Two wins in ten games in all competitions is hardly promotion form and, while Albion have only conceded seven goals in those games, they have scored just six. The arrival of Daryl Dike on New Year’s Day was seen by many as a pivotal moment in the season. The American striker has already been hailed as a saviour without even…
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With seven senior players unavailable for this weekend’s FA Cup tie with Brighton and Hove Albion, Valérien Ismaël will be forced to make changes but the expectation is that the team won’t have more than a couple of the senior players that started the game against Cardiff City last Sunday. Adding to the long term injuries to Dara O’Shea and…
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The first match of 2022 provides Albion with the opportunity to complete a first league double of the season as Cardiff City visit the Hawthorns. The Bluebirds were hammered 4-0 on their own patch in October in what was arguably the Baggies’ best performance of the season. Since then, Valérien Ismaël’s team have struggled to put a run together picking…
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Albion currently sit in fourth place, their lowest Christmas Day league position since 2006 when Tony Mowbray’s side sat in 7th spot at this time of year, but Valérien Ismaël’s team are well placed for a top two finish after both Bournemouth and Fulham suffered a drop off in form in recent weeks. The division’s form side, the aforementioned Mowbray’s…
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West Bromwich Albion’s “controlling shareholder”, Guochuan Lai, made a surprise visit to the Black Country on Wednesday and met head coach, Valérien Ismaël, for the first time as the Frenchman was preparing for the televised fixture at Barnsley on Friday evening. It was Lai’s first visit to West Bromwich for three years and it is thought to be the start…
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After ending their brief winless streak at Coventry last weekend, Valérien Ismaël’s team welcome Reading to the Hawthorns on Saturday looking to keep up the pressure on the top two with another victory. This weekend’s fixture is the first of a run of four games in December against teams in the bottom seven of the Championship and Albion need to…
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