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Jerome Thomas gets a further ban

Jerome Thomas faced an FA disciplinary hearing this morning and was handed a further 1 match to his already long 4 match ban.

Albion legal director Darren Eales was at Wembley with Thomas who had to face a fresh charge of violent conduct for his actions after the red card at Plymouth.

Having already served 2 games of the now 5 game ban he will be available a week Saturday, quite soon really, however testament to the amount of games needed to be played in such a short time. This will allow him to play in the Derby game in just 11 days.

The games he will miss are Cardiff tonight, Bristol City and next week’s FA Cup fifth-round replay against Reading.

More team changes to come for Scunthorpe game.

Marek Cech with an injured hamstring and Ishmael Miller who is suffering an injured ankle will both be missing from the Albion lineup for roughly 2 weeks, ruling them out for the Scunthorpe game immediately.

Jerome Thomas begins a four match ban against Scunthorpe, this is due to a second straight red card this season. Both came late in there respective games and seem rather annoying to say the least.

So the Albion will be ringing the changes yet again this coming Tuesday, the 2nd time after a run of games where the team remained the same. The lone striker up front formation will likely continue, however, we may see changes in the midfield and defence. A defence that seemed to be at sixes and eights quite often Saturday afternoon at Home Park, one that seems to be made up of decent stock, however, disjointed by the fact that they are not quite jelled as a unit.

This is all of course on top of the fact that the Albion are to play their third game in a week this coming Tuesday evening at home to Scunthorpe and in need of resting some and recalling others who were rested Saturday.

Punches thrown and a red card in ugly scenes at Plymouth

A 66th minute Simon Cox goal was all that divided the 2 teams at Home Park today.

Sub Luke Moore won a penalty in the 83rd minute, just like his counterpart Miller did at Blackpool, however, Dorran’s penalty was saved by Plymouth keeper this time out.

Jerome Thomas was sent of in the 88th minute for a professional foul and all hell broke loose. Punches were thrown, both benches came on to the pitch and got involved seemingly to calm things down! Thomas was ushered off the pitch and down the tunnel within seconds of the event, probably the best thing that could have happened.

The last 10 minutes twice saw Plymouth fans the centre of the stewards attention when they seemed to be arguing and threatening Albion subs.

A few minutes in to injury time another dangerous tackle, this time by Kari Arnason on Luke Moore was punished only by a yellow card when the ref seemed unable or not wanting to give another red, possibly because of the danger of creating even more unsavoury scenes. Arnason’s studs were high and showing, catching Moore in the calves from behind, very dangerous and possibly career threatening, this nasty tackle certainly deserved a straight red card and showed just how heated the situation was.

Albion came away with the three points and kept up the pressure on both Newcastle and Nott’s Forest who both won this weekend too, although they also came away with a much unwanted red card and no doubt a few knocks too.

Plymouth Albion team news – Youth on bench

Roberto Di Matteo has this morning spoken of injuries that will effect today’s line up.

Marek Cech is not on the team sheet due to a hamstring injury picked up midweek against Blackpool.

Joe Mattock has recovered and is available for selection at Home Park so looking likely to replace Cech.

Ishmael Miller Will not be making the bench after damaging his ankle against Blackpool, bringing scary times for the youngster just back from a long term injury.

“Joe is fine now,” said the Baggies boss.

“Unfortunately Ish and Marek got injured on Wednesday and they will be missing today.

“We’re going to call-up George Thorne from the youth team so we have enough players on the bench.”

Plymouth West Brom preview – All Change?

Hot Striker Roman Bednar who has scored 5 goals in 5 games made his debut at Plymouth some 2 years ago scoring 2 goals. In his own words, he has stated that players seem to score goals against the same teams, quoting the 3 he scored against Sheffield as an indicator of this. He looks like the very first name on the team sheet.

Presently there are a few names that may not make it due to knocks picked up in the midweek trip to Blackpool. Ishmael Miller picked up a knock to his ankle whilst winning the penalty that gave Albion all three points and Marek Cech limped of at full time with a sore hamstring.

Other than these two, Di Matteo is able to choose an unchanged team for the sixth game on the trot. With Miller only on the bench in recent games due to lack of match practice and of course Bednar’s form Albion are likely to continue with the lately favoured 1 up front formation. This will be the fourth game Di Matteo picks an unchanged side if he does so, however, with the Cech injury and the amount of games in such a short period this is unlikely.

There will most likely be 4 or 5 changes just to make sure that players are not worn out, 3 games in 7 days is far too much for any player.

Speaking on the club website http://www.wba.co.uk Roberto Di Matteo had this to say on the subject:

“We’ve had a settled team down to the fact we haven’t picked up any injuries and have been playing well, creating chances and winning games,” said Di Matteo.

“He’s an important player for us and we don’t want to lose him to injury.”

So the changes are due to be ringed, will Slory make his full debut? Who will get to start is still up in the air and unlikely to be finalised before 2pm Saturday afternoon.

Plymouth are 2nd bottom, however, seemingly reinvigorated and Paul Mariners men are now up for the fight for survival.

Albion Plymouth match highlights

Albion continued their unbeaten run when pulling back from behind against Plymouth.

Jamie Mackie gave Argyle a 12th minute lead making Albions job a hard task almost from the beginning.

Shelton Martis regained the parity when equalising in the 34th minute with his second goal of the season. This left the game there for Albions taking and take it they did.

Marek Cech scored at the end of the first half and again near the end of the game to gain all 3 points for the Baggies. Numerous other chances went begging and Cech would have had a hatrick had it not been for the ref dissallowing what looked a legal goal just after the break.

This result sees the Albion on an 8 game unbeaten run and top of the Championship table.