After two good results and two encouraging performances, Albion take a break from the Premier League this weekend as Steve Cotterill’s Bristol City visit the Hawthorns for a third round FA Cup tie backed by a sell-out 5,300 away following.
Having suffered defeat in his last two games against his former clubs, Bournemouth and Palace, Stoke City visit the Hawthorns for the first game of 2016 with the Welshman looking to make it three from three in against the Potters since he’s been at the Hawthorns.
Steve McLaren has been a manager under pressure pretty much ever since he took over at St James’s Park in the summer, whereas his adversary on Monday, Tony Pulis, is in that situation for perhaps the first time in his tenure at the Hawthorns following a run of five games without a win.
Being the committed football manager that he is, you can imagine that as he tucks into his turkey and pigs in blankets on Christmas Day, Tony Pulis’s mind is more likely to be mulling over his Boxing Day team selection than the festivities going on around him.
Saturday will see the first league meeting between Albion and Bournemouth since the Baggies’ promotion season from the third tier in 1992/1993. At the Cherries’ helm that season was a youthful Tony Pulis in his first managerial position, having been promoted from player/coach in 1992 when Harry Redknapp left the south coast to join West… Continue reading Pulis faces another of his old clubs
After remaining unbeaten in three tricky games against London sides, the Baggies travel to the north west this weekend for a first game against Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool.