Originally Posted by
animallittle3
He may well have more than one tune Pass and of course Albion have better players than we have here .
However he's a high press coach whether that's using his vertical style or not .
In my opinion you just can't rock up at a club and roll out high press football if the players available haven't played that way before .
You can most certainly implement it and have a work in progress attached to it but my feeling is WBA aren't a club who want to scratch around in the championship anymore than we do in league one .
If Val is given the time and a bedding in season allowed he may well be successful at the Hawthorns , they gave him a four year contract after all but then again what worth today would you attach to a contract .
The fans at WBA have a history of not taking to managers who don't play pleasing football , they turned spectacularly on Tony Pullis even though he kept them in the PL comfortably , they were relegated the season after , shades of Macca at Ipswich .
When Stendel arrived here he was blessed with having the right players to play the high press plus the best squad in league one .
It wasn't so straightforward for him in the championship the following season as he struggled to fit the new players in to the system and get the results .
If WBA aren't challenging for automatic promotion from the off the pressure will build on him , this is a club who sacked Darren Moore when they were fourth in the championship two years ago .
An in your face management style when it isn't going well may not work with more experienced players .
Very interesting to see how it goes at WBA for Val and he may not get the time he probably needs at the Hawthorns to be a success .