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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Goal-shy Albion face top six Sky Blues
Valérien Ismaël takes his Albion side to Coventry for the lunchtime kick off on Saturday with his team looking for a first goal in almost five hours of football. The man on the opposition bench, Mark Robins, is enjoying a successful season in the Championship with his team sitting just two places and two points behind the Baggies and, therefore,…
Read MoreMore Friday night football as Forest visit the Hawthorns
Another televised fixture on a Friday night and, with the West Midlands Metro out of action, it is a game that will present more challenges than usual for Albion fans to attend. Coupled with recent performances less encouraging than expected, the actual attendance is likely to be somewhat lower than the “tickets sold” attendance that most clubs use these days…
Read MoreStruggling Albion look to end a dismal away run at Blackpool
Although Albion still sit in third place in the Championship table, a fourth successive away defeat leaves them eight points adrift of the automatic promotion places and with little sign that they are capable of reducing that gap. Valérien Ismaël came to the club with a philosophy, one which the players looked to have adapted to very quickly in the…
Read MoreTerriers test next for Ismaël’s Baggies
Albion’s promotion campaign resumes with a trip to Huddersfield Town on Saturday with head coach, Valérien Ismaël, happy that there are no more international breaks until March. Furthermore, there is only one midweek fixture before Christmas which will allow him to work with the squad in more detail ahead of each game. It’s a tough run of fixtures for the…
Read More‘Decimated’ Middlesbrough next up at the Hawthorns
A few days after losing his record-breaking 1,602nd game as a manager, one of the most unpopular managers amongst Albion fans returns to the Hawthorns in charge of his 14th club. Neil Warnock, or “Colin” as he is known by those who do not hold him in the highest regard, was last at the Shrine in October 2019 when his…
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