Well, as West Bromwich Albion grip tightly onto their stance in the Championship play off places.
They can commend their hard work but they will be peering at those behind them, as the drama of the season will go down to the final day.
They can commend their hard work but they will be peering at those behind them, as the drama of the season will go down to the final day.
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00:00 Charlie, on to West Brom now. Obviously, we've spoke at, you know, multiple weeks now.
00:05 They've been in this fight for the playoffs. They've done really well to get there.
00:10 They will be looking over their shoulders of the likes of Hull and Coventry who have those games in hand.
00:15 And they've just got to make sure they focus on their business now and, you know, continue these strong performances,
00:20 but also turn those performances into good results now at the end of the season.
00:24 Yeah, West Brom this season, I think it's kind of been the story off their season.
00:28 There's been lots of draws here and there, defeats when you probably thought they should have won.
00:32 There have been the odd poor performances here and there, and every team has that, and they've rightfully lost.
00:37 But away at Leicester, it's just one example. Sounds crazy to say it because they are the division's best team.
00:43 But West Brom definitely deserve to win that. They could have scored five, six, seven on another day.
00:48 Mikey Johnston could have had a hat-trick in the first 15 minutes, hit the bar, Hamza Chadri cleared off the line three times.
00:54 The fact they lost that 2-1 was just crazy. And that has been the story for the season.
00:59 As I say, really, they could have been out of sight from the other teams in the playoff fights.
01:03 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.
01:10 They are unbeaten in their last four. They could theoretically do it.
01:13 Coventry, they've got two games in hand, nine points behind. A very, very tough job for them, but they still can do it.
01:21 It's all about now for West Brom just getting the results themselves. They should have done it at Leicester.
01:26 Now they've got another opportunity at Sheffield Wednesday, and then they've got Preston Northend at home on the final game of the season.
01:33 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.
01:39 At Preston, they're not really going to have much to fight for on that final day. So we'll have to wait and see.
01:44 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 position.
01:53 So that's important in itself. It's just about turning these draws and defeats when they should have won into wins.
02:01 And looking at West Brom's squad individually, who's had the best season individually and could go on to get their Player of the Season award?
02:11 I think Okoye Kozlu has been my standout in the middle of the park. He did have a little bit of a weird stretch in the middle of the season where he wasn't quite consistent enough.
02:20 I think he was carrying an injury, if anything. But he's just been so solid at the base of midfield, helping them to burst forward on the counter-attack or in general possession.
02:30 He sits in there and he can break up the play and sweep up, allowing the other midfielders to step up and the wingers as well.
02:37 But Mikey Johnston as well, I think, has to be mentioned, coming on loan from Celtic. He's only been here since January, but my word, has he been an impressive signing for them.
02:46 He's really helped them to get more clinical points on the board, scoring a bucket full of goals in such a short space of time and should have had more as well.
02:53 If he scored a hat-trick at Leicester like he should have, then he'd be top of the goalscoring charts. So he also has to have a big mention.