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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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,…
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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…
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