An incident-packed but ultimately frustrating afternoon at the Hawthorns leaves Valérien Ismaël’s Albion team somewhat off the pace in comparison to their previous 21st century promotion campaigns. Only in Tony Mowbray’s first season at the helm did the Baggies have a worse record at this stage of the season. However, the draw does mean that this campaign has now matched…
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The first match of 2022 provides Albion with the opportunity to complete a first league double of the season as Cardiff City visit the Hawthorns. The Bluebirds were hammered 4-0 on their own patch in October in what was arguably the Baggies’ best performance of the season. Since then, Valérien Ismaël’s team have struggled to put a run together picking…
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Derby County 1 West Brom 0 After another frustrating afternoon, Valérien Ismaël firmly laid the blame at the feet of his players with some very strong words in his post-match press conference at Pride Park. The Frenchman had previously shied away from direct criticism of his team, but after a run of seven games in which Albion have picked up…
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Another frustrating defeat at Derby means that this season’s Baggies now have the second fewest points at this stage in their Premier League promotion challenges this century. Only Tony Mowbray’s 2006/07 side had fewer points after 24 games but they were about to go on a run of eight wins in nine games starting with a 4-2 win over Preston…
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Albion currently sit in fourth place, their lowest Christmas Day league position since 2006 when Tony Mowbray’s side sat in 7th spot at this time of year, but Valérien Ismaël’s team are well placed for a top two finish after both Bournemouth and Fulham suffered a drop off in form in recent weeks. The division’s form side, the aforementioned Mowbray’s…
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By the next time that an Albion side visits Oakwell, 75 years will have passed since their previous victory at that stadium thanks to a third goalless draw in five games for Valérien Ismaël’s team. It was a game that the Baggies should have won comfortably but a combination of superb last ditch defending and poor finishing meant that the…
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