Despite having the rare pleasure of a weekend off during the football season, Tony Mowbray has revealed it will still be business as usual at The Hawthorns. Albion don't play until Monday night (KO 19.45) in front of the SKY TV cameras against Southampton but could find themselves promoted before a ball has been kicked on Saturday is
"We'll be training on Saturday," the
"I was planning to then go to
"I can only anticipate I'll be watching a match somewhere.
"It depends on the location but I normally watch a Saturday game if we're not playing on that particular day.
"I will just keep going and keep focused.
"I won't sit here worrying about the results.
"My job is to keep planning and preparing to make sure we can try and beat
"On Saturday I will watch a game to maybe scout a player we're interested in or see a team that might be in the play-offs - all assuming I can't make it to the QPR game."
The nine-day break for Mowbray's men between the visit to Carrow Road to the Saints fixture has come as a welcome relief for the Albion chief with a number of players able to recover from minor knocks, especially Paul Robinson who had stitches in a head wound after a collision with Darren Huckerby.
"Having no game at the weekend has come at a decent time for us," Mowbray continued.
"It means we can give the players a few days off early in the week, have a few days of training, another day off and a few more days training, ready for the game on Monday.
"We need to recharge our batteries and be ready for the big push on Monday and the following Sunday.
"Robbo's head won't be a problem in a few days.
"He's like Mr Bump!
"I watch that every morning at 7am and he's just like that.
"I would suggest he's got those scars because he puts his head in."