Heaven be praised, Albion are playing at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon! For just the third time at the Hawthorns this campaign, and the fourth time overall, the Baggies are playing a match when football should be played. The opponents are Bristol City who are yet to win on their own patch this season but have won four matches on…
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Valérien Ismaël and his team return to south Wales for the second time in just over three weeks on Wednesday evening hoping for a similar result and performance to their last visit. The 4-0 demolition of Cardiff City at the end of last month was arguably the Baggies’ best performance of the season, and a repeat a few miles down…
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Having had a fortnight to reflect on their first league defeat of the season, Ismaël’s Albion return to action on Friday evening with the visit of Lee Bowyer’s Birmingham City to the Hawthorns. It is the Baggies fourth Friday night fixture of the season, it would have been their fifth had the trip to Peterborough not been pushed back by…
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After a comfortable victory in south Wales, Albion are away from home once again for their next fixture, at one-time bogie side, Stoke City. The times when all Baggies would fear a meeting with the Potters as a matter of course are behind us, but having struggled for a few seasons after they were relegated along with Albion in 2018,…
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Albion travel to south Wales on Tuesday evening looking for their first win in Cardiff for almost 47 years. Having got back to winning ways against QPR on Friday evening, victory at the City of Cardiff Stadium would put the Baggies back on top of the table, at least until Bournemouth play at Peterborough United on Wednesday. Furthermore, should Ismaël’s…
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After another draw, this time away to Preston North End, the pressure is mounting on Valérien Ismaël to get Albion to return to winning ways, although I suspect that pressure is only coming from a section of supporters rather than from the club hierarchy. There is dissatisfaction with the style of play from some quarters, and I agree that it…
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