The West Bromwich Albion Thread

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Maybe Clapton would be a better choice to promote your club. Although Goran did explain that he was inconsistent, just like the Baggies.

[cyrille]

Maybe Clapton would be a better choice to promote your club.

Eric 'Racist Rant' Clapton?

Better just forgotten.

[hallelujah]

It looks like everyone's favourite 2nd team have got a decent manager in situ.

[cyrille]

Unlike Sheff Utd.



They look they they could 'do a Portsmouth'.

Good job Chas enjoys 'going down' so much.

[harrybarracuda]

It looks like everyone's favourite 2nd team have got a decent manager in situ.

Yeah, they should be good enough to stay in League One next season.

[helge]

It looks like everyone's favourite 2nd team

I saw parts of the game against Peterborough.

Why they broadcast that in Denmark ? Good question

[VocalNeal]

Glenn Cambell:- " I'm a linesman for Notts County

[helge]

I'm a linesman for Notts County

[cyrille]

I saw parts of the game against Peterborough.

Why they broadcast that in Denmark ? Good question

Fergie’s lad questioning our manager’s qualifications afterwards was the highlight.

[malmomike77]

Will Brom win tonight, strong team QPR atm.

[malmomike77]

Brom v Mendips team

[malmomike77]

Sorry Mendip, put the mockers on it

[cyrille]

Nobody with any clue calls us 'Brom'.

[malmomike77]

I'm not a supporter so paint me clueless on your 2nd division side

[Joe 90]

Nobody with any clue calls us 'Brom'.

I prefer Yoyo wankers

[cyrille]

Well, not much else is going up and down on you these days.

[Joe 90]

72% possession and only managing to scrape a draw against Middlesbrough.

[armstrong]

Random Lazada find.

[Joe 90]

West Bromwich Albion made it back-to-back Championship wins as they scored the only goal of the game to beat Reading.

The Covid-hit Baggies only played after being refused permission by the English Football League to postpone the fixture.

But Callum Robinson got the winner on 62 minutes to cement the Baggies' place in third - and extend the Championship's only unbeaten home record to 11 matches.

Following Karlan Grant's run, Robinson fired deftly in off the underside of the bar. It was his first goal for Albion since August, when he netted in three successive games, although he has scored six times for the Republic of Ireland (including a hat-trick in a friendly against Qatar) since then.

Albion - missing defenders Matt Clarke Semi Ajayi and Conor Townsend through coronavirus and midfielder Grady Diangana through illness - wasted chances.

Robinson was the main culprit, although Reading's former England striker Andy Carroll twice rescued his side before the break with headed clearances off the line.

But Robinson got the goal that mattered to move Val Ismael's side within three points of second-placed Bournemouth, who lost 2-0 at home to Blackburn.

Albion had opportunities to make the scoreline more resemble their overall authority over a Reading side missing Andy Yiadom, John Swift and Danny Drinkwater due to injury.

Visiting skipper Liam Moore nearly registered an own goal with a sliced clearance, Robinson headed just wide and Alex Mowatt fired straight at keeper Luke Southwood, who also kept out Robinson's curler at full stretch.

But a second straight victory, on the back of a winless four-game run, looks to have got the Baggies back on course before next Friday's trip to Oakwell when boss Ismael will face his struggling former side Barnsley for the first time since leaving for The Hawthorns in the summer.

Reading remain 21st, just two points clear of danger, having won just two of their past 20 games going into next Saturday's home match against Luton Town.

West Bromwich Albion boss Val Ismael told BBC Radio WM:

"A real team spirit performance. Togetherness. A desire to overcome the current situation.

"We had a very difficult week. Every day there were players testing positive one minute and negative the next. Staff members too. We tried to postpone the game but the EFL forced us to play.

"As soon as we heard that the EFL said we have to play, we were focused. We controlled the game throughout. And we should have scored more goals. 13 shots on target."

Reading boss Veljko Paunovic:

"Overall, it wasn't a bad performance but it was definitely not the result we were looking for. We missed important players.

"We had a lack of power. There were some good individual performances but we need to put all the pieces together

"We have no time or room for negativity. We are where we are and we know why we are where we are. We also know what we have to do."

[hallelujah]

How many managers have managed Birmingham, Villa AND WBA?

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySports...%7Ctwgr%5Etwee

[Reg Dingle]

The comments are great



Even funnier when read with a thick Brummie accent

[malmomike77]

I think Cyrille makes an excellent point re not wanting promotion

[Joe 90]

Just another shit Norwich

[hallelujah]

It looks like Keane could be returning to Sunderland too.

[harrybarracuda]

So who is this Lino Sousa sybille? All we've signed is him and a couple of seppos.

Or is he an actual lino?