West Brom plan talks with Swans boss Williams

[exiledclaseboy]

They would still be seen as a step up from us.

Possibly. Marginally. If you squint hard enough and engage an inferiority complex.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

I've never bought into this mindset.

Why can't it be both?

Why can't a manager genuinely enjoy being at a club at a particular moment in time and really buy into the culture and the environment, but also have one eye on furthering his own career?

I've never believed that the likes of Roberto, Brendan, Potter, Martin etc didn't love the club while they were here - I believe they did, unfortunately for us they just got better offers that they'd all have been insane to turn down.

Coaches don't think about a club like a fan does. Simple as.

Absolutely. It’s a job. It’s probably a bit more than a normal job, because they’re doing what they love, but they’re going to make links in clubs and enjoy their time if things go well before they move on and rise and repeat somewhere else. It’s nuts to expect them to be loyal to any one club.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Turning it around from WBA’s perspective, you’d be a bit pissed off if Williams was appointed wouldn’t you? I’m pretty much neutral about him as we seem to be going one step forward, one step back. But there are some pretty decent and proven managers knocking around for a club looking as a genuine promotion candidate.

 

[monmouth]

Yay. I hope he goes. He's less than ordinary and we're going nowhere with him. To actually get money for him would be a dream. Let's beat Luton 7-0 today and seal the deal.

Blah, blah, happy to be proved wrong and all that shit if he stays.

 

[eteb]

Yay. I hope he goes. He's less than ordinary and we're going nowhere with him. To actually get money for him would be a dream. Let's beat Luton 7-0 today and seal the deal.

Blah, blah, happy to be proved wrong and all that shit if he stays.

Who would we have tho mon? Think it'll be case of grass isn't greener..

 

[monmouth]

Who would we have tho mon? Think it'll be case of grass isn't greener..

I can guarantee that whoever we have, I won't think he's good enough.

 

[NeathJack]

He can go, I won’t be crying.

The really crucial question is who would we get in to replace him?

Tony Mowbray.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Im not sure it’s such a slam dunk that he’d go as some are making out. WBA are 2 places higher than us in the table, and the advantages they have over us are marginal at best right now. There’s certainly an argument to be made that it’s a step up, but I’m not quite seeing the no-brainer side of it compared to say, Martin going to Southampton.

He knows he’s onto a good thing here with a chairman who thinks he shits gold. If salary is an issue I’m sure Coleman would offer him a new contract with higher wages. Williams is also based in south wales, although I grant commuting from Newport to the West Midlands isn’t as bad as it could be.

Moving from Notts County to here? No brainer. From us to WBA? Meh.

 

[Ringwood]

LW would be extremely well down the pecking order for WBA

Could see Mark Robbins turning up there

 

[Gors Buster]

I put LW firmly in the list of things good with our club at the moment.
We’ve recently gone through an extensive managerial search and LW was in the top 2, the other chap didn’t fancy us.

 

[sheep_shagger]

They can plan what they want but they have to ask permission first.

Based on what he's said himself sounds like he's half interested

 

[Magic_Michu]

Sounds like he’s already doing the job anyway.

Because he took a team talk as captain? Get a grip

 

[Magic_Michu]

Turning it around from WBA’s perspective, you’d be a bit pissed off if Williams was appointed wouldn’t you? I’m pretty much neutral about him as we seem to be going one step forward, one step back. But there are some pretty decent and proven managers knocking around for a club looking as a genuine promotion candidate.

Are you serious?

We’ve progressed massively in the last 12 months in my opinion.

 

[LaJollaJack]

The initial delta to fix the mess that Martin made was encouraging.

It was and still is Marge that fixed the defence that Martin broke; Sheez instilled structure, confidence and belief: our senior players stepped up and out of Martin’s quagmire of confusion.

Williams has recently had a detrimental effect on the sum of our parts. We regressed to the bad old days of tippy happy tortuous keep ball - his ploy is to congest the middle to boost possession - at all costs: Inverted FBs, wingers that mainly only cut- back and recycle; dropping the pivot in btn the CHs. It’s a playbook we’ve seen fail spectacularly.

 

[eteb]

The initial delta to fix the mess that Martin made was encouraging.

It was and still is Marge that fixed the defence that Martin broke; Sheez instilled structure, confidence and belief: our senior players stepped up and out of Martin’s quagmire of confusion.

Williams has recently had a detrimental effect on the sum of our parts. We regressed to the bad old days of tippy happy tortuous keep ball - his ploy is to congest the middle to boost possession - at all costs: Inverted FBs, wingers that mainly only cut- back and recycle; dropping the pivot in btn the CHs. It’s a playbook we’ve seen fail spectacularly.

Why didn't "marge" sort it with russ here then?