West Brom confidence high ahead of Championship run-in
A look at West Brom’s current form with questions surrounding whether the baggies could be running out of steam in this vital part of the championship season as planning will shortly begin for the playoffs with Corberan’s side hoping to pave the way to the Premier League.
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00:00 comfortably sat in the top six at times this season and obviously that's their goal.
00:04 I know that we've spoken, they're probably not going to beat that top three of Ipswich, Leeds and Leicester,
00:10 who've been going through those positions all season with each other.
00:14 But West Brom, they have a huge chance of getting to the playoffs.
00:17 Now, their form must improve in terms of the draws they've been getting.
00:21 What's the latest you can tell us about that?
00:23 And we'll get on to the fact that if they are to make playoffs, how they might fare in them.
00:28 Yeah, it's been very professional recently from Carlos Corbijn and West Brom.
00:32 Not losing games, grinding them out, getting comebacks.
00:35 It has been impressive in that sense, the undefeated nature.
00:39 But to have three draws in a row, it starts to bring a little bit of concern, doesn't it?
00:43 Especially with the likes of Norwich City below and Coventry and Preston picking up wins,
00:47 Minnowsboro as well picking up form.
00:49 They've got games in hand as well.
00:51 Can they win those?
00:52 Can they get to within a couple of points?
00:53 If you get to that position with just three or four games to go,
00:57 then you're getting a little bit concerned because last season it was a reverse.
01:01 West Brom trying to chase it late.
01:03 They couldn't do that because the other teams in the round were doing too well.
01:06 This year, could it be the case where they catch up with West Brom?
01:09 Then you're starting to look a bit more certain for the playoffs.
01:12 And then Sheffield Wednesday away, if that one was at home,
01:15 I think you probably fancy that to be three points as well.
01:18 That could be maybe another banker of a draw.
01:20 It really depends because Wednesday, of course, fighting for their lives down there.
01:23 Then the other games are tough against Sunderland, Leicester and Preston.
01:26 So they need to get that win over Rotherham.
01:29 They need to try and start taking these draws into wins.
01:32 And if they can draw against those they're fighting with,
01:34 well, I suppose that would be quite handy.
01:36 Yeah, and if they are to make these players,
01:38 we've spoken of how important that Cole Brown's experience is
01:42 that he got there with Huddersfield Town.
01:44 But as finishing fifth and sixth, they will face, fifth or sixth,
01:48 they will play third and fourth.
01:50 You know, these are huge games.
01:52 Probably right now it's switching Southampton, one of those.
01:55 I mean, how do you see them faring actually in the playoffs?
01:59 Will they go for it? Will they change their game plan?
02:01 Will they make sure that they, you know, at least give it a really good go?
02:05 I think there's always been a focus on the Cole Brown to be solid defensively,
02:09 but I think that would just be exaggerated further,
02:11 especially with the away leg.
02:12 If that's the first one, you don't want to be conceding goals early.
02:15 You want to get that early advantage.
02:17 Even if it would be nil-nil, if you bring it back to the Hawthorns
02:20 and have the opportunity to be on a clean slate and get the win in the bag,
02:23 then that'll be very beneficial, obviously.
02:26 If you finish fifth, you get to play Southampton.
02:29 If you finish, well, probably anyway,
02:30 if you finish sixth, then you're likely to play Ipswich.
02:33 So I think that's also a big difference
02:35 because Ipswich, Southampton, they've got different qualities.
02:38 Ipswich have been a lot closer to the front two.
02:41 Southampton have been inconsistent.
02:43 It depends really.
02:44 Either of those teams, when they get going, can be incredibly dangerous.
02:46 I don't think West Brom want to play either of them if they could choose it.
02:50 But in my opinion, Southampton's probably just about the one you want to play.
02:55 They just don't seem to have that bottle under pressure at the moment.
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