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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West Bromwich Albion’s “controlling shareholder”, Guochuan Lai, made a surprise visit to the Black Country on Wednesday and met head coach, Valérien Ismaël, for the first time as the Frenchman was preparing for the televised fixture at Barnsley on Friday evening. It was Lai’s first visit to West Bromwich for three years and it is thought to be the start…
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West Brom 1 Reading 0 Reports that Albion would be without two or three players because of positive COVID-19 tests were concerning, but when it emerged that it was actually four players, and that they were all defenders, Albion fans feared the worse. With Kyle Bartley the only fit central defender, the prospect of facing Andy Carroll was daunting but,…
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