A lot has happened at the Hawthorns since my last article in a summer full of controversy and upheaval for West Bromwich Albion. Of course, it hasn’t all finished with the futures of key assets Matheus Pereira and Sam Johnstone still unresolved and, with the season just a few days away, how ready is the club to rise to another…
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An enforced three-week break between fixtures for the Baggies seems an ideal opportunity to pause and reflect, and I trust that the club hierarchy are doing exactly that and, moreover, planning for what could be a pivotal summer. While relegation is not a mathematical certainty, it would take something incredible for Albion to survive and the first question to address…
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Sam Allardyce spent much of the transfer window bemoaning the difficulty of signing players but Allardyce, Dowling et al produced three new faces in the final few days to add to the two signed earlier in the window. That gave Baggies fans some renewed hope on Monday, although many will have returned to despair after defeat at Bramall Lane. Nevertheless,…
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Twelve months ago, optimism was high at the Hawthorns. Albion sat on top of the Championship for Christmas after an incredibly impressive first half of the season for new head coach Slaven Bilić. A 1-1 draw with Brentford on 21st December 2019 meant that the Baggies had a massive 50 points from the first 23 games of the season having…
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A few short hours after the dismissal of Slaven Bilić, the appointment of Sam Allardyce as Albion’s new Head Coach was confirmed. For the reasons I explained in my comment piece yesterday, I think the decision to remove the Croat from his post was the wrong one but, given that has happened, what of his replacement? “Big Sam” as he…
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Today, the West Bromwich Albion hierarchy decided to dispense with the services of Slaven Bilić. It is a decision that has left me disgusted and disillusioned with the direction that the club, and perhaps football as a whole, is heading. The Croat, who was appointed less than eighteen months ago with a target to get the club back into the…
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