Rudolph Hucker 0 Posted December 7, 2005 With the much maligned Megson in charge West Brom got it right after relegation. They were hard to beat,dull, difficult to break down, dull, scored some late goals, dull, physical, dull and driven.Whatever they were, they got it right. Can anyone recall what they did with their squad when they were relegated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rieg77 0 Posted December 8, 2005 I seem to recall them spending virtually nothing in their first prem season. After relegation, they spent a fair wedge on some decent signings like Jason Roberts, Jason Koumas.So essentially they achieved it by not breaking up the promotion winning side, kwwping the squad that got relegated together and adding a bit more quality to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent Canary 0 Posted December 8, 2005 [quote user="rieg77"]I seem to recall them spending virtually nothing in their first prem season. After relegation, they spent a fair wedge on some decent signings like Jason Roberts, Jason Koumas. So essentially they achieved it by not breaking up the promotion winning side, kwwping the squad that got relegated together and adding a bit more quality to it.[/quote]Not sure where you got Koumas and Roberts from, Koumas was bought a year or two before, and Roberts was bought back in the 2000/2001 season, then put on loan the year they came second to us, before subsequently being sold half way through the season. West Brom''s transfers in 2003/2004 Players in PlayerFromFeeDateJames O''ConnorStokeSigned11-07-2003Rob HulseCrewe£ 75000011-07-2003Bernt HaasSunderland£ 50000014-07-2003Artim SakiriCSKA SofiaNominal31-07-2003Thomas GaardsoeIpswichSigned31-07-2003Joost VolmerAZ AlkmaarFree07-08-2003Sehou BertheTroyesFree01-09-2003Paul RobinsonWatford£ 25000014-10-2003Geoff HorsfieldWigan£ 100000019-12-2003Mark KinsellaAston VillaFree15-01-2004Delroy FaceyBoltonSigned30-01-2004Players out PlayerToFeeDateBrian JensenBurnleyFree30-06-2003Derek McInnesDundee UtdFree11-07-2003Josh GowlingHerfolge01-08-2003Bob TaylorCheltenhamFree19-08-2003Des LyttleNorthamptonFree04-11-2003Jason RobertsWigan£ 140000013-01-2004Danny DichioMillwall£ 20500026-02-2004Loans (players in) PlayerFromStartEndAlassane N''DourSt Etienne30-08-200310-05-2004 Morten SkouboM''gladbach31-01-200410-05-2004 Kevin PressmanSheff Wed13-02-200427-02-2004 Loans (players out) PlayerToStartEndJason RobertsPortsmouth01-09-200312-01-2004 Lloyd DyerKidderminster05-09-200308-10-2003 Tamika MkandawireHereford02-10-200302-12-2003 Danny DichioDerby17-10-200317-11-2003 Danny DichioMillwall14-01-200425-02-2004 Ronnie WallworkBradford21-01-200424-02-2004 Lee MarshallHull City23-01-200409-05-2004 Tamika MkandawireHereford18-02-200421-03-2004 Adam ChambersSheff Wed19-02-200409-05-2004 Ronnie WallworkBradford26-02-200407-03-2004 Phil GilchristRotherham12-03-200410-05-2004 Simon BrownKidderminster25-03-200409-05-2004 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0Amarillo<P><FONT color=#cccc00 size=4><EM> º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ Amarillo ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°<EM><FONT><P>ddMMyyyy0Falseen-US<P><FONT color=#cccc00 size=4><EM> º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ Amarillo ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°<EM><FONT><P>True 0 Posted December 8, 2005 No, no, no, don''t cloud this oblique swipe at Norwich with facts about West Brom. If we want to believe that they kept all their relegated players then let us believe that, it helps validate the idea that what Norwich have done is utterly wrong. We should have prevented players from returning to their home countries... I dunno, by confiscating their passports? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky green trainers 0 Posted December 8, 2005 Its look from trents stats they bought in more than they sold. Bolton, wigan and leicester were all big physical sides that gotpromoted as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0 Posted December 8, 2005 West brom had more or less the same squad second time round in promotion We have a totally diffrerent squadNo Malky, No Edworthy, No Francis, No Svensson, No Roberts, No Rivers (not that he really played), No HoltI am not saying anything other than the players werent there anymore - for a variety of reasons. I certainly dont believe that any have been properly replaced apart from Ashton for Roberts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites