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Tom Fellows and Adam Armstrong having desired impact at The Baggies
National World - LocalTV
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14/03/2025
Two players who have stood out and can help the promotion push at WBA.
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Charlie, let's look at West Bromwich Albion and specifically a player to start with, Tom
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Fellows. Now, he's played so many games over the last five years or so for West Bromwich
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Albion. He's been a real mainstay at the club, coming from the academy as well. Just touch
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on his presence, his understanding of what it means to play for West Brom and how he
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gets on in terms of really pushing forward. Obviously, they're on the brink of that sort
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of area where they want to be in the upper echelons of the championship and really pushing
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towards a future that hopefully is in the top flight.
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Yeah, a couple of years ago, kind of breaking through in the academy and Premier League
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too and really impressing there and then making his breakthrough into the senior team as well.
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Last season and this season especially, I think he's been really impressive out on that
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right wing. He can play on the left as well if you want him to, or he can go as a striker
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and as an attacking midfielder. I think typically his best position is on the right wing, but
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having that versatility is handy, no matter how good a player you are. But then West Brom
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have got the full package there in terms of he's got the potential, he's already got the
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pace, he's got the technical ability, he can really whip a ball into the box effectively.
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He can find the bottom corner if he needs to as well. Obviously, you're not going to
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have the Premier League quality at this point, he's still young, but Premier League clubs
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have been sniffing around looking at potentially signing him. There have been rumours of bids
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from the likes of Everton, Ipswich Town, Southampton over the last 12 months or so. Figures
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of around ÂŁ15 million that West Brom have been rumoured to be rejecting. It just shows
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how much they value this player and how much you can potentially offer them in the future
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as well as now. I think you need someone with that flair, with that positive attitude as
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well. Coming from the academy, the care for the football club, kind of subconsciously
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as well as consciously I think is really important and Tom Fellows offers all of that in abundance.
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And then we look at Adam Armstrong, now obviously a deal that not many fans saw coming. What
01:57
sort of attracted that deal, do you feel, for him to sort of drop down a level and go
02:01
and obviously had an amazing season, sort of got Southampton straight to the Premier
02:05
League really and was fantastic in the play-offs as well. Do you feel maybe the Tony Mowbray
02:09
experience was a bit of a pull or the fans, etc, or their sort of goals, because West
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Brom have had some great loan players over the years and he's sort of added to the list
02:19
of that?
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Yeah, I think not many people expected that one on deadline day. Actually carried over
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to day after deadline day because all the paperwork and the EFL going home really annoys
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supporters. They were just desperately waiting, anxiously waiting, refreshing their phones.
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Is he going to sign? He did in the end and then he scored a couple of goals already,
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a crucial one for the penalty spot recently to secure a victory over QPR with 10 men.
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That was so important. But it's just that goal scoring threat overall, having a proper
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number nine in behind who can make those runs, who's got that instinctive finishing. Obviously
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with Josh Madger being injured, Daryl Dekay as well, Carlin Grant playing as an auxiliary
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striker at times, John Swift, Jed Wallace. They've all been trying to fill in, but you
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can't quite replicate a proper number nine, especially one as experienced and of championship
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calibre as Armstrong is. It's been so, so important. I think wrapping up a permanent
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deal for him in the summer could be a good way forward for West Brom. It just depends
03:15
on salary expectations. Of course, with Southampton being relegated most likely anyway to the
03:21
championship, surely they'd want to utilise someone like Armstrong who's already proven
03:26
for them at that level. But I think looking at the current picture, just having him for
03:32
the end of this season, trying to secure that top six place, a place that could make a big
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difference. And then of course, in the playoffs as well, last year he scored three goals in
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those matches. He can deliver on the big stage, maybe not necessarily the Premier League,
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but at this level he certainly can. I think a really important signing for the Baggies.
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