Tony Mowbray’s Hawthorns return brought Albion’s biggest win since Matheus Pereira inspired Slaven Bilić’s team to a 5-1 win over Swansea City in December 2019. Only twice since then have the Baggies scored five goals – Steve Bruce’s team beat Hull City 5-2 in what was Albion’s first victory of the 2022/23 campaign while Sam Allardyce’s team surprised everyone by…
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If Tony Mowbray had any misconceptions about Albion’s problems this season, the 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough aptly demonstrated the current squad’s deficiencies. The Baggies looked good between both boxes for much of the match competing well against a well organised team of good footballers, but they lacked the clinical touch in front of goal and were beaten by two excellent…
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Chris Brunt’s final game in charge finished all square but it really should have been a victory given the number of chances that the hosts had in the second half. It highlights the deficiencies in the squad that Tony Mowbray will have to manage and, with the help of Andrew Nestor and Ian Pearce, hopefully address before the month is…
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A stoppage time equaliser from Joe Allen denied Albion the three points their performance deserved and prolonged their wait for back-to-back wins that now stands at 20 games. It also makes it 13 draws from 26 games keeping them on track to match the Football League record of 23 in a league campaign. After a slow start to the game…
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Chris Brunt recorded his first victory as caretaker boss with what was an ultimately comfortable 3-1 home win over Preston North End. It was in the Baggies’ eighth home game of the season in late November that they scored their third Hawthorns goal of season – in this match, they managed three inside 40 minutes, the first time this season…
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A hard-fought point at Bramall Lane was the least that Chris Brunt’s team deserved from what was an entertaining match, with some excellent performances from the Baggies team. Jayson Molumby was the stand out performer but Ousmane Diakité was also very good bar the bad touch that led to the Blades’ opening goal, while the back four were all outstanding.…
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