West Bromwich Albion 1 Sunderland 2 Albion picked probably the worst time of the season to lose their unbeaten home record but, in many ways, it was not exactly a surprise. It leaves Carlos Corberán’s team with a tough, but not impossible, task to get into the top six but it further reinforced my underlying belief that this team is…
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Albion’s unbeaten home record was ended at thirteen matches as Sunderland won a massive match at the Hawthorns on Sunday. Despite a 12-match unbeaten home run in the league, this was the Baggies’ fifth home defeat of the season – they have not lost more league games at the Hawthorns in a second tier campaign since 1999/2000. Dennis Cirkin became…
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West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland; The Hawthorns, Sunday 23rd April 2023, 12 noon Performances over the Easter weekend suggested that this current Albion squad didn’t have the mental strength for a play-off push, and the first half at the Bet365 Stadium reinforced that supposition. Something happened at half time in Stoke-on-Trent and after turning around that match with a show…
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Blackpool 0 West Bromwich Albion 2 While Albion look to have ended their travelling problems with a second successive victory on the road, if those Baggies fans present are honest with themselves, the result could easily have been very different. Blackpool were the better side for long periods, particularly in the first half, and had former Albion youngster, Morgan Rogers,…
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The Baggies recorded back-to-back away wins for the first time since before Christmas and remarkably moved into the top six ahead of Wednesday’s fixtures. Sunderland’s failure to beat Huddersfield Town means that Albion moved above them on goal difference and they are just two points behind Millwall with a game in hand after their home defeat by Birmingham City. With…
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Blackpool v West Bromwich Albion; Bloomfield Road, Tuesday 18th April 2023, 7.45pm Saturday’s comeback win at the Bet365 Stadium means that the Baggies travel to the Lancashire coast on Tuesday evening with the chances of a top six spot still alive. That looked highly unlikely at half time at Stoke, with the Baggies a goal down after another lacklustre performance,…
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