The Baggies welcome the Championship’s bottom club to the Hawthorns on Saturday looking to get their promotion campaign back on track following damaging back-to-back defeats to two of their closest rivals. The Tractor Boys are, in theory, exactly the sort of opposition a team needing a win would want to face. They have picked up just two wins in their…
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Leeds United 4 West Brom 0 Albion’s hopes of automatic promotion suffered a hammer blow at Elland Road as Leeds United produced a display of committed, pacey football that proved far too much for Darren Moore’s team and saw Marcelo Bielsa gain revenge for the defeat at the Hawthorns in November. It was a bad night, and it has made…
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At Elland Road, Albion suffered their biggest second tier defeat since they were beaten 6-0 an hour down the road at Bramall Lane in February 2000. It leaves Darren Moore’s total with the Baggies’ lowest points total at this stage since the 2000/2001 season and with a very difficult task to finish in the top two. It’s not impossible, however. …
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While the disappointment of last weekend’s home defeat to Sheffield United is still fresh, Albion travel to Yorkshire on Friday evening with a chance to put themselves right back in the mix for automatic promotion. Victory at Leeds would see them move to within one point of the Whites following their midweek defeat at Loftus Road, and just three behind…
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West Brom 0 Sheffield United 1 Albion’s bid for the top two took a blow at the Hawthorns as promotion rivals, Sheffield United, took the points but, with twelve games to go, it’s not yet terminal. The Baggies weren’t at their best against the Blades, but I feel they did deserve a point from the game. Clear cut opportunities, however,…
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The home defeat to Sheffield United leaves Darren Moore’s side level on points with Megson’s 2002 side and two points ahead of Mowbray’s title winning team, both of whom were also in 4th place after 34 games. The game against the Blades was the first time that Albion have failed to score at home in a league game since Boxing…
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