02-11-2019, 11:38
The days are long gone when a visit to the Potteries was the most dreaded fixture in the Albion calendar, but there's a certain pressure on nevertheless as the Baggies head up the M6 to Stoke on Monday night. Those feet of clay have struggled to find the net this season, and in consequence, with the team propping up the Championship after losing ten from fourteen, the Potters have very considerately sacked Nathan Jones days before they're due to play us. But whatever the effect of that dismissal, Albion really have to start grinding out wins against struggling teams to stamp our authority on a wide-open promotion race, and having done the double over the Potters last year, this is a big opportunity to do just that.
"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