Johnson looking forward to Black Country derby

You beat to me to it All 4! I stopped myself writing on the other thread, switched to the Express & Star and there it was- the worst news we could have heard leading into this game. I was going to write that I was sure he would go 4-4-2 because they have started about as well as we have! but this changes everything. If Blake is only just coming back from injury he is most unlikely to risk him from the start, something I often disagree with from managers. If you bring a player on and he breaks down you have to change it all over again so why not start him and get the most until the legs go. Our complete lack of options point directly now to 4-5-1, the main positive from which means there is a good chance Adlene may start? The excitement is beginning to build I must say. 4-4-2 would have concerned me, because if Albion did start with the momentum and get an early goal where would we really go from there with our options? If we can take the sting out of the game early on, get the crowd frustrated and start knocking the ball around the way we can, then no doubts we can beat them. I say this with 4 successive defeats fresh in the memory so I will be surprised if we did come away with three points. So much really does hinge on this game. If we can win there then it will not only prove the obvious lift the players need, but also alleviate a great deal of pressure going into a home game against Swansea, one that most in football would have us down for a win for anyway. How the mind boggles if we were to find ourselves on 13 points two weeks from now. A defeat at Albion and the Swansea game suddenly becomes a pretty huge one. Right, I'm off to grab a bag of nails.