West Brom fans fire warning at Championship big boys after Leeds win
Jonny Drury caught up with some delighted West Brom fans after their superb 1-0 win over Leeds.
Albion had the better of the first half chances and went ahead thanks to Grady Diangana's close range effort.
In the second period Carlos Corberan's men had to defend for long periods, putting in a superb backs to the wall display.
The win ensures Albion end the year with back to back wins and move within three points of the top four.
Albion had the better of the first half chances and went ahead thanks to Grady Diangana's close range effort.
In the second period Carlos Corberan's men had to defend for long periods, putting in a superb backs to the wall display.
The win ensures Albion end the year with back to back wins and move within three points of the top four.
Transcript
00:00 [Music]
00:07 >>Giles, what a way to end 2023, just sum that one up.
00:11 >>It was absolutely fantastic, I thought they played really well, there was lots of passion, lots of commitment, the atmosphere was great, wonderful.
00:17 >>Fantastic, to be honest it wasn't the best performance that we put in, but the fight, the spirit, absolutely everything we could have asked for against a good league side.
00:26 >>And Albin up to defend for long periods there, we're used to seeing clean cheeks here, but defensively is that the best display you've seen here in a long time?
00:32 >>I thought it was great, Kid Pre, I was saying to one of my friends, he wasn't even here last season, the guy's immense, but thinking about it, Parma didn't have that many saves to make, so yeah it was a great defensive performance.
00:43 >>That's one of our defence's best stats, to be honest in my opinion. I think we've got some strong defenders, we've got some quick midfielders, we can turn the game around in no time at all and we proved that again today.
00:54 >>In terms of individual displays, there's a lot of players who are going to be very tired in that dressing room, but who stood out for you?
01:00 >>I think Lukasz Kisielu, and Lukasz Kisielu played the through ball for the goal, and yeah, he's just fantastic and he just steadies the ship, great for me, great for me.
01:09 >>I can't remember his name, but yeah, Mbalumbi.
01:11 >>Yeah, any reason in particular?
01:13 >>He was really solid, he was really, really solid, the one guy I'm super unvalued for.
01:18 >>Yeah, there was, Cedric Ibra, I've been his biggest critic, but I tell you what, he was absolutely rock solid tonight.
01:24 Jed Wallace, as always, he looked tired in the second half, the first half again, every ball he puts in, his follow-turn, he's begging to be put in the net.
01:31 >>Yeah, I think everyone's got the goal of the play-offs towards the end of the season, and that, I know we're only at the end of the year, but that win takes them three points of lead.
01:39 I know the squad's not maybe as big as the sides above, but have Albion got it in them to maybe try and break into that top four?
01:45 >>Possibly, I think we have spells where we have a great run of games, and then we sort of fall away, but then we come back and do what we've done today, and what we're going to do against Norwich on Boxing Day as well, so possibly, but I'm, yeah, I've been here a long time.
01:59 >>Temper the expectations.
02:00 >>Yeah, exactly, exactly.
02:01 [Chanting]
02:12 >>Look, it's possible, but you look at the squads that are above us, Leicester are by far the best team in the league, you know, you've got a good lead squad, good set-up to the squad, however, we're up there, absolutely, look at our form over the last 12 months, we're not going to be scared of any team that comes here, and we've just got to take that away from now.