19-09-2019, 23:16
With Albion now the only unbeaten team in the Championship, the onus is on Bilic and the boys to really push on from here, turn draws into wins and fight for the place in the table that our stubbornness and resilience (if not our defensive strength or goalscoring prowess) merit. We have that chance at noon on Sunday with the visit of Huddersfield, who appear at some point in the last twelve months to have plunged through a portal to one of the inner circles of Hell (which, to be fair, is an occupational hazard of habitually negotiating the M62). New boss Danny Cowley and his brother Nicky have arrived at a club winless for eighteen games in all competitions, who've already lost six of their seven league matches this season, who sit one from bottom by virtue of goal difference alone, and have won just two games from their last thirty-six; both, rather hilariously, against Wolves. And it goes without saying that when your only joy in life comes from visiting Wolverhampton, something has gone desperately awry with your universe.
I can't pretend to have watched too much of the Terriers in this disastrous spell, so I'll welcome input from Town fans on what exactly has gone wrong over the last year, at the risk of being buried beneath the replies of "bloody everything, lad". It's all a far cry from Huddersfield's last outing at the Hawthorns, when they strolled to a fairly straightforward victory against an abject Albion, and I hope our esteemed visitors won't be too offended by the suggestion that on paper at least, the Baggies should be looking to reverse that result this time round. But naturally we're far from invincible, and all bad records come to an end sooner or later, so any complacency on our side could potentially get punished, as Wolves would undoubtedly attest.
Obviously I do hope that Town can dig their way out of the hole and gain some upward momentum: just leave it till next week, eh?
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley