The Baggies go into the second international break handily placed in 4th spot, just two points off top spot, albeit on a run of three games without a win. Albion were better in the goalless draw with Millwall than they had been against Boro, but they still couldn’t find a way through a determined Lions’ back line. The Hawthorns faithful…
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West Bromwich Albion v Millwall; The Hawthorns, Saturday 5th October 2024, 3pm Carlos Corberán’s pre-match press conference this morning spoke of Albion’s back-to-back defeats needing to be a motivation to be better. The Baggies seemed to be serenely progressing from one win to the next as they started with five wins and a draw from their first six Championship games…
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It was a disappointing night for the Baggies as they conceded a first goal at the Hawthorns since April and fell to their second successive defeat thereby surrendering top spot in the Championship. Sixteen points from eight games is still a good return and there are plenty of reasons to feel positive, but back-to-back defeats is never pleasant. On the…
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West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough; The Hawthorns, Wednesday 1st October 2024, 8pm For the first time this season, Albion are looking to bounce back from a league defeat as they welcome Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough to the Hawthorns for the first midweek fixture of the campaign. While the loss of the unbeaten record in the Championship was disappointing, it pales into…
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Josh Maja’s seventh goal in seven league games was not enough to prevent Albion from going down to their first defeat of the season, but results elsewhere meant that the Baggies maintained top spot in the Championship. With Mowatt also scoring, Karlan Grant remains Albion’s only league goalscorer this season whose surname does not begin with ‘M’. Despite the defeat,…
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Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion; Hillsborough, Saturday 28th September, 12.30pm The strong start to the campaign has taken Albion fans by surprise and, I suspect, the rest of the Championship as well. Sixteen points from a possible eighteen represents the best start by a Baggies team since 1992/93 while the defensive record is second to none. Only once before,…
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