A big run-in for the Baggies.
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00:00Charlie, on to West Brom now. Obviously, we've spoken multiple weeks now, they've been in this fight for the play-offs, they've done really well to get there.
00:10They will be looking over their shoulders over the likes of Hull and Coventry who have those games in hand and they've just got to make sure they focus on their business now and continue these strong performances but also turn those performances into good results now at the end of the season.
00:24Yeah, West Brom this season, I think it's kind of been the story of their season. There's been lots of draws here and there, defeats when you probably thought they should have won. There have been the odd poor performances here and there and every team has that and they've rightfully lost.
00:37But away at Leicester, as just one example, sounds crazy to say because they are the division's best team, but West Brom definitely deserve to win that. They could have scored 5-6-7 on another day.
00:48Mikey Johnston could have had a hat-trick in the first 15 minutes, hit the bar, Hamza Chadri cleared off the line three times. The fact they lost that 2-1 was just crazy and that has been the story of the season.
00:59As I say, really, they could have been out of sight from the other teams in the playoff fights. But looking over their shoulders, as you mentioned, at Hull and Coventry, Hull having a game in hand and being six points behind, it's very tricky. They are unbeaten in their last four. They could theoretically do it. Coventry, they've got two games in hand, nine points behind. A very, very tough job for them, but they still can do it.
01:21It's all about now for West Brom just getting the results themselves and they should have done it at Leicester. Now they've got another opportunity away at Sheffield Wednesday and then they've got Preston Northend at home on the final game of the season. The Wednesday one, I think, will be quite worrying for Bagley's fans because they're fighting for their lives at the bottom of the table.
01:39Preston, they're not really going to have much to fight for on that final day. So we'll have to wait and see. And another thing to mention as well is Norwich City, if they can get fifth, then it means that West Brom are going to have the less favourable tie in the playoffs in terms of finishing league positions. So that's important in itself. It's just about turning these draws and defeats when they should have won into wins.