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Jonny Drury's West Brom v Plymouth notebook

Jonny Drury brings you his pre, in game and post match thoughts from Albion's clash with Plymouth.

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The Hawthorns ahead of Albion's clash with Plymouth (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images).

Pre-match

Proper football is back and it is the first of two key games for Albion - and two that represent a big chance to get six points in the bag.

That is what the fans will expect and what Carlos Corberan will be striving for.

But it arrives under a backdrop of injury concerns, which makes today's team news even more anticipated than usual.

The question is how will they line up in the absence of John Swift. Will Carlos stay with the 3-4-3 system, and play Wallace and Diangana either side of Thomas-Asante.

For me, I think he could change the system and play two tens in behind a striker. We shall see!

Team news

In terms of personnel changes, BTA for Swift was largely expected, but Chalobah for Yokuslu certainly was not.