Plymouth Argyle v West Bromwich Albion; Home Park, Saturday 1st February 2025, 12.30pm The Albion fans that will make the long journey to south Devon on Saturday morning will do so with a sense of renewed optimism. Defeat in Mowbray’s first game in charge left Albion fans thinking that it may not be that easy to transform the side quickly,…
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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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West Bromwich Albion v Portsmouth; The Hawthorns, Saturday 25th January 2025, 3pm Tony Mowbray’s second spell at Albion started with a disappointing defeat at Middlesbrough, but itwill have left the new Baggies boss with a clear idea of where improvements need to be made. With only a few days on the training field, he is unlikely to be able to…
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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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Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion; Riverside Stadium, Tuesday 21st January 2025, 7.45pm Tony Mowbray’s return to the Hawthorns for his second spell as head coach may not have been universally welcomed, but I feel that the vast majority of Baggies fans are excited to see Mogga return. When he left 16 years ago to take up the reins at Celtic…
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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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