Steve Bruce’s team welcome runaway leaders, Fulham, to the Hawthorns on Tuesday evening looking to build on the moderately encouraging results achieved in their last two matches, but knowing that it will take an almost miraculous run in to secure a play-off spot. When these two clubs met at Craven Cottage in October in round 15 of the Championship season,…
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West Brom 2 Huddersfield Town 2 With six minutes to go at the Hawthorns, it looked as if it was going to be another depressing evening for Baggies fans with a fair proportion of a what was already a meagre crowd having headed for the exits after the visitors’ second goal. But, for the first time this season, the Baggies…
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A point from a dramatic comeback against Huddersfield Town finally brings up the half century of points for the Baggies, a tally they reached after just 23 games in their previous Championship season. I suggested in my match preview that Albion could probably only afford to drop seven points from their remaining eleven games if they were to secure a…
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Saturday’s victory at Hull City was certainly welcome, and it has perhaps blown a little oxygen into the embers of Albion’s promotion hopes. Victory against Huddersfield on Friday evening would add a little more fuel to that particular fire, but a top six spot remains very much a long shot. Based on the 57 points that sixth-placed Luton Town currently…
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Hull City 0 West Brom 2 With fans and local journalists alike having been calling for Taylor Gardner-Hickman to play in midfield since Bruce first came to the club, there will inevitably be a feeling of self-satisfaction after watching the youngster impress in that position once again and help to fire Albion to a first away win since early December.…
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A first win on the road for Albion since 4th December, the last time that Taylor Gardner-Hickman started in midfield, brings to an end a run of six successive away defeats and gives Steve Bruce his first win as Baggies boss at the expense of one of his former clubs. Karlan Grant’s eleventh and twelfth goals of the season were…
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