Bruce – West Brom are in a rut

Monday, 28 February 2022, 7:30
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The Swans will this evening face a West Bromwich Albion side down on confidence, goals and stuck in a rut.ย  ย That is the view at least of new Albion boss Steve Bruce who, after the weekend results, has seen his side slide to 13th in the Championship table.

Another game without a goal this evening will be the third time they have failed to score at home in a row at this level and be their worse run for that stat since 2003 when they were under the stewardship of Gary Megson.

The Baggies were top of the table in October and still in the top four at New Year but without a win in six games they have dropped to the bottom half of the table, eight points adrift of the play off positions.

These are concerning times at the Hawthorns with the expectation for the season being a return to the Premier League but right now they are nothing like a Premier League team and certainly are in need of a morale boosting win – something that Bruce his more than aware of.

“It’s a football cliche. But you just need one win,” Bruce told BBC Radio WM

“You just need a 1-0, in off the referee, off someone’s backside, whatever.

“Usually when a new manager goes in, there’s a bit of a bounce, which we haven’t been able to create.

“We haven’t been able to sustain it over a full 90 minutes, which is a bit of a concern but it’s my job to try and turn it round and get that win, because a win changes a lot, very quickly, in this league or any other.

“It’s very difficult when you get into this rut where you don’t win. Confidence ebbs away. They’ve been playing a certain way for seven months I come in and I’m not going to try and rip it up in a week.

“The bottom line is that we can’t score a goal and to win a football match for West Brom, we have to score a goal.”

The game at the Hawthorns kicks off at 8pm and is live on Sky Sports.

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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