Chris Hughton*has called on Albion to dig deep and make the most of back-to-back home games to re-ignite their automatic promotion challenge.
His injury-hit squad host Ipswich tonight and Wolves on Friday after their worst run of results of the season.
They suffered their only Championship defeat last time out against Middlesbrough at the Amex and have gone four games without a win since coming from 2-0 down to beat Charlton at the start of the month.
Hughton, looking ahead to the double test on home soil which will see out 2015 and bring in 2016, said: “We’ll have to make the most of them. At the moment we’ve got a few out which has seen the squad stretched but anybody that has come in has done well and justified their selection in the team.
Albion won three in a row at home prior to the Middlesbrough setback but they have not kept a clean sheet at the Amex since Preston’s visit in October.
Hughton wants his patched-up side to build on Saturday’s shut-out at Brentford in his 50th match at the helm against Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich.
Albion beat them 3-2 at Portman Road in August but they have bounced back into contention with four straight away victories.
Hughton said: “They are a very good side but we are at home on the back of a clean sheet and now we’ve got to build on that.
“We played very well at their place earlier in the season. Arguably it was a good time to go there, because I think they probably hadn’t got into their rhythm, but with Mick it was only going to be a matter of time.
“They have a way of playing, they do it very well. They’ve got a lot of good individuals and they are a team that can score goals.”
Sam Baldock, on target in the 3-2 home win over Ipswich in January, and Kazenga LuaLua who scored at Portman Road, have been pencilled in by Hughton for their comebacks from long-term injuries at Hull in the FA Cup next month.
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His injury-hit squad host Ipswich tonight and Wolves on Friday after their worst run of results of the season.
They suffered their only Championship defeat last time out against Middlesbrough at the Amex and have gone four games without a win since coming from 2-0 down to beat Charlton at the start of the month.
Hughton, looking ahead to the double test on home soil which will see out 2015 and bring in 2016, said: “We’ll have to make the most of them. At the moment we’ve got a few out which has seen the squad stretched but anybody that has come in has done well and justified their selection in the team.
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Albion won three in a row at home prior to the Middlesbrough setback but they have not kept a clean sheet at the Amex since Preston’s visit in October.
Hughton wants his patched-up side to build on Saturday’s shut-out at Brentford in his 50th match at the helm against Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich.
Albion beat them 3-2 at Portman Road in August but they have bounced back into contention with four straight away victories.
Hughton said: “They are a very good side but we are at home on the back of a clean sheet and now we’ve got to build on that.
“We played very well at their place earlier in the season. Arguably it was a good time to go there, because I think they probably hadn’t got into their rhythm, but with Mick it was only going to be a matter of time.
“They have a way of playing, they do it very well. They’ve got a lot of good individuals and they are a team that can score goals.”
Sam Baldock, on target in the 3-2 home win over Ipswich in January, and Kazenga LuaLua who scored at Portman Road, have been pencilled in by Hughton for their comebacks from long-term injuries at Hull in the FA Cup next month.
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