Lewis Cox brings you all the latest from West Brom's pre-match press conference.
Albion head to Millwall on Saturday as they look to return to winning ways, following a disappointing midweek defeat to Blackburn Rovers.
Tony Mowbray hasn't been chatting to the press this morning - but January signing Isaac Price has been on press duties.
Albion head to Millwall on Saturday as they look to return to winning ways, following a disappointing midweek defeat to Blackburn Rovers.
Tony Mowbray hasn't been chatting to the press this morning - but January signing Isaac Price has been on press duties.
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00:00Good morning, Baggies from the Albion Training Ground. Please ignore the imminent beeping
00:06behind me as the gates shut here. Happy Valentine's Day, I guess, or Happy Millwall Eve. Yeah,
00:14feels a little bit unusual, doesn't it, going to Millwall on Valentine's weekend? A lot
00:18of love at that place. We've had an interesting one this morning. We've been down at the training
00:23ground not to speak to Tony Mulberry. The Albion head coach has had a little bit of
00:27a breather from press duties and we've spoke to an Albion player who's a new signing and
00:33has enjoyed a fine, fine start to his baggage career. We've had a chat with Isaac Price
00:37this morning, so keep your eye out on the website for that. Really nice young lad, good
00:42interview, lots of things to talk about. Obviously, he's made a cracking start, hasn't he, and
00:46a big impression. So keep your eye out on the website for a piece with him at some point
00:51over the next few hours or maybe in the morning as you get ready to head down to London or
00:56whether you're following from afar or whatever. Big game for Albion, isn't it, down at Millwall?
01:02I think we're at a point in the Championship season, to be honest. What have we played?
01:0632 games now, 31? Can't recall, but there aren't too many left, are there? That's the
01:11point. We're not quite at the running. I think I said this last time, but we're approaching
01:14crunch time really where I need to... The other night, the elephant in the room, the
01:20other night was pretty terrible, wasn't it? It was a really poor defeat to rivals. The
01:25performance, certainly for one at the Hawthorns, was as bad as recent memory, really. Blackburn
01:32wanted it more, Albion didn't show up, and it was one to forget and certainly one to
01:36put right as soon as possible. The problem is, you're going to Millwall, and yes, it's
01:42a bit of a cliche, but Millwall's a very tough, very difficult place to go. Albion haven't
01:47done well there for a little while. They tend to struggle there. And yeah, just a bit of
01:53obviously an intimidating place on several levels. And it will be a real test, another
01:58one to throw in the mix as well, obviously, that the hosts were battered the other night.
02:03Albion lost. Millwall lost five at Plymouth, obviously struggling, but rejuvenated Plymouth.
02:10And they'll be smarting Millwall, and they'll be wanting to hit back and apologise to their
02:14fans back at the Den tomorrow. So yeah, a real tough one for Albion. And how does Tony
02:21Mowbray think about freshening, changing things up on the back of that Blackburn defeat?
02:27He's got some decisions to make, hasn't he? Not least in goal, obviously, Joe Wildsmith
02:30didn't have the easiest night, did he, the other night? Certainly one of the goals could
02:35be laid at his door. And Josh Griffiths waiting in the wings. So how does the head coach go?
02:40It'll be very, very interesting to see that. But I think other players will be pushing
02:44for a call for a return. You've got perhaps the availability of Shemi Ojoie, a big defender
02:50ready for a physical contest at Millwall. You've got Anoosman Diakite for midfield.
02:54He's a combative midfield sort of workhorse physical player, isn't he? Will he come in
02:59as one or two struggling in that midfield area? Will Lancashire, is he ready for a first
03:05start? He looks it, but does it come at a place like Millwall? So yeah, all kinds, all
03:11manner of selection calls for Tony Mowbray, because clearly it didn't work the other night.
03:16He's not been afraid to make changes so far, has he? I think, you know, Sheffield Wednesday
03:20game last weekend, there were six changes in midweek against Blackburn. There were three
03:24when it didn't work. Shortly into the second half the other night, he takes the two wingers
03:27off, you know, usually Albin's sort of best source of creativity and stuff like that.
03:32So a very interesting team selection down in London. As I say, I mean, keep an eye on
03:38our website. We've ran some quotes this morning. There'll be some more team news stuff throughout
03:43the day, but Shemmy Ajayi's back around. He was on the bench the other day and Tony Mowbray's
03:47told me he's available to feature. New boy Tamer Bani will not be involved. He's sort
03:52of catching up. It was pre-season in Denmark, so he's still going through it with the fitness
03:57coaches here. We've seen Carlan Grant around this morning. He missed out the other night
04:02with a chest infection. We've seen him around with the players in the training ground. So
04:06imagine he'll be available potentially back on the bench or even considered for a start.
04:11So a little bit of team news there, but yeah, we'll be on the road bright and early. I'll
04:16be travelling down to bring you all the coverage from the den. So keep an eye out on expressonstar.com
04:21tomorrow.