West Brom 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 As Black Country Derbies go, it was entertaining but the absence of fans in the stadium meant that it lacked the intense atmosphere that would be usual for games between these fierce rivals. While the visiting fans would have been taunting their hosts about their impending relegation, Baggies fans would have been able to…
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Aston Villa 2 West Brom 2 Albion may not be mathematically relegated, but the late goal from Keenan Davis surely ended the last vestiges of hope for the most optimistic of Baggies’ fans. With just five games remaining, Albion probably need to win every game to give themselves a chance of survival, and with West Ham and Liverpool still fighting…
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Chelsea 2 West Brom 5 Well there is a headline I never thought I’d write – got to love a bit of alliteration! Two things to take from watching Albion win at Chelsea – Joe Cole doesn’t seem to know the difference between Diangana and Diagne but can’t pronounce either, and Glenn Hoddle’s research needs some work given he thought…
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An enforced three-week break between fixtures for the Baggies seems an ideal opportunity to pause and reflect, and I trust that the club hierarchy are doing exactly that and, moreover, planning for what could be a pivotal summer. While relegation is not a mathematical certainty, it would take something incredible for Albion to survive and the first question to address…
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Crystal Palace 1 West Brom 0 Any last vestiges of survival hopes for Albion were surely extinguished as they were beaten at Selhurst Park to leave them eight points from safety (increased to ten following Brighton’s win at Southampton on Sunday) with just nine games left. Escaping relegation remains a mathematical possibility, but if anyone thinks that the Baggies can…
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West Brom 0 Newcastle United 0 Albion’s failure to beat Newcastle United at the Hawthorns has more than likely condemned them to playing Championship football next season. Mathematically, there is still hope with thirty points still to play for, but with what is effectively a nine point gap to make up on two clubs in ten games, the mountain is…
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