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00:00Charlie, starting with West Bromwich Albion and obviously Tony Mowbray's arrival. He obviously
00:06left Birmingham City last season with the illness issues and it was sort of a real disappointment
00:12in terms of his story going there and possibly helping them survive. But I mean, it seems
00:19like Blues' relegation has sort of helped them rather than hindered. I mean, he's back
00:24in management, he's got so much experience back at West Bromwich Albion, a very, very
00:29long time after leaving them, albeit. But what does it sort of do to West Brom now for
00:35the remainder of the season? I mean, obviously the manager search went on for a bit longer
00:39than a lot of Albion fans would have hoped, but they wanted to try and get it right. I
00:42mean, Mowbray's a real safe pair of hands, you feel, who will surely get them into the
00:48play-offs at least. What's sort of changed? What can Albion fans hope for for the remainder
00:53of this season with Tony Mowbray back at the wheel?
00:57It's so good to have Mowbray back, honestly. Having covered Birmingham City as well when
01:02he left after just a month or so, it was devastating because he's such a nice bloke, a proper footballing
01:07bloke who is one of the best you'll meet in the sport, to be honest. Just so genuine,
01:12so pure and just got such determination to win and not just win through the means of
01:17defending or whatever it takes, but in an attacking and entertaining sense as well.
01:21I think Albion fans have seen that in his first couple of games in charge. Obviously,
01:24the defeat away at Middlesbrough wasn't ideal, not clinical at all, just one shot on target
01:29in that game. But then things seemed to click in that second game against Portsmouth at
01:33the Hawthorns. One of the returns of the Hawthorns, it was a 5-1 thumping victory, 11 shots on
01:38target in that game. So you can see exactly what Mowbray's trying to bring. But as you
01:43mentioned, he's a safe pair of hands. One, because he's got that experience. Two, because
01:48he's already got that foundation and support from the fan base, the connection there from
01:54winning the Championship title those years ago. And just his personality can bring the
01:59best out of his players. I know that West Brom haven't had the funds to necessarily
02:03transform their squad in the transfer market, but making a couple of additions, shrewd additions
02:07as well, Mowbray is very good at doing that and getting the best out of what he's got.
02:10So fantastic appointment and so good to see him back after his illness as well.
02:15Yeah, and obviously Alex Moher has said that Baggies fans themselves want to see them score
02:21more goals. And as you mentioned there, Mowbray's return was fantastic to Hawthorns. Is that
02:26something that they can certainly expect? More goals, more of a free-flowing side in
02:31comparison to Corberham's maybe lock up at times and get that 1-0 win over the line?
02:37I think it seems like Mowbray's sort of do or die at times and will go for it and isn't
02:42afraid to lose.
02:43Yeah, no disrespect to Corberham, but it was a little bit shut up shop at times and it
02:48wasn't too attractive, the football that was played. Sometimes it's more important. Sometimes
02:51that's the way to do it for results. But the amount of draws Albion were getting, goals
02:55are the priority I think and Alex Moher is very right in saying that. I think we can
02:59see a lot more in the back of the net towards the end of the season.