Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
Unfortunately Dave , Swansea were the team we wanted to avoid in the play offs as they were far better equipped to deal with us which proved to be the case although only narrowly .

We'd have fancied our chances against Brentford or Bournemouth who both liked to play out from the back and we beat both on their own patch in the second half of the season , Brentford pretty convincingly .

What I can say is I've watched my club for 54 years and this is the fittest group of players I've ever seen .

Val's style is pretty full on to say the least , he demands the absolute maximum and anybody not buying in to it may as well look for another club now .

The level of commitment and energy is off the scale , whether you have that kind of squad I don't know as I don't watch too many PL games .

As I said in an earlier post there's little point hiring Val if you haven't the kind of players that fit his methods .

I suspect giving him a couple of seasons in the championship to make his mark wouldn't be on the agenda at the Hawthorns .
Thanks and best of luck for next season, Acido who comes on here quite a bit is a good bloke hopefully we have some good games next season now it looks like the deal is closing in.