"With all the January transfer window talk, it is sometimes easy to forget that football matches are indeed actually won and lost on that green thing. The chaotic and unpredictable EFL continues to deliver for better or worse depending on your allegiances. With West Bromwich Albion on a downward spiral, Liam Manning back in work at Huddersfield and the small matter of the first south coast derby in a league fixture at Fratton Park for more than 14 years,"
"It has been a very tough start to life in The Hawthorns hotseat for new West Bromwich Albion head coach Eric Ramsay - two games, two defeats. If there was an air of respectability about the 3-2 loss to Middlesbrough, there certainly was not in the 5-0 thrashing by Norwich on Tuesday night - the club's biggest-ever home defeat outside the top flight."
"And now the job for Ramsay in his first away game is to try and get a league point on the road at Derby County on Friday night (20:00 GMT), something they have not managed for 113 days since a 1-0 win at Norwich on 1 October. It has been 10 straight away defeats for the Baggies, who have conceded 20 goals and scored just seven during their worst away league run since 1927."
The English Football League schedule features volatile matches across the Championship, League One and League Two this weekend. West Bromwich Albion are in deep trouble after two defeats under new head coach Eric Ramsay, including a 5-0 home thrashing by Norwich, and face a Derby away game that could equal a 135-year-old record of successive away league losses. The Baggies have lost ten straight away league matches, conceding 20 and scoring seven. Millwall v Charlton and Portsmouth v Southampton renew intense local rivalries, while Liam Manning returns to Huddersfield, adding managerial intrigue.
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