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The charitable view of last Saturday's draw with Blackburn is that it stopped the rot after back to back defeats. The less felicitous interpretation is that Albion dropped two points against ten men with a midfielder in goal, and remain winless since the international break with the league table suddenly looking very slippery.

The good news is that this Saturday's opponents, Hull, are languishing one from bottom in the table. The bad news is that we're playing them away. The further bad news is that they won last weekend, and know that another three points here could well lift them out of the relegation zone. In the circumstances, it's not going to be a pushover, and we can be justified in fearing the worst. But realistically, this is the kind of match a promotion-chasing team has to be winning, and if we fail to do so, then questions must be asked.