da betcris： Steve Clarke is confident that West Brom will still be able to register positive results when they lose players Yusuf Mulumbu and Peter Odemwingie in January.
da bet nacional： The pair are set to go on African Cup of Nations duty for their respective countries Nigeria and DR Congo.
It is not guaranteed that the Baggies’ aces will earn call ups to represent at the tournament, but Steve Clarke is prepared if they are both called into action for the event.
The West Brom boss believes that even without delving into the winter transfer window for reinforcements, that he has players within the squad to fill the void.
It has been mentioned that this team could emulate the style of 1978-79 team where the West Midlands outfit enjoyed their highest ever top flight finishing runners up.
While climbing as high as second this time round in the Premier League, it will probably be an impossible feat for this current Baggies team to live up to their 70s predecessors, although the side have showed the same fluidity in their passing as they did back then.
The plans the club discussed though are succeeding, because they have implemented the what they practiced in pre-season.
One of those was making contingencies for the weakening of the squad in January which was deliberated over before a ball was even kicked by the Albion this season.
Clarke went onto state to the official West Bromwich Albion website: “We discussed it and we think we have enough in the squad to cover any absences in January.”
He further added his confidence in the squad too, mentioning “as things stand we’re comfortable with the squad we’ve got.”
West Brom will be hoping to continue this season’s revival of form, in particular at home, where they struggled to pick up points, this Saturday, against Manchester City.