The title of this post was the term I heard banded around the AMEX on Tuesday night after another glorious Albion performance saw us comfortably see off The Rams' of Derby to almost certainly quash the thoughts of an end-of-season wobble. In some fans' minds (mine included) our season was hanging on a knife edge after the weekend's result, but Tuesday's performance has unquestionably lifted the spirits of the Albion faithful once again.
At around 5 o'clock last Saturday afternoon I was definitely worried for our play-off status due to the strength of the teams around us, although this also no longer seems the case as last night's round of Championship fixtures saw Coventry and Leicester bail us out with draws against both Cardiff and Blackpool respectively.
Anyway though, back to our game on Tuesday night, despite our result in our previous game I still felt a sense of confidence that we could, and I'm not one for quoting associates of our enemies up the road but in this case I felt as if I had to, show great 'bouncebackability' to quickly turn around our misfortune.
And what happened next was nothing short of spectacular, one of the best Albion performances of the season ended with our Spanish comrade Vicente grabbing assists number 7 and 8 to set up a 2-0 victory. Now, if that isn't bouncebackability for you, then I'm not quite sure what is.
Football friend!
Now, this is where the second part of the title comes into it, our performance on Tuesday night left us in fourth place, which is actually the first time we have occupied this spot in the league all season, although we haven't ventured further than 4th since way back in October. This left us a game up on everyone else immediately below us, which gave enough fans enough cause for concern.
Anyway though, back to our game on Tuesday night, despite our result in our previous game I still felt a sense of confidence that we could, and I'm not one for quoting associates of our enemies up the road but in this case I felt as if I had to, show great 'bouncebackability' to quickly turn around our misfortune.
And what happened next was nothing short of spectacular, one of the best Albion performances of the season ended with our Spanish comrade Vicente grabbing assists number 7 and 8 to set up a 2-0 victory. Now, if that isn't bouncebackability for you, then I'm not quite sure what is.
Football friend!
Now, this is where the second part of the title comes into it, our performance on Tuesday night left us in fourth place, which is actually the first time we have occupied this spot in the league all season, although we haven't ventured further than 4th since way back in October. This left us a game up on everyone else immediately below us, which gave enough fans enough cause for concern.
Everyone's attention switched the Wednesday's round of fixtures, with both Blackpool & Cardiff featuring, and with the opportunity for them to both go above us with victories there was somewhat of a love in for fellow Championship sides Leicester and Coventry, with nearly every Albion supporter becoming an honorary fan for the evening to ensure they both held their nerve and got the results that would keep us in our place (and obviously benefit them as well, although we might have forgotten that)
Prayers were answered with aptitude as both games ended in draws, although it didn't make easy viewing, Cardiff lead Coventry 2-1 going into stoppage time, and I'll be the first to say I was slowly running out of fingernails to chew, however Oliver Norwood did the duty of sealing a last minute equaliser to earn the Sky Blues' a 2-2 draw.
Prayers were answered with aptitude as both games ended in draws, although it didn't make easy viewing, Cardiff lead Coventry 2-1 going into stoppage time, and I'll be the first to say I was slowly running out of fingernails to chew, however Oliver Norwood did the duty of sealing a last minute equaliser to earn the Sky Blues' a 2-2 draw.
At this point you're probably wondering, why am I particularly happy about Coventry drawing with Cardiff? Well, as the news slowly filtered through to the sports media, I frantically refreshed by BBC Sports page expecting a Cardiff win at full-time, but how wrong was I, a 2-2 final score meant a cheer from our household as various articles could update their league tables with the Albion still in 4th place.
Because of the results previously mentioned, Blackpool and Cardiff couldn't quite require the points in order to knock us off our perch, so we could sit back and relax, knowing that until the weekend at least, we had preserved our play-off status And it does sounds weird because even though we are in fourth, we are definitely closer to the dropping down the league than we are actually progressing in it, as any team from fifth to eighth could go above us with wins at the weekend.
But in my opinion, with the position we are in, it's in our hands to maintain a play-off spot and as long as we keep our results consistent to what we have currently been doing in this calendar year, we could well be fighting for that third promotion spot into the Barclays Premier League. Of the eight games we have left, we still have to play four of the teams around us which is certainly no easy ride, but when do we ever make it easy for ourselves, eh?
Thanks for reading again guys, with the mountain of college coursework/exams I've had recently, I thought I'd seen the death of this, but I'm hoping I can get a couple more posts in soon providing the interest in still there for the readership. Next post will be about whether the Premier League is right for us at the moment, keep reading!
Thanks for reading again guys, with the mountain of college coursework/exams I've had recently, I thought I'd seen the death of this, but I'm hoping I can get a couple more posts in soon providing the interest in still there for the readership. Next post will be about whether the Premier League is right for us at the moment, keep reading!
