MVP: WlW

Team DPs: 92

WBB are rivals to 0 teams.

An absolute miracle! Have 2nd worst T11 in the whole 2 divisions!

Season 43 Update

Terrible season last season. Was semi confident that would could actually have another go at promotion/play offs but it didn't take long to realise that that wasn't going to happen. Too many teams around us strengthened better than we did, which resulted in a very bland and boring season for us. Season 43 is where we are looking for a rebuild. Unfortunately the draft has been worse than terrible! Three players scouting at 21, 22 and 24 didn't fill us with too much confidence, so a redraft of our 24 player seemed in order. But, that's where our luck gets even worse, as we see the 24 player end up scouting at 22! Can things get worse than this? I'm sure they will! Complete rethink of how we now go forward and try to actually a side worth playing against! Looks like the auctions are going to be massively important to us this season, so keeping as much cash as possible in order to be competitive in the market.

Season 41 Update

Now that is more like it! Was super confident going into this season that we would get promotion, but our eyes were on the big prize of finishing top of the table. It was there. It was within reach. Our eyes were firmly fixed on the prize and we were determined to get it! Then OPT came along and spoilt the whole plan! ;o)

In fairness it had to be done to help sustain the league and fair play to Colin for dropping down voluntarily to make things fair. So 2nd place was now our objective and we went ahead and did it! Some scary moments during the season that tried to knock us off track but we perservered and eventually got what we wanted.

However our first season in the top flight looks bleak. We are way underpowered and we were crossing everything in the hopes of getting some good young talent through the draft, and thankfully we have! Future word class stars at GK and FW are what we are now looking to build upon, and hopefully with some luck in the league we can hang on in division 1 for this season, then push on and finish higher in the seasons to come.

Season 40 Update

Didn't go quite according to plan in season 39. Was hoping to get promoted to div 1 for this season but we just missed out by losing in the play-off final (refs fault!) but we still made enough progress to still be strong contenders for one of the top 2 spots this season, and getting into division 1 for season 41, and hopefully building on that in order to finish top half in our first season back in the top flight.

The draft has been an absolute flop for us, gaining three players who have 0 potential, even after a redraft, so our plans have been massively scuppered by this. Our core squad is still very good though but our intentions to blood in youth will have to be put on hold for the meantime. Keeping our fingers crossed that we can get some good auction wins in order to truly be a force next season.

Season 39

Things went according to plan in season 38. Expected to get relegated, and we did just that! Without a win all season, the lads still put up a pretty decent fight, managing to nick draws in a few games, with some even unlucky not to get the win. However, the main objective was to rebuild, get new young blood in and regroup in division 2. Things are looking a lot better already. Average age is down and we are no longer the team with the worst T11 in the whole league! Things are looking positive, and whilst we are looking to push for promotion from now on, it doesn't look like that will be possible this season. A mid-table finish is our aim, whilst looking to push on and get back to division 1 in season 40.

Season 38

Things aren't looking too rosey for the baggies. An ageing squad and second lowest T11 overall don't give us much hope of keeping our Division 1 status. WBB needs a rebuild and a rebuild is what we are aiming for. Some big name players need to leave in order to bring in young fresh blood in order to back to square one and start over. Just need to keep our fingers crossed with the youngsters hidden max SL and hope for the best. Thankfully the draft gave us a very good keeper so that is a great place to start, but haven't been so lucky with the other two, so the decision on whether to blood them into squad players rather than superstars has yet to be decided!

See you in division 2 next season!

Season 37 Update

Firstly my best wishes to one and all during this awful pandemic, I'm praying for all of us.

So how about the season just gone.

Well what about that.

First ever honour earned!

And did pretty well in the league too.

Unprecedented for me.

So I was chuffed with the old season.

Sadly it doesn't look too good for the upcoming season.

A simple numbers check makes us relegation favourites.

Well, I intend to fight that.

No. I'm not expecting a title chase, but I will try to pull several rabbits out of the hat and avoid the drop.

Boing, boing!!

Season 36 Update

Its horrid for everyone at this time of virus. I know. I agree. We all hope for better days in the future.

On the sanc front it has been pretty good for the WBB project.

We stayed up.

I think we have consolidated.

OK we might not be championship contenders but we have a competitive team and I hope that we might actually do better than last season.

Once we were amongst the youngest sides, but that is being rapidly whittled away, I see that, its something I will have to address, but maybe not this season, now is a time to make sure our vets get better.

On our day we can match most teams, does that mean a cup run beckons? it would be nice, but in the cup who knows, we shall see, we will definitely be trying our hardest this season, none of that the cup its time to develop players stuff.

Season 35 Update

STAY HOME SAVE LIVES

Further S35 update will follow when the update above is no longer necessary! But sadly it was needed all the time.

Season 34 update

Looks like it is back to the drawing board after last season's development, what with all these sanc changes.

But I will give it my best shot at continuing with the "plan".

Another season of struggle and development awaits, just as well we have patient fans...

Season 33 update

All change!

Welcome to the black country and the home of the West Bromwich Baggies.

We have ancient and great traditions and this is hoped to be rekindled as soon as possible.

Big rebuild required first...

Season 30 update.

Dalgety Bay is the new venue for matches previously played as the Pambula Penguins and Gloucester United.

The site was chosen as it is in central Scotland, where penguins have been known to frequent due to the closeness of the temperature between Fife and the frozen Antartic. :-)

There is no previous history for D.B. Penguins as the previous Chairman of Pambula left hastily, and so couldn't speak to me.

From this season on there WILL be history though....

Season 43 Update

I really don't have too much to say! My life is no different (ok, hitting the gym a bit more now but that's just a mid life crisis!) and there isn't really too much to report!

Tottenham are doing well, which isn't too bad for a rebuilding season so i'm happy about that.

See you next season!

 

Season 41

You know i really hate writing these things. You know why? Cos it makes you realise just how bland your life really is! :o)

Can't really say much. Xmas was nice. Put on some weight. Said i'd lose it in January. Haven't. It's cold isn't it? My garage roof is leaking. This morning my car windscreen was frozen on the inside! That reminds me, i must get a new car this year. I'll be 44 in march. 44 is a palindrome.

Did i mention my life is boring?

 

Season 40

Not a lot has changed recently i'm afraid. Still the same person, doing the same old things! The only real change in my life has been my son passing his driving test in June. The lad worked real hard for it and got what he deserved, so whilst i save £62 a week in driving lessons, i now have a lifetime of worry whilst he tackles the treacherous roads of Essex along with all those who have the inability to actually drive well sharing it with him. Hopefully no one here drives a BMW, Merc or Audi! ;o)

Season 39: Life starting to settle back down once again and really enjoying getting back into the OLMEC games. Things have changed a bit since i last played so i need to learn quickly.

Have started to take a real interest in fixing electronics as a hobby, mainly games consoles. Have been investing in gear and buying up broken machines to fault find and fix. Keen to help out the movement of "right to repair" as the big technology companies invest more and more into ways to stop us fixing things ourselves and instead treating all gadgets as throw away items, and forcing us to upgrade.

Looks like this season is my last season coaching in real life, as my son turns 17 and has started playing for his college academy and not for me. Sad times, but good to see him flourish! Will be weird to get my weekends back after 11 years of concentrating solely on football on my days off.

Can this be classed as early retirement?

 

 

Season 49: After quite a hiatus from the game I have made a return. Started off life in OLMEC games through Mark Creasey at SESL where i managed Airdrie for many, many seasons! At this point in my life i had time to burn, and would regularly submit posts using the infamous "stickmen". Used to absolutely love spending time knocking those up and they got quite a good reception. However, a wife and two kids later and my free time dwindled and dwindled, to the point where i had to unfortunately give it all up!

But now, with the kids at 12 and 16, and not wanting to know their parents until they need money or a lift, i find myself with more spare time on my hands, so what better thing to do than join the league again!

Now 42, i spend most of my time either working, coaching my u16's or drinking Stella, with my preferred choice of hobbies going in reverse order!

Things aren't looking too promising for the baggies unfortunately. 2nd lowest T11 in the whole league, it's going to be a big challenge!

 

Updated March 2021

I've had my first vaccine and I eagerly await my second one. I got the letter a while back, I'm extremely critically vulnerable, its official. It bothered me somewhat, I knew I would be high up the list, but its different when you see it in black and white. So I'm mostly working from home and still largely isolating. Rell on. And my best wishes to everyone else getting vaccinated too. Being divorced and living all alone I am going a bit gaga in isolation, well we shall see, meanwhile Toby my Cat sends his regards to you all, he told me so in our long conversations...

 

Stay home. Save Lives. If you can. Stay safe everyone. My thoughts and prayers with all suffering through the effects of Covid-19 at this time.

Jonathan Miles. Long time gamer. Been to over a thousand West Bromwich Albion games in my life, so have a wild guess where my allegiances lay. Sadly not able to attend at the moment due to the virus, I look forward to when I can. I still live and work in Birmingham.

I finally had a super successful season in another footy game when the league promptly folded, I'm hoping against hope that doesn't happen here... Well the super success can come any time, but not the folding part.