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WBA vs Millwall - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 04-10-2024
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Another international break heaves into view, and could well be a blessing for Albion after a week in which our unbeaten start to the campaign came a cropper with two pretty well-deserved defeats. However, before the hiatus we have the chance to make amends for those back-to-back reversals as Millwall visit the Hawthorns on Saturday.
Recent history has "stalemate" written all over this fixture, with Albion winless against the Lions since February 2020 but Millwall winless in B71 since October 2001; the last four encounters in West Bromwich have all ended as draws, the last two of them goalless. The Lions don't have the greatest record on the road otherwise, and come into this on the back of a midweek defeat at Cardiff, but even before Albion's largely toothless display against Middlesbrough it was already evident that we're not prolific scorers at home lately, and have been relying on clean sheets and the odd goal to see us through. The changes will have to be rung to some extent this weekend, and after being rested on Tuesday Tom Fellows certainly needs to be back on the team-sheet, perhaps with Mikey Johnston given a start too to maximise our creativity in the final third, although his cameos so far haven't quite been as explosive as we were used to seeing last season. Alex Mowatt remains a solid midfield engine, and Racic is doing well alongside him, but if we're going to cause the Millwall defence problems then the attacking set-up has to be shaken up.
A combination of history and immediate form doesn't bode well for us putting the Lions to the sword, and if tomorrow's match were abandoned due to a sudden eruption of the hitherto-undiscovered volcano lying dormant beneath Smethwick, then the pools panel would be stamping NO-SCORE DRAW on their card faster than you could say "a goal every 135 minutes on average in this fixture this decade." But all things considered, a draw would stop the last week's rot and give us chance to regroup for a fresh offensive later in the month.
RE: WBA vs Millwall - Match Thread - drewks - 04-10-2024
Nice one again, Ska'd.
Surely this is a 3 pointer for us though?
Yeah - go on..... you can bet yer house on it
RE: WBA vs Millwall - Match Thread - talkSAFT - 05-10-2024
H/T 0-0 Albion 80% possession
RE: WBA vs Millwall - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 05-10-2024
(04-10-2024, 17:14)Ska'dForLife-WBA Wrote: If tomorrow's match were abandoned... then the pools panel would be stamping NO-SCORE DRAW on their card faster than you could say "a goal every 135 minutes on average in this fixture this decade."