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Easter, as always, signals the point in the season where you can start to do the points equations on your fingers and toes (if you're a Norwich fan, that is). For Albion there are 24 available, and still just 5 separating us from the playoffs, but the draw against Millwall - though further confirming the Hawthorns as a fortress - wasn't the result needed in the circumstances. As things stand, it's slipping away from us by inches, but the weekend offers two opportunities to tighten the race significantly.
Back-to-back Huddersfield wins have brought brown trousers roaring into spring fashion in Rotherham and Shepherd's Bush, where the Millers and QPR - table-neighbours separated by one point - could each be leapfrogged by one more Terriers victory. Of course, in the crazy days of April a lot of minor upsets can happen for teams around the drop-zone facing loftier opposition who take their eye off the ball, but Rotherham will have to work very hard to buck historical trends when we visit on Good Friday. They've lost three on the bounce against us, and we've only ever been defeated once on their turf, way back in November 2001 at Millmoor. Worse yet, Passover has very much passed them over in delivering paschal points, as they've won just twice on Good Friday in the last twenty-one attempts, both times against Wimbledon a decade ago; Albion, in contrast, have pontiusly piloted our way to a holy trinity of three Good Friday wins on the trot. All of which spells out the strong probability of an emphatic 7-0 win tomorrow afternoon for Rotherham.
QPR then arrive at the Hawthorns on Monday off the back of a hat-trick of defeats (with Preston to face in the meantime). They can at least boast that they've tightened up at the back a little, the two latest losses yielding a 1-0 scoreline rather than the 6-1 thumping they got off Blackpool last month, but either way, scoring is clearly a problem for the Hoops. Admittedly the same goes for Albion, but with Daryl Dike trailing only Chuba Akpom, Tom Bradshaw and Nathan Tella for Championship goals this calendar year, hopefully the big man can do enough to give Rangers the 1-0 treatment once more.
Plenty at stake, even if the odds are lengthening, so there's no better weekend to egg the boys on.
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06-04-2023, 20:29
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It's time we stopped YOLKING around, CRACKED on with it, (EASTER EGG) HUNTED out some goals, SCRAMBLED to two wins, POACHED a place in the top six and pushed on for an EGGciting climax to the season. Our coach has proven himself to be a good EGG, it's time to SOLDIER on and have a SUNNY SIDE UP Easter holiday.
Come on you baggies, for those going to the games shout loud and clear for me and drive us up the table. Unfortunately I am working good friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday and will be otherwise occupied. Haven't been for a while, still trying to overcome my hatred of the modern greed league era football and get back to some games. Pulisball put me off, stopped me going and I've still to return and attend a game.
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(06-04-2023, 20:29)4evaabaggie Wrote: It's time we stopped YOLKING around, CRACKED on with it, (EASTER EGG) HUNTED out some goals, SCRAMBLED to two wins, POACHED a place in the top six and pushed on for an EGGciting climax to the season. Our coach has proven himself to be a good EGG, it's time to SOLDIER on and have a SUNNY SIDE UP Easter holiday.
Come on you baggies, for those going to the games shout loud and clear for me and drive us up the table. Unfortunately I am working good friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday and will be otherwise occupied. Haven't been for a while, still trying to overcome my hatred of the modern greed league era football and get back to some games. Pulisball put me off, stopped me going and I've still to return and attend a game.
You're a good egg, Eva!
Say a little prayer for the Baggies (in your Service, today). 
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07-04-2023, 14:36
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Yesssss 0-1 Swifty pen
Shit! 1-1 Hugill! 42 mins
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2-1 Rotherham....Hughill Again
Shocking Defending Again
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Bollocks!!! 2-1 (Hugill again!)
Apparently we're awful
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3-1 FFS
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07-04-2023, 15:59
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(07-04-2023, 09:40)talkSAFT Wrote: (06-04-2023, 20:29)4evaabaggie Wrote: It's time we stopped YOLKING around, CRACKED on with it, (EASTER EGG) HUNTED out some goals, SCRAMBLED to two wins, POACHED a place in the top six and pushed on for an EGGciting climax to the season. Our coach has proven himself to be a good EGG, it's time to SOLDIER on and have a SUNNY SIDE UP Easter holiday.
Come on you baggies, for those going to the games shout loud and clear for me and drive us up the table. Unfortunately I am working good friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday and will be otherwise occupied. Haven't been for a while, still trying to overcome my hatred of the modern greed league era football and get back to some games. Pulisball put me off, stopped me going and I've still to return and attend a game.
You're a good egg, Eva!
Say a little prayer for the Baggies (in your Service, today).
Talksaft, although I am working all of Easter I am not working for Baggievicars boss, I am working for the NHS. My prayers carry little or no weight or influence. And with us 3-1 down in the last minute I think our promotion chances are out of the window.
Another poor away day ... Lost, hopes of promotion anytime soon smashed, with our financial concerns it could be another sixteen years before we eat from the top table again
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Unfortunately we are well and truly a club in decline with no light at the end of the tunnel.
We have no discernible assets to speak of, certainly nothing on the playing staff of any value, and an owner with no interest in the club other than what he can bleed from it.
The premier league is a pipe dream, and can not happen with a squad of league one players and pub league administrators.
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