Jordan Rhodes’ late equaliser means that the Baggies stay fourth in the table and are now seven points off leaders, Leeds United, and three behind second-placed Sheffield United. In three of Albion’s four promotions to the Premier League, they had reached the half century of points by this stage, three more than Darren Moore’s team have, although in Gary Megson’s…
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Leicester City today dropped he bombshell that many Baggies fans were fearing by exercising their option to recall Harvey Barnes from his loan spell at the Hawthorns and, while there is no way of dressing that news up as a positive for Albion’s season, it does present an opportunity for other players in the squad who have had limited time…
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Norwich City visit the Hawthorns this weekend for a crucial fixture in the race for automatic promotion. There may be another 19 games after this weekend, but the winner of this match will take a huge amount of momentum into the coming weeks, and Darren Moore will be delighted to have the pick of a fully fit squad. Victory for…
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West Brom 1 Wigan Athletic 0 Darren Moore’s Baggies eased into the Fourth Round of the FA Cup thanks to a goal from Bakary Sako, his first for the club. That was enough to beat a Wigan side that rarely troubled debutant ‘keeper, Jonathan Bond. Bond was one of nine changes to the eleven that started the match at Ewood…
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Albion welcome Wigan Athletic to the Hawthorns on Saturday for the second time in ten days for an FA Cup tie that some would consider throwing to allow the squad to focus on the push for promotion. Wholesale changes to the starting eleven for cup ties is something that both the League Cup and, to a lesser extent, the FA…
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Blackburn Rovers 2 West Brom 1 Darren Moore’s team suffered a New Year’s Day hangover at Ewood Park as they went down to their first defeat since 3rd November. After a relatively even first half, Rovers scored two goals early in the second half and, while Rodriguez pulled a goal back from the spot after Harvey Barnes was brought down,…
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