Albion were on a long unbeaten run but had also won once since the opening six games - but that all changed against Coventry.
Alex Mowatt's deflected effort put Albion ahead, and then after the Sky Blues missed a host of big chances, Karlan Grant beat three men before firing home into the bottom corner.
The win puts Albion back in the play-offs and has left the fan base delighted with the victory.
Alex Mowatt's deflected effort put Albion ahead, and then after the Sky Blues missed a host of big chances, Karlan Grant beat three men before firing home into the bottom corner.
The win puts Albion back in the play-offs and has left the fan base delighted with the victory.
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00:00Paul, Albion have won a game, how are you feeling, ready to see that one?
00:12Must you be, we've won at home, no, good game, Jonny, obviously period where Maggio taking
00:19off I think sort of ruined the flow of the game a little bit really, difficult to attack
00:24with it at foul call point but I think we've come through that obviously, we'll be lucky
00:28with that, we've a golden chance, we came through that, came ready to the side, started
00:35creating again and great goal by Colin Grant so all's good, all is good, all is happy in
00:41the Albion world.
00:42I'm lost for words, I mean like I only predicted it to be a 1-0 win tonight but I did say Albion
00:48to win but to be honest I literally dreamed this afternoon, I mean like two weeks before
00:55Christmas, miracles don't happen.
00:58Yeah, I actually prayed that Albion's drawing streak would come to an end and they did
01:08somehow.
01:09Good since it's been quite a while since we've won a game, I think especially because it's
01:14like quite a local derby, it's better, good atmosphere and when we started in the north.
01:20I think Albion rode their luck at times, conceded good chances, did it feel like as the game
01:24went on that was the kind of game that they needed to turn this run almost?
01:28Yeah, just needed the points didn't we, just needed to win, I thought we played really
01:32well against Sheffield and obviously it was a draw so I think it was time, we were overdue,
01:38scrappy performance but a win, you know, the old adage of take the points.
01:44I think Coventry played some good stuff until the final third and then they lacked a clinical
01:48finisher like the vast majority of the division, stroke every team in my opinion and like us
01:53on many occasions.
01:54I think we showed we're light on the bench, we needed another forward really, obviously
02:01Carlos doesn't fancy him, he doesn't look good in training, he's a league two player,
02:06league one player, he just showed the weakness on the bench really, the fact that the measures
02:11that had come off had all been taken off because he was just having a stinker.
02:14I believe he had 11 touches in the first half and gave the ball away 11 times, then we took
02:19him off and not really had anything to replace him with.
02:22Definitely, yeah, I mean like, fair play to Frank Lampard and Coventry City, they did
02:31gave us a scare but to be honest, Frank Lampard was a really good player and he's a really
02:41good manager so hats off to Lampard.
02:48He still has a lot to learn though, Lampard, from being a manager.
02:52We've got a decent up front but I think we've just sorted a job and done it well and scored
02:59the two goals that we needed to win.
03:01Yeah, that takes Albion back into the top six now, you know, a busy period, busy games
03:06before Christmas and then a lot of games going on over the Christmas period, you know, chance
03:12to really get a run and kind of attack that top four because it's still very tight.
03:16Absolutely and when we've obviously had this ridiculous run of drawn results and it's the
03:21old adage then, you know, you're unbeaten in 12 or is it one win in 12?
03:25No, it's two wins and if we can get a few more in, suddenly it becomes, instead of a
03:30negative spell, hopefully for me it can turn into a plus point and an unbeaten in 17 with
03:36five wins and 12 draws or something like that would be fantastic.
03:39But they're all completely different then.