Dude, Where's My Club? - A Journeyman

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HAWKINS' DEPARTURE ROCKS CREWE
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Crewe Alexandra have been rocked by manager Matthew Hawkins' departure to Premier League West Bromwich Albion

The Premier League side have been constants in the division since their promotion under Roberto di Matteo in 2009/10 and last season finished 9th in the Premier League

The Baggies are thought to have offered Hawkins a significant archest aswell as a raise to £30,000 per week, a vast increase on his £3,000 per week contract at Crewe Alexandra

Hawkins has left the Railwaymen just 4 days before the Championship season kicks off away at Wolverhampton Wanderers
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At the start of the season I think you'd have taken a top half finish but to see it finish the way it did must be hard! I'd have taken the jump to West Brom as well!
 
Sammuthegreat said:
Bleuch. Here's to the next job! :)
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Boing boing

neavie pops23 said:
At the start of the season I think you'd have taken a top half finish but to see it finish the way it did must be hard! I'd have taken the jump to West Brom as well!
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I thought we'd be in a relegation fight when we went up, so I'd have definitely taken 10th. But to fall from where we were with just 1 win in our last 11 games and our star striker leaving after deadline day was ridiculous
 
Sammuthegreat said:
Bleuch. Here's to the next job! :)
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Boing boing

neavie pops23 said:
At the start of the season I think you'd have taken a top half finish but to see it finish the way it did must be hard! I'd have taken the jump to West Brom as well!
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I thought we'd be in a relegation fight when we went up, so I'd have definitely taken 10th. But to fall from where we were with just 1 win in our last 11 games and our star striker leaving after deadline day was ridiculous
 
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
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I'm West Brom boss! In the Premier League! This is fun

West Brom are, historically, a big club. Nowadays they are a stable Premier League club, having finished 11th last season which saw Eddie Howe leave for the England job

We have 5 FA Cups in the trophy cabinet as well as a First Division title. We have a 26,445 capacity stadium and room to grow. I like it.

FINANCES
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Nice

SQUAD
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We have a very good squad, with some exceptional talents. I'm actually shocked at how good this squad is, shocked in a good way. We have good cover, top players everywhere, the only position lacking is a defensive midfielder, I'll get one next summer

KEY PLAYERS
Like I said, some good players

JACK BUTLAND
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The 54 time England international came in from Stoke for just £17.25m in 2019. Since then he's made 108 league appearances for us, missing just 8 games since his arrival

OLIVER BURKE
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A constant in the West Brom team since he returned from a season spent a season on loan at Fulham in 2018/19 and has put in good performances for years now. Attracting interest from the likes of Bayern Munich and Liverpool

ROB HOLDING
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Another cheap pickup, only £7m from an Arsenal and an ever present since, making 103 Premier League appearances for West Brom, yet to play for England which is surprising

WILL HUGHES
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Another bargain! He cost only £4.3m from Watford

GIOVANI LO CELSO
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He's really good but I'm not sure he fits in here. A free transfer from River Plate last season but any bids of £30m+ and he's gone

KAJ SIERHUIS
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Our starting striker, we need better if we want to challenge for Europe, but he'll do for now

TACTICS
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I'm undecided​
 
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BUSY NIGHT AT HAWTHORNS AS HAWKINS COMPLETES SQUAD
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New West Bromwich Albion manager Matthew Hawkins has been a very busy man, bringing in 6 players on deadline day

Hawkins, who supplemented his budget with the sales of DeAndre Yedlin (£8.5m - Valencia) and Jake Livermore (£5m - Reading)

First in were a young duo from Hawkins' former club, Crewe Alexandra, as West Brom brought in youngsters Ian Owen and Charlie McDonnell for a combined fee of £6m

The two youngsters were in high demand in the summer, with clubs such as Aston Villa interested in the pair, but Hawkins swooped and the duo returned to the squad of their old manager
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Next up, a South American duo as West Brom brought in Gustavo Aguado from Club America for £3m and Muriel from Corinthians for £5.75m

Aguado, a Mexican international, scored 3 goals in 8 league games for Club America, with the 19 year old impressing a number of clubs

Muriel, also 19, is a Brazilian Under 20 international and is yet to make a professional appearance
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After these signings came the first first team signing, with West Bromwich Albion signing Hirving Lozano from Barcelona for £19.25m

Lozano, 27, joined Barcelona from PSV in 2018/19 and, after a promising first couple of seasons, soon fell out of favour, making just 3 league appearances last season

Lozano has 17 goals in 47 appearances for Mexico and was part of Mexico's 2019 Gold Cup victory
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And last but not least is Konrad Laimer, who's joined West Brom from PSG for £7.5m

Laimer, 25, made just 15 appearances for PSG after joining from Red Bull Leipzig in 2020, spending last season on loan at AC Milan

Laimer has 58 caps for Austria and was part of their incredible run to the World Cup Semi Final last summer, losing 2-0 to eventual runners up England and also losing the Third Placed Playoff against fellow outsiders Switzerland
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AUGUST
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Let's do this!

PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool 3-2 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso (Kalas 68), Lozano, Sierhuis (Seferovic 68)
I can't imagine many harder debuts than Liverpool away and we almost snatched an incredible result with our 4-2-3-1, a late breakaway from Wales international Woodburn nicking the points from us

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-4 Arsenal
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso (Kalas 76), Lozano, Sierhuis (Seferovic 65)
The defence is obviously an issue

LEAGUE CUP SECOND ROUND
Reading 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson (Owen 90), Santos, Ramselaar (Wardle 66), Muriel, Loftus-Cheek, Zaracho (Burke 66), Chadli, Seferovic
Nice to get my first win

PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United 1-3 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Hghes, Laimer, Lo Celso, Burke, Lozano (Chadli 60), Sierhuis (Seferovic 60)
A fantastic win away at St James' Park! Coming from behind to beat Newcastle

LEAGUE TABLE
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The great entertainers in the West Midlands​
 
SEPTEMBER
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Turns out, we're great at scoring goals

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 7-2 Tottenham Hotspur
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Butland, Dawson, Kalas, Holding, Soares, Hughes, Laimer (Ramselaar 79), Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 79), Burke, Lozano, Sierhuis (Seferovic 55)
Well, that was unexpected

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Watford
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Butland, Dawson, Kalas, Holding, Soares, Laimer, Hughes, Burke, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 65), Lozano, Seferovic (Sierhuis 65)
We create loads of chances, as evidenced by the Spurs game, but our attackers are hit and miss

LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND
Barnsley 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
After Extra-Time
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Butland, Dawson, Kalas, Holding, Santos, Laimer 74, Ramselaar, Zaracho (Burke 74), Lo Celso (Hughes 74), Chadli (Lozano 90), Tosun (Seferovic 90)
We dug deep and pulled through

PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Dawson, Holding, Soares, Hughes (Kalas 63), Ramselaar, Lo Celso (Loftus-Cheek 45), Burke (Chadli 87), Lozano, Seferovic
We came inches from winning this late on

PREMIER LEAGUE
Stoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Dawson, Holding, Kalas, Soares, Laimer, Lo Celso, Burke, Loftus-Cheek, Lozano, Seferovic (Sierhuis 71)
Stoke are good now, apparently

LEAGUE TABLE
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WE BEAT SPURS 7-2!​
 
I'm a Wolves fan and Spurs are my second team XD

Almost feel like I should unfollow on principle
 
OCTOBER
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Inconsistent last month. Let's be consistent this time around!

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Fulham
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Lo Celso 13, Burke (Ramselaar 63), Loftus-Cheek, Lozano, Sierhuis (Seferovic 63)
A red card 13 minutes in? Pffft, no problem

PREMIER LEAGUE
Burnley 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer (Tosun 85), Hughes, Burke (Chadli 85), Loftus-Cheek, Lozano, Sierhuis (Seferovic 26)
A HUGE clash as the giants of Burnley take on the titans of West Brom, which makes them both seem normal sized

LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND
West Bromwich Albion 5-1 Blackburn Rovers
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Hughes (Ramselaar 61), Burke (Zaracho 61), Loftus-Cheek, Chadli, Seferovic
Easy.

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 AFC Bournemouth
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Hughes, Burke, Loftus-Cheek (Ramselaar 64), Chadli, Seferovic (Tosun 74)
Boring.

LEAGUE TABLE
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Brilliant one minute, completely incompetent the next​
 
Inconsistent is definitely the word! Proper mid-table form for a mid-table team, well at least until this season. :P Hopefully you can find some consistency and move up the table over the course of the season.
 
ScottT said:
Inconsistent is definitely the word! Proper mid-table form for a mid-table team, well at least until this season. :P Hopefully you can find some consistency and move up the table over the course of the season.
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Let's hope so
 
NOVEMBER
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Three winnable games

PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Lo Celso, Burke, Loftus-Cheek (Hughes 62), Chadli, Seferovic
We deserved a draw here but our late lapses continue to cost us

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Leicester City
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares, Laimer, Lo Celso (Hughes 61), Burke, Loftus-Cheek, Losano, Sierhuis (Seferovic 61)
A nice, comfortable victory to follow our late disappointment against Everton

PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 West Ham United
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Butland, Trippier, Holding, Dawson, Soares (Santos 62), Laimer, Lo Celso (Hughes 62), Burke, Loftus-Cheek, Lozano, Sierhuis
The Midlands win the battle of the West's in convincing fashion

LEAGUE TABLE
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6 from 9 isn't bad considering our inconsistent tendencies



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Definitely a more impressive month there and the league position has improved too. Good stuff.
 
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