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Marc-Antoine Fortune backs West Bromwich Albion to stave off relegation
Striker says Baggies better equipped than two years ago...
| Bet: | Returns: | Wolves £24.00 | Draw £32.00 | West Bromwich £29.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Wolves £25.00 | Draw £31.00 | West Bromwich £29.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Wolves £24.00 | Draw £32.50 | West Bromwich £30.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Wolves £25.00 | Draw £32.50 | West Bromwich £28.80 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Wolves £24.30 | Draw £31.50 | West Bromwich £27.00 |
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3 Sep 2010 18:41:00
By Alex Richards
Marc-Antoine Fortune believes that West Bromwich Albion are in a much better position to successfully fight a relegation battle than they were two years ago.
Fortune was on loan at the Hawthorns during the 2008-09 season when the club were relegated under Tony Mowbray.
The striker, who then followed Mowbray to Celtic before re-joining West Brom on a permanent deal last week, believes that the team stand a much better chance of staying up this time under boss Roberto Di Matteo.
"We know the mistakes we made," said Fortune.
"We have new players now and we're ready. It will be difficult but if we don't give up we'll be okay.
"The gaffer has a different way of managing the team [to Tony Mowbray]."
"I've only been here for one week, but I can see that the way we train and the way the manager wants to play is different.
"We have to be at 100% every training session - If we train hard like that we can be ready for every game.
"We also know that we have to be good defensively.
"We made mistakes in the past that we have to avoid now."
Fortune was on loan at the Hawthorns during the 2008-09 season when the club were relegated under Tony Mowbray.
The striker, who then followed Mowbray to Celtic before re-joining West Brom on a permanent deal last week, believes that the team stand a much better chance of staying up this time under boss Roberto Di Matteo.
"We know the mistakes we made," said Fortune.
"We have new players now and we're ready. It will be difficult but if we don't give up we'll be okay.
"The gaffer has a different way of managing the team [to Tony Mowbray]."
"I've only been here for one week, but I can see that the way we train and the way the manager wants to play is different.
"We have to be at 100% every training session - If we train hard like that we can be ready for every game.
"We also know that we have to be good defensively.
"We made mistakes in the past that we have to avoid now."
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