View: West Brom would be well-advised to ignore fighting talk from promotion rival
The next few weeks will be the most pivotal that West Brom have faced all season.
With nine games left to go and with a six-point gap between themselves and third-placed Fulham, the Baggies know that their promotion hopes are very much in their own hands.
Of course, things won’t necessarily be plain sailing, and the latest comments from Adam Forshaw, midfielder for promotion rivals Leeds United, only serve to emphasise that point.
Speaking to the Leeds That podcast, he said: “Although we’d love the fans in there I am really confident.
“There will be no one as driven as us. I know how they train behind closed doors.
“It’s going to be a formality for us, that’s my personal view on it, I think we’ll romp it. I believe we’ll come out all guns blazing.
“No one will have worked as hard as we have. It’s aligned really well for us, although unfortunately fans and even me might not be able to be in the stadium but the ultimate aim is promotion and I think we’ll achieve it. I genuinely believe it.”
That’s fighting talk, no matter which way you look at it, but Albion would be well-advised to pay it no heed.
We’ve already played Leeds twice this season, so we don’t have to worry about them in that respect, and weighing up what’s at stake here all that matters is wrapping up promotion.
The Championship title would be a bonus, but with everything that has happened in the past few months, and all the concerns that have threatened to derail our season, it really does feel like an increasingly unimportant detail.
Factoring in that there will be no fans to witness the coronation ceremony either, and we can honestly say that we’d be more than satisfied with finishing second this term.
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