Its great that they've come back up again. But is there an enevtiability that they will be relegated again next year??

Dont want to throw water on their flame, as they have some of the best fans in the league. Or will there be another 'great escape' again ??

I dunno why they bother. THEY NEED A STRIKER, Bednar ain't going to cut it (unless it's coke). I grew up with them being 2/3rd Div, but I think they've been up 3 times recently - historic club, charismatic they should be able to attract investment surely??

But I'm more interested in Saints majestic rise 31,000 on a few ocassions this season in old 3rd Div. MASSIVE, MASSIVE CLUB!! lol
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I hope they stay up would love it.
Was happy today met Olsson and Cech

I have been generally unimpressed with the Albion this season.

If we hadn't had Graham Dorrans, we wouldn't be in the position we are now. We have gone backwards since Mowbray left.

Di Matteo's team has little of the quality and none of the ambition. Come up against a strong team with a game plan, and we usually get beat. Neil Warnock has beaten us twice this season with Palace and QPR, for example.

As sad as it is, we will probably be relegated again, along with whoever comes up via the play-offs and Wigan or Wolves.
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I must say, I have been unimpressed when I have watched Forest play West Brom this season.

At the City Ground, we was robbed and we should have won. I'm sure any Baggies fan that went would agree that they were very fortunate to come away with 3 points.
In the away fixture Forest, a team who struggle to win away from home, absolutely battered WBA and ran out comfortable 3-1 winners.

If it wasn't for the acquisition panel ballsing up the Shorey deal and failing to strengthen in January, I think Forest would have gone up rather than Brom.
I'd go as far as to say Di Matteo should send David Pleat a bottle of Champagne and a thank you card for the part he played in Forest's post-January collapse.

I think WBA will do thier usual thing in the Premiership, whereas Forest will unfortunately return to lower mid-table Championship mediocrity.

A chance most definately missed for us... *sigh*

I didn't see either of our games against Forest (I didn't go to the City Ground, and thankfully the Forest game was one of the few at home I missed). But I think we would have always gone up, even if Forest had kept Shorey. We were too strong for pretty much everybody else in the division. Which for my money is more of a comment on the rest of the division.

I did the stupid thing yesterday and renewed my season ticket for the 14th season in a row. So far we've signed Steven Reid and Gabriel Tamas on longer contracts, and look like signing a former Spanish international defender, but as said above, we still need strikers.
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When we had Shorey and a fully fit squad, we pretty much played everyone off the park we came across, including Newcastle and West Brom.
The problem is the politics between the manager and the acquisition panal/ David Pleat - every time we try and sign a player a behind closed doors war seems to kick off and it comes to nothing.

The difference between Forest and the two that got promoted (yourselves and the Geordies) is that you each strengthened in January, Forest didn't and lost out on Shorey... so when injuries inevitably kicked in we were without cover (or had division 3 players like Perch and McGoldrick - believe me, these are unbelievably bad players that can single handedly snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!) and declined massively. We were a completely different side post-January.

Had Shorey been retained and Forest made the required 2 or 3 quality additioned, we would have been promoted I reckon.

Ah well...

The thing is we will never know now. Hopefully we'll stay up and you'll join us next year.

To have as many Midlands sides, east and west, in the premier is only a good thing.

Well, except Wolves and Derby.
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I agree, would be great to have the likes of Villa, Brum, WBA, Forest, Notts County, Leicester and co in the Premiership.

I think this season was our big chance and we blew it (more so with a completely abysmal performance against Blackpool in the play-offs!).

Unfortunately, I think the next time both Forest and WBA meet will be in a Championship fixture in a years time.
We won't make top 6 next season with the acquisition panel/ David Pleat's interference in the transfer market and it will be tough for West Brom next year.
Blackpool aside I don't see any sides in the Premiership as weak as Pompey, Hull and post-Owen Coyle Burnley were this time around, it will be much tougher than this season for all three of the promoted sides.

Well me and a Wolves supporting mate of mine were discussing who could be relegated, and the battle seems to be:

Albion
Wolves
Blackpool
Newcastle
Wigan (with that defence)
and maybe Bolton.

Aside from that you can't see anybody really struggling.
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Well if Hodgson leaves Fulham could be back down there, wouldn't be surprised if Stoke struggled more, be nice to see Sunderland face the drop and why shouldn't West Ham still be down there.

WBa should sign Jon Carew and Tuncay - and mayve Sol Campbell. I can' ever remember them buying experinced prem players, save Greening & Kanu - on their daliances with the top flight.
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I'm looking forward to playing West brom on the first day of the season. If you're not liking Robbie send him back to us as our reserve team coach, we'd happily have him. The guy's a legend at Chelsea.
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