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After the all-too-inevitable surrendering of a 1-0 lead at Middlesbrough, it feels like forfeiting the rest of the season might be preferable to watching the train wreck continue. Albion and bottom-of-the-league Peterborough are now the only two teams who've been winless in the last six games; even stretched to ten matches, the form table would still have the Baggies in 23rd place. If the worst comes to the worst, 46 points plus whatever we can scrape from the odd goalless draw will be enough to see us safe this season, but if those pulling the strings don't wake up very quickly, the same may not be true next year.

Monday's visitors, Swansea, are in a worse league position at the moment but slightly better form, despite losing three in a row on the road. Our recent record against them at home has been decent enough, but we also stand on the verge of failing to score at the Hawthorns for three games on the bounce, which would be the first time that's happened to us in this division since November 2003. The good news is that Andy Carroll has been a prolific scorer against the Swans throughout his career, netting more against them than any other side. If ever there was a time for the big man to come good, it's now.