Roy Hodgson was quick to play down the past as his West Brom side prepare for their fixture against Arsenal Saturday
The Baggies managed to grab a win at the Emirates early on in the season but the former Liverpool and Fulham manager seemed eager to play down the possibility of his side achieving a historic double over the Gunners this year.
“It's in the past, I don't involve myself in the past and I certainly don't believe what you've done in that past helps what you do in the future
“This is a new game, a fresh group of players and I don't even know how our team tomorrow will compare to the team that beat Arsenal.”
The West Brom manager understands the task ahead on saturday and hopes the break his side have had will have helped them prepare for the visit of the Premier League's elite.
“We've had a free weekend when one can go and watch a game rather then prepare a game for yourself. It is useful at this stage to have a couple of weeks to do a bit more training, to do a bit more work with the players.”
But he also added that the break could potentially break the run of form the Baggies have found themselves in since his arrival at the club.
“Some times when your on a good run of results you want to keep playing as quickly as possible and not have long breaks between games so, I guess our performance will show wether it was and advantage or disadvantageous.”
Arsenal come to the Hawthorns coming off the back of important losses to Manchester United and Barcelona, but Hodgson will be without some key players for the fixture, with Graham Dorrans still out injured, Carlos Vela unable to play against his parent club and captain Chris Brunt another possible late blow for Hodgson after he was sent home from training with a fever on friday afternoon.
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