Sheffield United 2 West Brom 0 Steve Bruce was left under no illusions as the size of the task he has taken on as Albion fell to a third 2-0 defeat in a row at Bramall Lane, not helped by a second red card of the season for club captain, Jake Livermore. The positives of the evening, what few there…
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Another defeat leaves Albion at a crossroads
Millwall 2 West Brom 0 Albion’s performance at Millwall was a little better than the abject display against Preston, but the result was the same and it leaves the club hierarchy with decisions to make. Valérien Ismaël’s position looks increasingly at risk but, at the time of writing more than 24 hours after the end of the Millwall game, there…
Read MoreAbject Albion pile the pressure on Ismaël
West Brom 0 Preston North End 2 Much of this season has left Albion fans frustrated, but Wednesday evening’s defeat to Preston resulted in a mix of anger and astonishment, anger from those who have been calling for Ismaël’s head and astonishment from those, like myself, who have been prepared to give him more time. This wasn’t “more of the…
Read MoreBaggies leave it late but claim a deserved victory
West Brom 3 Peterborough United 0 It may have been a comfortable victory in the end, but that doesn’t go anywhere near telling the complete story of this match and the result alone will not satisfy some when it comes to the future of the head coach. However, it was Ismaël’s substitutions that turned the match with Robinson and Diangana’s…
Read MoreDike shows promise but Baggies are beaten again
Queen’s Park Rangers 1 West Brom 0 While it’s true that Albion are misfiring at the moment, it was another day when decisions failed to go their way in a game that they really should have won before half time. They were denied a clear penalty for the second league game in succession and Charlie Austin’s winning goal looked suspiciously…
Read MoreBaggies need for Dike clear again as referee howler sparks angry scenes
West Brom 1 Cardiff City 1 The headlines from Sunday’s frustrating draw with a brutal Cardiff City side may be centred around the performance of referee Thomas Bramall and the three red cards, but the game as a whole was a familiar story for Albion in recent weeks and further highlighted why the man who was introduced at half time,…
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