Dude, Where's My Club? - A Journeyman

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BAGGIES FALTER IN EURO BID
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A dodgy December has seen West Bromwich Albion's European ambitions tempered somewhat as the Baggies succumbed to 3 defeats from 6 Premier League games

West Brom began the month poorly, losing to Manchester United and Middlesbrough 2-1 and 2-0 respectively before edging past Southampton 1-0 through a late Tomas Kalas strike

Albion then lost 1-0 to Chelsea before struggling to overcome struggling Reading, only confirming their 3-1 win late on through Nacer Chadli. This was followed up by a 1-1 home draw against Liverpool

Fortunately for the Baggies their poor league form hasn't been carried into cup competitions as they put Newcastle United to the sword in the League Cup Quarter Finals, thumping the Magpies in a resounding 5-0 victory at St James' Park

West Brom will play Manchester City in the semi final
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OH WHAT A NIGHT!
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LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINAL SECOND LEG
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3 [6]
Burke 29, Sierhuis 29, 45+4
MANCHESTER CITY 0 [0]

West Bromwich Albion have left behind any murmurs of discontent following the disappointing FA Cup defeat to MK Dons by wowing the country with two incredible displays against Manchester City

Two 3-0 wins in the League Cup semi finals have left West Brom just 90 minutes away from ending their 55 year trophy drought

An amazing first half performance won the game for the Baggies, with Oliver Burke capitalising on a defensive error and Kaj Sierhuis dispelling his doubters with an important brace

West Brom, who sit 10th in the Premier League following another poor month, turned on the style under the floodlights at The Hawthorns with arena packed yet again this season

They will play Chelsea in the final
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JANUARY TRANSFERS
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We've been busy

First off we sold Nacer Chadli to Bournemouth £2m, Cenk Tosun to Sampdoria for £10m, Douglas Santos to Fiorentina for £10m and Joao Virginia to Cardiff for £190,000

But who came in?

AARON RAMSEY - FREE TRANSFER
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One of my favourite players of all time left Arsenal last season after making 324 league appearances for the Gunners. Instrumental in the Wales team that reached the Euro 2016 semi finals and criminally underrated by Arsenal fans. I won't have a bad word said about him.

JAMES McCARTHY - WEST HAM UNITED - £1.4M
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Cheap backup

GRAHAM SPILLANE - CREWE ALEXANDRA - £1.9M
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I signed him for Crewe in the summer, nicked him off them in January

BRENDAN GALLOWAY - READING - £2.6M
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More cheap backup

EGNALDO - SANTOS - £15M
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That's right. He's back! After 10 goals in 22 games for Santos I swooped for my old mate from Crewe (I'm on his favoured personnel). We needed a proper striker and hopefully Eggy fits the bill​
 
Got to rate Ramsey, even at 31 he will be a very good player for you and can tutor younger players also.
 
ScottT said:
Got to rate Ramsey, even at 31 he will be a very good player for you and can tutor younger players also.
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Couldn't believe he hadn't been picked up, only noticed he was without a club around October when I looked at the Wales squad
 
FEBRUARY
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We've got a cup final to attend!

PREMIER LEAGUE
Crystal Palace 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 57), Lozano, Sierhuis (Egnaldo 57)
Really disappointing to lose after taking the lead so early

PREMIER LEAGUE
Watford 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Dawson, Holding, Soares (Galloway 45), Laimer (Ramsey 56), Hughe, Burke, Lo Celso, Lozano, Sierhuis (Egnaldo 75)
We're not inconsistent anymore. Just ****.

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Stoke City
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Galloway, Laimer, Hughes (Ramsey 63), Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 63), Lozano, Egnaldo
Egnaldo's first goal for the club secures a vital win

PREMIER LEAGUE
Fulham 1-3 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Galloway, Laimer (McCarthy 75), Hughes (Ramsey 83), Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 70), Lozano, Egnaldo
OHHHHHHH HIRVING LOZANO!!!!

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 4-0 Burnley
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Galloway, Laimer, Hughes (Ramsey 58), Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 45), Lozano, Egnaldo (Seferovic 86)
Is that a run of form I sense? Perfect preparation for our Wembley showdown

LEAGUE CUP FINAL
Chelsea 0-4 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares (Galloway 67), Laimer (Ramsey 38), Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 89), Lozano, Egnaldo
OH MY GOD! What a performance! We were absolutely incredible today as we brought home West Brom's first trophy in 55 years, with the goal just before half-time proving pivotal

LEAGUE TABLE
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We're all going on a European tour!​
 
Boom....first trophy in 55 years....you're a West Brom legend already!
 
MARCH
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We must take confidence from our cup heroics

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton
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Butland, Dawson, Holding, Galloway, Soares, Ramsey, Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 60), Lozano, Egnaldo (Seferovic 76)
 A win's a win, but I'd rather comfortable ones

PREMIER LEAGUE
AFC Bournemouth 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Dawson, Galloway, Soares, Ramsey (McCarthy 45), Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso, Lozano (Sierhuis 64), Egnaldo
Lady luck certainly smiled upon us today as we got an own goal and they had a red card

PREMIER LEAGUE
Leicester City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Dawson, Galloway, Soares, Laimer (McCarthy 45), Hughes, Zaracho (Wardle 56), Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 56), Lozano, Egnaldo
A great turnaround in what I'm assuming is a derby

LEAGUE TABLE
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100% month! Love it.​
 
Great month there! Hopefully you're finding a rhythm and can stick to it until the end.
 
APRIL
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We've finally been hitting some form, let's keep it up!

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Manchester United
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Oh what a win! Our brilliant form continues with a top quality performance and victory against one of Europe's top clubs

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Ham United 1-5 West Bromwich Albion
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Which West is best? This west is best, by four goals!

PREMIER LEAGUE
Middlesbrough 0-4 West Bromwich Albion
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Have it Boro! We just cannot stop scoring at the moment, imagine if we'd had Egnaldo all season, we'd have won the league!

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Crystal Palace
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Its raining goals! Even Seferovic scored!

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Southampton
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Egnaldo has 11 goals already! What a man!

LEAGUE TABLE
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5 wins from 5 and I still don't win manager of the month!​
 
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BAGGIES GET A LOOK AT THE FUTURE
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READING 0
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2
Lozano 39, Egnaldo 76

A final day game against already relegated Reading gave West Bromwich Albion manager Matthew Hawkins ample opportunity to give Baggies fans a look at the potential future of the side

Hawkins gave debuts to January signing Graham Spillane and academy prospects Alex Booth and Dave Pierpoint, who became the youngest player ever to appear for the club at just 15.

This win cemented West Brom's place in 6th
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BallyC7 said:
What a season....top 6 finish! Get in!
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Our insane Pardew-esque run helped massively

On a sidenote, Aaron Ramsey should have won signing of the season (he didn't), he's the dressing room enforcer now, anyone complains, Aaron "has a word"
 
Good season and have to be happy with 6th and a place in Europe. Bit of a gap to bridge to the teams above but I'm sure you'll work your magic for next season.
 
Ralph2211 said:
Good season and have to be happy with 6th and a place in Europe. Bit of a gap to bridge to the teams above but I'm sure you'll work your magic for next season.
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Cheers mate, the gap is massive and this squad needs a lot more depth for a European campaign
 
Ralph2211 said:
Good season and have to be happy with 6th and a place in Europe. Bit of a gap to bridge to the teams above but I'm sure you'll work your magic for next season.
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Cheers mate, the gap is massive and this squad needs a lot more depth for a European campaign
 
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