Good luck to Pepe Mel at Malaga

[Birdman1811]

Pepe Mel is being reported as set to be the new head coach at Malaga in the Spanish second division.

Although the majority of Albion fans deride him, I enjoyed and appreciated what he tried to achieve with the style of play and we played superbly going forward in the games against Cardiff and Spurs. It was disgraceful how the players threw away leads (2-0 v Cardiff, 3-0 v Spurs) in those games.

Despite seeing how we performed in those games and at other times, some of the players decided his style of play wasn't for them and shamefully downed tools.

Consequently, I hope he does very well at Malaga and wish him all the best.

Nonsense. The style of play was going to get us relegated, the players knew that. I notice you didn't bring up the 4-3 Villa game. It was all down to Mel's tactics why we were so bad defensively. Imagine trying to play a high line with Olsson and Lugano at the back. Downing and the senior players helped keep us up. To blame them is out of order really.

Is right.

No thought of the opposition whatsoever, no thought of how our players could do what he wanted (They couldn't.)

He got Dorrans back to being more useful for us, that's it.

[Tom Joad]

It just wasn't meant to be (at Albion). From the way we refused to employ his assistant, to R McD trying to usurp him then further on the players not buying into the plan, all with a language barrier on top. He was dealt a bad hand and decided he wouldn't bother playing it. I don't know if he could have had us tippy tappying up the table or got us relegated,  but once again, we hired someone and then didn't give him the tools for the job.

[Supamart]

Tell you what, he has certainly managed in some better locations than West Bromwich since he left the Albeyun.
Difficult to feel sorry for him.

[Pipes of Peace]

Tell you what, he has certainly managed in some better locations than West Bromwich since he left the Albeyun.
Difficult to feel sorry for him.

I'd happily manage a McDonalds in malaga 

[hudds]

Pepe Mel is being reported as set to be the new head coach at Malaga in the Spanish second division.

Although the majority of Albion fans deride him, I enjoyed and appreciated what he tried to achieve with the style of play and we played superbly going forward in the games against Cardiff and Spurs. It was disgraceful how the players threw away leads (2-0 v Cardiff, 3-0 v Spurs) in those games.

Despite seeing how we performed in those games and at other times, some of the players decided his style of play wasn't for them and shamefully downed tools.

Consequently, I hope he does very well at Malaga and wish him all the best.

Nurse!!!

[HawkingsHalfpint]

I thought it was well-known that basically it was Keith Andrews, Brunty, Mozza and a few of our other old boys (who could be trusted) who basically ignored Mel for the out-of-depth idiot he was and took it upon themselves to sort out the shit we were in (because he should never have been offered the job); and that the romance he still enjoys with some really isn’t justified. Obviously I’m incorrect.

[Lurker#3]

Wrong timing as usual for Baggies.

Nowt wrong with wanting a change of approach. But do it when there's time to change the squad, get the coaching implemented, and develop and understanding. When you're fire fighting it ay the time.

Felt sorry for Pepe, in the same way as I would feel sorry for my Shih Tzu in a greyhound race.

[Calgary_Baggie]

I thought it was well-known that basically it was Keith Andrews, Brunty, Mozza and a few of our other old boys (who could be trusted) who basically ignored Mel for the out-of-depth idiot he was and took it upon themselves to sort out the shit we were in (because he should never have been offered the job); and that the romance he still enjoys with some really isn’t justified. Obviously I’m incorrect.

No you are correct. Lovely bloke with a lovely daughter; awful manager.

I wish him all the very best.

[Peachy]

Mels style of play wasn't wrong. In fact it was bloody brilliant. Trying to get our squad of players to play it however was fucking crazy!

You simply can't have a slow back line defending on the halfway line. You can score as many as you want but you're just going to concede as many if not more at the other end and as it transpired thats exactly what happened.

If we had had some young pacy centre halves we might have been ok.

The club behind the scences was starting to unravel then with McD's undermining of Mel. Thank god Keily and Downing did such a stirling job of steadying the ship.

[richbaggie]

There has always been some unwarranted love and warmth towards Mel. However, it was a really poor choice and if it wasn't for Downing and Kiely, it would have ended in disaster.
Mel was a tourist by the middle of his tenure. Barely doing 2 hours a day at the club. All the prep and research left to others.
Nice bloke but absolutely took the piss.