[Albion] West Brom - must win?

[CaptainDaveUK]

If it is either, which it isn’t, it would be must not lose. It is similar to Palace, hoping for a win, hopefully score first, but if we go behind we need to make sure we still manage at least a point. We really don’t want to lose this one. Predict 3:1 to the Albion.

 

[sparkie]

It'll be season defining. Will we be bottom 5 all season or looking towards mid table ?

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Oviously it's just another fixture at this time in the season, but one we should be targeting for maximum points.

We need to do better against the bottom half teams. My only complaint about last season was not picking up enough points from the weaker teams.

11 points from Villa/Bournemouth/Palace/West Ham /Newcastle/Southampton/Sheff Utd was a very poor return and kept us in trouble for much longer than we should have been.

 

[Peter Grummit]

"Must win"
"Club legend"
"There was contact"

are all ridiculously over-used phrases in modern football.

 

[Peteinblack]

If we can't beat struggling West Brom on Monday night, my mattress will be absolutely drenched

 

[Uh_huh_him]

If we can't beat struggling West Brom on Monday night, my mattress will be absolutely drenched

I feel slightly differently.
Good performances for 0 pts against the big boys,are all well and good, but our improved play has to be able to pick up points too.
If we can beat #TeamsLikeWestBrom then we will be making the right sort of progress.

 

[Reddleman]

How many times at the beginning of last season did we drop points at home and the line from many posters was ‘at this early stage’ we have plenty of time. Then the second half of the season came and the pressure was increased as we didn’t have those points in the bag, that pressure told and we couldn’t beat the teams around us at home and we ended up in a real relegation battle.

If we fail to beat WBA at home many of those issues will be brought up again and potentially in the minds of the players. If we win we put that to bed and look forward with confidence.

Much more rides on this than just three points, this could set the tone for the season.

 

[Eric the meek]

"Must win"
"Club legend"
"There was contact"

are all ridiculously over-used phrases in modern football.

'We need a honey badger on the pitch, just the one, to give us more bite' is a lesser-used phrase.

 

[Bozza]

"Must win"
"Club legend"
"There was contact"

are all ridiculously over-used phrases in modern football.

You missed "Selhurst Park - the best atmosphere in the Premier League".

 

[Napper]

If there was crowds it would be a big game and we'd have to be up for it.

As it is , prob falls under just another game

 

[elwheelio]

I wouldn't say it's must win or mustn't lose. It is however, likely to be the difference between this having been a decent start to the season or a disappointing one.

 

[southstandandy]

Blimey - we're only 5 games in and obviously a win v West Brom is what we all want, but the performances so far have been encouraging. The results this season in the Prem have been so hard to predict for all teams so wouldn't be surprised by anything on Monday. Certainly won't lose any sleep over it if we lose.

I personally think this has got a draw written all over it and I wouldn't be unhappy with that. If we finish 16th in the table come May (which was my pre-season prediction) that will be ok with me. The football is improving (even if our points tally doesn't reflect our performances so far) and I'm really enjoying watching us play now more than any previous season at the top table.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Is West Brom a must win, a must not lose or doesn't it matter cos it's early days.

After West Brom, we have coming up...

1/11 - Spurs away
7/11 - Burnley at home
21/11 - Villa away
28/11 - Liverpool at home

It mainly matters because the November matches don't look like yielding many points

 

[nicko31]

Its not a MUST win but we need it to get our season re-started after several games where we've been robbed of points

 

[Nitram]

After all our good play but lack of extra points we deserved, I think it’s a must win other wise confidence will drain. A good win will set them up well.

 

[dwayne]

It mainly matters because the November matches don't look like yielding many points

If we don't view Burnley or villa winnable anymore we are in serious trouble !! Villa were woeful last night

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[sparkie]

I can't stand a 4th year of bumbling around at the bottom of the league.

This is must-win if only to move nearer to a midtable finish unless we want another same-old-story season.

 

[portslade seagull]

To lose to a team we expect to be below us at home like some on here don't think wouldn't be an issue is rather disastrous in my eyes

 

[banjo]

If we don’t it’s gonna be fun on here.

 

[pb21]

It's obviously not a 'must win' but it's the first game we would be expected to win of the season (according to [MENTION=3734]Giraffe[/MENTION]s tracker), and against a team likely to be around the bottom three. Losing would be a right ball ache, but probably not a season defining result.