The Baggies lose their 18th game of a 21st century campaign for the first time, but more importantly for this season’s chances of promotion, it is their fourth successive defeat on the road and it leaves them eight points adrift of the automatic promotion places. It is the first time that Albion have lost four successive away league games in…
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Albion’s promotion campaign resumes with a trip to Huddersfield Town on Saturday with head coach, Valérien Ismaël, happy that there are no more international breaks until March. Furthermore, there is only one midweek fixture before Christmas which will allow him to work with the squad in more detail ahead of each game. It’s a tough run of fixtures for the…
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West Brom 1 Middlesbrough 1 The title of this piece is no coincidence – the Baggies’ failure to take three points from this match was not tactics or team selection, it was simply the ability of one Albion player to pass to another Albion player at the crucial moment. I actually think that the team played well on the whole,…
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Grady Diangana’s first goal for more than a year earned Albion a point to maintain their unbeaten record in another frustrating afternoon for Baggies fans. Diangana’s last goal was the wonderful opener at Goodison Park in September last year. The point means that Albion have lost more ground to both Fulham and Bournemouth and they are now six points adrift…
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A few days after losing his record-breaking 1,602nd game as a manager, one of the most unpopular managers amongst Albion fans returns to the Hawthorns in charge of his 14th club. Neil Warnock, or “Colin” as he is known by those who do not hold him in the highest regard, was last at the Shrine in October 2019 when his…
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West Brom 1 Hull City 0 It was not a thrilling game at the Hawthorns, it rarely is when only one side is trying to win the game, but a goal from Karlan Grant was enough for the Baggies to register a fourth successive home victory and condemn Hull City to a fifth successive defeat. Tigers’ fans look to have…
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