After losing successive games for the first time this season, the Baggies will be looking to return to winning ways on Saturday as they take on Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. Albion have won just four times away to Swansea, but three of those have come in the last ten years including a 2-1 victory last season. Five wins…
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West Brom 2 Newcastle United 3 By the end of the match, Albion were able to bow out of the FA Cup with their heads held high following a spirited second half comeback against a strong Newcastle United side, although for a while it looked like being a very disappointing surrender. In my opinion, however, it was never a 3-0…
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Slaven Bilić will almost certainly give his fringe players an opportunity in the FA Cup once again as Albion welcome Premier League opposition in the Fifth Round. However, having defeated top flight opposition away from home in Round Four after making eight changes, there will be no shortage of confidence amongst the Baggies squad that they are capable of progressing…
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West Brom 0 Wigan Athletic 1 I said in my match preview that Albion would need to be at their best to beat an in-form Wigan side and they simply weren’t close to the heights they have reached in recent weeks. From the first minute, Slaven Bilić’s team were second best. The Croat said in his post match interview that…
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Albion’s home defeat to Wigan Athletic means that Leeds United are now just one point behind while Fulham in third place are six points adrift of the Baggies. Roberto di Matteo’s 2010 team also had 69 points after 36 games but were four points behind leaders, Newcastle United, and five points ahead of third placed, Nottingham Forest. Given that Frank…
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Having faced three of the other sides in the top seven in successive games, Albion face a side in the bottom three at the Hawthorns on Saturday. However, no side in this division can be taken lightly, and the Baggies will need to be at their best if they are to complete a near perfect February. Wigan Athletic may be…
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