Tony Mowbray looks to make immediate impact at WBA

A new look Baggies?

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00:00Charlie, starting with West Bromwich Albion and obviously Tony Mowbray's arrival. He obviously

00:06left Birmingham City last season with the illness issues and it was sort of a real disappointment

00:12in terms of his story going there and possibly helping them survive. But I mean, it seems

00:19like Blues' relegation has sort of helped them rather than hindered. I mean, he's back

00:24in management, he's got so much experience back at West Bromwich Albion, a very, very

00:29long time after leaving them, albeit. But what does it sort of do to West Brom now for

00:35the remainder of the season? I mean, obviously the manager search went on for a bit longer

00:39than a lot of Albion fans would have hoped, but they wanted to try and get it right. I

00:42mean, Mowbray's a real safe pair of hands, you feel, who will surely get them into the

00:48play-offs at least. What's sort of changed? What can Albion fans hope for for the remainder

00:53of this season with Tony Mowbray back at the wheel?

00:57It's so good to have Mowbray back, honestly. Having covered Birmingham City as well when

01:02he left after just a month or so, it was devastating because he's such a nice bloke, a proper footballing

01:07bloke who is one of the best you'll meet in the sport, to be honest. Just so genuine,

01:12so pure and just got such determination to win and not just win through the means of

01:17defending or whatever it takes, but in an attacking and entertaining sense as well.

01:21I think Albion fans have seen that in his first couple of games in charge. Obviously,

01:24the defeat away at Middlesbrough wasn't ideal, not clinical at all, just one shot on target

01:29in that game. But then things seemed to click in that second game against Portsmouth at

01:33the Hawthorns. One of the returns of the Hawthorns, it was a 5-1 thumping victory, 11 shots on

01:38target in that game. So you can see exactly what Mowbray's trying to bring. But as you

01:43mentioned, he's a safe pair of hands. One, because he's got that experience. Two, because

01:48he's already got that foundation and support from the fan base, the connection there from

01:54winning the Championship title those years ago. And just his personality can bring the

01:59best out of his players. I know that West Brom haven't had the funds to necessarily

02:03transform their squad in the transfer market, but making a couple of additions, shrewd additions

02:07as well, Mowbray is very good at doing that and getting the best out of what he's got.

02:10So fantastic appointment and so good to see him back after his illness as well.

02:15Yeah, and obviously Alex Moher has said that Baggies fans themselves want to see them score

02:21more goals. And as you mentioned there, Mowbray's return was fantastic to Hawthorns. Is that

02:26something that they can certainly expect? More goals, more of a free-flowing side in

02:31comparison to Corberham's maybe lock up at times and get that 1-0 win over the line?

02:37I think it seems like Mowbray's sort of do or die at times and will go for it and isn't

02:42afraid to lose.

02:43Yeah, no disrespect to Corberham, but it was a little bit shut up shop at times and it

02:48wasn't too attractive, the football that was played. Sometimes it's more important. Sometimes

02:51that's the way to do it for results. But the amount of draws Albion were getting, goals

02:55are the priority I think and Alex Moher is very right in saying that. I think we can

02:59see a lot more in the back of the net towards the end of the season.