In March 2017 WBA attained a position of absolute safety, almost respectability, in the EPL. The players minds went onto the beach and they hardly won a game the rest of the season.
I reckoned the slide would become unstoppable. At the start of this season they were my prediction for relegation (to the incredulity of fellow poster Gribz) and lo it has come to pass.
All down to the players, I’m afraid, but an experienced bloke like Pardew should never have allowed the Barcelona cantrips to have happened. The damage was done long before then, however.
Pity because I like the Albion.