WBA53 match thread

[Omegstrat6]

Great win and good solid performance. It's going to be a tough week coming up with Cardiff and Leicester but we look up for it and good to have Swift, Sarmiento and Maja all now back to bolster options. COYB!

[boingy]

So.....Who's the only team in the league who have won 4 of their last 5 matches then? Answers on a postcard.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Performance of the night:Carlos Corberan

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Solid first half, we’ll pleased with the game plan, only one area of concern for me is the continual targeting of Townsend, he will at some point make his customary mistake, need a second goal

Great pass out of defence for the 2nd could easily have hoofed it.

[DaveP67 is back!]

If we can avoid selling any players in January regardless of the owner debacle we have a brilliant shout of going up, probably via the playoffs, haven’t even had a drink so can’t blame my optimism on that!

[Omegstrat6]

If we can avoid selling any players in January regardless of the owner debacle we have a brilliant shout of going up, probably via the playoffs, haven’t even had a drink so can’t blame my optimism on that!

Not just January we will have to weather as reportedly 22 players (Inc Academy ones) whose contracts are up at the end of the season. These include first team regulars like Kipre, Bartley, Phillips, Mowatt and Pieters as well as others like Fellows and Cleary. Certainly arguable that -if we had the money-we could improve on some of these or that the age of others may dictate shorter deals but need a new owner and some funds to retain some of these 22. Kipre and Fellows are two I would certainly want to keep hold of for example.

As an aside, who would have thought a season or so ago that the likes of Phillips and Bartley would be such integral parts of the team? I know it's part of a "needs must" but, none the less, a tribute to both Corberan's abilities as a manager as well as the players themselves.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

The Albion have 11 games to play in the next 34 days against some tough looking opposition. The thinness of the squad was a real concern just 2 short weeks ago but following on from yesterday's performance how much rosier do things look now? A decent 2nd XI all fit and not starting on Saturday

Griffiths, Pippa, Ajayi,Taylor,Pieters,Molumby,Chalobah, Fellows,Sarmiento, Swift, Maja.

COYB. Please.