Cardiff City 0 West Brom 4 Valérien Ismaël’s Albion side set a new club record of ten games unbeaten at the start of a league campaign as they trounced Cardiff City on their home soil. It was also the Baggies’ first win in the Welsh capital for almost 47 years and moved them back to the top of the table…
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A comfortable 4-0 victory at Cardiff was the Baggies’ first in the Welsh capital since 1974 and it extended Albion’s unbeaten start to the league campaign to ten games, a new club record. This season’s team now have 22 points from 10 games, matching the 21st century record set by Gary Megson’s 2003 team. Only two Albion sides in history…
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Albion travel to south Wales on Tuesday evening looking for their first win in Cardiff for almost 47 years. Having got back to winning ways against QPR on Friday evening, victory at the City of Cardiff Stadium would put the Baggies back on top of the table, at least until Bournemouth play at Peterborough United on Wednesday. Furthermore, should Ismaël’s…
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West Brom 2 Queen’s Park Rangers 1 Karlan Grant scored a brace at the Hawthorns on Friday night as Albion came from behind to claim all three points against Queen’s Park Rangers. With many fans, myself included, feeling that Grant should have been withdrawn when Ismaël decided to replace the other two of the front three ten minutes into the…
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Albion’s victory over Queen’s Park Rangers on Friday evening not only put the Baggies back on top of the table, albeit briefly, but also equalled the club record unbeaten start to a league campaign of nine matches. It is a record that was also matched by Slaven Bilić’s team two seasons ago and Ismaël’s team have the chance to set…
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After another draw, this time away to Preston North End, the pressure is mounting on Valérien Ismaël to get Albion to return to winning ways, although I suspect that pressure is only coming from a section of supporters rather than from the club hierarchy. There is dissatisfaction with the style of play from some quarters, and I agree that it…
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