The Hawthorns Debate Club

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. Finally — a win. Albion’s first victory of 2026, and what a way to do it. A dominant 3–0 performance against Hull saw the Baggies absolutely maul the Tigers, with a display full of energy, structure, and intent that’s been missing for far too long. In this episode, we break down what’...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. Albion are now winless in eleven. A gutless defeat to Oxford has somehow dragged this season to an even lower point. The performance lacked fight, structure, and belief. So where on earth do we go from here? Eric Ramsay has been sacked. Morrison explodes post-match. The mood around th...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, Zac Collins and Tom Goffe. This is the lowest point in over 30 years. A disastrous run of results and performances has dragged Albion into the relegation zone, with confidence gone, belief shattered, and toxicity seeping through every corner of the club. Nestor has departed, Eric Ramsay looks increa...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. A complete vibe shift at The Hawthorns. Positivity is back as Albion welcome new manager Eric Ramsay , arriving from Minnesota, and doing so off the back of an FA Cup victory that finally stops the rot of successive away defeats. There’s renewed energy around the club, a sense of reli...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. It finally happened. This morning, West Bromwich Albion parted ways with Ryan Mason following a record-breaking 10-game away losing streak. After weeks of mounting pressure, frustration, and declining performances, the club has made the call many felt was a long time coming. In this e...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. The pressure on Ryan Mason has reached boiling point. Back-to-back defeats against QPR and Southampton — with performances as miserable as the results — have left Albion fans asking how much longer this can go on. In this episode, we dive deep into our frustrations: the baffling lineu...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. What a difference 90 minutes can make. After an incredible 3–2 comeback victory over Swansea, the mood around Albion has flipped on its head. For a moment it looked like Ryan Mason was hanging by a thread — by full-time he was being hailed as the hero. But is this dramatic win the tur...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, Tom Goffe and Zac Collins. After a 2-1 victory against Oxford, Albion have earned three points, but the bigger questions remain. Is this win a sign of a fresh start, or just papering over the cracks against weaker opposition? In this episode, the conversation zeroes in on one man— Ryan Mason. We deb...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. It’s nearly Halloween — and Albion have served up another haunting defeat. A dreadful performance against Ipswich has piled the pressure on Ryan Mason, with groans of discontent echoing around on the dreaded social media. We pick apart what went wrong, ask where the spark has gone, an...

Welcome to The Hawthorns Debate Club – A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins, and Tom Goffe. This week, we look back at the recent games, including the frustrating loss to Watford. It’s getting hard to know how to feel about this team — good one week, off it the next. We talk about the inconsistency, Mason’s in-game management, and what needs to change if we’re going to find...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. Two games fly by both with very different energies. Aperformance minus the result against Leicester and a result minus the performance against Norwich. We talk about some of the standout performers over the last few games including Iling-Junior, Griffiths and the return of Josh Maja. It...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. Special Guest Zac Collins Another defeat and a whole host of question to dig our teethinto. Does the Middlesbrough game force Mason to make a change to his lineup and approach? Is it time to reintroduce Maja? Are we too one dimensional? Should long throw ins be banned now Furlong has go...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. Special Guest this Week Mr Zac Collins. We discuss the curse above all curses. The mystical power Derby County have over West Brom. We lament the loss and discuss the significance of birds falling from the sky mid match. Is it time for changes up front? Do we really miss Tom Fellows? Wi...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. The transfer window is done and dusted. Big names have gone. Newbies have come in. Are we better off? Or are we still missing some vital components. We look at all the business in the last week, sandwiched around ourouting against Stoke. How does this transfer window compare to previous...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. Sometimes we need to express how we feel. Sometimes how we feel is only expressed by punching the ground with rage. Ryan mason expressed how we all felt against Portsmouth after a epic refereeing meltdown. We discuss the result and our takeaways from the game. We also chat about the rem...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. Like Rocky Balboa rising from the canvas to defeat ApolloCreed in Rocky 2, Albion got a blockbuster victory against Wrexham. We discuss the result and our takeaways from the game. We have a chat about the Shilen Patel interview on The Price Of Football Podcast. We cast our eye over ther...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay, Alex Collins and Tom Goffe. Book the bus? We react to the gritty season opener againstBlackburn. We pay special attention to some standout performances amongst theteam. Alex drops a bombshell regarding a recent epiphany. We also preview ourupcomingmatch against Disney’s very own Deadpool united. Thank you for List...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. Like Lazarus rising from the grave we are back. This week weare joined by Tom Goffe from Baggies Bulletin to preview the upcoming Championship season. The long wait is over who will rise and who will fall? We share our expectations and predictions for the seasonwith a sprinkling of conspiracies fo...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. After a long hiatus we return at the start of another International break to discuss our electrifying recent form. We discuss the Southampton game and the general mood around the club. We highlight those players whose performances demand attention. We pay homage to Corberan. We also discuss the of...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. On this weeks episode we are once again joined by honorary debate club member Tom Goff from Baggies Bulletin. We discussed the disappointing sucker punch delivered by Warnock's Huddersfield. We discuss Corberan, his tinkering and the social media reaction to the defeat that ended our fantastic...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. underwhelming deadline special ominously On this week’s episode we unpack the thrill coaster showing at the Hawthorns against Middlesborough. Plus with deadline day on the horizon we discuss where the team needs reinforcements. Will we be left wanting more or will Corberan get his men? Thank you f...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. We allow our pulses to return to normal while discussing Albion’s frantic home opener against Swansea. The we talk about the good (set pieces), the bad (set pieces) and the ugly (set pieces). We talk about Carlos’ tinkering as well as review those players that re-wrote the narrative around themsel...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. Well the optimism didn’t last long. A deflating opening day defeat has left us all in the grip of an early season meltdown. We discuss the Blackburn game and the talking points. The Corberan’s selection question? Is Kipre the cause of all problems? Are we toothless in attack? All these questions a...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE SOON So another gruelling Championship campaign awaits us all. Join us as we preview the upcoming season with help from our good friend Tom from BaggiesBulletin. We talking about hopes and dreams for the season ahead. We discuss the preseason and the state of the club. Before...

Welcome To The Hawthorns Debate Club. A West Brom Podcast with Jamie Clay, Joe Clay and Alex Collins. On this weeks episode we break down the 22/23 season. The dust has settled and we scavenge through the wreckage asking the big questions. Where did it all go wrong? What were the bright moments in the bleak midwinter? Is there hope ahead? Molumby, Okay and Yoksulu. Thank you for downloading. If yo...