Bournemouth earns win No. 1 at West Brom’s expense in EPL

“He wasn’t one of my main targets”, said Pulis. We’ve got four or five months now to get as many points as we can. The keeper’s made a wonderful save off Gareth McAuley. They’ve got good energy and can play when they’ve got space and time.

“It was a big moment for him”, said Howe. “If you are not fit you can not play so I have a huge respect for him”.

Speculation about a reported rift behind the scenes followed a statement issued by new chairman John Williams, who sought to explain the club’s transfer dealings.

And he hinted that his real frustration was with the timing of the Chinese takeover, which is due to be completed by the end of next week.

Under Pulis 13 of the Albion’s 15 away games against bottom-half opposition have finished with fewer than three goals so it’s worth considering 1.55 for under 2.5 goals or even 2.6 for under 1.5 goals which has occurred in six of the last seven of these matches. I feel a bit sorry for John.

“He’s a good man, I’ll say that”.

“I’m really pleased for him, players go through highs and lows, he’s had a severe knock with his injury but he always shows enthusiasm and brightness and you could see from his celebration how much this meant to him”.

“No-one’s at fault, but the players we’ve brought in, fine”.

When asked if he had contemplated walking out, he answered: “No”.

“It’s been an interesting club to manage for me, the way it’s run is different, but also dealing with a player that has for two thirds of that period not doing really what he should be has been hard”. Some things I enjoy, some things I don’t enjoy.

“Because it’s more like a continental-run club”. It’s an experience for me, I’ve really enjoyed it.

“If there is a question mark about me I know that it’s my fitness. We’re looking forward now to trying to get a result on Saturday”.

“Now it’s spun around. The first half we were completely dominant”, he said.

“You’re always going to get that situation where there’s a group of supporters who are never going to be happy”. Predict the score for this match and the rest of this round’s Premier League fixtures in our Predictor game. He’s come in and been caught in a crossfire between a change of ownership.

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Former Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko and ex-Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh played for West Brom last weekend in a friendly against Delhi Dynamos. All the stories and rumours and speculation that was built up, 90 per cent of it is absolute nonsense.