It wasn’t great but it was better. Albion showed grit, determination and defensive solidity to earn a point against Stoke City and a first clean sheet since the 2-0 victory over Sheffield United in mid-December, eleven games ago. In some ways, it’s merely a reset to where the Baggies were under Ryan Mason before Christmas, generally solid but lacking a…
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Any encouragement that Baggies fans had after the draw at Derby last week was completely destroyed at Fratton Park as Albion put in a hapless performance in what was a massive relegation six-pointer. In the first half, the visitors looked completely disorganised and you had to wonder what Eric Ramsay had been doing with his first full week on the…
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Seasons can turn on such moments – we can only hope that it happens for the Baggies this time. Chris Mepham, definitely a villain of the piece in recent games, pops up with a 95th minute equaliser to earn a well-deserved point at Derby. The Baggies also got a bit of luck, something that has been all too rare this…
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Even the most pessimistic of Albion fans would not have expected a performance to plumb the depths of their Baggies-supporting lives, but that’s what they got as Eric Ramsay’s team were pummelled by what is, in all honesty, a poor Norwich City team. I’ve been digging into the club history this season given the club’s desperate away form, but I…
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A home defeat is not the way that Eric Ramsay will have wanted to start his tenure at the Hawthorns, but he’s in good company in that Carlos Corberán started his Albion career with a home defeat against promotion chasers, and went on to record nine wins from the next ten games. The Spaniard, of course, had a little longer…
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The footballing gods certainly have it in for the Baggies at the moment. Albion largely dominated the game at Leicester City on Monday night but came up against a ‘keeper on a special night and lost to a 94th minute worldy. It would normally be put down to “one of those nights” but as a tenth successive away defeat, it…
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