‘I know all about…’ – Mark Warburton fires West Brom warning ahead of clash v QPR
Queens Park Rangers manager Mark Warburton has delivered a warning to West Brom ahead of their meeting on Wednesday evening.
The Baggies go into the clash at the Hawthorns knowing that if they better Brentford’s result, they seal a return to the Premier League.
Slaven Bilic will want his side to pick up all three points to end any fear of Brentford leapfrogging them into second.
Warburton claimed his focus is solely on his side, and he will be fielding his strongest possible line-up to get a result in the Midlands.
“The focus has to be QPR,” he said in his press conference.
“I know all about the various permutations and what it means for West Brom, Slaven and his team.
“Likewise Brentford, likewise Fulham. It’s QPR, for us. We’ve prepared for the game, it’s the last game of the season. We owe it to ourselves to put in a good performance.
“Our desire is to field the strongest team we can, give our strongest display and absolutely try and win the game of football. That’s our aim.”
After the disappointment of Friday’s defeat at Huddersfield, everyone involved with the Baggies would have expected to be third going into this clash.
Brentford crumbled when the pressure was at its highest against Stoke, losing 1-0 and firmly placing the ball back in West Brom’s court.
Bilic will want a repeat of the reverse fixture from earlier in the season. The Albion kept more of the ball, had 10 more shots on goal and won 2-0 [WhoScored].
That sort of game would be perfect on Wednesday, although nothing will be a given based on Warburton’s latest comments.
In other West Brom news, Jeff Stelling and Phil Thompson have predicted the Albion’s crunch clash with QPR on Wednesday