TIMING is everything, as the old adage goes, and Louis Saha’s might just provide Everton with the firepower to fuel their pursuit of a trip to Wembley and a top-five league finish.

West Bromwich Albion are set to be boosted by the availability of midfielder Filipe Teixeira for tomorrow’s trip to Everton.

SOMETIMES, it is best for managers not to bow to player power.

JOE KINNEAR is already planning his return to Newcastle’s training ground as he waits to be released from hospital this morning.

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STEVEN Thompson struck twice as Burnley wrote another glorious cup chapter by dumping West Brom out of the FA Cup to book a fifth-round trip to Cardiff or Arsenal.

TONY MOWBRAY may be one of the game’s purists, but it is that time of year when principles begin to be subsumed by pragmatism.

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IF Gareth Southgate really does possess the most bomb-proof job in the Premier League, the Middlesbrough manager doesn’t know it.

West Brom newcomer Marc-Antoine Fortune could make his debut against Gareth Southgate’s Middlesbrough if international clearance is obtained in time.

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray will be without midfielder James Morrison for the FA Cup replay at League One side Peterborough.

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray made two changes – one enforced – from the side beaten 4-0 at Sunderland, for today’s Premier League match at home to Manchester City.

WEST BROM may have been a breath of fresh air in the Premier League this season, but even Tony Mowbray is beginning to realise that principles are not worth more than points.

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West Brom will again be without central defender Abdoulaye Meite for tomorrow’s clash with fellow Premier League new boys Hull City at The Hawthorns.

West Brom will be forced into one change from the side which won at Middlesbrough with midfielder Kim Do-Heon ruled out of the Fulham match with medial ligament damage.

West Brom midfielder Filipe Teixeira is poised to start on the comeback trail next week after being sidelined for more than six months with a knee problem.

Premier League newcomers West Brom are hopeful their injured trio will be fit for the start of the Barclays Premier League campaign.

TONY MOWBRAY is so determined to erase the memories of last season’s play-off final that he views the FA Cup as an unwelcome distraction.

DARREN FERGUSON admitted that his managerial education was just beginning and this was a painful lesson.

WEST Bromwich Albion beat Charlton 4-3 on penalties to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.