(03-03-2019, 09:28 AM)richbaggie Wrote: At the start of the season, I thought play offs would be a good return after the disaster and mess created by TP and AP. The squad is decent at this level but nowhere near as good as some pundits and Baggies make out. Losing Barnes was huge, MP injuries too. Pace gone.
Darren Moore took on an almighty mess. A split club with a poisonous centre.The job he has done to change that around and put us into a relatively strong position is one that deserves huge credit, certainly not the abuse I sadly heard on Friday night.
I always felt that giving him the job was a job too big for a novice but understood why we gave it him after the way he galvanised us. Once that decision was made, it was important to then to give him time, more than this season unless it was a disaster. And it clearly isn't disaster. So we should continue to support him to let him grow and learn. Hes one heck of a man manager. The players would run through brick walls for him. What he lacks at the moment he can learn. You cant learn what he already has. Its given to you at birth.
However, and this is key, he has to stop repeating mistakes. Novice or not, you can't continually repeat mistakes. Persevering with a plan when clearly flawed is poor management. We have flexibility in the squad to try different things. It's time for Darren to learn and adapt.
I agree with most of the post. Not sure about the repeating mistakes part.
Earlier in the season we had a run of poor results and performances that saw us take 1 point from 12 . Moore and his team changed things and we went on a run between the Leeds home and QPR away that saw us take around 2 points per game. That run has come to an end, but it would seem that Moore was prepared to change things when we were going through a poor run of results and performances.
Since then despite there being some obstacles to progress, some of which Rich mentioned. Results have been good up to the Sheff Utd game . So it is difficult to know exactly what are these repeated mistakes.
Like any other Albion there are things I find frustrating and there are genuine and justified concerns.
The primary one being midfield, not sure we have the personnel available to get a consistently cohesive midfield. It's not something that Moore can do much about. It would be nice if Harper and Field were older with more experience. It would be nice if Barry and Hoolihan were younger and Morrison not so injury prone. But that's not what we have to work with.
Another concern is Rodriguez and Gayle. Good forwards in this division, but can they play together, Certainly since Barnes left and Phiilips has been injured, they have not been effective as a partnership. This is something that Moore can do something about, be interesting to see if he does.
Overall I would like to see him managing us next season .
But at the end of the day whoever is manager next season, they will be very dependent on the recruitment department. B