Originally a forum post by you can call me yo, click to read/comment

This week I went to westbrom.com to ask the questions. Its getting to the stage that some new questions would be nice so please post any suggestions in this thread, I have replaced the summer question with something more applicable. The questions were:

1 – How do you think you’ll line up?
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy?
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain?
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’?
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat?
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season?
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
9 – Scoreline prediction?
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?

wbasoprano

1 – How do you think you’ll line up?

Myhill
Reid McAuley Olsson Ridgewell
Yacob Mulumbu
Amalfitano Sessegnon Brunt
Long

Clarke likes to pull a surprise here and there though, so Morrison, Anichebe, Berahino or even Anelka might start.
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy?
Awful start, followed by some great results. We’re drawing too many games though, either through bad penalty decisions (Arsenal, Stoke, Chelsea) or poor finishing. Overall pretty happy at the moment.
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain?
Can cross, can finish, helps his right-back out with the ugly side, has a trick in him. Only thing he lacks is a turn of pace. Err no you can’t.
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’?
Berahino has made the headlines, Izzy Brown buggered off to Chelsea at the first chance so we’ll probably never hear of him again till he gets loaned to Brentford, not sure who will come through out of the next group to be honest.
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Sessegnon, on his day, is unplayable, I’m sure you’ll give him a good reception too 😉 On current form Shane Long.
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat?
I think Remy is a great player so him.
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season?
We’ll finish about where we are now.
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
I checked my predictions and actually had you down for 15th, you’re got it together lately though so about 7th or 8th I think.
9 – Scoreline prediction?
2-1 Remy and some other French bloke, Olsson for us from a corner, he’s long overdue a goal.
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
Huh? Err… Is this Blind Date? A cherry because we’re rock hard in the middle

crazedwbafan18

1 – How do you think you’ll line up? 4-4-2, long and anichebe up front, mulumbu, yacob, amalfitano and sessegnon behind, olsson mcauley, popov and reid at the back.
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy? Not really, far too many points been dropped through not being clinical enough, generally sloppy play/bad reffing decisions
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain? Haha, he’s been a bright spark in our midfield, providing creativity and a sublime goal at old trafford. Very happy he’s in our side; itd be pretty weak without that sort of creativity!
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’? Our academy has always produced gems, and i still think the likes of Kemar Roofe, Cameron Gayle etc have a fairly good future ahead of them
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat? Long and sess, providing hes on target this time round unlike villa!
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat? Remy has been excellent this season, and Ben Arfa is a very big threat when he plays well.
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season? Midtable; 11th/12th probably
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season? Similar if im honest, probably around midtable maybe slightly higher than us
9 – Scoreline prediction? 1-1, another tantalizing draw for us -.-
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be? A pomegranate, the fruit(Team) people know are there but hardly sets the world alight!

Albion07

1 – How do you think you’ll line up?
Myhill, Reid, Olsson, Mcauley ,Ridgewell, Yacob, Mulumbu, Brunt, Sess, Amalfitano, Long.
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy?
Incredibly frustrating, could and should be higher up the table and around 20 points or more. Without resorting to winging we’ve had numerous decisions go against us and also thrown away points from our own carelessness/ lack of being clinical.
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain?
He’s an excellent crosser of the ball and very good technically, Give us Debuchy and Romain and we may consider it (in fact not our decision as he is still only on loan)
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’?
The obvious one is Berahino, Not to sure who will be the next to make it though as many of our biggest talents have been poached, e.g Izzy Brown to Chelsea and Jerome Sinclair by Liverpool.
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Sessegnon would be our biggest threat by a mile if he could finish, but probably Long in this sort of game. We’ll play largely on the break and we’ll rely on his pace against Williamson/ Yanga M (whichver Centrebacks are playing)
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat?
Remy on current form, Ben Arfa is your most talented player but enigmatic to say the least.
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season?
Hopefully top half, but I can see it being an up and down season.
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Similar to us. I’d have my worries if I was a Geordie about Remy’s impending trial as well as the fans clear anger with the board/ Mike Ashley and Pardew never seems to be more than a couple of losses from pressure.
9 – Scoreline prediction?
To be honest nothing would surprise me but I’ll go for a 2-2 draw as we are a difficult team to beat.
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
A banana skin (hopefully)

Hull Baggie

1 – How do you think you’ll line up?
Myhill, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Mulumbu, Yacob, Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Brunt, Long
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy?
Reasonably happy but we are frustrating, poor finishing and poor refs have cost us points but on the whole we aren’t playing too badly. We still look hard to beat.
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain?
Amalfitano is the kind of player we were crying out for, tricky winger with a killer final ball, tracks back..lacks a little pace. No you can’t swap him!
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’?
Berahino, Thorne (although both no longer academy players) Roofe, Gayle and D. Daniels are others.
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Long, Berahino..Olsson and McAuley from corners.
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat?
Remy, Ben Arfa, Cisse’s back!
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season?
8th -12th (probably nearer 12th!)
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Similar to us probably 9th
9 – Scoreline prediction?
1-2
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
A Mango; tasty on the outside and a bugger to get through the middle of!

Fall Out Boy

1 – How do you think you’ll line up?

Myhill; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell (hopefully); Mulumbu, Yacob; Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Brunt; Long. (4-2-3-1)
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy?
Relatively. A win at Man Utd doesn’t happen every season, but there are other games where we should have done better. And don’t mention the ref!
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain?
He seems very good. He is scared of a bit of hard work, and he has quite a bit of skill. He’s also set up and scored quite a lot since he’s been here… hopefully we’ll make it permanent, and you can keep Romain.
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’?
Saido Berahino has been making an impact recently, while George Thorne was in and around the first team before a bad injury (he’s now on loan at Watford to recover fitness). We keep having our better players taken by other clubs, despite having a well-funded and top class academy, so it’s a bit of a sore point.
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Shane Long has scored 3 in his last 2 for us, and seems to have found a bit of form. Any time Chris Brunt gets a chance to put the ball in with his left peg it’s a threat, while Sessegnon and Amalfitano can usually come up with something.
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat?
Remy. Goalscoring strikers don’t seem to be popular at the minute, but he looks dangerous every time it drops to him.
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season?
About where we are now, maybe a little lower. We don’t have a real consistent goal threat (having lost Lukaku / Odemwingie), so to repeat last season is probably beyond us.
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Most were expecting a struggle, but I think they’re underestimating the benefits of keeping a settled team. I think you’ll be fine in mid-table, like us.
9 – Scoreline prediction?
We could do with turning a few draws into wins, and I can see us being a bit difficult to beat on the road, but I can’t see us getting one over you this time. 1-1.
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
I’ll take anything, as long as we don’t go back to being run by vegetables.

LiamTheBaggie

1 – How do you think you’ll line up?
Myhill; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Yacob, Mulumbu; Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Brunt; Long
2 – How has West Brom’s season gone so far? Happy?
We had a poor start but we turned that around by picking up some wins. We’ve played some good football and had it not been for some very poor refereeing decisions we could have been at least five points better off than we are.
3 – How good is Morgan Amalfitano? Can we swap him for his less talented brother Romain?
No you can’t is the answer. He’s a very good player. Provides us with a great balance.
4 – Do you have any talent coming through your academy? Who are the ‘ones to watch’?
Saido Berahino and George Thorne. Saido has had a great start to the season whilst Thorne has had his start delayed by an injury he picked up last season.
5 – Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Morgan Amalfitano and the man you Geordies know all about – Stephane Sessegnon.
6 – Which of our players do you consider to be our biggest threat?
Loic Remy. His pace and movement will give us problems.
7 – What is your prediction for West Brom this season?
Somewhere in mid table. Hopefully replicate last season.
8 – How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Mid table. Pardew to envitably sacked with Joe Kinnear taking charge.
9 – Scoreline prediction?
1-1.
10 – If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
Is there a fruit that everybody loves?

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