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"Right, who ordered a taxi to Northfield?" Garry Thompson and Clive Whitehead secure a win over Watford, 1st October 1983

After Monday night's sad pantomime, Albion look to get back to their feet this Saturday as Watford come to the Hawthorns. While the half-time entertainment of burning a giant effigy of Bobby Madley in the centre-circle will no doubt prove a singular diversion, it's the forty-five minutes either side that count, because the Baggies are now almost six weeks without a win, and the fixtures won't be getting any easier.

I do fear that the reaction to Monday night's defeat may be the same as the one at Brighton, and we could well end up with a trademark Pulis "stop the rot" performance that puts the emphasis on a clean sheet and a point, as we got against West Ham. That, I think, would be a mistake. We've shown that we're capable of attacking and putting a team on the back foot, and above all else, we do need that overdue win from somewhere.

It won't be an easy task - it never is - but this week we have to get those three points however we can.