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West Brom's play-off hopes almost over after hapless 2-0 defeat at Coventry City
National World - LocalTV
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18/04/2025
Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden reacts to Coventry City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion in the Championship.
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West Bromwich Albion's play-off hopes are pretty much over now
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following today's disappointing 2-0 defeat away at Coventry City.
00:08
Going into this game, West Brom were three points behind the Sky Blues.
00:12
Now the gap is six, and to make matters worse, Bristol City, up to fifth place,
00:17
were able to beat Sunderland by two goals to one at the Ashton Games.
00:22
It's a completely devastating day, to be honest, for the baggies.
00:25
Good Friday, certainly not good for Tony Mowbray's side.
00:29
They were just hapless throughout the game.
00:31
They've never looked like winning it, and it took just six minutes for Coventry City to take the lead.
00:36
It was Jack Rodoni, who scored pretty clinically from about 10 to 15 yards out from goal,
00:42
hitting first time from a Haji Wright low cross.
00:45
West Brom, though, defensively appalling, made it so, so easy for Coventry to get that opening goal.
00:50
Bit of a mix-up on the right-hand side of defence between Darnell Furlong and then Isley Price,
00:55
who was dropping back from his midfield role.
00:57
Neither really properly followed the run from Wright.
01:00
He was able to deliver, drill the ball into the box, and then it was a great finish from the goal scorer.
01:06
And then, throughout the rest of the first half, you'd expect a bit of a fight back from West Brom,
01:09
who've definitely got players capable of getting back into the game.
01:12
But there was nothing, really.
01:14
They hardly made it into Coventry's half.
01:16
The Sky Blues were able to dictate possession.
01:18
Didn't really look like scoring another one, in fairness, before half-time.
01:21
But West Brom, no response, really, whatsoever.
01:24
Then, at the start of the second half, Coventry started even quicker than they did in the first.
01:29
Took them just three minutes.
01:31
Half the time, and they did in the first, went to double their lead.
01:34
This time, it was Matt Grimes, who capitalised on a huge error from John Swift,
01:38
who'd only just come onto the pitch at half-time.
01:40
Stopped on by Tony Mowbray.
01:42
His first involvement, pretty much.
01:43
Giving the ball away in his own box.
01:45
I don't even know why he was that far back, to be honest.
01:48
You should probably expect the two centre-halves to be passing out from the back.
01:51
But it was Swift, who dropped in between them.
01:53
He didn't even know that Matt Grimes was behind him.
01:56
Dispossessed, and then Grimes made no mistake.
01:58
Passing the ball into the corner beyond Josh Griffiths.
02:01
It then went from bad to worse for West Brom.
02:04
Callum Stiles was sent off for a second bookable offence.
02:07
Tugging the shirt of Milan Van Iwik,
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and getting that second yellow card from Craig Pawson.
02:13
Pawson, I think, is the right decision.
02:15
You can't be tugging someone's shirt when you've already been booked.
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And Stiles, given his marching orders.
02:20
At that point, I think West Brom already, at 2-0 on down, were dead and buried.
02:23
But even more so after the red card.
02:26
Weirdly, they might have performed slightly better with 10 men.
02:29
Going into a 4-4-1 formation, after it being a 4-5-1.
02:34
Tony Mowbray trying to add a bit more fight into that midfield.
02:38
His tactics went out the window when Stiles was sent off.
02:40
But there was a little bit of a fight back.
02:42
But that's really scraping the bow, to be honest.
02:45
West Brom, they did have the ball in the net through Adam Armstrong off the bench,
02:48
but it was offside.
02:50
Kept getting flag offside.
02:51
It was just unacceptable how many times they didn't hold the line in attack.
02:54
And Coventry, they probably could have gone on to score a third or a fourth,
02:57
but they were able to just conserve their energy and see out the win.
03:01
Baggies now six points outside the playoff position for three games to go.
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It looks like it's all over.
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It's an incredibly disappointing end to the season.
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Excellent indeed.
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