#3 – West Brom’s quietly excellent season
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Guess West Bromwich Albion’s position right now. Unless you’ve seen the table recently, you’d take a punt at their usual 13-14th position, not really bothering anyone. They are eighth. Let that sink in for a moment and now ponder how absolutely no one has talked about how much of a terrific season West Brom are having.
That’s not to say they are a spectacular scoring outfit, having only notched 39 goals this season, bettered by every team above them. They aren’t a stout defensive side either, conceding 38 which is again, worse than those above and Southampton in 10th.
They aren’t huge giant slayers, the win against Arsenal last weekend was only their fourth point of a possible 30 against sides seventh and above. What they have done is won a lot of games against teams around them, with two 4-0 wins sprinkled in their too.
With a bit of time to nourish his own side and establish his style, Tony Pulis has yet again built a Premier League outfit that stands the tests of a long hard season. With a seven-point gap to those below, they can equal their best-ever Premier League finish from five years ago and with seven more points, they could beat their best points tally too.
Impressive stuff.
