Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 19 games

Carlos Corberán’s Albion recorded back-to-back victories for the first time this season to move onto 20 points, still in the bottom three but just four points off 13th-placed Sunderland. The last time Albion won three games in a row was at the start of last season under Valérien Ismaël when they won four consecutive league games after the initial opening…

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Corberán faces first away trip to high-flying QPR

Queen’s Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion; Loftus Road, Saturday 5th November 2022, 3pm With just two games to go before domestic football takes a break for the World Cup, Carlos Corberán will be hoping to build on his first victory as Albion boss on Tuesday with another two positive results starting with his first Albion away match in west…

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Massive win cannot be another false dawn

West Bromwich Albion 1 Blackpool 0 Since Slaven Bilić’s Albion stumbled over the line to secure promotion in July 2020, there have been a number of what could be termed false dawns, although most of them were mere isolated good results. Albion cannot afford Tuesday evening’s victory to fall into either camp – it needs to be the start of…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 18 games

Okay Yokuşlu’s first goal for the Baggies secured a massive win for Albion and registered Carlos Corberán’s first points as head coach. It moved the Baggies off the bottom of the table, for 24 hours at least, above the Spaniard’s former club, Huddersfield Town, ahead of their match at home to Sunderland on Wednesday evening. Game 18 in the 1994/95…

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Patience is a virtue for the Albion faithful

West Bromwich Albion 0 Sheffield United 2 Any Baggies fans expecting an immediate impact from Carlos Corberán and his coaching team would have been bitterly disappointed with the first half performance on Saturday as familiar defensive errors led to two goals for the visitors. While there were signs of improvement after the break, the display simply highlighted the size of…

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