We asked every PickOurTeam writer to give their honest opinions on how their team fared this season. Here are the views of WBA writer Andrew Benbow:
Top Three Players
Claudio Yacob, Gareth McAuley, Romelu Lukaku: McAuley was an almost unanimous choice of Player of the Season for his consistency and solidity, but there was one player who…
21 May 2013
The last day of the season may not have been as dramatic as the Premier League, or the TV broadcasters, had hoped but there was some outstanding matches and individual performances. To mark the end of the season, every PickOurTeam Cub Editor will be reviewing his team's season in the coming days. Below is the…
20 May 2013
QPR and Reading sealed their relegation fate while Wigan, Stoke and Aston Villa picked up valuable points in their fight against the drop. At the other end of the table, Robin van Persie scored on his return to the Emirates, while there were wins for Chelsea and Manchester City as Spurs dropped points in the…
30 April 2013
United clinched the title, Spurs gave new life to their bid for fourth place, QPR are as good as down after a home loss to Stoke while Liverpool came back twice, controversially, to draw 2-2 with Chelsea. It was another highly dramatic weekend of Premier League action, but who made it into the PickOurTeam Team…
23 April 2013
Steve Clarke has had a difficult decision to make before almost every West Brom game this season: who should start upfront between Shane Long and Romelu Lukaku?
The two players have very different styles. Long lacks Lukaku's raw talent but is hard working, tactically disciplined and has a clever habit of winning free-kicks in dangerous positions.…
19 April 2013
Just when we all thought we could draw a line under the maddening events of January 31, like a phoenix from the ashes Peter Odemwingie returned from his twitter lull into yet another rant of incoherency that will have most certainly resulted in him attracting more disapprovers than sympathisers.
Across the weekend right up until Tuesday…
20 March 2013
I can't remember ever seeing such a vast improvement in a player in such a short space of time as the progression WBA fans have witnessed in Romelu Lukaku so far this season, and the most frightening thought is he's nowhere near finished.
Despite netting on his debut against Liverpool, the first few weeks of the Belgian's loan stint blew…
11 March 2013
There was drama at the top and bottom in this round of matches, as Chelsea missed a penalty at Manchester City, Arsenal needed a late winner to get past Aston Villa, and Gareth Bale inspired Spurs to a dramatic win at West Ham. Meanwhile, Wigan took a big step to safety with a 3-0 win…
26 February 2013
Another decisive weekend of action saw leaders Manchester United extend the gap at the top while teams around QPR at the bottom, including Reading, Aston Villa and Wigan, also picked up points. The race for third place is now interesting after Chelsea lost to Newcastle, with Spurs one point back, and Arsenal and Everton knocking on the door of…
4 February 2013
As Peter Odemwingie's 'Twitter meltdown' has continued to explore ever weirder areas of the English language, the reaction of fans has been rather predictably like that of a spurned lover: frustrated, upset, and angry.
Twitter is a tremendous thing, and allows access to players' innermost thoughts normally only shared with staff and trusted local journalists. However, it also provides a…
29 January 2013
Graham Dorrans has been told he can leave and although it will divide opinions between supporters, I don't think anyone will be too surprised. However, is this January transfer window the right time to offload the Scot who was once such a pivotal part of Albion's team?
It's been widely rumoured that Dorrans has been unhappy in the Midlands…
17 January 2013
Hyperbole is never far away in the over-hyped world of modern football, and many weeks are rather falsely labelled 'crucial'. Yet that is the only word to describe this one for Albion.
2013 has not been kind so far. Our least inspiring performance of the season (Fulham) was followed by an injury ravaged squad seemingly cruising to two routine wins…
14 January 2013
Another dramatic weekend of Premier League action saw Harry Redknapp frustrate his former Spurs team, Manchester United hold against rivals Liverpool, and Manchester City keep the heat on United at the top. It was a decisive weekend at the bottom too, as Southampton beat Aston Villa and Reading came from behind to beat WBA in dramatic circumstances. Amazing, Chelsea won…
14 January 2013
In the money-orientated world of modern football it is no surprise that the core focus of chairmen, and hence the managers on whose whim they rely, is to get into the Premier League and stay there. With the already bulging pot of TV gold being given an eye-watering boost at the end of the season, being in the top…
10 January 2013
In a fantastic season to be an Albion fan there has been one real downer so far: an idiotic minority who have started to see upper mid-table in the Premier League as a position that we occupy by right.
Maybe it's a lack of perspective from certain younger fans who don't appreciate how far we've come,…
7 January 2013
It's a testament to the start West Brom have made under Steve Clarke, that despite only picking up one point from an available 12, the Baggies still lie in seventh position, on the heels of Chelsea in third. Every team has their dip of form at some point throughout the season, and having gone three games without a goal,…
20 December 2012
At the start of the season there was cautious optimism amongst Albion fans. All knew that pundits tipping a team who had finished tenth for relegation, especially one that had then added what seemed to be real quality in Claudio Yacob, were way off the mark. However, the fans were realistic enough to realise that the appointment of Steve…
18 December 2012
Bar the odd blip, Sam Allardyce has fairly cruised through his first season and a half in charge of West Ham but he is now facing arguably his stiffest test since joining the club.
The team finds itself in the middle of a horror run of games and while the victory against Chelsea and draw with…
15 December 2012
Henk Ten Cate was bollocking anyone within earshot. A shell-shocked Avram Grant watched from a corner. Steve Clarke assessed and tweaked tactics with senior players. This was apparently the half-time scene in the Chelsea dressing room for most of 2007-08. The Blues' unhappy eco-system adjusted to post-Mourinho life and came within a penalty of winning the Champions League.
We might never…
30 November 2012
Steve Clarke continued his successful start at West Brom with a fine victory over Chelsea last weekend, and although he's a coach that changes things from week to week in an attempt to exploit the weaknesses in opponents, he must be tempted to name an unchanged side for the trip to Sunderland on Saturday.
One position he's rotated significantly this…
23 November 2012