I was having a really good morning – this news has seen that off! I was just getting excited about JP paying the Clown off and announcing a new and promising manager from the Bundesliga. Now I just feel deflated. Still I can now concentrate on the wider issues of life, and of football, and finally detach myself completely from what currently passes as football at the Hawthorns.
I think Stoke accepted it because he rescued them from oblivion and got them established in the Premiership – something like Megson did for us. Then Stoke wanted better and got something better. We are being left high and dry in the land of the dinosaurs and the giant centre-halves. But I think many fans will feel like us and jump ship.