Albion earned a share of the spoils with fellow FA Cup semi-finalists Cardiff at Ninian Park.
The Baggies notched a useful away point in the goalless draw with Dave Jones’ side.
The draw leaves Albion fourth in the table with a game in hand, knowing a win in that game - the Black Country derby in a fortnight’s time - would put them top of the Championship.
The clash at Ninian Park was a game of few chances with Cardiff’s Steve Thompson wasting the hosts’ best opportunity after just six minutes.
Albion boss Tony Mowbray, who restored Neil Clement to the centre of his defence, will be delighted at a rare clean sheet.
The best Baggies oppportunities came when Roman Bednar and Robert Koren brought two good saves from Cardiff keeper Peter Enckelman.
Bednar also saw a late header stopped by the former Villa keeper.
Albion fans have your say below
39 Comments
What a rubbish report. Albion may well win the Black Country Derby, but they’ll only go top if all of the teams above them fail to win in the meantime. Albion may also need to win their matches against Blackpool and Watford.
After Saturday, a good hard match was needed to get us ready for the Semi. A Point at Cardiff is not a disaster. The season is not over until 46 games have been played. Come on baggies KEEP THE FAITH. Lets make Wembley ROCK on Saturday and make it a day to remember. Not like last years mortuary. BOING BOING BOING BOING.
not an ideal result but good to see the defence record a clean sheet, dont see why TM started with miller on his own? cant wait for saturday, need to find some early doors boozers in the area near the station if anyone has any ideas ?
SO LETS ALL GET OUR SORE THROAT GARGLE READY TO SHOUT OUR HEADS OFF COME 12.15 AND GEVE EM SUPPORT!!!!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllbbbiiiiiiiioooooonnnn
AAAAAAAAAALLLLLLBBBBBIIIIIIIOOOOONNNNNNNN.
well, you all get the idea.
another point towards the promised land catch us if you can dingles
3 baggi3,we are meeting in the green man pub be open at 9 see ya in there boing boing booze booze
good solid disply last night,clem outstanding come back just at the right time,another point gained could have won it at the death but happy with a point,bring on pompey boing boing wembley here we come
It all hangs on a knife edge. Any team putting in a spurt, yes, even the dingles, can get in the top 2.
But for me, the pedigree, desire, and flamboyancy of the baggies will take us up, with 3 points to spare.
I want to start a chant for our departed king on saturday. Bednar could emulate his record, and i reckon he will have his sky channel on, in the sky…..!
Now clem is back, we have real steel, athleticism, and excellent anticipation in the heart of the defence.
Some of these foreigners that robbo signed need to be shown the door.
Dont forget, defoe aint playing, and he’s in a rich seam of form. We have enough firepower to baggie bomb harry’s men–just hope and pray James is not unbeatable on the day.
We can do the double, everyonme knows it; lets do it for the king..c’mon you baggie boys, bomb forward and write us into soccers fabled history
7# oh how its nice to dream and jeez are you good at it….”pedigree, desire and flamboyancy” what magazine have you dug that up from. You clearly think you have a devine right to get promoted well you don’t. Whilst I think you probably will go up it will not be as easy as you think so keep all the fancy words because clearly you don’t know what half of them mean.
We are heading to marylabone, i believe the weatherspoons by there opens at 9
The perfect time for the defence to get a confidence building clean sheet - it will do Deanno the power of good, and it seems like Clem has never been away.
Unusual for us not to score for a change - but they are saving goal 100 for wembley - flippin show offs !!
The point takes us that bit closer to the auto spots and we just need to win at wolves again to go top - its like they have engineered it for us.
All those dingles and Frankthegas who were saying we couldn’t defend - dream on.
LOVIN IT !!!
9. Classy.
8john, we do have a devine right mate,cuz we are albion say we are albion boing boing
you tescos make me laugh, all comments about wembley not your again average display last night! we have brizzle city away next so we could do you a favour but all in all i dont think you deserve to go up you were outstanding before xmas like last season but have got worse as the seasons gone on, really fancy your game in hand? out of your hands now tescos.
I can confirm,that due to security issues the pub will be closed.
13. Out of our hands is it.
3 Points behind top with 1 extra game. Win that and we are top. Unless Bristol score another 26 goals that is
All pubs around rail stations are usually shut Certainly were at last play off , impossible to slake thirst unless in corporate inside Wembley.
So pack a pic nic lads
3 baggie, i shall go in green man first,then wetherspoons just to check um out to see which one is best to go in for the final,boing boing im gettin excited
13,laffindingle, our game in hand is at blackpool boing boing would you like a stick of rock
Laughingwolf
A couple of points mate,
after 46 games WHOEVER finishes in the top two
deserve to go up,
and IMHO the team finishing third too.
We may not achieve this, but if we do,then we have earned the right.
Secondly,
you are incorrect in your assessment that it is now out of our hands.
Do not flatter yourself regarding not fancying
our game in hand, EVERY SINGLE GAME is going to be tough.
Our goal difference could be decisive as could The Wolves
Can’t be to hard to find a pub open on a saturday morning in london
11) theres nothing wrong with a spoons mate
albion wizard,,thers loads of pubs open round the ground,FACT. great clean sheet last night now its time to get ready for pompy and get in the mood for wembley,,,what ever happens we will enjoy our yearly trip to the new wembley where the dingles will never go,so enjoy it boys,,,,dinglets soooooooooo jealous,,,DOING THE DOUBLE THE MOWBRAY WAY,,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,,OH YES..
15. thats providing that hull stoke and bristol city dont win in the meantime? and i dont think your that confident about your game in hand against 1 of the 2 form sides in the league who are your local fierce rivals, albion are winning nothing the mowbray way, cup semi final defeat, defeat at molineux out to stoke in the playoffs. do you know where hell is, hell is at westbrom, heaven is at molineux and thats where i come from! maybe hoefkins will want to join walsall in the summer he wouldnt slate the area dn club then, maybe gera can go with him robinson wont go to walsall as he wouldnt pass the medical. not selling your tickets for wembley the mowbray way, bong bong
13 to add to 15’s reply, a lot of the teams around us still have to play each other.
8 John.
What a supercilious twit(sorry that should have had an a after the w but us thick black country boys were never two gud at all that redeing and righting.) How arrogant to attack someone’s use of English (although I could see nothing wrong with it.) Perhaps after Saturday you’ll learn a little humility, you plastic upper class ponce.
23.
You’ve just confirmed what I’ve thought for a long time. Heaven is a place full of miserable long faced Christians, booing any form of pleasurable activity.
Hell is for the people who know how to enjoy themselves and have a good time.
BOING BOING GOING TO WEMBLEY WITH HOFFY, ROBBO AND ZOLLY. WATCH THE BOX AND WE’LL ALL WAVE TO YOU. UNLESS IT COINCIDES WITH THE KIDS PROGRAMMES.
laughing wilf,,,,one word mate yum JEALOUS.and its eating away at ya..enjoy doing ya gardening saturday wunt ya,,,,DOING THE DOUBLE THE MOWBRAY WAY,,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,,OH YES
23 - Laughingcat - OMG, you make me chuckle with the **** that comes out of your mouth !!! a few weeks ago you slated your manager, slated your team, now win a few games, and get to the dizzy heights of the play offs and everything is rosy !! WRONG. Hell is Wolverhampton.If this place is your idea of heaven, then you need help. Fast……you still reading this, quick wolfy run to the hills………..faster……..we all laughing at you…….
21. Any pub ready to serve at 9 in the morning as a matter of course has got class.
I never learn
I attempted to have a debate based on fact and reasoning with a person who possesses more bitterness than a lemon grove,
ah well, put it down to experience….again.
Actually….laughing,
you may be able to help me,
it is quite clear that you are the font of all knowledge, and a seer of epic proportions…..
so i was wondering……i am going up to
St Andrews next week for a long weekend golf trip……will i need my waterproofs ?
Oh…..and will i win ?
wbaforever - come on feller - you really should know better by now.
I doubt if he will respond to your last post, so i will try to in his style..
wba-never (?) -
wear what you like you won’t win.
You might get 18 holes in one but the mighty SEB would get 19 !!
Only the mighty wolves can play golf at the bluenoses ground - your going nowhere….etc ect…. till he runs out of bile / stupidity.
4# wetookthesouthbank.
YOU WERE GIVEN IT.. ALONG WITH HALF OF THE WEST MIDLANDS POLICE FORCE TO BABY SIT YOU..
TRY TAKING IT ON APRIL 15TH NUMPTY.
thanx for the support real bully. Havin bin a radio presenter once, i thawat i wud let rip, 4 old times sake
that guy from hants must be nit pickin cos it aint arsey nal, or chelski, or man boonited making the headlines for a change (well not in the cup). The most spectacular match i ever saw was man u v wba in 1978. I was there in the snow at old trafford. I gotta feeling miller will come on as sub, and bulldoze through the pompey defence–just like cyrille did on that day in 1978.
There’s only 1 team in the entire football league who have done promotion, and WON the cup before—that be us, in 1931.
We have caught the imagination of the nation with our brand of football–even greeny,5live) wenger, and others have complimented us.
SO WHY SHOULDNT WE BLOW OUR OWN TRUMPET, mowbray has started a revolution, its plain to see.
I am taking a few bottles of real ale on the coach, and a bottle of red wine, whichever way it goes. aint it gr8 to be a baggie, boing boing…..
Happy
I think it is a bottomless pit my friend.
24# The Real Bully or shouldn’t that read “plastic artificial Bully” well I got a bite and what a bite….must have something to do with the very large gob you clearly have. Get a life you muppet. Great spelling of the word supercilious by the way.
john 34I don’t think anyone is “biting” - this a forum where people post their views and people reply / respond. If by doing so they have “bitten” then it renders the whole thing pointless don’t you think ?
So toddle off and try to get a “bite ” elsewhere - may I suggest somewhere with a big dog !
p.s - If someone spells something correctly, how is this a matter for ridicule ?
Supercilious don’t cover it !!
Pious little nerk.
#35 Oooh big words from poor baby baggies. You lot really are a joke you go on other websites and spout your drivel but when someone comes on and gives you a taste of your own medicine you get all upset. Your arrogance will be your downfall, you lot really think you are something. Go crying to mummy maybe she’ll listen poor poor baby.
Happy Baggie
yeah you must have a great defence now because you kept a clean sheet
the words Head in the clouds springs to mind.
36. John.
Okay down to your level. You must have Hants in your pants. Nah, nah, na, nah, nah. Sorry if I’ve spelt nah incorrectly.
#38 Plastic Bully if you come down to my level you are actually moving up. We so look forward to stuffing you arrogant over-rated Championship muppets this weekend. Bring it on and go home crying. Hahaha Baggies that should read babbies the amount of crying you all do.