Just thought I'd ask the Baggies...

[Jamo on the wing]

on their Rivals site what the excuses could be for yesterday? ;D

Grass to long?
Bit windy?
Too cold?
Your managers too ugly?
We roughed you up again?(pissser)
You were unlucky?
We were time wasting? (very funny)
Nasty Stoke caused a few players to chip a nail?
Nasty Stoke scored 3 horrible goals?
Nasty Stoke kicked you off the park and had loads booked and should have had at least 4 sent off? (ahem)

I'm sure most of these were mentioned on Radio WM or will be posted on the Excuse and Stars' website.
Keep on living the dream and stop being so far up your own arses.


Lets see what they've got to say eh?

[LDE76]

Leave them alone.

;D

Actually, the thought of potentially ruining the arrogant cuntskunks' Christmas makes me feel all warm inside.

[boothenendboy]

give them a link to this site.i can't i am banned.im bad.

[Cupid Stunt]

Give us a link to their site.

They're the biggest bunch of bad losers ever!!!!!!

[Jamo on the wing]

www.rivals.net/forum/pgeThreads.aspx?boardId=104&clubId=86

It's obviously easier than I thought ;D
Sometimes I completely feck em up on here for some reason!

[LDE76]

"Can't post links".

You just don't know your own capabilities

[Do it for Colmanspigs Wife]

Many Albion fans I know think you did us fair and square. If you go gloating on message boards you will always gets fools to bite.. our board is not really that representative . At the game the People by me though that simply your players where more up for it . They won the individual battles n the parts of the pitch that counted.

Keep winding us up if it make you happy but , I think your time is best spent re watching the great fuller goal at your end or persuading more of your mates to come and watch.


WBA Forever

[wba4eva]

cant believe how you lot can be proud of the way you play football and that most of you realisticly think you have a chance of if getting promotion actually staying up which is what you have said on other topics.

i seriously am beginning to hate you bunch of hoofers! as much as wolves.

[bogus]

The People

TONY'S RIC RUNS RIOT
Coca cola CHAMPIONSHIP Fullerand Co do boss Pulis proud
John Arnfield

Stoke 3

West Brom 1

Potters boss Tony Pulis finally silenced any remaining critics as his side produced a footballing master class.

Orchestrated by hat-trick hero Ricardo Fuller, the team many rivals condemn as a long-ball outfit, proved they had the quality to go with their undoubted battling abilities.

Against a side that started the day on top of the Championship they were rampant.

;D

[bogus]

colmanspig said:

Many Albion fans I know think you did us fair and square. If you go gloating on message boards you will always gets fools to bite.. our board is not really that representative . At the game the People by me though that simply your players where more up for it . They won the individual battles n the parts of the pitch that counted.

Keep winding us up if it make you happy but , I think your time is best spent re watching the great fuller goal at your end or persuading more of your mates to come and watch.


WBA Forever

cp, many of us who post on here would expect a fair view from yourself.
We had a few visitors from your boards on Friday evening/Sat morning, having a go with the usual dour, hoofball and generally insulting remarks. The self-proclaimed total footballers were coming to visit us, apparently.
It works both ways mate, We won.....again.......and so they can happily have a bit back

PS - and that's forgetting the trash thrown our way from the West Mids media after the last game

[Do it for Colmanspigs Wife]

Fair enough bogus.

I agree that the media has been stupid, and a few albion have got caried away. They must have short memorys , has you play in a quite similar manner to Albion under megson.

[Jamo on the wing]

Fair play to you colmans, you are probably correct that the message board is not indicative but it's all we have to go on really, well apart from your local paper (ahem) and what was said on WM.
That's what got my goat more than anything to be honest. We've never said we are the real thing and most have agreed you should go up but it seems hard to get many on your boards to even agree that we aren't as big and nasty as your media reckon.

[Jamo on the wing]

Afterall this doesn't help does it?

Taken from WBA Rivals:

Stoke City 3 Baggies 1
By Ben Silk - 22/12/2007 19:37
At a cold, miserable, Britannia Stadium, Stoke's 25 year curse over the Albion continued with a rather flattering 3-1 win.


Encounters with Stoke are never enjoyable, what with their ugly, long-ball tactics and cynical playing style. Perhaps that's why they struggle to get more than 14,000 of their own fans to turn up to watch a home game against the league leaders. Albion's following of well over 3000 was the largest away crowd seen in Stoke all season, certainly bigger than the 2,998 the wolves took for their big Staffordshire Derby, and dwarfing Stoke's biggest away support of the 1,871 they took to Blackpool. In team news, the Albion kept an unchanged line-up from last-week's victory over Charlton, with Kevin Phillips having to make do with a place on the bench. He was joined there by Ishmael Miller, James Morrison and Martin Albrechtsen, all returning from their long-term knee injuries. Stoke were unchanged from the side that beat Blackpool, with Russell Hoult and Jon Parkin taking their places on a specially strengthened bench. A high-profile game was deemed worthy of a celebrity ref, and it got one, in the form of Mark Halsey.

It was the referee and his assistant (who looked suspiciously like John Rudge) who would combine in a sea of incompetence to give Stoke an early lead. Yes, Albion were faffing slightly not far outside our own area, and it was no surprise when Brunt lost the ball, but when Sidibe flicked the ball forwards to Fuller, he clearly handled the ball when trying to bring it under control. Neither the ref, nor the linesman gave it though, and Fuller slotted home past Kiely. It was an early injustice from which we'd struggle to recover.

Stoke sat back though, putting ten men behind the ball and closing us down with two players whenever we had the ball. We still managed to fashion some decent openings though, with Gera looking bright again, linking-up with Bednar after the Czech flicked-on a Dean Kiely goal-kick. Gera laid the ball off back to Bednar, but he hit his shot just wide from the edge of the area. Three minutes later, Gera himself flashed a shot wide of the far post. Even at this stage, Albion had more possession, but it was mainly 30-35 yards out, and we lacked the penetration to get any closer. Texeira in particular was hustled out of the game by the Stoke bully-boys, and it was no surprise to see him replaced at half time.

Further woe was to befall Albion before then though, when Paul Robinson allowed Ricardo Fuller to run behind him. Bostjan Cesar ran over to cover, and scythed him down, earning himself a booking in the process. The resultant free-kick was swung into the box and not cleared by the Albion, allowing Fuller again to sneak in at the far post to score his second of the game. Some of the Albion defenders seemed to want to try and play the offside trap, but not all of them got the message. It was yet another poorly-defended set piece from us.

Half time brought two changes from Tony Mowbray, as he looked for a way back into the game. Miller and Phillips came on for Brunt, who was allowed very little space to work his magic, and Texeira, who was flicked off the ball like a sesame seed from a burger. It meant that we went a little narrow, with Bednar the most central of the three, Phillips towards the left, and Miller over on the right, presumably so he could cut inside onto his one good foot. The changes worked, to a point, with Albion looking brighter and dominating possession. Clear-cut chances were hard to come by, however, with Stoke dropping ever deeper, and trying to put more and more men behind the ball. It looked like Miller had pulled one back with about 25 minutes to go, but Leon Cort cleared Miller's header off the line. Pushing players up did leave us vulnerable at the back though, and after 66 minutes, Fuller completed his hat-trick to put any hope of a rare victory on Stoke soil beyond reach. He connected to a ball over the top, and out-paced Cesar who, perhaps fearful of picking up a second yellow card, fell over, and allowed Fuller a clear run at goal. He moved inside past Pele and placed his shot into the far corner. It was a well-taken goal, undeserved, and highly flattering to them on the balance of play.

Albion continued to push, and probe, playing some good football in the process and got the goal our play had deserved in the 72nd minute, Roman Bednar continuing his fine scoring run with a close-range header. However, all it proved to be was a consolation, with our last good chance going begging in the 82nd minute, when Bednar again got on the end of a weak back-pass, but his shot was saved by Simonsen's legs. The Stoke fans, who had been very quiet throughout the game (though it is hard to generate an atmosphere in such a soulless, open ground), burst into their only memorable song, the Tom Jones ditty "Delilah," to celebrate another win against the Albion for them. We still can't cope with their hard-working, organized style, set-up to stifle our creative players. And that's no great shame. If, by some miracle, Stoke managed to get promoted, they'll be shown, in rather humiliating fashion, that such a style is only effective at a certain level. Whereas if we get promoted, only a limited amount of tweaking will be required, most of it in defence to establish us.

They may have won the battle, but we all know who'll win the war.

[wba4eva]

maybe my first comment was abit harsh as colman stated we did play a bit similar under megson and fair play u did beat us yesterday but can you honestly say that if you do get promotion which may well be possible with fuller on form do you think you can play the way you do in the premiership and survive?

cus as we are on about megson it worked for us in this league but it definately didnt n the premieleague

[kingdeano]

fuck me jamo j.k rowling would of been proud of something that long! fair play for reading all that, i got half way down and fell asleep!

[bogus]

That report is shocking

They've attempted to turn a 3-1 defeat into some sort of Glorious triumph.
No mention of their 2 bookings to our none and, very conveniently, no mention of the handball for the penalty appeal when Fuller may well have been through for a fourth.

And!!!!!! If they can't defend in this divison, how on Earth will they go on if they go up?

[bayernoatcake]

and closing us down with two players whenever we had the ball

How very dare we close down a West Brom what kind of scandolous thing is that to do!

[bayernoatcake]

The Stoke fans, who had been very quiet throughout the game (though it is hard to generate an atmosphere in such a soulless, open ground),

Was this prick at a different game?

[Do it for Colmanspigs Wife]

your right WBAforeva. stoke would be buggered in the prem playing that way.

Pragmatic football style is hard to make work with a small budget in the prem. watford, derby,westbom x2. shows this

Like wise passing football is hard to make work with a small budget in the Champinship. So i think TP is using the right method for his club sitch. they may get up with it and then benift from the Yo-yo para payment gravy train .

but once in the prem small clubs to stay there need to attack more.

[padders01]

I fucking hate these opposing fans writing such shit. We out battled WBA yesterday. Greening spent most of the game in his own half passing the ball side ways or backwards. WELL DONE!

Dennis Smith was 100% right yesterday when he said we knock the ball out of the defence and when Mama and Liam get the ball they look to play in Fuller when ever they can. It's not hard. He is quite simply the best striker in the divison when he plays like that. I was always taught to play the ball down the channels to the strikers who can then play in other members of the team. Unfortunately for WBA, Fuller just made WBA defenders look like amateurs.

Roeder said the same after they spent the whole match lumping the ball up to Dublin. It really fucks me off

SORE LOSERS

I fucking hate West Brom and Mowbray. Totally out battled and out thought yesterday

Anyone can knock the ball round and go nowhere like they did yesterday. That kind of football would drive me mad to watch all game. It may look good but very ineffective against Stoke. We get the ball to Fuller's feet and let him work his magic!!

[padders01]

Oh Megson seems to be doing ok with Bolton doesn't he?? Unbeaten at home in six games!

Really bad!!

WANKERS

[Do it for Colmanspigs Wife]

I thought stoke made plenty of noise. Us for away support only made noise 2nd half when the pressure was off.

[Do it for Colmanspigs Wife]

the report is two one sided. although i agree with his last line

WBA forver

[Do it for Colmanspigs Wife]

'Oh Megson seems to be doing ok with Bolton doesn't he?? Unbeaten at home in six games!'

Yes he is , as i said pragmatic football works in the prem if you have good players IMO. It didn't work for us under megson as our players where w@nk at that level, it won't work for pulis for the same reason. Unless he can charm Anelka or some one has good as him to the brit. Saying that pulis does have the knack of getting players to play for you for less money than they could get any where else

[Rebelliousjukebox]

"but once in the prem small clubs to stay there need to attack more."

Colmanspig,

You're just as much a small club as we are; why can't you accept that?

[Linx]

I must admit, this kind of "we're superior and were just unable to adapt to this rough and tumble pub team" response is beginning to wear thin from opposing managers and fans. Robson (after a dour smash and grab raid from SheffU), Roeder after being played off the park and now Mowbray, who seemed to enjoy the football his team played whilst going down 3-1. In each of those games, I failed to notice the apparent gap in class or footballing skill. All three of those teams hoofed the ball aimlessly and looked nothing special compared to us. If they want to believe their own hype that's fine. We'll just get on with taking the points.

[vientianescfc]

That rivals report is an absolute pisser!

Firstly he states: "Stoke sat back though, putting ten men behind the ball and closing us down with two players whenever we had the ball."

Then: "Clear-cut chances were hard to come by, however, with Stoke dropping ever deeper, and trying to put more and more men behind the ball."

So did the dastardly pub team have 15 players on the pitch or something? ;D

You'd think they'd just go and suck their sour grapes in silence or have a little dignity to save themselves further embarrassment but ooooh no they still need to fabricate bollox like this!

[SneydGreenStokie]

We play a similar style that megson did at wba. Well his 'style' seems to be getting bolton out of the shit. Arrogance beyond belief by the rivals report. You were outbattled, out-thought and outplayed. Accept it and move on.

SGS

[Admin]

jamo said:

... Fuller completed his hat-trick to put any hope of a rare victory on Stoke soil beyond reach. He connected to a ball over the top, and out-paced Cesar who, perhaps fearful of picking up a second yellow card, fell over, and allowed Fuller a clear run at goal. He moved inside past Pele and placed his shot into the far corner. It was a well-taken goal, undeserved, and highly flattering to them on the balance of play.

"ball over the top"... or was it actually played along the ground to a Stoke player running into space?

It's hard to actually argue with closed-minds who won't even report a goal truthfully in a terribly sad attempt to back up their flawed arguments.

[fuggers]

Pardew also claimed we were a physical hoofball team after we outplayed and beat Charlton.

Cunt.