Queen’s Park Rangers 1 West Brom 0 While it’s true that Albion are misfiring at the moment, it was another day when decisions failed to go their way in a game that they really should have won before half time. They were denied a clear penalty for the second league game in succession and Charlie Austin’s winning goal looked suspiciously…
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A sixth defeat on the road for Valérien Ismaël’s Albion means that this is the worst start of a second tier campaign this century with Tony Mowbray’s 2006/07 side having earned one more point from 26 games. Albion have scored just two goals in their last seven away games, their worst such run since 2014 when they went four away…
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Two wins in ten games in all competitions is hardly promotion form and, while Albion have only conceded seven goals in those games, they have scored just six. The arrival of Daryl Dike on New Year’s Day was seen by many as a pivotal moment in the season. The American striker has already been hailed as a saviour without even…
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With seven senior players unavailable for this weekend’s FA Cup tie with Brighton and Hove Albion, Valérien Ismaël will be forced to make changes but the expectation is that the team won’t have more than a couple of the senior players that started the game against Cardiff City last Sunday. Adding to the long term injuries to Dara O’Shea and…
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West Brom 1 Cardiff City 1 The headlines from Sunday’s frustrating draw with a brutal Cardiff City side may be centred around the performance of referee Thomas Bramall and the three red cards, but the game as a whole was a familiar story for Albion in recent weeks and further highlighted why the man who was introduced at half time,…
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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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