If ever there was an illustration of the short-termism and lack of sentiment in football, it was the decision to sack Darren Moore as the Head Coach of West Bromwich Albion yesterday evening. Even from a pure footballing point of view, it seems a very harsh decision. The Baggies are in fourth place with ten games to go, well placed…
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The Baggies welcome the Championship’s bottom club to the Hawthorns on Saturday looking to get their promotion campaign back on track following damaging back-to-back defeats to two of their closest rivals. The Tractor Boys are, in theory, exactly the sort of opposition a team needing a win would want to face. They have picked up just two wins in their…
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Leeds United 4 West Brom 0 Albion’s hopes of automatic promotion suffered a hammer blow at Elland Road as Leeds United produced a display of committed, pacey football that proved far too much for Darren Moore’s team and saw Marcelo Bielsa gain revenge for the defeat at the Hawthorns in November. It was a bad night, and it has made…
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At Elland Road, Albion suffered their biggest second tier defeat since they were beaten 6-0 an hour down the road at Bramall Lane in February 2000. It leaves Darren Moore’s total with the Baggies’ lowest points total at this stage since the 2000/2001 season and with a very difficult task to finish in the top two. It’s not impossible, however. …
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