{"id":438898,"date":"2011-06-09T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/jerome-thomas-believes-west-brom-can-aim-for-cup-glory-next-season\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:54:00","slug":"jerome-thomas-believes-west-brom-can-aim-for-cup-glory-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/jerome-thomas-believes-west-brom-can-aim-for-cup-glory-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerome Thomas believes West Brom can aim for cup glory next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>9 Jun 2011 18:54:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.8830935252\">\n<div readability=\"15.0168539326\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jerome Thomas - West Brom, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/113400\/113482_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jerome Thomas &#8211; West Brom, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"37.4893097129\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Brom<\/a> winger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1368\/jerome-thomas\">Jerome Thomas<\/a> feels that success in a cup competition could be in store for the Baggies in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>While reiterating that at least maintaining the club\u2019s mid-table status in the Premier League is a priority, the 28-year-old pointed to the success of Birmingham and Stoke in domestic cups this year as blueprints.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>club\u2019s official website<\/em>, the former Arsenal youth player said: \u201cI think with the influence manager Roy Hodgson has had and his experience, the way the season went, the right signings in the summer and a bit of luck, we can definitely push to stay in mid-table next season and not be in the relegation battle &#8211; and maybe push even higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the cups we&#8217;ve seen Birmingham do it and how well Stoke did. There is no way you can tell me those two teams are better than us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course that&#8217;s something we can aim for next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently relegated Birmingham won the Carling Cup and Stoke made it to the FA Cup final before succumbing to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, who has made 57 league appearances for the Baggies since his 2009 arrival from Portsmouth, feels that the team has the quality to overcome any side in the country on their day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been proven in past seasons it&#8217;s not always about money. We&#8217;ve definitely performed and beaten some of the teams with multi-million pound players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose things give us confidence and with a good pre-season I&#8217;m sure we could start off flying next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the appointment of Hodgson as manager in Feburary, West Brom hit a rich vein of form and finished eleventh in the Premier League, the club\u2019s highest finish for thirty years.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/09\/2525133\/jerome-thomas-believes-west-brom-can-aim-for-cup-glory-next\" title=\"Jerome Thomas believes West Brom can aim for cup glory next season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerome Thomas believes West Brom can aim for cup glory next season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 9 Jun 2011 18:54:00 Jerome Thomas &#8211; West Brom, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Brom winger Jerome Thomas feels that success in a cup competition could be in store for the Baggies in 2012. While reiterating that at least maintaining the club\u2019s mid-table status in the Premier League is a priority, the 28-year-old pointed to the success of Birmingham and Stoke in domestic cups this year as blueprints. Speaking to the club\u2019s official website , the former Arsenal youth player said: \u201cI think with the influence manager Roy Hodgson has had and his experience, the way the season went, the right signings in the summer and a bit of luck, we can definitely push to stay in mid-table next season and not be in the relegation battle &#8211; and maybe push even higher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":438899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jerome Thomas believes West Brom can aim for cup glory next season - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/jerome-thomas-believes-west-brom-can-aim-for-cup-glory-next-season\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Jerome Thomas believes West Brom can aim for cup glory next season - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By George Ankers 9 Jun 2011 18:54:00 Jerome Thomas - West Brom, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Brom winger Jerome Thomas feels that success in a cup competition could be in store for the Baggies in 2012. 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