1 point against a team we could have honestly scored 2 or 3 past in Charlton . I didn't watch the Oxford game so I cannot comment too much . But I think it's fair to say Oxford are a beatable team with a little effort
1 point out of 9 from our last three games is shockingly bad . I know a lot of people say our squad isn't good . And a lot of said at the start of the season that our squad isn't good enough .
I was a little more optimistic and predicted we would finish 8th . Of course without hindsight and signing 2 of the best championship center halves the season prior I thought that was a realistic achievement
I don't think any Albion fan , even the most pessimistic Albion fan would never have predicted us to go down .
I know a lot of Albion fans ( on here it seemed anyway ) wasn't keen on bartley and his " finger pointing " . But I feel we are missing a proper leader now , Bartley did the job ( and a good job in my view )
Of organising the back line and midfield . He wouldn't be shy pointing out mistakes and not holding back when communicating that .
I think heggem was a massive loss., loved heggem BUT I honestly feel that Bartley was the bigger loss because we lost our organiser , our motivator and our captain .
He was direct and upfront when mogga was just staring at his shoes on the touchline.
The players aren't good enough of course . But we aren't relegation bad of a squad .
And again let me stress I am hugely grateful for Patel to bailing us and continuing to bail us out.
But it's our managerial appointments that will most likely send us down in my view .
- Brummie
