'Best man for the job': West Brom fans on Tony Mowbray's Hawthorns return

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Jonny Drury caught up with West Brom fans after the news Tony Mowbray is returning to the club for a second spell in charge.  On Friday evening, it was announced that Mowbray had penned a two and a half year deal to make an emotional return to The Hawthorns.

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00:00Mark, Aaron, special day down at the Albion today, turning everybody back after 16 years,

00:12what's your reaction to the appointment, are you pleased?

00:15I think so yeah, we were just talking about it, I mean Aaron at his age is probably the

00:19best manager that he's seen up here, so to have him back I think has been absolutely

00:23fabulous.

00:25Yeah I mean we went to a semi-final in the FA Cup didn't we, and then a final at Wembley

00:30with the play-offs and we won the league with him so yeah, I'm well happy he's back.

00:35Yeah absolutely, I mean the guy just proved himself what a great coach he is at a particularly

00:42championship level and yeah I think it's going to be a good move, we need him now, we need

00:47someone good at the club.

00:49Nearly chucked yeah, great appointment yeah, best one we could have hoped for I think yeah,

00:54after the bit of confusion, after the foreign coach is supposed to be coming in, but he

00:59knows the club inside out, he'll be more than welcome back, that's why I've come up a bit

01:02early today.

01:04Does the appointment yesterday evoke any specific memories of that time, because it was a glorious

01:09period for Albion?

01:10Being on the pitch.

01:11Yeah it was, it was a glorious time, we don't have too much to shout about as Albion supporters,

01:18but I think they gave three seasons of really, really great football.

01:24Just his quality of football, the style of the team, it's all about attack, attack and

01:31with Carlos to be fair he did a great job, but very defensive minded and you've only

01:38got to look, playing one up front on his own for a long time, it didn't seem to work, well

01:44his goals for statistics prove it, so with Tony coming back I think we're going to see

01:49a different type of football at the Albion.

01:51Yeah the promotion, but the great team we had then, you saw him, Mosler and Gunty, all

01:58out attacking and that's what I think.

02:01I like Cobran, but he did go a bit defensive once we hit the front and Tony's all out attack

02:07hopefully.

02:08And with him coming back, I know some people say don't go back and there's maybe a sentimental

02:13element to it, but do you feel he's the right man to take Albion forward now, how do you

02:18see the future under Mowbray?

02:20I think he is now, I don't necessarily think he was the first choice here, but he's got

02:24the connection to the club and I think we could have done much worse than have Tony come back.

02:29Yeah, I think people wanted a younger manager or a becoming manager, but he brings stability

02:37doesn't he as well, he knows the division.

02:41Yeah, do you feel with the potential in the squad and Mowbray back and what he's done in

02:45the division that they can have a good push at it this year and get in the play-off?

02:49I think he's got the nerve.

02:51Well I've got a good friend who's a Middlesbrough supporter and they love him to bits and they

02:55were saying nobody knows the league like he does and it's absolutely true and he does.

02:59Absolutely, I mean it's taken three weeks and there have been managers available, but

03:06no, we've got the right guy I think to move us forward and get us back in the Premier.

03:11Whether it's this season, I don't know, but definitely within the next season.

03:17Yeah, probably what he's been through might be a bit of a concern, but if he's happy to

03:22come back we're more than happy to welcome it.

03:24Yeah, and I know some people feel that there's more to go in this squad, do you feel like

03:28with Mowbray and when he gets in with the players there's potential to get in the play-off

03:33this season and go up?

03:34I think he'll keep Brunt close to him as well.

03:36You know, he knows it as well as him, he knows.

03:39I'm just a bit concerned with what's happening with Mozza.

03:42You know, Mozza's been on the couch and sort of things.

03:45I know he's involved with Scotland now, but I thought he'd be involved with Brunt and

03:49get him involved, but we'll see.

03:51He's going to bring Venus with him when he's home.

03:53The band back together, the old days back together.

03:55Yeah, yeah.

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