Entertaining West Brom hope to pick up loan stars thanks to good will

May 24 2009 by Robert Tanner, Sunday Mercury

WEST Bromwich Albion still have plenty of fans in the game, despite their demotion.

Never before has a team’s relegation been greeted with such positivity instead of the doom and gloom normally associated with the drop.

In fact, Albion’s popularity stretches to the majority of managers in the Premier League who, Baggies boss Tony Mowbray has said, have shown Albion plenty of respect because they recognise Mowbray and his men are doing things the right way.

It may be a hollow compliment when the right way has left Albion heading the wrong way into the Championship, but it carries weight when the like of Sir Alex Ferguson give the job Mowbray is doing his seal of approval.

“I said in January, a lot of people would like to help our club because they think the way we play is the right way,” Mowbray said.

“The top teams think that the demands they ask of their players are similar to the ones we ask of ours. It is a similar style.