Another two points dropped at home, and hopes of the top two moved further away after the draw against Ipswich. Tony Mowbray’s side were just a point worse off than the current Baggies side at the same stage, and went on to win the title despite losing 4-1 at home to Leicester City in their next match. The Championship was…
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If ever there was an illustration of the short-termism and lack of sentiment in football, it was the decision to sack Darren Moore as the Head Coach of West Bromwich Albion yesterday evening. Even from a pure footballing point of view, it seems a very harsh decision. The Baggies are in fourth place with ten games to go, well placed…
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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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