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That team is a brilliant reminder Jimmy Hills Beard of the terrible situation we had got ourselves into. This is why MR has to be in any conversation of our greatest ever managers. Inheriting a club in total freefall, a team worth nothing and rapidly falling down the divisions. Not to...

Short answer is no with the exceptions being JH and JS. I was also a big fan of the Gordon Milne teams. I just wish we'd had MR vs. Big Ron and Strachan in the crazy spending days. Big Ron was a disaster and was only here on a fast diminishing reputation, Strachan seemed to always play his...

Good post Evo. At 300 games, MR has overtaken JH (290) and is closing in on Gordon Milne (334). Long way to go to catch up with the legendary Harry Storer but soon will be our second longest serving manager in terms of games managed. In terms of win %s for managers with more than 100 games -...

I see your point olderskyblue and both sides of the argument. I like Allen’s attitude and commitment- I just feel he doesn’t quite have the pace at this level. And in my view too lightweight to be starting every week. At times it’s like watching a Mazda Miata on the track wholeheartedly trying...

Decent looking team. Just my view, this formation would suit Palmer much better. Playing in his more natural position as an attacking midfielder vs. the role he's been forced into as an isolated number 10 supporting Gyo. That's not his game.

BSB let's see - in terms of perspective we're a million miles away from the dark days of L2 - and after a poor start this season has been more than ok.

BSB I got it - but seriously don't care that much. Let's move on after a bad day at the office.

Got it Jordan but I seriously care more about the Championship. Let's move on.

Get a grip Jordan mate and others - it's not so long ago that we battled it out in L2 - FA Cup defeats these days are very quickly forgotten. We regroup and move on to the next Championship game.

Looking at this again. Leading up to the penalty, Vik received the ball on the left hand touchline mid way into the opposition's half. Miles from goal. He was on his own and surrounded by 4 Albion players. His strength, speed and directness allowed him to somehow run through the cover and then...

The amazing thing is that the Club didn't reach out and appoint one of the experts on here to the position - given the mind-blowing amount of knowledge and insight shown daily on these pages. A missed opportunity.

Not entirely connected with this but anyone think we need a better song for Robins. The songs for Hamer and Vik are very decent, but 'there's only one Mark Robins, singing a song etc.' - makes me cringe. Feels like we need a re-think on that one - step forward Gruff.

Agreed Nick, and thought that save against Wigan was actually more impressive.

I like to see England do well and will watch hoping we win but very little connection with the team these days. Very different compared to the glory days of Italia 90 - loved that team and tournament. On the other hand, City not winning makes me depressed until we play again. Now even more so...

Speaking of the back 5, Bidwell has proved to be brilliant signing. Not spectacular going forward but superb defensively and brings a hard edged attitude onto the pitch. A key player.

If there's a more complete midfielder than Hamer in this League - I haven't seen him yet. Box to box, technically excellent and the heartbeat of our team.

Not sure if mentioned already but Vik is joint top scorer in the Champ. And has all of the momentum vs. his rivals in the scoring charts. He's improved from last season - particularly his finishing. In his current form, I expect him to score every game - he's a force of nature.

Pete shout out to Hamer as well - not at his dominant best driving forward but what a shift he put in helping out the defence.

Crazy talk - according to some morons on this forum he should have been fired 3 or 4 times already.