Ahh, only a matter of days now. I am just glad it is nearly back. All this depressing talk about Agger and possible signings coming in has made me fed up. Need to get of to a good start. However, lets not kid ourselves, West Brom are definitely no push over. They did well with Hodgson last season, possibly even pushing above their weight. I am not fully aware of every signing they have made but I know they can pick from Lukaku, Long and Odemwinge for a forward position, none of which are crap players. Steve Clarke is also a very tactically astute coach. Whether he has enough to be manager remains to be seen.
We will need to be on the front foot from the very start. If things are not going our way, however, we need to support Brendan and the team instead of getting on their backs. We are very much work in progress. We have had a reasonably successful pre-season and have done well in the competitive games in the Europa League. With each game we have seen an improvement and I am sure we will see that a bit more from the Leverkusem game. However, it will not be easy.
Would be slightly surprised to see if Allen is included in the first XI, especially if he plays for Wales in mid-week. He has played a lot of football late and, while he is a young guy, it may make him a bit tired. To add to this, he has trained once with the team so there is no real relationship with the team yet. That said, Brendan knows him and may feel he is capable of handling this scenario and throwing him straight in.
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