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There's nothing like a promotion-calibre winning streak to make the autumn fly by, and sure enough, what we're on is nothing like a promotion-calibre winning streak. One victory in five isn't even playoff form, and the increasingly lacklustre performances would make watching the grass grow a preferable alternative, if the grass hadn't already nodded off itself. Something needs to change soon, and the earliest opportunity comes on Friday night as we welcome Nottingham Forest to the Hawthorns.

History doesn't bode all that well as we're now twenty years without a home win against the East Midlanders, going back to November 2001. Nevertheless, Forest are on a similarly indifferent run of form, having become draw specialists in recent weeks. Though hard to beat, somehow Albion have to dig deep and find something new before we head into winter.