Albion’s deserved victory over Fulham on Tuesday night should give the team great confidence as they travel to the venue that witnessed one of their best performances of their last promotion season. The hope is that display will spark a late charge for the play-off places, although it remains a long shot. The 3-0 victory at Ashton Gate in February…
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West Brom 1 Fulham 0 West Bromwich Albion produced arguably their best performance of the season to deservedly beat the best side in the division. It was only by a single goal but the Baggies should have won by more with Robinson and Grant both having excellent chances in the first half. Furthermore, Albion should have had at least one…
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I’m not quite ready to re-introduce the “promotion challenge” moniker just yet, but if Albion can repeat that level of performance in every game remaining this season, the top six is within reach. However, they are still nine points worse off than any other second tier Albion side this century, and have scored four fewer goals than even Megson’s goal…
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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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